Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-30


uilura u the sad event came nj an
carly hour this morning 20 Paul Ham
mer. chief clerk OF the Kenyon hotel.
The message was sent by Mrs Eliason.
who IL Mr Hammers sister The fate
fui dispatch consisted of but three
words. They were Ms follows
OSCAR SHOT DEAD"
The shock Mr. Hammer received ON
reading them was very great even be-
fore reading them az the envelope was
profuscly covered with the words
Death and "tlush."t
The oablcTum was icnt from Dubbo.
Australia. Via sydney under date Of
yesterday. and conveys no particulars
| beyond the mere announcement %
death with the Implication that IL was
" violent character
There are several theories as 20 his
death. nut the full truth will probably
not be known before the arrival OF the
next sydney mail steamer from sydney
at San Francisco. which Il not due to
/ arrive there before about January 18th.
TROUBLE WITH CURTIS.
"It Il well known" said Mr. Ham
mor 20 News" man. that Oscar had
/ trouble OF serious character with his
/ manager. N. u. curtis. Those troubles
were fully aired In the Australian press
and were supposed to have been settled
by Oscar paying Curtis 5000 In spot
cash. which he actually dld. lie dld
this. not because he was compelled to
but to prevent harrassmcnt by curtis.
whom he met while on his northwest
crn tour before cmhafklng Tor Honolulu.
/ Curtis will be best remembered In Salt
Lake rs sam1 Of Poacn. lie was very
clever actor aud successful
manager, but at tho same time
was recognized ns desperate
man. II viii be readily recalled that he
killed o policeman In San Franciaco one
night and that he made a hard legal
fight with the result that he was ac-
quilted by the jury. For time oscar
had no difficulty with him. But finally
We received letters from oscar which
stated that he was not getting his
share Of the box receipts and tina, he
had thrown curtis overheard. curtis
sued him for breach Of contract, allcg-
Ing that Elinson was under his manage.
ment for a period 81 three years, and
that Is how the 1900 came to be paid.
WAS MAKING mo MONEY.
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ana very we'll at Portland seattle and
| Tncomn before taking steamer for
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,o'l',ul',s' r'', 10 a, sytn.y he
n,,y.d on.. hundred and one nights.
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VI law :. -. 49,, ~, nj, oxn.n.es
exceeding 1900 In a single month. lie
has probably pu' "sl'V 49, 49, on,,
ING nome ~ "s - A., ysroto nome
ooup'e W .''...,.,..,,, h,ra. In
oskins oppu. , - 80 ma,
"n''" wv
| GOING AROUND THE "O'''"
"IIe was doing one'night s,ands en-
,lroiy the last few weeks. and wrote
10 us that he would like 60 come home
but said that as long as dollars were
merely lying around FOR him TO plee up
nc felt that II was his duty TO pick them
up. From Australia he was solns TO In
dla. and from India 60 China and Japan
and from there 90 Europe and then
home. His wife and scven-year-oid
daughter and brother Frank were win
HIM HIS company 'V"''''''
people A.. ,
yes We sh"'' ot'ns NV oou' "'' ~,
am certain my eia'nI, ""o W 80 -,
Will do that she WI l,Vsavg - w.
here about the n''uui' " ' 49,