The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-09-20
FOR CURTIS
Continued from page one).

the States The others are going to
stop here until they can raise funds to
get the rest of the way.
They bring an interesting tale of woe
with them, and really interesting stor-
les of how the wharf was almost liter
ally covered with sheriffs and sheriff's
officers when they left Auckland by the
Taviuni to make connections at Suva
with the Miowera. The sheriffs and
the sheriff's officers were there trying
to find Curtis. They had all kinds of
process for him, and the steamer was
delayed sailing for two hours while it
was being searched for the man who
played "Sam'l of Posen" so many thou
ands of times.
On the Miowera are Major Powell,
the Cowboy juggler, the Princess Chin
quilla, Ernest Barbour and Reno the
magician. The story that they tell is
that before they left here Curtis show
ed them what seemed to be a cable
gram stating that the company had
been booked for all the time it was pro-
posed to remain in New Zealand. This
seemed to insure salaries and the COM
,pany went forward confidently. But
when they got to New Zealand they
found that there had been no booking
at ALL and it was three weeks before
they could get any dates. Then they
got a weeks time at His Majestys
Theater, Auckland, Curtis to get 80 per
cent and McMahon Brothers, the thea
ter owners to get So per cent of the
gross receipts. They did a good bust
ness and Curtis share of the receipts
was 165 pounds, nearly 5000. Then it
was a week before they could get any
more time, and then they played three
nights at one night stands in small
places to fairly good business. Then
they played a week at Wellington to
fairly good business, and that was the
end of their tour in the Colonies.
Curtis they claim never paid any of
them cent from the time they left
Honolulu. He left hotel and other bills
unpaid, including the advertising bill of
the Auckland Star. Then sheriffs with
process of one kind and another began
to start in search of Curtis and he dis
appeared, and none of the company nor
none of the sheriffs were able to find
him.
The members of the company having
had no salaries or expense money since
they left Honolulu proceeded to do the
best they could to get back to the
States. Major Newell, the Cowboy tug
gler, got through transportation, and so
did the Princess ChMquilla, who in pri-
vate life is Mrs. f. L. Barbour. II.
Give, who was known here as Reno
the Magician, and f. L. Barbour got
transportation as far as Honolulu, and
on arriving We're overjoyed to find that
since they had been here a pawnshop
had been established. They propose to
remain here a short time, and are ar
ranging to give some performances,
either i'm Honolulu or through the ISL
ands While the company was here
before Reno gave a performance at
Aiea which was highly successful.
Barbour also took we'll when he was
here, and they have every reason to be-
lieve that they will do we'll here
The Indians who will be looking for
Curtis when he gets back to the States
are the Cheyennes, of which the Prin-
cess Chinquilla is one, and there are
ominous mutterings of what they will
do to Curtis. The story is that when
Curtis took the negro Ministries to Aus
I tralia several Gears ago, he disappear
ed, in a packing case. leaving them
stranded. 1t is said now that he will
need an armored packing case to insure
his safety from the Cheyennes.