Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-30
Brief Cabegram Announces the Killing at Dubbo Australia of
Dante the Great" the Famous Utah Magician
Sad TiGngS Sent by His Wife Travelling With Him Professional Tour Around
the World Relatives Only Speculate Cause.-The Young Star
Was Meeting Body to be Brought Home

us ueDut as professional In the fa,
io,o az me Theater. This was fol
ss"eu py a tour Of the surroundln
s,ases' and at its conclusion he re-
I.cd 10 salt Lake. giving a trul
unIai Nelous entertainment at the Grand
~ pIoauced all OF his famous rlustra
uous, me Mahatma Miracles" "Es
Gtpeu NON the Gal'oWs." "Tbe Japanss
IrIhk Mystery" After The BAN" etc
ana created a furore Wv
Ahother successful tour OF the motin.
Hlh states and Eliason boldly enter,
tne ISIS as a rival Of Hermann Ritter
bancroft and the rest. A tour M m,
northwest was followed by a trim Fast
ana Llason scored triumpbs sverv.
Nhere' Along about this time Tliasor
VINO was now widely known as Do,to
went out under the management N,
slaJor silva, Of Salt Lake. and later nm
ger the direction Of VIM. A. Brady who
aaded Lou Fuller to the Eliason Forces
= successful trip TO Cuba was folloVed
vE tflp across the United States ana
the SAT- Lake magician then sci saiI for
australia, stopping at UonoIuIn -
uchleVe stlll another success
! IL Is said that Elason's engagement,
IN Australia was the most snrcessf,,i
ever made by magician there
lie was assisted In ali his vort ~,
his wife, known professio,oii,. ~
Mdle Edmunda" This ladv v.os .
mlss hammer, a sister Of Paul Ham
niel' snu OF Ihoryald L. Hammer, who
earlier tours. VI "e ms
,,, Oscar Lllason was an extremely pop
va gouAs man, and deservedly so lie
W. ulost genial and generous heart.
- lsi,oN ana an OF his ambitions cen
~ 80 ~ lia aJecess In his chosen career
~ was probably the superior of any
Ilnlns magician In respect to his re-.
soulCes iof new feats and the skin ana
po'ish with which he presented them.
VIEWS OF THE AUSTRALIAN
PRESS
Inc Australian press has devoted
hundreds Of columns Of friendly
criticism to Eliasons work This
from the Melbourne Argus is but q
sample OF large volume OF clippings
k.p' IN serapbook form by Thorwald
Hammer shows the high esteem in
which The deceased was held,
me ordinary conjuror who sboots
Natches out Of a blunderbuss and ev-
uaN'S pigeons from an old gentIeman's
nat mas gone the way of tbe stags
coaches and other numbering convey-
ahees oil past generation ana has
oeeh replaced BY magicians of a new
sNnOoi' many Of The feats of a Bosoo
III Lynn, and even a Nasl,el,,rI
sern' uhconNinclng when compared win
sreh performance as that which was
sven uy Dante at 81. Georges Hail
o'I saturday evening. in the presence az
1oise ana thoroughly interested audi.
'HVe; IL may be said that the charm
ol Dahtes performance is his yarle.
" IN leSerdemaln pure ana simnia
ne Is asIonishIngly clean and ouirt
NAlie IN the box trick and tho cabinei
uAeH ne introduces the new feature ~
extraordinary rapidly. ana in his optf
eHi Illusions he succeeds In blending 10
lance with the shadow So closely
that the Joining absolutely dedes AZ,
tecuon. The several Items folIo0, eecb
ssH'i 80 quickly that the attention OF
~ @Iu'enVe Is never allowed 10 flag
t'u D1htt 3 quite remarkable ability
AZ .Ie slrlct sphere OF a eonjuror Is
suPF-eHte hlel ny his excellent "patter"
anu lnciuentdl business. When the
tSiVIy boys grew noisy he always bad |
smart, good-humored retort FOR them
ana oy pretending 10 palm an article |
C!uIhsliy. or 10 let the audience see how |
y was done, and then showing them |
'hM u was stu In It's original place he |
earned many a well-deserved laush |
~ the realm Of legerdemaln one OF hli |
lleNeIest tricks consisted In PRODUCING |
an entire supper Tor three persons In.
Guiding tabelcluth, seryiettes cutlery
glass, eatables, and Wine. from half n
lozen lengths OF empty tubing ana the
lIN part ot ne t1ai ..n was concluded
by curious trck. 10 which Mademol-
seize Edmunda, the coniuror's assist
ant was apparently placed In a cage
rom which she disappeared In fpli
view Of the audience. The second mar,
u the program was variation ~ the
Fell-known box trick. which consists In
person being securely bound inside a
afge box, from which he then energes
N 'Dante's' version there are Two
'oXes, one Of which Is placed. inside tho
'Iher. while within the inner box an
assistant Is fastened In a large bag
The whole Is then placed together. with
second assistant behind a screen. ana
'hen me curtain Is drawn. after the
apse OF about five seconds the first
IAN IL found standing on the stage. ana
ne second Is discovered inside the sack
D the inner box The "beggaTs dream"
, weird idea, elaborated BY Dante"
iademoSelle Edmunda clothed I'm n
mean azure. Is placed IN a cage. which
theh set on fire. She IL apparently
onsumed, and from her ashes springs
new ana more beautiful edition OF
corrected and amended
y Dante The imitation OF
seance was given with ex.
raordinary cleanness and qulckness
ne supposed medium. who was bound
.cureiy In a chair. and had his mouth
He'd with water and coins placed no
Feen bis fingers, performed strange
mites IN the character OF "Sllverlight
he Indian" and although a commlttee
members q the audience. consist.
" Of four gentlemen OF unimpeacha-
ie Integrity, had seats on the STAGE
ley could throw no more light upon
10 subject than n committee OF In
ulry into the affairs OF def,inc,
uildlug society. Mademolseue IA
Iunda, In a quiet costume. consisting
a rational dress In scarlet satin. Der.
lrmed some trick bicycle riding
hich defied al the laws Of gravity. ana .
'terwards. when blndfolded. she rad ,
CURES on a slate and performed feats
calculation with figures which were =
visible 10 her. while Dante" twisted
, a sheet Of blotting paper IN medl- :
tive fashion and produced enough i,
)wers from II TO decorate the Town !
All. These were only a few OF The
ats which were performed during the
'ening, and Dante" certainly created @
e conviction that In feats Of sleight n
hand, as well as In all the other arti- v
,es Of the conjuror. he far cuisines c
" Of the craft who have yet appeared a
Melbourne. r