The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 21, 1902, Page 2

IN BEHALF OF THE PERSECUTED IRISH National President of the United League Tells of the Gross Injustice Inflicted Upon the Suffering People of the Emer- ald Isle by Reason of the Brutal Tactics of the British AL L OSTON, Oct. 20.—A notablc gath- of leaders of international reputation made remarkable the g of the first comvention the nited Irish League in to-¢ John E. Redmond, M. ope of is city . Michael Davitt and John Dillon, M. envoys for Ireland; Hon. Edward Blake, Irish member of Parliament; United Sta ator Smith of New Jer sey, Pat former United States Minister to Chile, and Patrick Ford of were among “the deje- convention was opened.at 11:45 by al sident John Finnerty, who d the following address: We are ity of again assembled in the dual capac- Americiw, citizens and -allies of their kindred to up their -yolces in be- haif of Ireland’s tille: own the land they cultivate Redmond, who fc oneers for Irish libe e are other Ir friends of I patriots, broth: land’s delegates to convict's clothes Irish jails, be- il the English ster that his rula in Ireland is nvasion, usurpation, confiscation h of tresties, which even savage e would have respected, .but which Eng- THREE. DISTINGUISHED ENVOYS TO THE CONVENTION AT BOSTON AND THE PRESIDENT OF T‘HE;‘ 1 UNITED IRISH LEAGUE, WHO MADE A THRILLING ADDRESS IN PROTEST AGAINST THE PERSECU- TION AND THREATENED EXTINCTION OF THE HARDY PEOPLE OF THE EMERALD ISLE, — lish greed and jealow natically wio- lated The - Anglo-Normans, at close of the twelfth” century eystem into 1 Irish lands we ple, and were prince and chief respect heir foul feud: efore they. came. the | of all the peo- | by monarch, | he “invaders did not which governed an- | the main, models | the contrary, they | ¥ van- | others in the fleld or | the daugh- to the lands which Ve the Irish people and not vored and privileged few Ireland 4id no y submit to this new #98 violent condition of aftairs but, as his- tory tells, s long and persistentl; for Jiberty. he Anglo-Norman feudal = tem w peramount in Ireland until Parnell, supported by the Land League, of which the United Irish League is the Uneal successor, made & breach in its brazen shield. Catholics and Protestants -alike were persecuted and the outrages forced them to emigrate to the American colonies, where they took their part | in _the war for independence. Since January 1, 1801, Ireland has been, to | sil intents and purposes an English province. The union act wiped out, as far as parchment snd seal could do it, her distinctive national- | ity the hearts and hands of the bulk of | the Irish people have been and are inflamed | t the provincial condition. | ed ‘the brand of social 1 inferiority of heaith in man But how soon, in many cases, the wife loses the start and fades in face and fails in flesh; while her husband grows even more rufiui and mtmc::_ef ere is one chief cause for this wifely failure and that is, the failure of the womanly health. When there is i or an mhglm!;’m’t_yinflm. , Dity alone is wanting. how that Ireland has to-day a smaller popu- ation than she had in 1801, and that within he last sixty years 1,250,000 of her people starved to death, more than 2,000,000 were evicted from their holdings and 4,000,000 at least -sought refuge from British tyranny in this and other free countries. A government, whether native or forelgn, that could and can find no remedy. for this wholesale destruction of an ancient and highly. endowed people.has no right to exist. It has sinned against the beneficence of God and the inherent rights of mankind. Under more favorable conditions the Irish people would be entirely justified in resorting to arms to end this huge iniquity. Right and justice are on their side and present opportu- With & powerful ally ucleus of an army and war, Ireland, by put- man in the fleld, could to furnish her with the with the munitions ‘of ting every able-bodied win ‘her independence, ally nothing short of a miracle e e are the men to decide the policy of thelr coun- try. So long as they keep the green flag fly- ing and meke no compromise of their right to be free and independent, their American kinsmen are. and will be, theif allies and aux- iliarfes. Ireland must fight England with such weapons as she has ready. She must not submit to be extinguished while waiting Mo Eiortunity to strike. She is threatened i e great and pressi g Sfn ome great pressing danger—extinction ALIENS HOLD BEST LANDS. As her manufacturers, except in the lin 3 r 2 of linen and a few other staples, are aimost de- stroved by English competition, which has | every advantage that wealth, plant and skill can give, her young people are, in a grea measure,” cut off from skilled labor pureaice and agriculture is the only other.alternative of employment. The best lands of Ireland are held by alien and absentee landlords. The gg{:tee;re‘hnrcu!fled b{ the tillers of the soll. v ese two classes “drre- pressible conflict.” s B The Irish landlords are offered a settlement tantamount to forty years' rental for the lands | they hold in general by the law or “the nrocess of confiscation, - These lndy belong by hereditary right to the Irish people. But the Irish people do not ask for a new confiscation, but for condemnation and pur- chase by loan on terms of -easy. repayment. When, instead of sixty thousand, eix hundred thousand heads of Irish -tenant families be- come proprigtors, a tourniquet. will have been applied to the bleeding arteries of Ireland. The young pedple, “the ‘pride ‘and flower : of their ‘country, will ‘remain at home, and be- neath the genfal skies of their. native land, make her fertile 'soil biossom as a rose. And with prosperity. Wwill. come libe - i rty, its hand England herself must the: cruel Irish landlords bew:;‘:":ge t&:’;f:olg: by her sheriffs and her soldiers.. Balfour and Wyndham are making a last effort in behaif of their clients, the landiords. . They have dug up the gaunt and ghastly remains of old Bd. ward I, ‘‘the hammer of the Scbtch,” and with this rusty, rotten old. ‘hammer” they are attempting io put down the United Irish Themshers of Barhament. and saont s Limh e dred local leaders into all, o ree Bua- The meeting to-day, said President Fin- nerty, was to express the sentiments of the American Irish on the Irish question and to welcome Ireland's chief and his fellow delegates. A’ year has not yet elapsed since the United Irish League of America was temporarily organized. In spite of senseless opposition in some quar- ters and unmanly apathy in others it has increased and multiplied throughout the American continent and has furnished the true men in Ireland with a respectable amount of the sinews of war to carry on in a manly manner the noble struggle for land and liberty. The Protestants of the north and the Catholics of the south have joined hands for the salvation sof their country, which presages a long day of glory and ‘prosperity. President Finnerty referred to the as- sistance he had received from the national secretary, John O’Callaghan, of Boston, John Jay Joyce of New York, Dr. J. P, Martin of Baitimore and P. Shelly O'Ryan of Chicago, also National Treasurer T. B. Fitzpatrick of Boston and the other national officers and merbers of the ex- ecutive and general organizing commit- tee. Thanks, too, he said, were due to William Redmond and Joseph Devlin, members of Parliament, for their cam- paign of organization throughout America but without such an | " last spring. John E. Redmond and the other delegates to America. Following Mr. Finnerty’s address Acting Mayor Doyle welcomeéd the delegates to this city. Bourke Cockran was. chosen temporaty chairman. Addressing the convention, Cockran 'said that an appeal to arms by the Irish people would be folly rather than patriotism, but-that when the truth of the Irish question had become appar- | ent to the world an adjustment of the difficulty would be possible, The committee on’credentials reported 577 delegates present, including 127 dele- | gates at large representing twenty-one S(l‘ales, the District of Columbia and Can- | ada. i The convention was then organized with | John F. Finnerty of Chicago as perma- nent chairman. Committees - were ap- pointed with the foilowing chairmen: | Rules—General O'Beirne, New York; by- laws—M.. P. Curran, Massachusetts; plat- form and resolutions—M. J. Ryan, Phila- delphia; ways and means—United States Senator Smith, New Jersey; permanent organization—Patrick Ford, New York. WILDLY ENTHUSIASTIC. Before the afternoon adjournment. speeches_were made by M. P. Curran of Boston and General James R. O'Beirne. of New York. The evening session was wildly enthusi- astic, especially during the speeches of John Dillon and Michael Davitt, and .the resolutions which were introduced at the close of the séssion were adopted amid cheers. } After the committee on ways and means had been perfected a number of letters of regret were read, notably from President Roosevelt, Governor Crane, Mayor Col- line and Bishop Conaty. John Dillon, one of the Irish envoys, prefaced his remarks by saying that he ‘was amazed at the strength of the move- ment in America and the success of the convention, both of which, he said, wd give courage to the brethren in Ireldnd and consternation to her enemies. He sald that the league needed assistance in Ireland, because the- people there » were disarmed, because they were not allowed free speech, a free discussion in the press, the liberty of public meeting and lastly a trial by jury. This, he said, is tyranny. He recounted some of the experiences of | John O'Donnell and Willlam Redmond in trying to address meetings. “There are those who will tell you,” he said, “‘that the true remedy is the re- vival of Irish industries, but I say there will never be a revival until the hand of the landlord is removed.” He urged sending to Ireland steady contributions, that the contest against England might not flag. Michael Davitt, the next speaker, said there were organized in Ireland 1132 branches, with an average membership of elghty, which gives a total membership of 110,000. He also said that there were 800 branches in. England, Scotland and ‘Wales. Davitt sald that General Botha had asked him how many Ifishmen came | from America to fight for the Boers and Davitt sald he was ashamed to say that the number was only forty. General Botha said that if after Paardeburg 5070 had come from America to help the Boers ‘the power of England wouid have been smashed in South Africa. Davitt sald that he believed the brethren in this country at that time deserted the cause of Ireland in not fighting England. The platform and resolutions were then presented.” They pledge the convention to undying allegiance in the cause of Ire- land’s independence, assert the right of the Irish race to carry on the war against England by means of honorable weapons, rt the belief that the leaders in Ire- and are best fitted to direct and carry on this contest, demand the arra t of England 4t the bar of public opinion In conclusion he welcomed | « The .Liberal leader, Sir -Henry Camp- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1902 FINNERTY MAKES A STIRRING PLEA INDIN TROOFS FOR SOMALLAND Reinforcements Will Be ~ Dispatched From -7 Berbera. Former Officer of Austro- Hungarian Army Is With “ ‘the Mad Mullah. LONDON;,.Oct. 20.—The British Govern- ment is considering the expediency of dis- patching Indian ‘troops to Somaliland to | deal' with the Mad Mullah. The British Vice Consul at Berbera, Somaklland, -in cabling to--the - Foreign Office the substance of thé later dispatch Wwhich he received from Colonel Swayne, commandér of the British- force operating | against the Mad Mullah, referred to the; Mullahis. being in communication with Kail Inger, in the Wirection of the Webbe | Rivér. | Heé. apparently. meant *‘Karl In- ger,'! the-former oflicer of - the Austro- | huUDgariun carmy, who has several, times been ‘meritioneu in” connectlon with the Muliah’'s movements.in Somaliland.. In- ger is also said to have caused the Brit- ish authoriftes trounie in the Soudan some years ago. 7 L General W. H. Manning started from London for Somaltland some days ago, aving bad news from there, and will | asten the ' dispateh of . reinforcements | from Berbera. | ADEN, Oct," 20,—Reinforcements of 460 | Bombiy ‘Grénadicrs have been ordered to | 80 .to Somaliland to-marrow. [} ool =inledel @ through the dissemination of ;the facis| of: her rule, declare that the United Irish League is the only men:ce to England's | fule {ii-Ireland, and. finally urged upon the Irish of . this country to contribute liberaily to the cause: The convention adjourned until row. to-mof- — IRISH MEMBERS ACTIVE. Wyndham’s Statements Are Met ‘ With Derisive Cries. LONDON, Oct. 20.—The Irish National- ists were much in evidence. at question time in’ the House of Commons to-day. They bombarded the Irish Secretary, ‘Wyndham, with all kinds of querles, in- terruptions ‘and .contradictions of his statements anent: the imprisonment of Irish members. Wyndham's replies, though given in a conciliatory tone, evoked storms of derisive cries, mingled with hisses, .and the Speaker was kept busy" suppressing demonstrations which threatened to develop into disorderliness. William O'Brien moved the adjourn- ment of the House in order tb discuss questions arising from the case of former Police Sergeant Sullivan, now in Amer- ica, who is alleged to have obtained the conyiction of innocent persons through perjury. bell-Bannerman, cordially joined the Irish in supporting their demand that the Gov- ernment fixed a day to discuss the state of Ireland, but he declined to make the Liberal opposition responsible for the de- mand, which, he said, was made by the constitutional representatives of Irelamd and ih regard to a purely Irish question. Premier Balfour retorted ‘that Sir Hen- ry’s doctriné seemed ‘wholly separatist. He would nét-admit’ that the government of Irgland wal asPurely Irish’ question; and’ until: the -ambiguous attitude of the Liberal leader was cleared up he declined to say if the Government would grant a day for the discussiop of the state, of Iréland. Y P T8 The galleries were crowded to-night In anticipation of a sensational debate on ‘Willlam O’Brien’s motion. In outlining.the Spllivan matter © Brien | declared that Patrigck Nolan, one of the Government's witnessés in a certain pros- ecution in Dublin and Sligo, although he swore at one trial that a letter purport- ing' to have been written by Mr. Machate, president of the United Revolutjonary League, arranging for a.murderous out- rage, was in Sullivan’s handwriting, yet afterward ‘avowed that he had been em- ployed to shield Sullivan from justiceé by discrediting the evidence of other wit- nesges, and that Sullivan was guilty of forgeries. Describing the Sligo trial as an eye-wit- ness, Mr. O'Brien declared that a mor dishonest or revolting trial “ had never been held. He said the Irish members feared that Dublin Castle was trying to | hush the Sullivan matter up, but that it ‘was a case of greater gravity than that of Sergeant Sheridan, because the plot Sul- livan had organized against the Irish League was of the same character as the Piggott forgeries against Parnell. Mr. O'Brien charged that the Government had packed the jury to acquit Sullivan and had then spent an enormous sum to shel- ter him from justice. “The greater the scoundrel in the Irish constabulary,” said the speaker, ‘‘the surer he is of being shielded and pro- moted.” The Attorney General for Ireland, J. At- kinson, replying to O’'Brien, charged that the facts of the case had been strongly misrepresented, and he taunted O'Brien ‘with being too cowardly to bring the case openly in the law courts. At this state- ment there were shouts of “withdraw” from the Irish benches. O’Brien demanded to know whether the remark of Atkinson was disorderly. The Speaker of the Fouse, Court-Gully, re- plied that he’did not take the remark as calling O'Brien a coward, but as applying to the course he had taken. The Attor- ney General then withdrew his expression and proceeded with the contention that he did not have the power to try a man a second time for a crime of which he had been acquitted. He scored O'Brien for bringing infamous charges against the crown without proof. ‘Wyndham declared that O'Brien’s charge had been completely disposed of and ridiculed the idea that the matter was one of urgent public importance. T. P. O'Connor said the present debate filled him with more despair than any he had ever before heard in the House, and |- reéiterated the charge that the Govern- ment had packed the Sulllvan jury with Protestants and Unionists. ' O’Brien’s motion for an adjournment of the House was rejected by215 votes to 117. ‘Wyndham then explained that it was impossible to pase the Irish land pur- chase’ bfll this session and said he hoped in the course of the next session to intro- duce a new bill for / voluntary arrange- mente between the értles concerned. He moved the withdratwal of the land pur- chase bill, which was agréed to, and the House then adjourned. Sm— Barmitzva of Max Gans. Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Gans announce the barmitzva of their son Max, to take place Saturday, October 2, at the Geary- street Temple. Reception in the afternoon from 2 to 5 p. m. at their residence, 866 McAllister street. 3 3 —_————— . Steamer Is Destroyed by Fire. GRAND TOWER, Ill, Oct. 20.—The steamer City of Sheffield burned here at midnight and is a total loss. She was on ber way to Paducah for repairs &nd | has colldpsed; this shows the grave dangers “latter had been so cruelly killed. stopped here for the night. There were no passengers. or. freight on board, The crew was saved. " S ——— i te—— To Cure a Coid iz One Day di ists !gnv;d the % it it :fr:fl e Te l'.n.% Grove's manmll on each bfi.x.w aBas ST. LOUIS GRAND JURY INDICTS MILLIONAIRE Colonel Edward Butler Must Face Charge of Having Bribed Members of the House of Delegates (e to Pass a Lighting Bill b q {; g NOTED POLITICIAN AND MILLION. .DISTRIBL‘TING BRIBES AMONG BEEN INDICTED AND PLACED UNDER BONDS ON A CHARGE OF AIRE OF ST. LOUIS WHO HAS NOTORIOUS BOODLE COUNCIL. T. LOUIS, Oct. 20.—The October Grand Jury to-day handed down an indictment charging Colonel Edward Butler, the local politician and millionaire, with bribery in connection with the city lighting deal, in which $47,500 is said to have been dis- bursed among members of the House of Delegates combine. The witnesses whose names appear on the back of the information against But- | ler are: J. K. Murrell, E. E. Murrell, George F. Rabert:a:n. Otto Schumacher, John 1. Helms, tam M. Tamblyn, Joby Judge and: Géorge F: Hocker. The!| last” two named are formal witnesses, Judge heing clerk of the présent House of Delegates and Hocker secretary of the present Council. The other six are mem- bers of the coribine. # Butler was taken to the Four Courts sHortly after 1 o'clock by Deputy Sheriff Jerabeck, accompanied by one of his counsel. . The court was in recess, but *{ was™ supposed —F Butler was allowed his liberty upon his prfomise to return at 2 o'clock. At that hour Butler was released on a bond of $20,000, signed by John A. Robb. ‘When the last Grand Jury adjourned its report contained the statement that Ed- ward Butler was the man who paid the $47,500 to nineteen members of the House of Delegates to seture the passage of the lighting bill. The money was said to have been distributed at the house of Julius Lchmann, each member of the combine receivirg $2500. Delegate Charles F. Kelly, a fugitive from justice, is charged in an mdictment with being the distributor. No ‘indictment | was- feturmed in that connection at that | time because it was desired to probe the matter further and get the facts in re- gard to another prominent citizen who to-~have money. The first definite details abeut tl deal were furnished by Delegate I. K. Murrell, who returned from Mexico. and turngd State’s evidence. BT e e e e e B e e o ] ENUS," SHOTBY E MARIAN NOLAN,“CALIFORN Continued From Page 1, Column 7. , top us from getting our cattle ranch.in Cali- fornia and you could have all the pretty little “Emporium’ kitchens then that your heart daxm::flc by to-day’s Bulletin that Bernhardc e & !hen'x;'a‘de'nr, 1 shall not leave without see- 5 Marian,” and with love and the ‘h“eil fllin\“lllc!hes. I hope you will let mev hear from you as scon as you receive this. Yours, Sunday, October 19, 1902, ED. DID NOT LOVE MARSHUTS. In Marchuts' pockets were also found five 32-caliber cartridges of the kind used | in his revolver. Evidence was found there, too, which showed that for many months the murderer had been badly in need of money. This evidence was in the nature of a -dozen or more pawn tickets on the Golden West Loan Office. The tickets called for gold slivve buttons, a diamond pin, a Smith & ‘Wesson revolver, a dress suit and overcoat, upon’ which he raised $14, and one cluster diamond ring, upon which he borrowed $38. There was also a tintype picture of himself and the woman hekilled, taken out at the old Chutes, and a single small photograph of himself. He also had a letter of recom- mendation from Hammersmith & Field. This letter stated that he was employed by, that firm as a salesman during last December and that he gave entire satis- faction. He was recommended as a capa- ble and honest man. There was another letter addressed to him at the Fidelity Mutual -Aid Association, where he. was employed up to the time of his death. Mrs. John Nolan, the aged mother of the dead girl, residing at 736 O'Farrell street, was almost heartbroken over the death of her daughter. Kind neighbors and her son, R. J. Nolan, of 978 Geary street, and his wife endeavored to con- sole her, but their efforts were almost in vain. The aged lady could not forget that the beautiful girl, who had been a prop to her latter years, was lying cold in death. Mrs. R. J. Nolan was almost prostrated. She could hardly repress her tears. She had been out shopping during the after- roon with her sister-in-law and could scarcely be made to believe that the She sald: “Marian and I had been out this afternoon shopping. We went about town and had a good time and Marian was to have gone to the theater to-night. I left her at her home about 5 o'clock. She must have gone out to keep her cngagement when this- terrible tragedy Lappened. d ‘‘She did not care for Marshuts—that is, she did not love him. She wanted to treat him merely. as a friend. He would not stand for this, however. He was of! u very jealous 'digposition. Marian de- sired to have many friends and frequent- ly went out to have a good time with gentlemen other than Marshuts. This made him. very angry. Marian did not want to keep company with him any longer and, in fact, she had never kept company with him to any extent. He wrote to her saying that he intended to leave this cityy but we knew that he did not have.tl east inténtion of doing s TRAVELS PACE THAT KILLS. “Ed” Marshuts, as he was familiarly known along the cocktail route and in the nooks and corners where gay Bohemians are wont to. gather after the electric lights begin to sputter, came here about five years ago from St. Louls. He had a smooth. easy-going manner, good clothes and a sweet tenor voice, and he soon won for himself the empty fame of being a good fellow. He made friends on all sides and finally made money enough by a turn to keep him for a year or two at least. Marshuts and Will Heazleton, ‘who was then editor of the Evening Post, cleaned up many thousands of dollars in a sugar deal and Marshuts began to go the pace that kills. Of his share of the profits of the deal, which amounted to fully $30,- 000, he soon had little. Ife ‘bought wine and sent his money the way of all things with a lavish hand. While he was in the zenith of his money-spending career, . he met Marian Nolan and grew very fond of her. They had a circle of friends who loved | a cold bottle and a hot bird and a “‘hot™ time, and Marshuts’. money slipped through his fingers at a rapid gait. Finai-. ly he ‘‘went broke” and those who sought his comnany when he was a good fellow easily met, with plenty of coin, over- looked him in his poverty. All did save Marian Nolan. She enjoyed his maney when he had it and she loaned him hers in nis hour of need. More than once dur- ing the last year Miss Noldn bpened her purse to the man who had been' her cofii- panisn in his more successful-days. Mar- furnished the- MARSHUTS TRIES TO BLUFF THE GOVERNMENT French Deputy Presents " Annoying Bill for Consideration. Measure Amounts to Chal- lenga to Carry Out the | Pro-Church Reform. PARIS, Oct. 2—In the Chamber of Deputies to-day Ernest Roche, National- ist, introduced a bill providing for the separation of church and state, the abo- lition of the budget of public worship and the suppression of the French embassy at the Vatican. The bill was presented as a challenge to the Government to carry out the radical pro-church reform, M. Roche declaring that the question had figured long enough in the national plat- form and that if the struggle against the congregation was sincere the Government ought to carry out the separation of church and state. The Deputy demanded that the Cham- ber deciare urgency for the measure, but Premier Combes refused to accept the motion, saying the bill was only intended to embarrass the Government. Henri Brisson declaréd that he and his Radical friends would also oppose urgency for the same reason. The Chamber rejected the urgency mo- tion by 285 to 170 votes, but ordered an early discussion of the counter proposition | referring all bills dealing with the ques- | tion of ‘“church and state” to a Special | committee, to. which M. Lascies (Nation- alist) said meant “a funeral for the bills.” R e s e e shuts could never crush the love for his victim out of his heart. He haunted her | footsteps wherever she went and they often dined together. Miss Nolan is said | to have disecouraged Marshuts, but -he | persisted in paying his attentions to her. Only yesterday a few hours before she was shot she informed a friend that Mar- shuts had been bothering:her and -that | she wished she could get rid of him. Marshuts had a great desire. to shine | en the stage. About a year ago he took up a subscription among his friends. in | *the mercantile district in order to en- able him to go to New York to study for | the vaudevilie. After he received the | money his theatrical aspirations either waned ‘or he found himself unable to break away from the charm of -Marian Nolan’'s company, as he did not-leave the city. At one time he joined a company which was organized in this city and | started to tour the country with it. The company got as far as Chicago and there disbanded, thus putting an end to his | actual stage experience. When his pocketbook could stand it, he dressed in the height of style. He | wore a toupee to cover the front por- tion of his head, which was bald. Dur- g the last year, while he was without | money and Marian Nolan no longer. cared | for him, those who knew him say that he | showed signs of insanity at times. Gty Marian Nolan was ambitious to become an actress. Soon after becoming famous because of being voted the finest formed woman in California, Miss Nolan sought further fame on the stage. Her ambition |'was. never realized, however, for despite the fact that she appeared at all the. the- aters of this city her greatest achievemer: | as an actress was the speaking .of a few lines in some unimportant role. S |, As an attraction Miss Nolan was mors |'or less in favor, for while no one looked for her to shine as a star still her repu- tation as a‘shapely model was well worth: to any local theater the small salary pald ber. _For six months almost steadily she graced the boards at the Central Theater, |'mever ‘wfth more than a two-line part, but always at the front. “‘She was, indeed, a stage picture,” said Manager Charles Cook last night, “and | no. matter how fine a lot of shapely | women filled the stage Marian Nolan |'wonld be easily pointed out as the queen |'ot them all.” ' ‘At the California Theater and at the | Tivoli she posed in living pictures and | was ‘a.feature in the grand march of an extravaganza. Speaking of her appearance at the Cali- | fornia, Manager Friedlander, now of | Bischer’s, said that during his connection |'with theaters he never saw a more per- |-fectly formed woman orlene that could excite such comment as could the shapely Marian Nolan. P S “THE CALIFORNIA VENUS.” Marian Nolan was only 16 yvears of age when she was selected by a committee of |: artists from among a.number of hand- some contestants to pose for a statue to | represent the béauty of the Golden West at the World's Fair in Chicage. It was | thrdbugh this that she gained the title of |““The California -Venus.” The ®contest | caused edlumns of tomment in the news- | papers from San Francisgo to New York | ana Beston, and was even discussed at | considerable length in the English publi- | cations. [ . HELENA: Mont., Oct. 20.—A flash from a | short circuit of high tension lines set fire to | the ‘powen bullding of the Helena Light and | Power . Gampany -this morning. The building |iiras_aimost totally destroyed.” Loss, $43.000; insurance, $30, KITCHEN REQUISITES. «“More, more, I always want more.” —Oliver., You can taste that extra five _..cents in every mouthful of