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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-11
Signed With ReIuctance

Signed With Reluctance
When the king appeared at the privy
lncH yesterday he had to make an
other declaration of the same tendency,
but much less drastic in its terms, and
he informed the privy councillors. to
their amazement. that he signed it
with reluctance, as derogatory to him
self and his Catholic subjects
The irish party has been agitating
for years To get these declarations
purged OF their allusions to Catholic
beliefs and the pope. but. although the
sense of all the leaders and Of the bulk
Of al parties was favorable to their
elimination. = small section of orange
ultra Protestants in both houses has
hitherto been able to prevent the pas
sage Of an amending act.
King George has now taken the mat
ter into his own hands. Yesterday the
attorney general consulted with several
Catholic members Of parliament respect
ing the proposed amendment. The only
Irish member in the house was Colonel
Arthur Lynch, 50 he was taken into
consultation. Thus. by a curious turn
Of fate. tho man who had been sem
tenoed to death for high treason is in
vited to give an opinion on the terms
Of the kings succession oath.
Hostility Is Certain
This action Of the king will arouse
violent hostility among certain classes
Of Protestants who are still convinced
that Rome may yet undermine the Brit
ish monarchy and the Protestant sue
cession by the process denounced in this
declaration. Already Protestant meet
ings have been called to preserve the
declaration.
The kings action shows he has
mind Of his own. and proves the cour-
age, as well as impulsiveness, with
which he is credited. It may easily
lead to the gravest possible kind of agi-
, tstion IL the ultra Protestants suspect
that he is actuated by any tenderness
for the Catholic church
IT was definitely announced tonight
that Colonel Roosevelt's lecture at Ok
ford university. scheduled for May Is,
has been postponed.
Late TODAY the body Of King Tdwar I'd
inclosed in an osken casket, was trans
ferred to the throneroom Of Bucking-
ham palace whore il rests on cata-
fslque covered with the same purple
pail tnat enshrOuded the coffin of Queen
Victoria. A silken royal ensign has
been spread over the pail. Many floral
offerings coming from abroad Will be
deposited in the throneroom, where the
body viii remain until its removal to
Westminster hall.
King Manuel Leaves
LISBON May 1o.-King Manuel left
today for London
Completing Funeral Plans
LONDON. May IO.-While the rulers
and representatives OF foreign nations
are assembling here for the obsequies
of King Edward. the various necessary
IormaJities incident TO the sad event are
being gradually completed
The widowed queen has sent touch
inE personal MESA ge 70 the nation,
written in unassuming style and re-
calling similar intimate messages Queen
victoria was in the habit OF addressing
a. her people
A&ing George has addressed messages
TO the navy and army, expressing his
thanks for their loyalty and devotion
and his solicitude for the ef1ciency Of
both services
a message also has gone from the
king to the Indian princes and people
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-11
A Legal Proposition

Although. as an abstract ethical
proposition it, is true, at Attorney
Shadbourne argued, that uarriage is a
holy an dsacred relation and hence
not to be dissolved, it is not so in a
legal sense" declared Judge Cabaniss
II wish to be understood that in decid-
ing this case i propose to look at the
law of the state only. The desertion
on the husbands part alleged by Mrs.
Reed is of the kind recognized by law,
but shortly after its inception it lost
the character of desertion by reason of
Mrs. Reeds proposal to her husband
that they continue to live apart from
each other for one year. After she
made that proposal she was estopped
from stating that any desertion on her
husbands part was against her will
and consent
1t was in October of last year that
the first commotion was caused in the
ranks of the many friends and ac-
quaintances of the Reeds by the runor
that Mrs. Reed had left their handsome
home at SIS Buena Vista avenue with
her youngest daughter, Constance. and
gone to live with her mother, Mrs. c.
s. Wilson, at $3.50 Charming wav.
Berkeley. January 10 of this year
Mrs. Reeds complaint in the divorce
action was filed. Mrs. Reed asked for
division of the community property
and the custody of her youngest child,
stating her willingness to leave the
four older children, Gladstone, Kath-
ryn. Elsie and Earl. in charge of their
<otbor
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-11
SECRECY ENDED

The fling of the document was at
tended with secrecy. but when its ex-
istence became known a wamiIy coun-
ell was held In the present residence OF
Mrs Mary E. Benson. 35 Portland ave-
nue.. Fruitvale. and attempts at fur
ther eoncealment wehe thrown aside.
MY father. John A. Benson. was a
bisamist and was not prosecuted sim
ply because my mother had a horror Of
involving the family in any more dis
grace or scandal than had already
been brought upon US by his actions
was the startling statement OF Doctor
Benson Immediately after the confer
ence.
My mother. Mary F. Benson. was the
only lawful wife OF John A. Benson and
we will establish this fact in the courts.
In her behalf and my own i applied for
letters of administration of the estate
today and intend to show that we are
the only legal heirs regardless of what
claim may be made by the woman who
has posed as his wife during the last
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-11
Husbands Plea AvaiIs

Reeds contention that the law
should not separate husband and
wife, parent sof five children. after 16
years of happy married life, merely
because the wife had grown tired of
her husband and no longer found com
plete happiness in his association, was
given attention by the court. The spe-
cifc basis of the decision, however,
utory plea of constructive desertion,
upon which Mrs Reed relied, had not
been proved. The PLAINTIFFS suggestion
TO her husband that they live apart
for II months, as testified to during
the trial Of the case. destroyed her
right to demand a divorce
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-11
Notifies Ministers That Clause
Is Offensive Reference to
Catholic Belief
Courageous Position Starts Tur.
mOiI in Religious Circles of
Great Britain
Irishman, Once Sentenced to
Death for Treason, Is Called
Into Consultation
Especial Gable to The Call

ONDON, May 10.-King George
has suddenly asserted himself in
sensational fashion. He has no
tihed his ministers that he has an in
vincible objection TO reciting the dec
laraton that he viii have to make the
first time he meets parliament after his
accession. because Of its offensive ref
erences TO Catholic belief.
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Value Not Known

Il do not know what the value OF the
estate is. and do not care. Whether
it is a few dollars or a large sum the
fact that we are the only legal heirs
will be established.
ANY statement to the effect that a
divorce was secured either by my father
or by my mother at any time is abso-
Iutely untrue. and has no foundation in
fact He was legally married to my
mother when he took this other woman
as his wife in northern California seven.
years ago. thereby committing bixamy.
Il have not seen him during the last
few years, and do not think there has
been any meeting between him and
my mother. although during the last
few weeks she received message from
him. He was at that time confined
in the Tngleside jail. being imprisoned
for land frauds The message ac-
knowledged the monstrous injustice he
had done my mother and asked for
giveness-
JUSTICE Is DEMANDED
His insurance policies were carried
in my mothers name and the premiums
were paid in full The family place
in Nineteenth avenue, as well as this
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-05-11
MRS. REED FAILS
TO SECURE THE
COVETED DECREE
Wife of Well Known Attorney
Defeated in Action She
Brought for Divorce
Court Holds That Desertion by
Husband Was Not Estab=
lished by Plaintiff

The combined eloquence and philoso-
ply of David Hume, Schopenhauer,
Gibbon Macauley, Byron, Leopardi, an
Arabian caliph and Attorney J. J..
Dunno has been all inadequate to Sc
cure for Mrs Ethelyn Minnie Watson
Reed the divorce which she has been
striving for most strenuously to obtain
from Charles Wesley Reed. attorney
and one time supervisor.
In his brief, filed at the conclusion
of the sensational suit which grew out
OF the domestic infelicities of the
Reeds Attorney Dunno. representing
the plaintiff, quoted copious extracts
from the speeches and writings of
noted authors, poets and historians.
All this learned reasoning, however,
was declared insufficient by Judge Co
baniss, who yesterday handed down a
decision denying Mrs. Reeds petition
for divorce and giving favorable re-
sponse to Reeds plea that his home be
maintained intact.
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Completing Funeral Plans

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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-06-25
STUDENTS WILL JUDGE
IN GRAIN CONTEST
At Meeting of Dry Farming Congress
at Spokane First Week in
October.

Teams from not less than 10 agri-
cultural colleges will participate in the
students grain judging contest at the
international exposition in connection
with the fifth Dry Farming congress in
Spokane the week of October 3. Among
these will be representatives from Ore
gon, Idaho, Montana and Washington.
John Il. Burns, secretary of the Dry
Farming congress, announced at inter
national headquarters in Spokane to-
day that Professor Alfred Atkinson,
chairman of the board of governors, has
appointed Professor II. +. Patterson,
agronomist at the Montana agricultural
college, to the position of superintend-
ent of the grain judging contest, to the
winner Of which the Washington board
of control will award a valuable trophy.
Mr.. Burns also announced that Pro
fessor o. b. Whipple, head of the hor-
ticultural department of the Montana
agricultural college, will be judge Of
the vegetable exhibits. This depart.
ment, he said, gives every promise of
having a large number of entries, show
ing a WIDE range OF products OF dry
farmed land.
"The premium list will be attractive
in all departments, he added, "and
we are looking forward to exhibits from
practically every district in which dry
farming methods are practiced. Our
correspondence from various parts of
Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washing
ton indicates that these states will be
fully represented, and there will also
be displays from Colorado and numer-
Gus other states.
"Reports from everywhere in the
western states forecast large crops of
grains, grasses, roots and fruits this
year, and the pick of these will be
worth going hundreds Of miles to see.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-06-25
PAY OF FRUIT PIcKERs FIXED
Men Can Get $225 Day in Yakima
Valley.

Ranchers from all parts Of Yakima
county have decided upon uniform
'svage scale for packing and picking
apples.
The growers decided on sliding
,scale for pickers and other helpers
Ifrom 81 to 1925 a day. The lowest
Svsge is paid children, the highest to
men. Pickers will be furnished sleep
ing quarters, but must board them
selves. For packing the scale will be:
Two cents box for peaches, s cents
Cor apples and pears, cents crate
for prunes, plums, nectarines and SINH
lar fruit. No price was set for pack
eng grapes, which are usually packed
when picked.
Chairman A. II. Henry said that re-
ports received from all parts of the
Yakima valley indicate that from 5000
60 10000 outside workers will be
needed in the Yakima valley to handle
the crop, beginning with the peach
season.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-06-25
NO PRIZE FIGHT IS FINAL.
Governor Gillett Says Not In California
With Emphasis.

Sacramento, Cal, June 20.-Reply-
ing to the intimation that strong press
ure had been brought upon him by per-
sons interested in the Jeffries-J ohnson
fight in San Francisco, Governor Gillett
said:
"There has been no attempt made by
anyone in an endeavor to influence me
in changing my position in regard to
this fight between Mr.. Jeffries and Mr..
Johnson. On the contrary, 1 have been
receiving messages and letters all day
from people all over the country con-
graduating me upon the stand L have
taken.
81 have confidence in the authorities
at San Francisco and know that they
will not violate the law in regard to
prize fights. 1 further wish to state
that the Johnson-J effries fight will not
take place on California soil under any
circumstances. This is final and as en-
phatic as l can make it.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-06-25
IDAHO NEWS ITEMS

William Kitchen is under arrest at
Kamiah on a charge of horse stealing
Roy Shannon killed cinnamon bear
at his ranch near Wallace recently
weighing 300 pounds dressed.
The long felt want of additional
room in the Mullan public schools is to
be supplied as soon as the new building
can be built.
The next year s convention Of the
Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sis
tiers will be held in Standpoint, con-
vening Wednesday, June 16, 1911.
District Judge Edgar c. Steele has
handed down sweeping decision
which, if upheld by the supreme court,
will prohibit the sale of nearbeer" in
Idaho without a license.
The grand commandery and grand
chapter, R. A. NJ, will meet next year
at Occur 'Alene City, June is, 16, II.
The new right eminent grand COM
mander is Frank D. VIM of Occur
'Alene.
On Independence day Wallace will
entertain one of its largest crowds and
enjoy the most successful celebrations
of the Fourth in its history, if the ex-
pectations. of the committees having the
matter IN charge are realized.
Surprising burglar in the act of
robbing her home, Miss Pearl Rowe,
aged 1S, living on a homestead near
Pierce, Col, shot and seriously wounded
the intruder and then notified the sher-
III. The wounded burglar gave his name
as j. II. Slater and says he is from
Weiser, Idaho.
AT the meeting of the board of re-
gents of the University of Idaho the
annual budgets for the departments.
supported from the state appropria-
lions, were presented by President
James A. Mclean as follows: Forestry
department, $947; civil engineering,
5000; physics, $1,0s0; geology, $685.;
biology, 5000; chemistry, 1885; cleo
trical engineering, $1,445; mechanical
engineering, $1,505, and mining engi-
neering, 1880.
Miss Alba Bales, a graduate of Pratt
institute, Brooklyn, recently elected
head Of the department of domestic
science at the Lewiston State Normal
school, and Mrs. Theodore R. Brewitt,
recently elected librarian at the State
Normal school, have arrived at Lew
lston. A bulletin concerning the new
courses will be issued in about a month.
The normal school will this year give
teachers training courses in manual
arts and domestic science with view
to sending out specialists to teach those
subjects.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-06-25
GIRL LOOKS ON
AS LOVERS FIGHT
Young Ranchers Battle Until MINDED
When Riordan Whips Out Knife
and Slabs.

While the object of their affections
stood by and urged them to fercer eff
forts, William Riordan and George Sim
mons, young ranchers, who are rivals
for the favor of Elsie Keefe, fought re-
Gently at Sterling, Col, until both fell
exhausted.
The battle took place at Riordan 8
ranch, where Simmons and Miss Keefe
had stopped while out riding. 1t is
said a haunting remark to Rior-
dan by Miss Keefe precipitated
the trouble. After the men had fought
for half an hour, Riordan, finding him
self beaten, whipped out knife and
stabbed Simmons several times. AS
Simmons fell, Riordan collapsed beside
him. utterly exhausted. Simmons will
probably recover.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-06-25
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
SHORT ITEMS FROM MOST ANY
PLACE ON The GLOBE.
A Review of Happenings in Both East
ern and Western Hemispheres During
the Past Week-National, Historical,
Political and Personal Events Told in
Short Paragraphs.

President Taft has been created Doc
Cor of Jurisprudence by Villa Nova col
fege.
An anti-foreign outbreak is antici-
pated in Yunan in western China, ac-
cording to advices.
c. G. Chapman, a newspaper man,
was elected this week as manager of
Che Portland Commercial club.
Captain +. A. Blake, retired British
army officer, was burned to death in
his bungalow at San Anselmo, Cal,
Saturday.
In London Packy Mcfarland of Chi
cago knocked out Jack Goldswain, the
English welterweight champion, in the
third round.
The fact that the KAISER s condition
as serious is generally conceded. 1t has
not been admitted that he is suffering
from cancer.
At Houston, Texas, ninety-fve cases
of ptomaine poisoning from eating i'm
pure ice cream were reported to the
health department Saturday.
Il. l.. Wayman of Pittsburg has been
subpenaed to appear before the federal
grand jury in New York which is in
vestigating the so-called bathtub trust
At Chicago Mrs. Elizabeth Costello
80 years old, wife of Reese Costello
q former Brooklyn merchant, was ar
rested recently in department store
on the charge of picking pockets.
AT Worcester, Mass, Fred Livesy, |
brakeman, was struck by Lightning
and fell from his train. He died in
stantly. Orville l.. Foss, clerk, wa
paralyzed by lightning and is not ex
pected to live.
The action of Governor Gillett o
California in stopping the Jeffries
johnson fight in Frisco looks like
peculiar piece of business for the chic
executive. The governor had the RICH
Co take this action, but to allow tn
promoters to go ahead and spend man
thousands of dollars before taking hi
action makes it look as though some
thing was in the wind
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-06-25

owned the 100 acres of land on which
Golden, Col, now stands.
The inquest at Libby over the re
mains of Antonio Brizzi, the section
man who was shot by Dominick Sen
tonino resulted in a verdict of self
defense and recent acquittal
Fire Saturday at Butte destroyed
the Montana stables on South Main
street and the building of Smith Gro
Gerry company adjoining. All the horses
were saved. The loss will reach $685.
600.
Articles of Incorporation for the
White Sulphur Springs & Yellowstone
Park Railway company were filed re-
Gently with the secretary of state by
John Ringing and r. M. Calkins of
Chicago and Lewis Penwell of Helena.
Carosetti Antonio, rich Italian la
borer, working with a steam shovel
gang employed in construction work
by the Great Northern at Fielding, was
instantly killed Thursday night as a
result of being struck by fragment
of rock.
Tommy Toomey, age 81, and Earl
Blake, age IA, two fishermen, Sunday
attempted to battle in the icy waters
of Red Rock river, flowing from the
snow banks in the Centennial valley,
and were seized with cramps and
drowned.
Elgin Z. Keller, a prominent stock
man of Virginia City, was trying to
catch a wild horse in his corral when
the horse plunged into the fence, knock
ing loose a rail, which, falling, struck
Mr.. Keller ON the back of the head and
fractured his skull.
1t is now 40 years since the plant
ing of some wheat in the Prickly Pear
valley below Helena by Major Martin
Maginnis, one of the few survivors of
the famous First Minnesota regiment,
which on the field at Gettysburg sus-
tanned the greatest proportion of killed
and wounded.
At a recent meeting of the repub-
lican state central committee, Missoula
was fixed as the place for holding
convention which will nominate a
candidate for congress and clerk of
the supreme court. The basis agreed
upon gives the convention 5s3 dele
gates. The date will be fixed by the
executive committee.
Because he insulted the American
flag by saying that the Italian national
emblem was better, which remark start
ed a fight and led to an assault charge,
Frank Alder was given two years in
the penitentiary by District Judge DON
Ian at Butte. Two companions who
also figured in the fight but said moth
ing, got off with year each.
Mrs. A. Whitney, a prominent resi-
dent of Big Timber, was murderously
assaulted within a block of her home
Saturday by a thug who knocked her
down with slungshot and then rained
kicks and blows upon the woman Is
PROSTATE form and head in an effort to
gag her. Her screams attracted a
passerby and a posse captured the thug
who refused to give his name.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-06-25
MONTANA NEWS NOTES

1t is said the Milwaukee railroad has
bought 26,240 acres of coal land adjoin-
ing Flathead county on the north.
Tar paint fumes from laundry tank
at Livingston overcame Graham Bris-
toll, painter, who fell into the tank
and was suffocated.
Thomas Clark, aged AZ, a mining pro-
moter who has been prominent IN Butte
and Anaconda for many years, died
Saturday of pneumonia.
A pioneer merchant and mining man
of Montana, George Pfouts of Butte,
died Friday evening. Pfouts once
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-06-25
ALASKA OIL LANDS SOLD.
Pacific Coast Syndicate Buys Property
for S350,0OO.

The oil holdings of the Alaska De-
0elopment company have just been sold
TO the Amalgamated Development com
pany, a syndicate of Victoria, Van
couver and Seattle men, for $350,000.
The deal was closed through Charles
ID. Davis.
The coal lands of the Alaska com
pany are not included.
The Alaska Development company, of
which Scott Calhoun, now corporation
counsel of Seattle, is president, and c..
a.. Munday is secretary, was organized
an 1897 by Seattle men.
The new owners will begin opera
lions at once. Five wells are down on
the property and these will be worked
and others bored. 1t is planned to put
in an eight-mile pipe line from Katalla
80 Kanak island and deep water. On
Kanak island a refinery will be built.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-06-25
GREAT SOCIALIST MEETING.
over $4,000 Persons Hear Seidel at
Chicago.

Chicago, June 10. - The greatest
crowd that ever attended a socialist
meeting in Chicago today greeted Emil
Seidel, the socialist mayor of Mil
waukee. 1t is estimated that there
were $4,000 persons, men, women and
children, at the gathering, which was
held in a north side amusement park.
The meeting originally had been
called for the purpose of raising money
for the support of the socialist press in
Chicago, but resolved itself into an Of
fetal opening of the socialist campaign
for the fall election. Several thousand
dollars were raised for the eight social
list newspapers published here in as
many different languages.
OF all the speeches, Mayor Seidel s
was the mildest. The Chicago leaders
were bitter in their attacks upon promi-
nent politicians of the old parties.