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The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18
TAKE FIRST SIGHT
OF HAtltY'SCOMfI
Astronomers at Yerkes Obser-
atory Discern Heavenly
Visitor Without Camera
Especial Dispatch to The Call.

CHICAGO. Sept 17-Halley's comet.
which left the sight of man "A years
ago and returned again a few davs
ago, when it was picked up on a photo
graphic plate exposed by Professor
Wolff of Heidelberg. was seen visuaIlv
through telescope for the first time
since its return to human sight
Wednesday and Thursday mornings by
Prof. s. w. Burnham of the Yerkes OBJ
servatort at Williams bay. Wis. Two
Photographic plates also were taken of
the comet on these nights Great Ella
tion was shown by the astronomers at
the observatory over the fact that they
were the first to see the heavenly Wis
itor without the aid of the camera.
Professor Burnham picked UP Hal
ley's comet Wednesday morning and
again yesterday morning while scan
ming the heavens said Prof. Edwin B.
Frost today. He was the first to see
the comet with the eye through tele-
scope. and we are highly elated We
said nothing about seeing the visitor
Wednesday, even though our photo
graphic plates showed it, because it
was partially obscured by a small star.
and we were not certain. Thursday
morning about 3 o'clock Professor
Burnham again saw the comet, and
again the camera. guided by Oscar ].
Lee. picked up. the comet. This time
there could be no mistake.
The plates which Were taken with
the two foot reflector showed the comet
as faint. fuzzy patch. slightly
elongated. in athe southeast. 1t is
about five degrees distant from the star
Geminorumm In the predicted position.
so there can be no mistake as TO the
correctness of our discovery The posi-
ton of the comet was accurately fixed
with the micrometer,
The pictures which We have so far
taken with the camera are too faint
to be reproductive continued Profess
sor Frost. I'm fact. there never has
been a photograph OF Halley's comet
taken which was reproducfbIe in a
newspaper. although a Chicago paper
recently printed the picture of
comet which it labeled as Halleys
This was fake, because it was made
from the plate of photograph of a
comet visible last year
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18
OLD AGE CAUSES DEATH
OF BISHOP McCLOSKEY
Was Head of Kentucky Diocese
for Al Years

LOUISVILLE. KY. Sept. 17.-Rt.
Rev. William George McCloskey, bishop
of Louisville. and the oldest living pre-
late in the United States, died here
today. He was Ss Years old Death
was due to ailments incident to old ge.
Bishop McCloskey had been the head
of the Kentucky diocese for Al years
and was honored and loved by Catho-
lies and .Protestants alike. He was
ordained a priest at New York in 1852
and became assistant pastor of the
Church of the Nativity in that city.
When the American college in Rome
was founded by Plus TX DR.. McCloskey
was selected as president When a
vacancy was caused in Kentucky by
the death of Bishop Laviallo Doctor
McCIoskey was nominated and was
consecrated bishop of Louisville May
"a 1853
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18
GRASSHOPPERs SWARM
INTO SAN BERNARDINO
Insects Carpet Streets of the
Business Section

SAN BERNARDINo. Sept. 17.-Mfl-
lions of grasshoppers are swarming In
this city. Attracted by the lights, the
insects carpeted the streets in the busi-
ness section last night. So far today
there has been no report OF damage to
vegetation
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18
FraiI Prisoner Removed

Fearing that the verdict would be
adverse and that the effect might be
dangerous to Mrs. Macdonald in her
weakened nervous state. she was hur-
ried from the courtroom until the pris-
oner had stolidly heard his doom and
been removed from the court.
The questioning of those called as
possible jurors was finished few
minutes after noon. and he II men to
wpom Laura McDonalds fate is to be
entrusted were secured and sworn be-
fore the morning adjournment.
After examining ore or two venire-
men AssistaatsDistrict Attorney James
iianley announced that NE would ques-
tion the first II called, collectively.
along the same lnes. John ]. aorgan
declared that his sympathies were so
strongly with the defendant that he
felt he was unfit to serve as a juror
and he was excused
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18
Taft Declares the Payne Bill
the Best Work of the Re-
publican Party
Scores Insurgents in Their
Stronghold for Voting
Against Measure
Censures Opponents for Action
Which Would Tend to Dis
rupt Organization
Ii They Want Free Trade Adj
vises Them TO Hand Over
Government TO Democrats
POINTS MADE BY TAFT

Payne bill the best tari6 ever
made by republicans party.
"Insurxents- scored for disloyslty
to the party.
Woolen schedule tee high which
iS regretted.
SIX hundred md f5fty-four reduc-
tfoBs made. many of them on
necessities.
High cost of living Is not due to
tariff.
Critics who snccr at the measure
overlook the Immense reduction
on iron.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18

BOY PRoBATIoEER STEALs-san Rafael.
Sept. 11.-Nanuei Cadero. the II year old boy
who stole horse and surrey belonging TO A.
W. Foster from In front of local theater while
the capitalists two daughters were attending
the performance and 1. ss placed on prcba ton.
was arrested again today BY Deputy Sheriff
ARnew upon a complaint charging him with the
theft Of IS from Mrs. +. Barini Of san Anselmo.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18
Young Mother Weeps

The remembrance was too keenly
painful for the young mother to with
stand and after seconds struggle she
dropped her head on Miss Younger S
shoulder and wept as though her heart
was really broken. A few moments
later it was feared that she might suf-
fer an entire collapse and the Judge
granted a brief recess.
During the early moments of the trial
a thrilling interruption came in the re-
turn of the jury that convicted the Rus
sian, Demetry Treschenko.y of murder
ing the 10 year old Dorothy Mala-
kanoff
Strangely enough the facts of the
two cases are parallel and yet so
widely different that only the cold inn
personality of the law could show the
existing similarity. Each shot to death
little child and in each instance the
extenuating plea has been insanity.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE KEARNy Sc
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER IS. 1909
WEATHER CONDITIONS
NEWS TODAY

YEsTERDAY-Partly cloudy: west wind;
maximum temperature "a: minimum, %.
FORECAST FOR notwithstanding cloGdi
ness: light southwest wind changing to
brisk west. Page 10
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18
RANK RonpER.s 1pENT1rY-

BANK ROB0EA IOEN111 JuSe,
Sept IT-Accorting to District Attorney Free
who has been in correspondence with the bank
officials at Everett. WASH. the latter are conf
dent that Young Frank smith, one OF the two
youths who robbed the Valley bank at Santa
Clara several weeks ago. Is the one who about
year ago single handed. robbed the Everett
bank and wounded the cashier. "
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18
Insanity the Defense

The remaining IL men We're then
asked a series of conventional ques-
tions. to which they gave answers
showing that they were free from pref
udice in all matters, Attorney Will
liam S. Barnes. counsel for the defense,
making a particular point as to
whether they accept insanity as JUS
tifiable excuse for crime. He outlined
his plan of defense by declaring that
no attempt would be made to deny the
facts as stated by the prosecution, but
he would try to prove that his client
was at the time suffering from insan-
ity. either melancholia or hysteria.
Three peremptory challenges were
exercised by Barnes but the next three
men called flied the vacant places and
the jurymen are as follows:
Fred L. Guntz, J. Mahoney, Edward
Wessling. Edward Platz. Henry A.
Wuhrmann, A. l.. Lux. Henry Schles-
selman, Henry Bullwinkel, Jacob Rhine,
George Hon. Andrew Doyle and Will
helm Diehl
In the afternoon the prosecuting at
torney adressed the jury, briefly out
lining the case. closing with the state
ment that if the defendant was proved
to be sane at the time she fired the
shot he would ask for verdict of
ey,liIty of murder. from the itlry
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18
Describes the Tragedy

The deposition of Charles NJ. Green.
who was living on the floor above
Laura Macdonald at the Baldwin hotel.
who was the first to enter the room.
was read and recounted in detail the
circumstances He had heard the shot.
with screams afterward. and had helped
break the lock of the door. He found
the child dead on the bed and Laura
Macdonald. poisoned. writhing and
screaming on the floor in such state
of mind and body that she was unable
to answer his questions
DR.. John r. Clark. official autopsy
surgeon, told OFF the examination of the
body of the little boy, Kenneth Mac
Donald, whose death had been practi-
cally instantaneous
Mother a Good Shot
Miss Leslie Mutually, a waitress and
friend of the defendant, told of seeing
the pistol in the prisoners room the
ContInued on Page 9, Celumn
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18
CHILD SLAYER
TENSELY FACES
JURY OF PEERS
Young Mother Breaks Down
When Details OF Killing OF
Son Are Related
Insanity the Defense of Laura
Macdonald for Putting
Son to Death
By MARY AsHE MILLER

Dramatic tense. tragic and unspeak-
ably pathetic was the scene in Judge
Cabaniss' courtroom yesterday when
Mrs. Laura Macdonald. the young wait
ress, was called TO trial for the MUIR
der OF her little son last May. Dressed
in black. with heavy chiffon veil
covering her face. the girl reached the
court early and took her place inside
the rail. sitting between the matron of
the jail. Mrs. George Herman, and Miss
Maud Younger of the Mattresses union,
both of whom gave her such afTec-
tionate support and sympathy as she
needed during the asonizing day.
Wonderfully composed she was and
dry eyed throughout the proceedings
until the autopsy surgeon. during the
afternoon. told of the powder burns on
the delicate skin of the babys breast.
which showed that the pistol had been
held in contact with the little body
when the shot was fired.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18

w TINONA, MINI. Sept. H-lr
w the most important utterances
he has made since his Occu-
pancy of the White House President
Taft here tonight in a state which
is the hotbed OF the republican IN
surgents" movement defended the
Payne tariff bill as the best tariff
measure ever passed by republican
congress and hence the best tariff bill
the people ever have known. The
president boldly asserted that the in
surgents who voted against the bill
had abandoned the republican party
WAS it the duty OF the member Of
congress who believed that the bill
did not accomplish everything that
it ought to accomplish TO vote against
it," asked the president
Emphatic Declaration
Il am here to Justify those who
answer this question in the negative.
l am not here to defend those who
voted for the Payne bill. but to sup
port them"
To this statement the crowd re-
sponded with cheer which could be
heard far down the street 1t was
shouted by the adherents of Repre-
sentative James A. Tawney of this
district chairman Of the. house ap-
preparations committee, who has been
on the defensive ever since the adj
journment of congress because he did
not vote with the other members OF
the delegation from Minnesota. both
in the house and senate. against the
bill.
Tawney met the president at La
Crosse. Wis. this afternoon and ac-
companied him to this city. his home
town. II had been reported that the
president intended defending Tawney
for his party regularity bur there
was none 70 predict the president
would go so far as he did tonight in
charaeterizing the position taken By
the insurgent senators and representa-
tives. The president had met Senator
La Toilette of Wisconsin. one OF the
leaders of the insurgent movement. at
Milwaukee during the forenoon AMI
had greeted him quite cordially.
Party Government
ITO make party government effect
i've said the president in his address.
'the members of that party should sur
render their personal predictions OF
comparatively less Importance. 1 am
not here to criticise those who felt 50
strongly and believed so intensely that
IT was their duty to vote against the
tariff bill, because it did not contain
all they thought it should.
~It was a question for each to settle
for himself.
In matters OF this kind il is a ques-
ton with the party representative
whether he shall help maintain the
party solidarity for accomplishing its
chief purposes. or whether the depart
ure from principles in the bill. as he
regards it. is so extreme that he must
in conscience abandon the party.
am glad TO see that those who voted
against the bill still insist that they
are republicans and that they intend
to keep up the night for stiH lower
tariff rates within the party
Defense of Payne Bill
President Tafts speech was a re-
markable. plain spoken defense of the
Payne bill. He has been met with
many queries since the beginning of
his trip as to when ne intended taking
up the subject of the tsriff. He waited
until today. when with a mass of facts
and figures before him. with a new
statement just prepared BY Chairman,
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18
NORTH POLE
CITY

Cook. by wireless. says whitney did not tell
Peary about pole trip. Page 5
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18
POLITICAL

Democratic county convention adopts platform
piedging party 10 Francis j. Heney for district
attorney and graft prosecution. Page D
Fickert contests Heney's nomination for dis
triet attorney democratic ticket and Judge
Murasky hears arguments against legality Of
complaint. Page 20
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18
COAST

Law course added to studies at Santa Clara
college and San Jose attorneys to give lee
lures Page =
Fire fighters exhausted by fierce battle are
yet confident Of eonquering in vicinity Of Wrights
and feo"oods- Page 5
Ethel Marie Cramer Of San Rafael sends word
TO mother that she is bride Of Ensign Harvey
W. Mccormack, having been married in
seatue Page 70
Forest fires continue TO rage in many sec
fions Of state and considerable valuable timber
DESTROYED. PAGE a
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18
EDITORIAL

Taft's talk about laws Is good talk Page 10
Eureka extension means much. Page 10
WHAT'S the constitution to a tax dodger: Pic
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18
Escondido Is Threatened

SAN DIEGO. Sept. I7.-Escondido. so
miles north of here and the largest
city in the county aside from San
Diego. is without water and completely
at the mercy OF flames should a fire
break out. as the little city has no
chemical engine. The forest fires os
yesterday, which destroyed several
hundred feet of the city's water
nume. left Escondido with water
supply in the reservoir which was
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18
Defense of PAYNE Bill

President Tafts speech was re-
markable. plain spoken defense of the
Payne bill. He has been met with
many queries since the beginning OF
his trip as TO when ne intended taking
up the subject of the tariff- He waited
until today. when with a mass OF facts
and figures before him. with a new
statement Just prepared by Chairman
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18
EASTERN

Governor John A. Johnson Of Minnesota at
deaths door and physicians have no hope for
recovery Page
President Taft delivers speech at winona.
MIMI, in which he defends the neu tariff and
rebukes the Insurgents Page 8
First sight Of Halley's comet without
camera taken by astronomers at Yerkes
observatory. pa,.z
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18
FOREIGN

Santos Dumenf makes marvellous airship fig
out Of Paris. Porp
Roosevelt kills bull elephant and 50
Kermit, bags i've lions and three br
faloes- Page
Irish land bin passes nnal stages in house
commons. Page
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18
SPORTS
MARINE

First shipment cf hemp grown in California
leaves port consigned 10 the east Page 10
SOCIAL
Miss Janet Coleman gives informal luncheon
at her home in California street and many
friends meet Mrs. Earl Talbot. Page 10
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18

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The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18

NN BOARD THE STEAMSHIP
OSCAR j., AT SEA, Sept. II
via Marconi wireless telegraph
- - L., 80. Ia -
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18

w JINONA. MINI. Sept H-lr
w the most important utteranccs
w he haS -,,de s;,,-e b;s oe.,.,,
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-18

contInued on Page 0. Column 5
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-11-11
Horses and Ca tile Suffer Indigestion,
Loss of F lesh, Kidney and
LIVER Troubles.

Distemper. cough, bad blood. weakness.
trembling, pink eye and worms are trace
able in most cases to general rundown
condition, oVerwork, improper feed or
generally careless use or lack of atten-
ton. Collie and other diseases do not
affect animals where the digestive organs
act properly.
The State Experimental Stations of
various States have tested many so-called
stock Foods" and cattle fatteners and
in many instances have revealed the fact
that they were not of a character to pro-
duce the results claimed for them, were
exorbitant in price and bad in quality.
The farmer should prepare his own
tonic with Roc Compound, which is pre-
pared from ingredients suggested to the
farmer by the Iowa Agricultural Expert
ment Station. put up by the Roc Chemical
Concern. Chicago. The Dollar package
should be reduced by adding 219lbs. Of
oil meal and ten lbs. of bran or othes
ground feed. Ask,
w. F. FEE. Meade. Kansas
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-11-11
Special Offer for 80 DAYS.

We make the special offer below,
for the next 80 days as present to
our friends. Any subscriber renew
ing his subscription to the News for
year, and sending us another pre-
paid subscription at the same time
will get both for SI.75. Anyone
sending us renewal for year and
two new subscribers will get the
theee for $3.50. Any subscriber
who sends US four prepaid subscrib
ers we will credit with one years
subscription. The reductions made
are to payou subscriber who spends
the time and trouble to get new
subscribers.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-11-11
MEANT "SWEAR-OFF" TO Isl
Indicated High State of Wounded
Feelings.

Lawrence Mott, the young and tai
ented millionaire novelist, has been
making a study of New York life.
From the romance of the Canadian
wilderness Mr.. Mott purposes to
turn in his next work to the TO-
nance of great city's slums.
At a dinner at his White Plains
mansion-the mansion from which
he drove a gang of burglars last
month-Mr. Mott said of his slum
studies:
'Swear-offs, I find, don't refer
solely to alcohol any more. There
are now opium swear-offs, cocaine
injection swear-offs, cologne-drink-
ing swear-offs, and so on.
"But a man with bandaged arm
wanted to establish a new swear-off
the other day. Entering a magis-
trate's court, he said to the clerk:
"<Swear me off. Two years.
"'Booze OF drugs?' asked the
clerk, reaching languidly for form.
"'Neither. Carpet-beating,' said
the applicant. TO save my wife
half dollar on her house-cleanin, |
undertook to beat the settin' room
body brussels last night, and here
I've wrenched my shoulder SOS I'll
lose $16-a full weeks work. On
second thoughts, make that for
life"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-11-11

Does it pay to farm in Meade
county? If one notes the items
in the News it will seem to prove
that it does, someone is reported
every day making more or less
extensive improvements on the
farm. Now it is Rich Boyer on
the middle creek south of town.
Rich is tearing down his barn
prepatory to building bigger.
The farm has out grown the old
one. The new structure will be
an up-to-date building with stable
room for Is head of horses and
other stable room, will also con-
tain granaries and storage room
for hay.
George Unfred was in town
Saturday on business, George is
about the busiest man in the
county. He has drilled in $50
acres of wheat this fall and will
drill another hundred yet. He
is so bashful that he does his
own house work, in addition to
doing as much farming as any
man.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-11-11
HIS PROPER STATE.


"How is that carnation grower
you told me about"
"Why, he's in the very pink Of
condition"
Judge Paden returned Friday
from visit with relatives at
Pratt. He says that in his
opinion there is as good corn
here as there, that crops in
Meade are as good as east so far
as he went.
Comrade Davy Dossett was in
town last week moving around
spry and cheerful as he did
years ago when this county was
new.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-11-11
Weaving
Kansas City Star


Some persons may think that,
by the verdict of yesterdays
election, Francis Heney in San
Francisco and Tom L. Johnson
in Cleveland have failed. But no
franchise grabbers and no city
corruptionist any where in the
United States is one of those per-
sons.
Johnston has been defeated for
mayor after forcing square
street railway deal that the peo-
pie wanted. Heney has been de-
feated by combination of cor
rupt politicians with business
men who had little enough civic
morality and civic sense to insist
that further agitation would
hurt San Francisco.
Johnson had won the fight.
Heney had nothing left to do but
to put some known corporation
bood1er in prison. That was an
individual thing and of minor
consequence. The social or civic
thing was accomplished when the
fact became known.
Folk performed his service in
Missouri not by getting some
bride takers and bride givers in
prison, but by uncovering the
system which made their crimes
and their convictions possible.
Men have not bodied and bribed
in Missouri as they did before
Folk. The corporations won't
own San Francisco and make it
a scanda1ous place as thee did
before Heney.
Congressman M a d ison of
Kansas recently said that almost
as much good was accomplished
by prosecutions which apparent
ly failed as by those which re-
suited in convictions. That is
true in individual cases. It is
more true of civic and social
movements.
Constant vigilance will always
be necessary in every city. But,
eve are weaving, weaving"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-11-11

Mr.. William Geisinger and
wife, with Mr.. Geisinger's broth
err and his wife, who are here
from northern Ohio visiting,
came over to town from the west
flats Saturday. Mr.. Geisinger
is not so we'll pleased with the
country as he would be if there
were more trees. His comment
is pertinent. There should be
more trees planted, both forest
and fruit trees. However in the
part from which he came they
have been for about a century
destroying the tim Der till only a
very little is left of the once
grand forests which covered that
portion of the United States
while here and in other parts of
Kansas tree planting IS being
done at such a rate that in a few
years the west will be the best
forested part of the country.
r. T. Norman and wife arriv-
ed home from Pitts burg Kansas
and visit with relatives in Mis-
souri,, last Thursday. They
were glad to be again in Meade
although they enjoyed the va
cation and visiting with relatives
and friends. R. T. says that he
would not give 40 acres of his
place east of town for loo acres
of the best land he saw over
there. He brought back with
him proof that be had been over
the river, in the visible shape of
persim mons. A small sack of
the fruit he brought to the News
Office. Yes, they were real per-
simmons just like we loved SO
much to eat when boy in the
woods near ST. Joe. Also at
Pittsburg he saw and shook
hands with Gov. Stubs.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-11-11
w. H. Tracy
The Live Stock Auction
G LP.
Pratt Kansas

If you contemplate having public sale al
any time or any place don't fall to write or
wire w H. Tracy at Pratt, Kansas. He is
an np-to-date auctioneer and ha no other
business, consequently he devotes his entire
time in keeping himself posted in all lines of
property he may have to sell and is com
petent Judge of valves of all classes of live
stock. No man is fitted to sell your stock un-
less he is posted on quality and values. Is
the high dollar for you means reputation
for him, end, he will work for you from tn
time your sale is billed until the last article is
sold His terms are reasonable and can be
had atThe Meade State Bank, First Nation
al Bank or Fowler State Ban