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The San Francisco call., 1906-12-25
THE HAGUE CONFERENCE

The opinion is growing stronger in
official and diplomatic circles that
Bryce will be named head of the Brit
ish delegation to the next Hague Peace
Conference, and it is pointed out that
this viii be another evidence of Great
Britains desire to cooperate with the
United States, as Bryce's presence in
Washington prior to going to The
Hague will permit of an arrangement
for the performance of a joint policy
there. 1t is expected France will join
in this same movement as a result of
the Anglo French entente, thus Great
Britain and France together will exer-
else an important influence on the final
results to be achieved at The Hague.
Reports recently have been in circu-
lation in certain capitals OF Europe to
the effect that Great Britain was op-
posed to the American plan of sub
hitting the Drago doctrine to The
Hague tribunal but the official ex-
changes going on here have not dis
closed the slightest opposition to this
step. On the contrary, the expectations
are that Great Britain is ready to sub
nit the question of the Drago doctrine
to The Hague Conference, but re-
serving final action thereon until it has
been discussed No definite arrange
ments, however. regarding the question
to be submitted to The Hague have yet
been made, and Bryce's presence in
Washington and his probable appoint
ment to lead the British delegation to
The Hague are expected to contribute
to an arrangement whereby Great
Britain and the United States may act
along parallel lines.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-25
BRYCE PREPARES
FOR DEPARTURE
Sir Mortimer Durand's Sue
cessor Will Leave for
America in a Few Weeks
QUESTIONS OF STATE

LONDON, Dec 24.-James Bryce, the
retiring Chief Secretary for Ireland
who is to succeed Sir Mortimer Du-
rand as British ambassador at Wash
ington. is arranging to leave for the
United States in about three or four
weeks. In the meantime he has started
on tour for the purpose of closing UP
his business affairs, first going to Dub
lin, where he is now comforting with
the Lord Lieutenant, the Earl of Aber-
deem, concerning the transfer of Irish
affairs. Then Bryce will visit his con-
stituents at Aberdeen. returning later
to London in order to close up his resi-
dence and hold final conference with
Foreign Secretary Grey concerning
AngloAmerican questions before sail
ing for New York
PREPARES FOR DEPARTURE
1t is hardly probable that Bryce will
again enter the Irish Office, as his desk
is cleared and papers are being ad-
justed for his successor The prepara-
tfons for Bryce's departure for Wash
ington are proceeding. although his ap-
pointment as ambassador has not yet
been officially announced.
The early departure of Sir Mortimer
Durand's successor is designed to give
the latter several weeks in Washington
prior to the adjournment of Congress,
thus permitting renewal of the ac-
quaintance made on the occasion of
his last visit when he was given the
privilege of the floor of the House of
Representatives and was invited to oc-
cupy seat at the Speakers desk.
The personal appearance of Bryce
has considerably changed since then.
his IRON gray hair and close cropped
beard having turned white. However,
this has not aged him perceptibly, as
he continues to display those striking
evidences of intellectual vigor and en-
gaging personality which have given
him the reputation of being one of the
most agreeable notables in England.
The closing of Bryce's London home
points to the probability that Mrs.
Bryce will accompany her husband to
Washington. Bryce's grandmother was
an American. and she preserves many
American characteristics and associa-
tions. Up to the present time the
Bryces have moved rather more among
intellectual than fashionable society.
They have not entertained extensively,
although since Bryce has been a mem
ber of the Cabinet Mrs Bryces Cabinet
receptions have been notable for their
geniality
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-25

General Alfaro was President Of
Ecuador from 1898 to 1901. and has
been a prominent figure in that rcpub-
lie for fifty years. In January last Al
faro revolted against President Garcia,
caused him to fee from the country
and reorganized the government.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-25

Jade natpIns at Nell ONeil and Karl
Eber's- 81 17ll Fillmore
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-25
National Assembly
Of Ecuador Sc
lects Him

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Dec. 24--The
National Assembly today formally elect
President, to be constitutional Presi-
dent for four years. The election of
>Alfaro is very popular.
The republic now seems entirely paci-
fed. and the commercial outlook is
more favorable to the abolition of the
duty on sugar and the opening of this
market to the sugar re6neries of the
United States
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-25

Don't be stranger to good tea and
coffee-Schilling Best.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-26

and nothing more conld he done to-
ward carrying out The death sentence
for another six months at least.
The court of appeals the following
June decided against Patrick. refusing
to grant a new trial and affirming the
Judgment of conviction.
Two days later Patrick prepared a
new appeal for presentation to he
court of appeals for a new hearing and
argument. This time it took the court
of appeals just three days to decide
against Patrick's newest move. On
June IA his application was refused and
the court fixed the week of August Z
for his execution
Patriek's next move was more sue
cessful. The court of appeals on July
"a, just IA days before Patrick was to
die, granted a stay of execution pend
ing a new hearing and re-argument on
the grounds of newly discovered evil
dence. This was followed on October
2 by a motion for a re-argument of Pat
rick's original appeal, but on October
81 the court of appeals decided against
Patrick by refusing to reopen his case
and denying the motion for a re-argu-
ment.
On November 10 Patrick asked the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-26

On October IA, when more than a
year had passed since the death Of
Rice. Patrick's lawyers went into
court and made a motion for their
clients release on the ground that
two trial terms had passed without
the district attorney bringing Patrick
to trial. This motion was denied.
Another month went by, and then
Patrick's Office boy, who had gone to
Germany, returned and confessed
that he had bought poison for Patrick
before the death of Rice. The clos
ing act of 1901 came on December 8,
when Patrick made another effort to
get out of the Tombs. He obtained
a writ of habeas corpus and demanded
that he be either tried or released
on bail. The district attorney check
mated this move by announcing that
he was ready at last to call the case
for trial, and with that understand
ing Patrick had to go back to his cell
once more.
Patrick was placed on trial for his
life on the following January 20.
Postponements came on February i
and 8, owing to the illness of Juror
John D. Campbell and it was not I'M
til March 26 that the trial ended
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-26
"Pops" for Roosevelt.

To put a Republican at the head Of
the Democratic state ticket in Penn
sylvania was rather an odd kind Of
a new method of doing things. But
it was not SO odd as the work of the
Populists at st. Louis, who declared
that Roosevelt was a great Populist
leader, and that the Republicans
should indorse him as a Populist can
didate for the presidency in 1908. The
Pops have always been noted for
straying after false gods and for sup
porting the wrong mar at The right
time and the right man at the wrong
time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-26
Shelter Tents.

There is a probability of the Aus
tralian military authorities encourag-
ing the manufacture or importation
of shelter tents, as used in Japan dur
ing the late war. The tent consists
Of a waterproof sheet with hooks and
eyelets, the weight being trihing.
Each Japanese soldier carries one of
these sheets in his kit, and any mum
Der Of them can be laced together,
the custom Being for four men to
form a bivouac. Arms are piled in
the usual way, and the sheets are
spread over the pile weapons, AFFORD
ing shelter from both heat and rain.
They can be utilized in many ways
for sheltering the soldiers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-26
HILBERT /. PA7P/CR.

writ was granted at Canton, o., with
in six days of the time set for Pat
rick's execution, and after prepare
lions for putting the condemned man
to death had already been commenced
at Sing Sing. 1t was the closest shave
Patrick rel had.
When Millionaire Rice was found
dead in his apartments at No. 500
Madison avenue, on September 90,
1902. there was absolutely no suspi-
cion that his lawyer, Patrick, had mur-
dered him. Not until four days later,
when the funeral had been stopped
by order of the coroner and Rice's
body cent ~ the morgue, did Patrick
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-26
Modern Religious View.

To see the president and his hench-
men in congress backing and filing
and overlastingly compromising with
the demands Of the predatory trusts,
and discriminating in favor Of Grim
inal wealth against honest and fru-
gal poverty is enough to discourage
any true lover of his country. Bur
let us take heart, the press and the
pulpit are at last aroused. Tho
preachers have stopped talking 70
much about Original sin" and Adams
depravity, and Ewes weakness, and
are %trouncing fellows who are guilty
of lying like Satan in high places"
"plundering their neighbors by false
weights and spurious coins" and
"amagsing tainted wealth"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-26
AWFUL ITCHING ON SCALP,
Hair Finally Had to Be Cut to Save
Any-scalp Now in Good Condi-
tion-Cured by Cuticura.

II used the Cuticura Soap and 0int-
ment for a diseased scalp, dandruff,
and constantly falling of hair. Final.
ly / had to cut my hair to SAVE any
at all. Just at that time l read about
the Cuticura Remedies. Once every
week l shampooed my hair with the
Cuticura Soap, and | used the Oint.
ment twice a week. In two months
time my hair was long enough to dc
up in French twist. That is now five
years ago, and l have a lovely head
Of hair. The length is six inches be.
low my waist line, my scalp is in
very good condition. and no more
dandruff or itching of the scalp. |
used other remedies that were recon-
mended to me as good, but with nc
results. Mrs. w. F. Griess, Clay Cen.
ter, Neb., Oct. %, 1905"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-26
HAS MADE THE LAW
Sentenced in 1902 for the Murder Of Millionaire
William Marsh Rice, By SkiIlful Maneuver-
ing He Has Thus Far Evaded the
Hands Of the Executioner.

New York.-Take the average muir
derer. Sentenced TO die, he bows to
the seeming inevitable. Like a thing
whose spirit has already crossed the
burder-line, from life to death, he
mechanically waits for the end, some
times moaning, sometimes praying,
hut always waiting-waiting for the
cXecutioner to beckon him forth.
Nowhere can a more striking con-
trast to the above be found than in
the amazing and ever brilliant fight
of Lawyer Albert T. Patrick against
the law. his own stock in trade, says
the New York World.
Arrested in February, 1901, for the
murder of William Marsh Rice, an
eccentric old millionaire who had
been found dead five months pre-
viously under suspicious circum-
stances in his apartments at No. 500
Madison avenue, Patrick was tried.
found guilty and sentenced to die in
the electric chair in the week of May
s, 1902. More than four years have
passed since then. and yet Patrick
is still very much alive, and actually
has a longer lease of life ahead of
him now than he had on April T, 1902,
when the grim death sentence was
pronounced for the first time upon
him.
1t is. not the purpose to present on
this page a review of the celebrated
Patrick murder case, with which
everybody is already familiar. This
article concerns MIR. Patrick alone,
and the ingenious ways in which he
is playing a long drawn out game
against death and the law, and with
his own life as the stake.
If Patrick wins, as he really be-
'lieves he will, he will be indebted
chiefly to himself as his own life
saver. Ii he loses he may go to the
electric chair, or he may make an
entirely new calculated to place
his opponents in the position of hav-
ing to play the game all oVer again.
Dangerously near to the dead-line,
Patrick has been forced time after
time, but by skillful m~aneuvering he
has evaded the executioner's hand
and obtained another respite. AS the
case now stands, Patrick is safe at
least until next October, when the
United States supreme court will
pass upon the writ of error granted
on June II by Justice Day. This
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-26
WISDOM OF THE ANcIENTs.

Attention to small things Is the
economy of virtue.-Chinese maxim.
The ways to enrich are many and
most of them foul for you.-Terence.
Provided a woman be well princi-
pied she has dowry enough.-Plautus.
Where the love Of the people is as
sured the seditious are ~thwarted.-
Bias.
He is truly rich who desires nothing.
and he is truly poor who covets ALL
Scion.
1t is a greater offense to steal dead
mems labors than their Clothes
Synesius.
To do a kindness to a bad man is
like sowing your seed in the sea-
Phocylides.
We ought either to be silent or
speak things better than silence
pythagoras.
The public has more interest in the
punishment of an injury than he who
suffers it.-Cato.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-26
Sleepy Policeman,s Mistake.

An urban councillor of Milton, Sit
tingbourne, England, got into a ON
partment at Barking in which a po-
liceman and a prisoner were travel
ing.
Presently the policeman fell asleep
and when the train reached Plaistow
the prisoner, failing to arouse his Gus
todian, quietly got out. When the po-
liceman woke up he mistook the urban
councillor for his prisoner and tried
to force him out to the platform. The
councillor resisted, and the train went
on to Bromley-by-Bow.
Here the policeman succeeded in
hauling the victim out and took him
back to Plaistow by train. After a
long cross-eXamination the councillor
was liberated and reached home by
cab in the small hours of the morning.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-26

murder. Four days later. at u pre-
liminary examination, he was held for
the grand jury, and on April rs that
body returned an Indictment against
Patrick, charging him with murder
in the first degree. Next day Pat.
rick was formally arraigned before
Recorder Golf and remanded for
trial.
Then it was Patrick's turn to move.
On May 10 his lawyers attacked the in
dictment and asked for Patricl's re-
lease. This move failed. Exactly
n month later Patrick entered a
plea of not guilty and prepared for
his trial.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-26

Nation Mus Speak.

Congressman James T. Lloyd, Of
Missouri, essays to be the still, small
voice of the presidents conscience in
reminding him of his forgotten pledge
that every dollar contributed by the
insurance companies to the Republic
an campaign fund must be paid back.
Tie nations voice will be emphatic
enough in 1908 in reminding the Re
publican party of the unIulflled prom
Use of restitution.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-26

with Patrick's conviction. Imme-
diately following the announcement
of the jury's verdict of guilty of
murder in the fist degree Patrick's
lawyes filed notice of their intention
to appeal from the verdict, and to
move for a new trial.
Sentenced to Die.
Recorder Golf called Patrick to the
bar on April 7, and after denying the
motion for a new trial and another
motion for the arrest of Judgment,
he sentenced Patrick to die in the
electric chair in the week beginning
May 5.
Patrick was now within four weeks
of the dead line. He began a fight
for his life, which, although four
years have elapsed since then, is by
no near ended.
He fought against the powerful le-
gal machinery dragging him toward
the dead line, breaking away time
after time but only as far as the
length of chain which holds him Sc
cure.
A notice of appeal was at once filed
with the court of appeals. This acted
temporarily as a stay of execution,
and the dreaded week of May ) passed
with Patrick still alive.
A delay of almost three years fol-
lowed, during which Patrick success
fully checkmated every % made
to end his life.
Five great volumes Of testimony,
involving more than 5000 pages OF
ing the murder trial. For the prop
er presentation OF Patrick's appeal
before the court of appeals it was
necessary to prepare all this testi.
mony for the printers in narrative
form, and the wording had to be
agreed upon by the lawyers on both
sides, Then new briefs had to be
prepared, and all this took up con
siderable time.
Patrick's lawyers had six months
from the date OF the notice of appeal
in which to present their case to
the court. The six months expired
on October Z, 1902, but on the day
previous went before the court of PIP
peals and asked for an extension ia
January Is, within which to file Pat
rick's appeal for a new trial.
Two days later the court refused
the application for an extension oil
time.
This left the S in suspense. The
court record stopped with the courts
refusal to extend the time limit
which, by the way, had already ex
pired. The court of appeals, although
it had stopped the execution Of Pat.
rick, had no jurisdiction to fix a new
date for carrying out the sentence
Things were at a %standstill.
Patrick broke the ice on November
Ii, 1902, by filing a motion for a new
trial. On November 2G the hearing
of the motion before Recorder Gof
/ was postponed until Decmeber 5. The
year 1902 closed with Patrick wait
ing in his cell for Recorder Golf tc
decide whether he would grant the
motion for a new tial or not.
New Years day, 1903, found Patrick
anticipating an %unfavorable decision
from Recorder Golf by preparing an
appeal from the anticipated decision
February 8 passed without the record
er's decision being announced. ant
the court Of appeals granted Patricl
an extension Of time under which Il
file his appeal ~ necessary.
on March 2 Recorder Golf denied
the motion for a new trial. Patricl
Immediately filed his notice Of appeal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-26
To Kill Dandelions.

The best means, and surest, is to
dig un, root and all. This Is tedious,
however, and expensive. Try, in case
the digging process is not employed.
the sllphate Of iron solution. Use q
good-si2ed handful to three gallons
OF water and sprinkle this over an
area Of 20 feet square. 1t will nos
'njure the grass and will kill the dan
dcltons; at least some Of them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-26

me. The passages of the kidney
secretions were irregular and painful,
and there was considerable sediment
and odor. l don't know what | would
have done but for Doan's Kidney Pills.
| could see an improvement from the
first box, and five boxes brought a
final cure"
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-26

learn that he was a suspect. Six
days from the date of Rice's death
detectives began to shadow Patrick,
and finally, on October 4. Patrick
and Rice's valet, Charles F, Jones.
C arrested, not on a charge #
murder, but for forgery connect, !
with Rice's will and a S25, 900 check
which Patrick had tried to cash after
Rice's death.
On the day following their arrest,
Patrick and Jones were held in $10,-
600 bail each on the forgery charge.
The bail was ~purposely placed at that
high figure, in order that the two
prisoners might be detained while
the investigation of the circum.
stances surrounding the mysterious
death of Mr.. Rice could be probed.
Had Been Poisoned.
Then, while Patrick and Jones were
e~ndeavoring to get somebody to bail
them out, the police and coroner
worked hard to solve the murder mys-
terry. On October q the result of
the analysis of Rice's body was an
%nounced, showing that the aged mil
lionaire had been poisoned.
Next the police turned their at
tention to Valet Jones. They third
degreed' him for thee days, and then
he told them what they already sus-
pected: Patrick had murdered Rice.
Two days later Jones made a still
more detailed confession, sh~ouldering
all the guilt on Patrick to save his
own neck. Having done that, Jones
cut his throat in prison, but the po-
lice doctors stitched up the cash
and saved him for further confess
sionS.
Then, suddenly, on February %,
Patrick made his first move to get
out. The bail, $4,000, necessary to
liberate him, was produced, and Pat
rick had already left his cell and was
almost free, when orders came to re-
fuse the bail and put Patrick back
in his cell. Two days later Patrick
was formally charged with the MUIR
der of Rice and held without bail
pending a hearing.
Events in Patrick's case came swift
ly after this. On April 8 Jones de-
clared that Patrick had admitted to
his lawyers in Jones presence, that
he had killed Rice. On April IL Pat
rick was remanded on the charge of
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-26

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use SO much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trouble
can be entirely overcome by using De-
fiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
er strength than other makes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-26
The extraordinary popularity Of fiji

The extraordinary popularity Of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice of Starch a matter of great i'm
portance. Defiance Starch, being free
from all injurious chemicals, is the
only n which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. Its great strength as a stiff
ener makes half the usual quantity of
Starch necessary, with the result of
perfect finish, equal to that when the
goods wore new. WIN
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-26

with Kidney DIS
ease that for a
long time | could
not do my work
a n was five
weeks in bed.
There was con-
tinual bearing
down pain, ter
rible b~ackaches,
headaches and at
times dizzy spells
when everything
was a blur before
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-26

A woman can put this and that to-
gether and tell everything her hus-
band is doing. But a woman can
fool her husband whenever she wants
to. Fortunately, women do not often
care to fool their husbands.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-07-26

d.. In a few days a letter dropped in
the Chicago general postofice fifteen
or twenty minutes before the depar-
ture of trains for st. Paul, Minneap-
oils, Omaha, st. Louis. New Orleans,
Detroit, Grand Rapids, Cincinnati,
Buffalo, New York and the east will
be aboard flyers on their way to
these and hundreds of other points
between the Lakes and the Gulf and
the two oceans. The new fast work
will be possible by the connection be-
tween the Chicago subway and the
Illinois Central's mail rooms at the
Park Row station, which is also used
by the Michigan Central, Big Four
and Wisconsin Central roads. The
subway which runs under Wabash
avenue has a spur in Thirteenth street
to the south end of the big railway
station. All sack mail to this station
has been hauled by wagons. Now it
will be dropped into waiting electrical
cars in the subway under the post
office and rushed to the Park Row
station, where it will be dumped onto
waiting elevators which will lift them
to the doors of waiting mail cars.