' the reservoir.
GARTER THE CLEW; JAVA...»
The Body Found in the Hartford
Reservoir Identified.
Hartford, ct, Nov. 17.—The mystery
surrounding the body of a handsome-
woman, richly dressed, which was
found floating in the Garden street res,-
ervoir, has been partially solved. The
unfortunate woman Was Miss Alice 1.
Patton, residing on Capitol avenue, one
of the mest fashionable streets in this
city. Whether her death was the re-
sult of murder or suicide is a question.
. and though:the police say suicide they
m'elevidentl‘y in doubt.
Though ,40 years of age, Miss Patton
was strikingly beautiful, and the fact
that she had never married has for
years caused no end of gossip in swell
circles.
Her beauty and her money. gossips
said. were amply sufficient to attract
scores of suitors, and many tales of a
broken heart, long, long ago, have been
freely discussed by almost every one
who knew the woman who killed her-
self. '
To all outward appearances Miss
Patton had all that she could wish for.
She was always full ,of life when with
her friends. who were counted by
scores, though some of these friends
who knew her‘ best intimated that she
was not always as happy as she seemed
to be.
Shortly before noon Monday Police-
man Harris found her body floating in
It was removed to the
police station by order of the Coroner.
Ellost of the clothing was new and
stylish, but there were no marks upon
it which told of her identity. In fact.
the only thing the police had to work
:pon was a heart-shaped garter buckle,
with a monogram marked ”A. P."
Subsequently a bag containing a pair
of gloves, bought in New Britain; some
silver money and a package, was found
near the reservoir. Miss Patton usually
carried a well-filled purse.
Detectives were sent out on the case,
and finally yesterday identified the
woman by the heart-shaped garter
buckle, which was recognized by one of
the servants at the late home of the
suicide.
CUT UP ALIVE?
A Strange Story Reaches Aimbassn-
dor Hay in London.
London, Nov. 17.—The American Em-
bassy here is having some trouble in
investigating a strange story of the al—
leged kidnapping of an American citi-
zen, which, despite its improbability,
compels inquiry. A respectable man,
describing himself as John Garner, a
schoolmaster, of Harrow road, brought
to the Embassy yesterday a letter ad-
dressed to the American Ambassador
and superscribed: “Will the finder de—
liver immediately, for God‘s sake?"
Mr. Garner said that he found the
letter on the sidewalk in Harley street,
which is mainly occupied by leading
physicians. He knew nothing further
about it.
Ambassador Hay opened the letter
and found a lucid narrative, which was
signed by Henry S. Clay. It declared
that the writer was a resident of Bos-
ton. and that he had been decoyed
some days ago into the house of a
prominent physician, who is an ardent
vivisectionist. Since his entry into the
house he had been confinedin a. gar-
ret. A little food had been given to
h‘im,‘ but opiates had been mixed with
it. The writer said he was convinced
that his captor intended to perform an
operation on him, and he implored the
ambassador to procure his release. In
conclusion he said that he would throw
the letter from a window in the hope
that some one would find it and deliver
it to C01. Hay.
The Ambassador was entirely incred-
ulous concerning the truth of the story,
but he nevertheless summoned Detect-
ive Froest, of Scotland Yard, who,
with several assistants, has since been
investigating the matter, thus far with-
out success.
A Vivlsectlonlst Fake.
London, Nov. 17.-——The officials of the
,United States Embassy say that the
story of the alleged kidnapping of
“Henry S. Clay, of Boston, Mass,” by
a "prominent physician who is an ar-
dent vivisectionlst," is a pure inven-
tion.
A PAIR. OF SEA SERPENTS.
Seen by a Fisherman Plowing
Through Long Island Sound.
Greenport, L. 1., Nov. 171—0. Ed-
wards Stauson, a drug clerk of this
place, went fishing yesterday morning
on the Sound, to the north of this vil-
lage. and returned'at 11 o’clock with a
thrilling story of having seen not only
one sea serpent, but a pair of them.
He says he was about to start for home
when his attention vwas attracted to
the head of a monster sea serpent,
tearing through the water not over one
hundred feet from shore. Terrified at
the monster, whose head was not less
than four feet in circumference, Stau-
son sprang from the rocks to the shore
and watched the antics of the creature,
which appeared to be about fifty feet
in length. Suddenly he saw a second
serpent, identical in shape and size,
some fifty feet behind the first. Both
were tearing madly through the water
in a westerly direction along the Sound
coast. The motion of the sea serpents
was that of a. snake as they-darted
through the water. The bodies at no
part were less than a foot in circum-
ference, and the action of the crea-
tures lashed the sea into a foam.
Love Had Its Way.
London, Ky, Nov. 17.-—E. A. Pollard,
brother of Madeline Pollard, who ob-
tained at $15,000 judgment against W.
C; P. Breckenridge for betrayal. is now
a bridegroom,'after having figured in
an interesting little romance.
Young Pollard'became enamored of
Annie Jackson, a-neighbor's daughter.
The girl's father, by whom Pollard was
employed. discharged him and sent his
daughter to Mexico. The lovers man~
aged to communicate and she returned
recently. Jackson saw that remonw
strances were useless, and finally con-
sented to the match.
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Noted Woman’s Death.
'Loui ville, Ky., Nov. 17.—-Miss Lu-
cinda . Helm, daughter of ex-Gov.
Helm and a..Wor1d's Fair Commis-
sioner, also president of the ‘State Fed-
eration of Women's Clubs and a Re-
;rr-nt of the Daughters of the Revolu-
tion. one of the most widely known so—
ciety club women in the South, died
yesterday while visiting in Nashville,
Tenn.
Ft 0 had written many books on social
problems, and was a. centributor to nu-
merous periodicals. __
, this purpose.
.to St. Petersburg. They were placed
u
wnncounntnct. ,
, Speaks, and‘That is the
Way Norwalk Peo-
ple Act.
At first there was doubt. That°was
but natural, for people had been disap-
pointed many times. But first a. man
in Norwalk spoke, then a woman in
South Norwalk, and soon from all over
both places arose the chorus of praises
for C. C. 0., California Catrrrh Cure.
And now people buy and use it in per—
fect confidence that it will do what it-
claims; that it will cure every form,
every trace of cat-arrh. Read what
Mrs. I. F. VVilliamson,24 Spring street,
South Norwalk, says: "I got; a bottle
of California Catarrh Cure at Plaisted's
drug store, for my daughter Kitt-y,who
'has been troubled quite badly with ca.-
tarrh, and she finds that it has helped
her very much. My sister has also
used the medicine with most satisfac-
tory results and joins me in saying that-
it is a fine medicine.”
is a. hideous disease, involving decay,
filth and actual, rottenness, with most
offensive odors in the very seat. of the
organs of taste and smell; firmly fixed
there, it begins to attack the membrane
lining of the passages leading to the
lungs or the stomach; resulting either
in consumption, or what. is often called
dyspepsia. -It is really catarrh of the
stomach, intestines, liver, kidneys and
various internal passages. California
Catarrh Cure will cure all forms of
catarrh, and will check even incipient
consumption. All dealers, 50 cents,
three tlmes as much, $l. Break up
your colds with California Catarrh
Cure, and prevent colds “hanging on.”
()nr Inelastic Currency.
No government paper money system
can possess the element; of elasticity
which is needed in a thoroughly sound
and sufficient national currency. Under
our present system currency accumu-
lates and stagnatcs for the greater part
of the year in New York. At. last. it is
demanded to more the crops in the west
and many millions of dollars are ship-
ped out to Western banks to be used for
' Under a correct system
the western units would be able to in-
crease their note issues in the fall when
there is an imperative need for more
money and would not. be forced to bor-
row so heavily from the cal: . After the.
crops had been marketed this extramu-
rency would flow into the banks issuing
it- for redemption in gold.
In Canada, which has an elastic cur-
rency, the volume of money in circula-
tion always depends on the demand for
the use of currency for business pur-
poses. With us there is no way of meet.-
ing a temporary demand except by the
starting of new banks or by an act of
congress increasing the volume of green-
backs. We are a pretty smart; people,
but in some things we are’ far behind
other nations—Sound Money.
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Is Silver the Farmer’s} Friend?
An interesting table has been pre-
pared showing how Wheat; began in
September, 1896, to rise in price, be-
ginning at 67.2 cents a bushel and as—
cending to 80 cents in October, to 92.7
cents in March, 1897, to 99 cents in
August and $1.03 on Sept. 1, 1897.
Parallel with this line of figures is an-
other line showing how silver began at
67.2 cents per ounce on Sept. 1, 1896,
and fell steadily, while Wheat; was ris-
ing, getting by August, 1897, to 57.1
cents per ounce and by Sept. 1, 1897,
to 51.2 cents per ounce. The moral of
the parallel is that wheat; is not tied to
silver any more than to gold. If we had
been on the silver basis from Septem-
ber, 1896, to September, 1897, the rise
in the price of wheat due to scarcity
would have been nullified to some ex-
tent by the fall of the value of the
White dollar received in payment; for it.
As it} was. the farmer in September,
l897, got $1.03 per bushel in gold, or
$2.06 according to Mr Bryan—Balti-
more Sun
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The fi'l‘b'net'h‘ry Commission.
The monetary commission now sit.-
tingz at Washington is made up of prac-
tical business men who are also experts
on the currency question These men
understand clearly the weaknesses. not
to say (is-.5 ugcrs, of our present- financial
system and can be depended upon to
formulate a system more in touch With
modern civtiiztution . “
They are proceeding in the beSt possi-
ble way All of the hundreds of. reform
schemes which have been presented to
tin-m are liillllg clusstfied and discussed.
’1 he commission wrll then. after taking
tutt- cousuierution all present social,
ll...i.ll(iltl.l uutl political conditions. (16'-
\clop its own plan Beyond question
it Will give us something good—that;
is if congress would permit its plan
to h-ncoinc law Congress. especially the
senate. is the stumbling block to mone-
tary reform it- 1: upon congress that
sound money men should concentrate
their efforts.
Siberia‘s' Snow Flowers.
Travelers in Siberia. tell of the won-
derful flower that grows there, and.
which blooms only in January, when.
the winter is at its height. The" blos—_
som has something of the characteris-
tics of a. “morning—glory,” lasting only
a single day. The flower, when it
opens, is star-Shaped, its“ petals of the
same length as the leaves, and about
half an inch in Width. On the third
day the extremities of the I anthers,
which are five “in number, show min-
ute, glistening specks, veritable vege-
table diamonds, about the size of a
pin’s head—these are the seed of the
flower. A Russian nobleman named
Anthcskoff took a number of the seeds
in a pot of snow and frozen earth. On
the. coldest day of the following Janu-
ary the miraculous flower burst
through its icy covering and displayed
its beauties to the .wondering scien-_
tists. The plant. has been. very appro-
pt‘lately named “the snow flower,”
That is the Way .Norwalk.‘
Catarrh in its fully developed forms -
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Real German Lager,
On draught.
and 11) Bottles,
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Trees. Shrubs and
Plants. strawberry
Plants a Specialty.
Brandy W1ne,Bio an
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Varieties.
Office, 6 Water st.
Nurs’ys, Broad River.
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Fish, Clams,
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, SOUTH NORWALK.
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ill—ill unseat
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