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Storm Swept Savannah
Great Damage to Property,
Several Lives Lost, Tele?
graphic Communica?
tion Cut Off.
NEARLY EVERY HOUSE IN
THE CITY UNROOFED.
Severe Blow in Charleston, but the
Damage not Serious.
SAVANNAH., Sept. 29.-Seveo lives
lost, a million dollars worth of property
destroyed, is tbe record of the cyclone
which s wept Savannah from 11:30 a
m. until 12:15 p. m. to day The loss
of life and damage to property are yet
mere estimates, and both may be great?
er than DOW known. The storm, which
has been lurking in .the eastern gulf
for the last two days, swept rapidly
across Florida. At 8 o'ciook this morn?
ing it was at Jacksonville, and without
warning burst upon Savannah at 11:30.
In half an hour it had done its work.
The streets were filled with wreckage.
Hardly a house io the city escaped
without more or less damage, though
there are comparatively few total
wrecks.
Three hours before the storm at its
height the weather observer said the
the wind would not exoeed a velocity
of 30 miles an hour. It began to rise
at ll o'clock Half an hour later it
was blowing 50 miles an hour and the
air was filled with flying debris.
When the wind reached a velocity of 66
miles an hour the instruments at thc
weather station were blown away. At
noon the barometer dropped to 29 20,
and at 12:15 was 28 95.
The storm was terrific io its inten?
sity, exceeding that of tbe great cy?
clone r f 1893, whioh devasted the South
Caroli' \ coast. The shortoess of its
durati o was ail that saved a complete
aonihi ?rion of everything within its
range ,
The storm came from the southeast
and swipt directly over tho city
Hardly a public building escaped its
fury. The forests around the city were
laid in swaths. The parks are in ruins,
and roany buildings were razad to the
ground. Tbs immense Plant system
passenger depot was the first building
in the path of the storm, and was a
complex wreck. The magnificent prize
train the Plant system, exhibited at
the Co - a States exposition and stored
in th" ">ed, was wrecked, and the cars
are a -ost a total loss. The Central
railp* ' and Georgia and Alabama rail?
road 'fight warehouse on the opposite
side < ? the city were unroofed and the
wal^ ''^molished. The public market
was Mown in. The theatre was par?
tially unroofed, and the Seoood Baptist
cbu^h is almost a total wreck. The
Savanah hospital and the Georgia
infirmary were unroofed. The City and
Sabr.rban Street railway car sheds, in
which were stored 20 cars, were blown
down. Tbe Georgia Hussars' armory
was badrj damaged Nearly every
store in tbe retail section of the city
was more or less damaged.
The damage to the shipping was less
then in 1893. The Norwegian bark
Roseoius, anchored io the harbor, was
capsized. The German bark Cuba,
loaded with oaval stories for Hamburg,
went aground below the city. The
bark Mizpa, loaded with naval stdries
and ready for sea, -was blown a^aiost
the training wall fife tulles below thc
city and ts lying on her 6tde. The
tug Robert Turner went to pieces
against the goveroment jetty near the
mouth of the Savannah river. Three
of her crew and the captaio. C E.
Murray,are supposed to have been lost
The others were rescued by a tug.
Two vessels at quarantine were blowo
across the river and are high and dry.
The United States revenue steamer
Tybee sustained slight damage. Small
boats were thrown about io every
direction The Flora left at 9 a. m.
with a heavy cargo for Brunswick. She
is io charge of Captain Jenkins, ber
owner. The steamer Governor Salford,
Captaio Strobbar. was to leave Beau
fort for Savannah at 10 a ni ?Jruve j
fears are entertained for tho vessel, j
She was due ar Tybee st 12 o,olock,
and it is thought, the storm was at that j
hour at its height at the island Tho
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ll o'clock, getting in just in time.
The bark Hinda, owned in Savanah,
left last n??ht for Brunswiok in tow of
the tug Cynthia, and no news bas been
received of her An hundred to a huo
dred and fifty thousand dollars is be?
lieved to be a low estimate of the dam?
age to the shipping.
Telegraphic communication was cut
off at the beginning of the storm aod
not a wire has been working in any di
rection since noon, this report beiog
sent out by train fnr transmission from
Millen, Ga. The Western Union Tele
graph companr has its forces of line?
men out in ali directions to re-establish
com enunciation. The only train to ar?
rive in the city sioce the storm began
is the northbound Plant system fast
mail, which arrived two hours late, and
is still here awaiting information as to
the condition of the track north of
here. A special train was sent out late
this afternoon over the Plant system,
but is not yet returned. The Ceotral
railroad will run out a special train to?
night. No trains have passed over the
Florida Central and Peoiosular rail?
road.
One of the most complete wrecks is
Forsyth park, which was tbe pride of
the city. Tbree-fourtbs of the trees
are blown down or torn up by the roots,
and are lying in every direction. The
oity is in a tangle of wires. The street
oar lines stopped runniog soon after the
blow began and the oars are standing
on the tracks in every part of the city,
but blooked in by trees and debris of
failing buildings. Thc bouses on the
river front were heavily damaged.
The Savannah Guano company mills.
Come. Hull & Co's guano works and
the Southern Cotton Oil company's
mill and storage sheds on thc river
front were badly wrecked
The heaviest damage wa9 sustained
by Comer, Hull & Co , their mill be?
iog almost a total wreck.
At Gordon wharf, a Syiog timber
froma h undred feet away, struck Wal?
lace Johnson, a clerk, killing bim in?
stantly. W. S Thompson was killed
at the wreck of A. S. Bacon & Co 's
lumber mills. Several negroes were
also injured io the destruction of Gor?
don warf. Four negroes io Southville,
a colored settlement in the southern
portion of the city, were caught under a
falling roof and killed.
There is yet no communication with
the adjacent surrounding country.
Fore s of :neo were sent out on the sur
burban car iioes to the nearby resorts,
but have yet been unable to reach them,
every road and car traok being impass?
able, owiog to the fallen trees No
ne^s bas been received from Tybee
Island, which suffered so severely io
the cyclone of August, 1893,.
The latest reports iodicate that the
damage and loss of life will be greater
than is yet known.
Tbe city ia in total darkness to-night
and the police and firemen are ioiug
double duty. Tbe streets, with one er
two exceptions, are impassable even to
pedestrians. So far there has been no
disorder.
CHARLESTON WEATHERED IT.
CHARLESTON, Sept., 29 -Sixty-two
miles an hour. That was all, aod
realty Charleston didn't have time to
get frightened. About ll o'clock the
sky filled up with swiftly moving clouds
and the wind became more boistrous.
Showers, lastiog a few minutes each,
ocoured frequently, and by 12 o'clock
the wind and rain made walking very
disagreeable. The wind steadily in?
creased, and everybody and everybody's
cousins and brothers and uncles went
home, if they could, to ''batten down
the hatches" and make shipshape for
the storm. From noon until about- 2
o'clock the wind rose rapidly, and the
official record of 62 miles per hour was
reached. Trees,feooes, gutters and loose
signs came down, and umbrellas and
hats went up.
Almost before the storm had reached
a serbas point herc it was understood
that the city was partially shut off from
telegraphic communication with the
world. Ac 5 o'clock this afternoon in?
quiries at the offices of the Western
Union and Postal Telegraph companies
developed the fact that Charleston was
absolutely cut off from thc world. Not
a wire was working in any direction.
Duriog the height of the storm hun?
dreds of people in rubber coats and
mackintoshes went dDwu on the south
aod cast ba't'-ry. Tho hay w:tsa grand
sig??t Ov^r the sea wail co both froots
the troves dashed io cataracts Walks
and grass p'.o's on the south side were
submerged about 1 o'clock, and the
water extended to tbe ashphalt. drive?
way. Io some places it was three or
four feet deep. The display of the
water front was generaNy impressive.
ATLANTA, Sept. 29 -Special to the
Coostitution from Bruoswick state that
the loss by the storm will exceed $400,
000. Several lives were reported lost,
but at midnight: the list was ir;complete.
Tbe Piaoi and Southern railways are
among the losers The wires went
down during the storm and messages
could rjr.t -?'ti through until late lo
oigbt.
The Gale Strikes Marios.
visited to-day by a heavy storm of
rai:? and wind. The wind blew
Rtrongly ali day, and about 3 o'clock
it assumed the proportions of a gale.
The tobacco prizery accupied by the
American Tobacco Company was
blown down* A portion of the Bap?
tist Church steeple was blown off,
and also a portion of the tin roof of
the depot The chimney of T. J
Monroe's dwelling was blown down,
wrecking a part of the roof During
the storm the large brick building
known as the McMillan House
caught fire, but the flames were put
out before much damage had been
done
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Fuller Details of ?he Destruc?
tion Wroug?t by Tues?
day's Storm.
ATLANTA, Oct. 1.-Special to The
Constitution from Jacksonville, Fla.,
6ays: The We6t Indian hurricane en?
tered Florida at Cedar Keys, a town of
1,500 inhabitants about 100 miles
southwest of Jacksonville,
The only report from Cedar Keys
comes by way of Gaioesville, 50 miles
northeast of the Gulf town, and is to
the effect that Cedar Keys has been
swept away.
After demolishing Cedar Keys, the
storm, moving in a northeasterly direc?
tion, struck Williston, a village of 400
inhabitants. At that place, ll houses
were wrecked, one person killed and
15 wounded, it ie feared fatally.
In Baker County, which adjoins
Bradford, the work of destruction was
continued. McClenny, Sanderson,
Glen, St. Mary and Olustee, io this
county, were almost completely de?
stroyed.
At Olustee three churches were
blown from their foundations. No one
was killed outright ic these towns, but
over 20 were injured, of whom Mrs.
Richardson, James McAlph and Noah
Webster will die
Continuing in Suwanee county the
hurricane struck Live Oak, demolish?
ing many houses and injuring several
persons, but none fatally.
Welborn in SuwaLee County was
also wrecked.
Leaving Suwanee the storm contin?
ued its work of destruction in Colum?
bia County Lake City was in the
hurricane's path and suffered severely.
The State agricultural college at Lake
City was badly damaged and panic pre?
vailed among the students
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.-Thc West
Indies tornado, which struck Washing?
ton between ll p. m. and midnight last
night respected neither official nor di?
plomatic proprieties. It ripped offeorrc
of the coping of the historic trees in the
White House grounds, including the
elm tree which Lincoln planted (and
this gave the relie fanatics a fruitful
field for their operations), it carried
away part of the roof of the state depart?
ment, where the official documents are
stored, fortunately, left them uninjured.
The costly roof of the patent office was
picked up and distributed all around
the neighborhood and skylights half an
inch thick were remorselessly beaten
in. The naval observatory, aod in fact
every other public building was more
or less damaged.
Churches and theatres suffered alike.
The slate roof of the Church of Cove?
nant, where President Harrison used to
worship, was blown down and each
square slate, by a curious freak, planted
itself upright in the grass parking which
surrounds the edifice. Still more disas?
trous was the fate of the New York
Avenue Presbyterian church which
Bryan recently attended, sitting in
Lincoln's pew The whole tower of the
edifice was reduced to matchwood and
persons in search of souvenirs had DO
difficulty in obtaining them.
Nearly every other qhurch in the city
suffered more: or less and their antipodes,
the theatres, were equaly visited.
The total destruction of property in
Washington city by the storm is esti?
mated at nearly half a million dollars.
BEAUFORT SUFFERS.
BEAUFORT, Sept. 29.-Without warn?
ing from the weather bureau or any in?
timation of anything to be expected.
Beaufort was visited to day at 12 o'c^ck
and lasting until 2, with quite as vio?
lent and destructive a cyclone for the
length of time it lasted f>s th** memor?
able one of Aug. 27, 1893. Tue vio?
lence, force and velocity of the wind
eqalled if it. did not exceed that of 1893
and if we had experienced as high tide
the destruction of life and nf property
would have been proportionately great?
er As it is, tho town haa suffered ter?
ribly. The chief and greatest sufferers
are among the oldest and most staunch
houses, such as the Col. Paul Hamil?
ton houpe on the Point, the Middleton
Elliot, home (formerly Edmund Rhett)
the club hou.se (formerly Col. Tom
Elliott's, now property of Commodore j
Bradley") in which Coi. Averill resided, j
the Dr. Prioleau houses on thc; old Co!. f
Robt. Barnwell, avenue, the (?a^e ?
house (form er Iv Tom Rhett's horne),!
Mr F. W. Scheper'? ??ouse (forraoriv
Middleton Elliot's) ?.nz- door to Dr
Stuart. A11 i-> them were unroofed ?
and their ti;; coverings, after being']
smashed Old St Ileleoa Episcopal
church was wrecked on its eastern
gable and fence and trees prostrvted
upon the tombstones and monuments in
destruction. The court house was bat?
tered and glasses smashed, windows
torn to pisces, and flooded with rain,
and plastering tumbled down. Yachts
sank in the roads. Tbe tug Wey?
mout, property of estate of Wm Gregg
of Farmer's mines, sunk at Scbeper's
wharf, after being wrecked and broken
up.
CHICAGO. Sept. 30 -One of the
most severe wind storms known for
years raged over the lake region last
night and part of to day. The loss of
life so for reported is small-four men
having been drowned by the sinking of
the steam Sumatra at Milwaukee.
Much minor damage was done to ship?
ping in Milwaukee, Grand Haven,
Chicago and other harbors aod the mas?
ters of such steamers as were
out in the lakes during the
night report one of the roughest pas?
sages they have ever experienced.
Dispatches from many of the lake points
tells substantially the same story. On
Lake Superior, the storm does not ap?
pear to have been so severe, although
at Duluth a 36-mile gale was reported.
STORM AT TIMM?NS VILLE.
TIMMONSVILLE, Sept. 29.-Our town
was visited this afternoon by the worst
storm in its history. At this writing it
is impossible to state the loss, which
has been considerable. No lives were
lost.
Charley Howe, a contractor, was
struok by a failing beam in the Smith
prizery and knocked senseless. He is
not seriously injured, though he had a
narrow escape.
The Cooper & Lechner leaf tobacco
factory, a large three and a half story
building 45x90 feet, is almost arj en?
tire wreck. The windows on the south
side were toro from their fastenings
and shattered The building is lean?
ing nearly over on its side, and its tim?
bers are eo badly broken and warped
that it looks like an impossible job to
straighten it. The stock cf tobacco io
this building is badly injured by the
rain. Not having seen the owners,
Messrs. Apple, Cooper, and possibly
ethers, I am not able to approximate
their loss. The leaf factory belonging
to Charles A. Smith and occupied by
W. P. Henry is also very badly io
jured, being twisted out of shape. Some
sash and window panes were torn out of
the leaf factory occupied by Mr. Cobb
of the American Tobacco company, and
his stock i?jured by the rains. Mr.
Charles A. Smith had a large barn
completely demolished. In this barn
were three horses, two belonging to
Mr. Smith and and ons to a Mr. Dixoo
of York county, a book agent, who bad
driven iu for shelter from the storm.
Mr. Dixon's horse and one of Mr.
Smith's were instantly killed; the other
escaped. Mr. Dixon's buggy and a
wagon and other farming implements
were completely demolished. A large
barn on the farm of Mr. R. J. Rollins
on the outskirts of the town was also
blown down. A mule in this barn was
also knocked down and held in until
released, but was not seriously iojured.
The new seedhouse built by the Sumter
Oil mill for Mr. R. C Severance was
blown from its foundation, as was the
new residence of John Strother, ap?
proaching completion. It is reported
to-night that, the barn on the Dargan
place, near here, occupied by Mr. Geo.
Atkinson of this town, was blown down
and some oattle and mules killed. The
roof of Mrs. Emily Hatchells house
was blown off, but no one was injured.
There are a number of smaller casual?
ties, suoh as chimneys blown down and
fences destroyed, that will bring the
financial loss up to a considerable
figure. Of course any cotton open in
the 6elds is a complete loss.
DISASTER AT STAUNTON.
RICHMOND, Sept. 30 -The heavy
rain at Staunton on Tuesday resulted
that evening in the bursting of the dam
of the iake at the fair grounds, the wa?
ters of which, rushing into Lewis
creek, which runs through the city,
flooded the lower or business section,
destroying a vast deal of property and
causing the loss of several lives. The
large brick building known as the
Willies building was undeteroiioed aod
fell with a crash. Burke's large livery
stable was turned upside down, the
bridges over the creek were swept
away and the Crowie bu?diog is a
wreck. Thornburg's stable is a ruin,
and there is a general wreck every?
where.
A special to the Dispatch received to?
night says the scene in the flood dis?
trict beggars description, the streets be?
ing a mass of debris. About 40 horses
and mules were drowned and the bodies
of five negroes novo been recovered.
Other persons are missing. The gas ,
works r.rc destroyed. At Waynesboro.
10 milos oa^t cf Staunton, the creek j
rose 16 feet and wrenched buildings ?
from their foundations. Ono man wa? j
drowned Reports fro;:] all the sur
rounding iv, un try report great loss t< ?
the farmers: The los:? at Staunton is
estimated at $i5.000. Edward Burke,
MLE Miller & Co. and Frack Sublet
Letter of United States Sen?
ator J. D. Cameron
To the National Republican
League, June ll, 1894.
The single gold standard seems to
us to be working ruin with a violence
that nothing can stand. Ii* its influ?
ence is to continue for the future at
the rale of its action during the
twenty years since the poid standard
took possession of the world, some
generation, not very remote, will
see in the broad continent of Amer?
ica only a halt dozen overgrown
cities keeping guard over a mass of
capital and lending it out to a popu?
lation of dependent laborers on the
mortgage of their growing crops and
unfinished handiwork. Such eights
have been common enough in the
world's history, but against it we all
rebel. Rich and poor alike ; Repub?
licans, Democrats, Populists ; labor
and capital ; railways, churches and
colleges-all alike, and ail in solid
good faith, shrink from such a future
as that.
A vast majority of all parties agree
that the single gold standard has
been, is and will be a national disas?
ter of the worst kind. What is still
more strange, almost the whole
world sympathizes with us. Nine
tenths of mankind are hostile to the
single gold standard. Our 70..000,
000 people are unanimous against it.
Most of the great European nations
and their governments dislike it
South America rejects it. The
whole of Asia knows only silver,
and India, which contains five-sixths
of all the subjects of the British
crown, is as hostile to it as our?
selves. Yet the bankers of London
have said that we must submit, and
we have submitted.
So strange a spectacle has never
been seen in our history. Argument,
and even the compulsory proof
brought by world-wide ruin, seems
to be helpless against this astounding
power. What is the use of argu?
ment when we are all convinced ;
and when at least nine-tenths of all
the civilized and uncivilized world
agree ? .England holds us to the
single gold standard by the force of
her capital alone, more despotically
than she could hold us in empire in
1776 The mere threat of her dis- j
pleasuie paralyzed mankind.
?K * # rjc :?c :jc
The whole agricultural class, the
whole class or classess of small pro?
prietors, the farmers that make the
bulk and sinew of our race ; thc
artisan whose interests are bound up
in the success of our manufacturers :
all these join hands with what is left
of their old enemies, the landed
aristocracy of Europe, to protest
against a revolution made for the
benefit of money lenbers alone.
South Carolina Tea.
(Letter to Mr. Habo io the Aikeo
Times.)
It may seem a liitle like sending
"coals to Newcastle'*' to send South
Carolioa tea to South Carolina, but as
a Boston firm claims to bold the entire
American crop of tbia year (250
pounds) it is fair to presume none bas !
been distributed in Aikeo. So I have
taken the liberty of mailiog a little
packet of the same to Mrs. H. asa mat-1
ter of cariosity rather thao of intrinsic I
value as a beverage, in full assurance |
that the ladies are best judges of tea
flavor. Tbis tea was raised io Pioe
barst, or rather io Summerville on the !
Pinehurst farm by Dr. Shepard, form-j
erly a New Englander. It is from ,
Ceylon seed, and oured, they assured
me, by Ceylon methods.
The agent here says that this method
of picking is pinching eaob young leaf
very carefully from the stem, U9ing
only the thumb nail and forefinger, and
a fair day's work for one roan is a quan?
tity that will, when cured, weigh half a
pound. He thinks the only objection
to its profitable culture here is th? dif?
ference in the prioes of labor. . From
2 1-2 to o cents being nati?e wages in
Ceylon. Yours, etc. OsG?;-D.
Four parsons landed from the Aus?
trian corvette Albatross on a eoiertifio
expedition in the South seas were killed
and six others wounded by the natives
of Guaualcimcr, one of the Solomon
island? Tbe bodies of the dead were
not recovered, as the islandsrs are can?
nibals M. Foullon. the geologist cf !
thc expedition, was one of those killed.
Albatross bombarded the shore in retal- j
iattoo, killing many natives.
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Highest cf ail ir. Leavening Vow
The New Orleans Bank
Rascals.
NEW ORLEANS, September 30.-The
grand to-day brought in seven indict?
ments for embezzlement, against Presi?
dent Nichols and Cashier DeBlanc, of
thc suspended Bank of Commerce.
The specified charges are that they at
various times embezzled sums of money
that had been deposited in the bank.
Beginning on July 23, 1873, 1873,
when they took ?23,500 and from time
until February, 1894, an aggregate of
sixty-six thousand dollars is charged
to have been taken by them The men
were at once arrested and held in bonds
of $54,500 each, which they have not
been able to give. They are in the
custody of the sheriff.
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A Neglected Treasure.
A kinsman of the illustrious John C.
Calhoun informs us that he recently
visited the old home place of the great
statesman, and was surprised to find
that abont 3,000 of his unpublished
le'tters are reposing in box there, appar?
ently neglected. Our friend sends us
the following specimen:
(Letter written to Mrs. Clemson who
was in Belgium )
Washington, 7th March, 1848.
My Dear Daughter:-The letter
from home with this and mine to Mr.
Clemson give you all the Pendleton
and political news, so that you must re?
gard this but as a brief answer to yours
by the Britania.
I am happy to hear that you ali es?
caped from thc influenza except your?
self, and that you have recovered from
its effects.
You must not suppose that in con?
tending against corruption and misrule
that I am impelled by the hope of sue
cess. Had that been the case, I would
long since have retired frooj the con?
flict. Far higher motives impel me, a
sense of duty to do the best for our
country and leave the rest to Provi?
dence I hold thc duties of life to be
greater than life itself, and in perform?
ing them manfully and against hope,
our labor it? not lost, but will be pro?
ductive of good in after time. Indeed,
I regard this life very much as a strug?
gle against evil, and that to him who
acts on proper principle the reward is
in th ! R'ruggl*? f?l'M" '\?:i'i in th " v?:-.rory
itself, ah Lough that greatly i ?t.i-ps
it. So strong is my faith ic tn i - h- !'? f.
my dear daughter, that co apj
either by the present or after L: ???
necessary to sustain mc in strugfc ": ..:
to do my duty in resisting wrong, es?
pecially where my country is corcem
ed, alt ho' I put high value oo renown.
You will thus see that in struggling
against, the downward tendency of our
country, it is not because I do not take
a just view of human nature as you sup?
pose, but because I am actuated by
higher motives than you attribute to
me. But enough of this. * * * *
(Signed) J. C. CALHOUN.
It appears to us that all these letters,
or such of them as are of real value,
should be edited and published. Every
thing that Mr. Calhoun wrote was se?
rious, sincere and interesting If no
individual will undertake this work, we
suggest that the State of South Caroli
nr make a legislative appropriation for
tbat purpose.-Augusta Chronicle,
How to Eat A Banana.
And now comes a woman, who has
resided' in the tropics as a missioner's
wife, to tell us, according to the Phil?
adelphia Record, bow to cala banana
digestibly. When you have striposd
off tbe willing rind, just scrape off the
stringy and hairy coat that lies be?
neath the rind, and you may eat your
banana without tasting it all the rest
of the day. This word should be pass?
ed about widely.
PiTT?BCRG, Pa,, Ox 1.-Freight
train No. 74 was derailed at E?SOD, a
station near Sandy Patch, on the east?
ern slope of tbe mountains, on the Bal?
timore and Otho raiiroad, at 12 la
o'clock this morning. The entire traiD
crew, consisting of engineer, fireruan,
conductor, wo brakemca and a '.Icc
mao, and two t/amps v;ho were etea/ing
a ridf, were killed. Thirty-four ccrs,
which were loaded wi'h coa!, ?cgctLci*
wi'h the engine and tb-3 caboose, arc
piled up on thc track, and tro?h\: both
east and west is entirely shut off.
BUFFALO, Oct. 1.-Lansing E Lin?
coln bf Buffalo, rs. mi ?.ai:: i by bo
People's pari,y of New York State Jfo?
governor, h;>.s written a letter declin?
ing the notrrination. Iii-; reason for
this action, he says, ih tba: he feels it
bis duty to vote for Porter and he urges
every People's party voter f!-> do iike
wise.
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