The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-31
AN ODD
CONTRA CT
Will ASK Legislature to Pass
Sale Bill.
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THE BALTIMORE is OFF
a Colored Woman Dies at the 1resby.
terrain Hospital Said to Have Reach
ed the Age of One,Hundred
and Fivs Years.
THE BALTIMORE is OFF
Especial to The Times Dispatch,

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contract was admitted to record In the
Norfolk Corporation Court to-day. For
| i've dollars consideration Rosetta James
| transfers to James Revis house and lot
| at Calvert and Wide Streets. provided she
is taken care Of for the balance OF her
| patural life.
Local politicians are greatly interested
| ir what course Governor Montague will
take regarding the recent primary. Chair
| man Dey, who has been severely criticised
for tho methods employed therrat. s Mon
tagues recognized political adviser here
sbouts 1t is recalled that bill intro
duced by Senator Sale, of this city, and
nassed by the General Assembly. fitting
the old legalIzed primary act to the new
Constitution created by the Constitutional
| Convention, was vetoed by Governor Mon
tague He did this. 1t is charged, at Mr..
Dey's request. The Governor claimed
that the bill took the appointment OF
judges and clerks of election out OF the
hands of the candidates and placed 1t IN
the hands OF partisan boards.
In effect, It is claimed that the bill Ia
vored by Chairman Dey really accom-
plished this very result The next Legs.
lature will be asked to pass the Sale BILL
oye r the Governors veto.
FAVOR OF RAILROAD.
The case of the Rev. Burton j. Gibbons
against the Seaboard Air Line Railway
for $4,000 damages for personal Injuries
was decided to-day in favor OF the rail-
way. 1t was In evidence that the plain
tiff has been suffering for years with the
disease he claimed was aggravated by the
sudden stopping of q train, which threw
him to the floor. He had been operated
on for the trouble nine times.
The Wisconsin editors arrived IN the
city this afternoon and were cordially
welcomed BY a committee from the ousl-
nesss organizations They were taken on
| a sightseeing trip about the harbor.
| The big schooner benjamin Russell,
which grounded on Hog Island during the
recent hurricane, has been saved. despite
her dangerous position on the beach. she
! was floated and towed into port to-day for
| repairs.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE
Lucinda Cartwright. died to-day at the
! Old Folks Home, PRESBYTERIAN lnsu-t
| tuition for inflrm colored people She was
reputed to be los years old. She vas born
In Princess Anne county. and never had
a serious illness until she contracted
| pneumonia two weeks ago. The death
| certificate places her age at 1oo.
1 r y. Leary, ST.. Of franklin Va, has
| asked the Norfolk polite to aEslst Nam ~
| locating his ffteen-year-old son.. He le1t
! home October 18th for Norfolk. intending
| to enter the navy. He has not been seen
| since leaving the receiving ship FRANK
| lin after making inquiries regarding en-
| listment.
THE BALTIMORE SAILS.
! Silently and with no noise OF parting
! salutes,i but only with abusiness-llke TOOL
OF her siren, the big cruiser Baltimore
| cleared from the navy yard at O'CLOCK
| this afternoon on herIWay to san 10
| mingo to protect American interests there.
| Fresh ammunition and extra bunker
! coal were taken on at the navy yard. ana
the vessel Is prepared for business ~ Is
| understood that her commander has 1ull
| authority to land marines ana plueJackets
| IL the situation demands IT.
The Baltimore will race for her oesti-
nation, her presence there being imper-
atively needed, according TO the morn
Ing dispatches.
She will return here after the trouble
In San Domingo Is over to convoy Inc
| torpedo notilla to Manila,
The auxiliary cruiser Bufraio reported
! to the commandments office to-day that
she has completed coaling at newport
| News and has dropped down 10 Hampton
Roads, preparatory to starting on he'
| cruise.
Captain Huey has gone from this sta
| ton to Culebra to command the oa.tai1o''
| of marines at that point. He VIII DC no-
sent on that duty for some tlme. when no
Is expected to BIO assigned to Washington.
Lieutenant B. B. Wooy reported for
duty at this marine barracks here to-day.
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