The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-02
PLEADING FOR
A FAIR NAME.
a Young Girl Dies Dies g s'f. Hunger
! and Exposure and 4, IS May Have
IN to4bcs Buried9by Charity
IN DEFENSE OF D: BROOKS r. %
Steamer Georgia ii Collision
With Four-Mastcd1 Schooner.
Mayflowersi Port.

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4. N NORFOLK, VA. Feb. ii am a pure
GIL. could not sell myself. or would
& not be in this condltior.'sThcs were the
dying words.of Lucy Garter, formerly Of
Danvilc who died at st. Vincents Hos
pital this morning, Of cold, hunger and
exposure. She was but seventeen years
old, and was found in a chcerlcss room In
East Main Street BY e sanitary inspec--.
tor. She came here to work In restau-
rant, whcre she continued until she was
taken ILL., as a. result OF exposure. Sho
had not vitality enough to recover, and
passed away, to-day With ,her, arms around
4 the neck or trained nurse, pleading for
fair memory. Unless her relatives are
heard from charitable persons hero VIII
bury the unfortunatesg girl.
The committee headed by the City En-.
g1neer and appointed by the Mayor TO
Inspect the theatres OF tho city have
recommended various changes in the
p1ayhouscs. most OF which have already
X been made. lsss3s ii RI i5a 4a
70 DEFEND BROOKS.
Oscar Baird, Of NVilloughby Avenue.
Raleigh. N. c., last night for the purpose
OF assisting y. II. Brooks = In clearing him
self Of the charges OF completely in the
fraudulent use OF the government. mails
3 with j. B. Powell. II 4St6 s} &
Powell had an Office In CRANKY Street,
< in which it is alleged he wrote orders
for goods TO be shipped to Raleigh, wher1
his agent was to reshlp them for sails
elsewhere. Tho goods were sent to
Powell's agent and the bills were ex-
{ pected to go 4 to a relia BILE firm Jones
& e. Powell. rs .jst 4
Mr.. Baird Is the brother-in-aw Of ME-.
Brooks, and he says he is certain that
Mr.. Brooks is innocent. not only OF any
intentional wrong, but ti.ut he was not
Y a ware #of tho character. OF the business
that Powell is charged by the postorlce
inspectors with conuu citing. Fe carried
with him the advertisen ent which Brooks
answered last week, and the letter which
he received from Powell asking hira to
Z call in the CRANKY Street Office to ac-
cept position quick.
&, COLLISION IN TIE ROADS.
rho first accident to the shipping that
has occurred during the present bad
weather happened in Hampt ton, Roads, a
few hundred yards from the wharf at
Old Point, yesterday morning.
III IT. did not PARLIAMENTARY, NV y !OtH
ali accounts only the cool-headed ness
and skillful seamanshipt of the captain
Of the steamer Georgia, Tof tho $Balttrnofs
Steam Packet Company, prevented the
sinking OF a fine four ted schooner
and the possible loss Of the lives OF her
crew
The Georgia was coming In from Balti-
more. She had felt her way through the
fog, which envelopcd the lower Chesa-
peake Bay and Hampton Roads like
dense pail. through which 1t was impossi-
blc5.to see ahead the length Of the big
bay: liner.
Suddenly there doomed up in the fog
ahead of the powerful steamer, the out
lines OF great four-masted schooner.
Those aboard the Georgia say that no
sound came from the ghostly craft. which
Law directly in the course OF the Geor-
gia. Swiftly the boat was yeered to
ono side. and while too late to prevent
! a collision, she struck the schooner a
glancing blow, heeling her over on her
side, but not ramming her as she would
have done bows-on. Tho schooner proved
to be the Henry cramp She was in
jured to the extent Of several hundred
dollars, and the Georgia herself was
injured. She will leave on time tonight,
however.
The United States gunboat Mayflower.
the largest and finest Of, the converted
yachts of the navy, arrived at this navy
yard. at 1850 O'Clock this morning. She