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New-York tribune., 1907-10-08
THIRTEENTH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT.

5 % % ssq Streets District n is dsn@ R9gnsed West Ry and yfRR
street ana Eleventh avenue
The Second Election District by and within
street ana T:e5enth avenue
The Third Election District is bounded by and within within
street and Tenth avenue.
The Fourth Election PsFs & is bounded by es e9t Tifhn ffJ
second street and Ninth avenue
west Ffy-afh Eighth avenue, west Flfty-thrd
The sixth Election District is bounded by and WITH INN
street street ana Eietonth avenue,
The Seventh Election District is bounded by and within
West Ffy-ffth Tenth avenue West F1fty-fourth
street Eleventh avenue, West Fify-second street ana
@ E @ ss %atS SenGs is Vest BY qn9 T5aR
street Tenth avenue.
West Fifty sixth street Ninth avenue, west Ffty-hfh
The Tenth Election District IS bounded by and within
West Fifty-scventh Eighth west F1tt9-
mn 5 sgy Tenfb i Election District is bounded by
within west Fify-seveuth street Ninn avenue, West
Fifty-sXth and Tenth avenue D., =, -, ,..t,
west Flft6ghh street Tenth avenue, West Ffty-siXh
% tie T5rJea56 Ecn District is bounded h by a.I and
Fifty~seyenth street and Tenth avenue.
The Fourteenth Election District Is bounded by , ana
avenue. Ffty eighth street aud Hudson river 5
within We fst street Columbus west
SIXTEEN street and AnserdqH 9yfnqs bounded ev and
Sixtjetb str.at ana Hudson rve~
The % Esso2 3 o Bs Vest IS % stfesi @
ana Amsterdam avenue through the center of the block
and Columbus avenue, Counl-
West Sixty street and Amsterdam ave
The Eighteenth Election District is nounded by and
within West SiNty-SeCoud street Amsterdam avenue
West Sixty-drst street and Hudson river g., ,
hr Nineteenth Election District IS bounded by ana
within West Sxty-fourth street. columbus avenue
diagonal third street through the
centre 0f the block to West Sxty-seclnI ana Am
st,rdam avenue and Amsterdam
West sxty-thrd Amsterdam avenue. West
Sixty second street AMI Hudson river
The Twenty-hys Election District is bounded by ana
min West SiNty-tith street. Amsterdam avenue
West SiXty-thiri and Hudson river
The Twenty Election District is bounded by ana
within West Sixty seventh street Amsterdam avenue
West SiXty-Afth street and Hudson river.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08
Election Notice.
FIFTH ASSEMBLY pIsrREcr-cantinaed.

The Nineteenth Election District bounded by aho
within West Fifteenth street, Seventh avenue West
Fourteenth street and Eighth avenue.
Tho Twentieth Election District is bounded by alo
Sixteenth street Seventh avenue West
Fifteenth street and Eighth avenue
The Twenty Election District is bounded py ello
within West Eighteenth SIEVE enth avenue west
sixteenth street and Eighth avenue -,
TEe second Election District is bouhael -!
and within diagonal line from the corner OF Mes
Seventeenth street Ninth avenue to the corner W
West Eighteenth street and Eighth avenue. Elsh'h
avenue West Sixteenth street and Ninth avenue
TNJyenty-th Election District Is pounded by
and within West Eighteenth TO Eighth avenue
q diagonal ne from Of West
street and Eighth avenue the corner OF West
Seventeenth street and Ninth avenue Nest 9e'SN-
teenth street and Hudson river. :,
The THenty-fo Election District IS pOuhueu py
.nd vstbsn West Nineteenth street, Ninth avenue,
Vvsst Eighteenth street and Tenth avenue.
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ond street and Second avenue.
The Election District bounded bv and u.,s,
East Eghty,thrd street Avenue A. East Eightyssconi
The Third Election District is bounded BY and v,,,,
East EEhtythrd street. East river East Eishtys.ond
The Fourth Election District Is bounded by AMI Within
avenue EAR
The Fifth Election District is bounded BY and ,-,,
street TO Second avenue diagonal line as eorns
corner Of East Eighty-fourth street and First % 70 N,
The sixth Election District Is bounded by and within
fourth street dasonsl line from the Eart
East Eghythird street and Second avenue and Second
The Seventh Election Distrc, Is bounded by and within.
I Es EIsntyatffn street Second avenue East Eighty.
The Eighth Election District Is bounded by and With,
lexington avenue --'9'''' 'Our'n street. ana
Eat. T9e NiPtR EsS'oa s,1 District bnd BY within
street and second avenue D''i
East Eightyffth street to Avenue a diaEonai I5s
Ioal , te TsIher or Aye4le and East Eghty-hfth
East End avenue East Eightfourt street and First
The Eleventh Election District bounded by and within
@ f{S alaSo9a5 1 ine from the corner q
corner cf Avenue a and East Eighty-fth street and
The Twelfth Election District by and within
East Eighty-seyenih street East End avenue Ess.
ard First
The Thirteenth Election District Is bounded BY ana
within East Eghty-ssventh street First avenue East
Eighty-siSth street and Second avenue.
The Fourteenth Election District IS by snf
within Fast Eiznrv-saventh Second ras
Eghty-sixth and Third
The Fifteenth Election District bv and
within Eishy-eighth street. Second avenus East
Eghty-seventh Third avenue Eighty-sixfh
and Lexington avenue
The Sixteenth Election District Is bounded oy ard
within Eghty-eighth street Avenue A East Eighty
seventh street and Second
Seventeenth Election District Is bounded BY and
within East FiEhtv-eghth street East End
E-chty-seventh and Avenue a
The Eighteenth Election District is bounded nd
within East Nlnety-second street, East river East
Eichty-eighth street and Avenue a
The Nineteenth Election District Il bounded BY and
Nnetv-second street Avenue A. East Eighty
eighth street and First
~he Twentieth Election District Is bounded BY ana
within East EiChty-ntrth street. First East
Eichty-eiEhth street and Second avenue.
Election District is bounded
Fast First Eighty
ninth and Second
Election District bv
within East Ntnatv-drst street First Nine
te-h street and Second
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08
Election Notice.

TWELFTH ASSEMBLY DIsTRICT-Contnued
The Twenuetn Election District i= bounded by and
within East TWenty-thlrd avenue, East
TwCnty-hrst and Third
The Twenty first Election District is bounded by ilQ
within East Iwenty-thrd street. First avenue last
Twenty second street and Second
The TWeuty-second Election bounded by ana
within East Twenty East
Twenty-third street
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08
Election Notice.

FIFTEENTH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT-Contnued
Twenty-seventh District is bounded by
within West Ninety-fourh street Columbus avenue
Nnety-second street. Amsterdam avenue Ninety
first street and Broadway.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-08
Election Notice.

TWENTY-FIRST ASSEMBLY Observation-Disclosures
The Nineteenth Election District is bounded bv =
within West one Hundred and ThrJy-sixth street
Seventh avenue e7' snd
The Twentieth Election District is bounded hv -.
within West One Hundred and Thlrty-hfth s-a..d I'D
Seventh avenue, West One Hundred and Thfrtvs.sseS
and St Nicholas avenue -NOur'a
The Twenty-hrst Election District is BOUNDED
within West One Hundred ThIrty-sevsnth ana
Seventh avenue West One Hundred and Thi--0~ss.SS
street. st Nicholas avenue. West Hundred -
Thirty sixth street and Eighth avenue anu
The Twenty--second Election District Il boundA. -
and within West One Hundred and FOrtisth sr..yy
Seventh avenue West One Hundred and Thirtysev-r.S
street and Eighth avenue. e"en
The Twenty Election District Is bound4t ~ -
Forty-hrst srssf ss S d snd
West One Hundred and Fortieh ana
cOmbe -so-
The Twenty-fourth Election District bount.a hv
within West One Hundred and Forty-frst street
cOnbe avenue West One Hundred and FortietS sf-s.s
Eighth West One Hundred and Thirtv-,,-,SS
and St Nicholas ANa
The Twenty-hfth Election District bounded " 40
within West One Hundred Thirty-fourth stra.s
sJeriam avenue West One Hundred Thir,y-sssc
street. ST. Nicholas avenue. West One Hundred 49,
and Thirty-third street and Broadway
The Twenty-sixth Election District bounded 10 -.
within West One Hundred and Forty-hrst str..s =,
Nicholas avenue, West One Hundred Thirtv-asrs
street. Amsterdam avenue West One Hundred -
Thirty-fourth and Broadway. u
The Twentv-seventh Election District is boundAt -
and within West One Hundred and Forty-ar-t sf--syy
broadway West One Hundred and Thtrtythird ara
Hudson river d
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06

This view of an old Glasgow house is
especially interesting at the present time.
owing to It's connection with Virginia.
In April next, resident Roosevelt will
open the Tercentennial Exhibition at
jamestown county, Va, on the Booth
birthday of Anglo-Saxon America Four
hundred acres of exhibition ground will
be covered with State buildings, and the
North will take such a hearty interest
in the prosperity of the South that all
soreness over the Civil War may DO ex
pected to flee away and never return.
Our drawing shows Germiston house, the
old part, which was the Scottish resi-
dence of Robert Dinwiddie, Governor of
Virginia, whose name stands high in
the annals of that State, although not
so high as that of Governor Spottiswoode,
whose strong rule in the first half of
the eighteenth century paved the way for
the golden age of Virginian prosperity, in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
Precocity in ST. Louis.

Let fond mammas and proud papas
take notice; in st. Louis there is child
of months which, It is stated, Us able
to talk and talk plainly" Furthermore
we are assured that" the child exercises
reason in the use of words" This at once
ranks the baby above the general average
ers and congressman. In the lexicon OF
this remarkable infant are the words
bear" girl" ''bow-wow," 'bottle' and
many more-and all this before 1t has
cut its wisdom or any other teeth
One can but speculate upon the future
of this linguistic prodigy, With such a
command of language a presidential nom
or the flow of language may be diverted
from oratory to literature and the child
may become the most prolific producer
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
No Crime to Shoot Craps.

NEW YORK, January 2.-Magistrate
Finn has announced that he will not
hold crap Shooting a crime as long as
decision given by Judge Gaynor In Brook
Ign eight months ago stands.
The announcement was made to Police
man John j. Holahan, of the Mercer
Street Station, who had arraigned. An
tonic Rosetti, of No. TIA Broome Street.
and Otto Matoo, of No. 211 Mulberry
Street charging them with violation Of
the Sunday law.
They were arrested in the billiard hall
and bowling alley at No. 152 Blocker
Street. which the policeman said was
disorder place. He had gone In he said
and told a party of bowlers to stop bowl,
ing. Matolo refused to stop, and was
arrested. Rosetu runs the place.
I'VE think there was a crap game in
the back room, too" said the police
man.
..'Oh, crap game Ell? Well, Is 1t any
crime to shoot craps?'
Its gamoling. replied Holahan.
Well" said Magistrate Finn, 'Judge
Gaynor rendered a decision saying it was
no crime to shoot craps, and you need
not bring any crap-shooters before mo
and expect me to hold them as long as
that decision stands. These prisoners are
discharged
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
OINTMENT MERCHANT OF
MIDDLESEX TELLS STORY
or LONG, USEFUL LIFE
Mr.. F.. A. Bristow, of Urbanna,
Surrounded by Relatives
and Friends.

UHBANNA, VA. January s.--Mr. r.
A. Brstow. who Is In tho mercantile bus
!pesa in urbanrn IL tho Oldest merchant
In Middlcsox county except one. He has
been continuously In tho mercantile bus
mess In this town since 1871. with tho
exception Of ono year. Farmer, soldier,
school tonchor and merchant, Mr.. Birstow
hna boon q useful man in his day and
generation, and MS he Is still hale and
active for ono Of his years, no bids fair
to continue to be useful citizen for
years to come.
This genial. pleasant gentleman gives
some facts connected with his interest,"
ing history. He was born IN Middlesex.
January, 1912, his parents being James
s. and Laura Brlstow. Mr. Bristow's
father who was deputy sheriff, assisted
In hanging the only man hung In Middle
sex for fifty years until the recent nang-
ing at the courthouse Of Tom Sims, col
ored. Mr.. Bristow's mother died in 1S49.
At sixteen years of age Mr.. Bristow
began the mercantile business by clerk
Ing In the store of his father, which was
managed by Thomas Collins. He contin-
sued in his fathers store, which was
moved to Saluda, now the county seat.
for short while ana then moved back
to the farm. In 1860 he began the work
of getting an education. which had been
not a little interrupted. but the Civil
War soon burst upon the country. and in
January. 1851, young Bristow was sum-
moned to join the Confederate army at
Gloucester Point uniting with the King
and Queen Guards. Twenty-sixth Vir-
ginia Regiment. Captain r. L. Latane
Later he was transferred to Fleets Bat
terry. Fifty-fifth Virginia Regiment then
commanded by Colonel F. Mallory. and
later by Colonel William S. Christian.
His war record, concerning which Mr..
Bristow will tell The Times Dispatch
readers later. was an honorable and faith
full one. AS the memories of those event
full days are recalled. Mr. Bristow's eye
ktndles. and he betrays the deepest in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06

which Glasgow shared, The last-named
was a member of the Spottiswoodes cl
that ilk In Berwickshire, and was thus
of the same line as Archbishop Spotts-
woode, of Glasgow, and Lady John Scott,
the author and composer of the song
Annie Laurie" The Spotswoods are
still highly respected in Virginia.
1t was in Germiston House that Lock-
hart wrote the life of Sir Walter Scott.
The old front Of the Dinwiddie man
sion is blocked by large new addition
made in 1910, from the design of David
Hamilton, architect, Of Glasgow Royal
Exchange. Germiston House stands to
the north of the road leading from earn
CAD Road to Provan A1ll.-London Eve
ming Times.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
January Questions

10. Who was made Governor OF Eir-
ginia, and what body was asso-
ciated with him?
the popular body thus created?
II. Ca) Who succeeded Wyatt as
Governor in 1925. and what
prominent men were made
members of the council at
that time?
(b) Who was appointed Secretary
OF State?
10. What exclusive right was con-
ferred upon Virginia by Charles l.?
a. What was the yearly export OF
tobacco from Virginia in 1927, and
how many immigrants arrived
that year?
Is. (a) When did Yeardley die, and
where is he supposed to be
buried?
tb) Who succeeded Yeardley az
Governor?
16. When was tho first election OF
Virginia Burgesses under the
crown held?
IT. What answer did this General
Assembly make to Charles l.. and
how many signatures We're affixed
to tho answer?
is. Who took Governor Vests place
in Virginia when he went to Eng
land in 1929?
10. How did the Virginia Colonists
treat Lord Baltimore when no
came to Jamestown, and why?
20. What royal Governor arrived In
1880, and what did the beginning
or his administration mark?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
Penalties Of Prosperity.

After all is said it must be conceded
that the apparent disregard for human
life In the United States is largely trl-
butte to progress and to the industries
that constitute prosperity. Even fatal
railroad accidents. the largest item IN
the list, cannot be wholly eliminated.
though they can and ought to be greatly
reduced in number. But railroad accl-
dents are only one item In the list OF
annual fatalities. There are fatal ac-
cidents III ming building, manufacturing
and agriculture They all claim their VIC
tins as sort of tribute to progress
though very costly one. Carefully oom-
piled statistics show that in the five great
Industries of railroading. mining, build
ing. manufacturing and agriculture no
less than 5S6,l65 persons are annually
killed or injured in the United States
This ia at the rate of over one a minute,
and it includes only few of the largest
industries. News
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terest in everything that is connected
with them. He is Just now very much
interested in the noble and patriotic work
of collecting funds to erect a monument
to the fallen soldiers of the Confederacy
In the county who went from its precincts
to the bloody fray.
When the war terminated Mr.. Bristow
returned to Middlesex and was soon en-
gagged in the mercantile business. having
stores at different points until his removal
to Urbanna in 1871. where he still does
business, and Where 1t is likely he will
end his days.
In 1865 Mr.. Bristow married. Miss Ylr-
ginnia Ellen Giessett. Of Urtunna- Mr..
Bristow is n devoted Baptist, having
been baptized in November 1859. by Rev.
a. +. Scott He is also an ardent tenn
perance worker In the home he has lived
iii so long Mr. Bristow is spending tho
evening of his life, surrounded by loved
ones and a host of friends
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06

1. (a) When was "a True Relation
of Virginia." by John Smith.
written.
tb) What ship carried 1t to London
and where was 1t published?
(c) Which OF Smiths works bear
ing on Virginia was pub
lished in 1912?
T. (a) What was the distinguishing
characteristic of Smiths
style?
(b) What American romance has
place in his writings?
8. "a, What Indian chief led tho In
English in 1922?
- settlers in Virginia were
killed?
1. (a) What prevented the exterm;-
nation OF the Jamestown
colony at this time?
(b) What effect did the massacre
have in England?
6. How did the V:rginians carry out
the instructions Of the London
Council?
8. When did King James announce
his determination to resume SUI
preme control of Colonial affairs In
Virginia, and why?
Z. What was the result OF the visit of
English commissioners, appointed
to investigate the condition OF the
Virginia Colony, when they came to
Jamestown?
s. When did Virginia again become a
royal province and by what means?
9. When the Virginia Company had
been dissolved In 1924, to whom was
the government Of the colony en-
trusted2
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
Rivalry in Big Mansions.

The rivalry Of the Pttsburg milllonaires
manfests itself mostly In the building of
vast mansions In New York City. Mr..
Carnegie set tho pace with his great
house on upper Fifth Avenue. Then his
former employe, Mr.. Schwab decided to
build more snowy and costly establish
ment on the west side OF the city Now
Mr. Frick, who lost his admiration for
Mr.. Carnegie few years ago, pays 50, AGO.
600 for the Lenox Library site on Fifth
Avenue, between Seventeen and Seventy
first Streets, and will erect there a resi-
dence which doubtless will cost good
deal more than the site.-Hartford (Conn.)
Times.
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December Questions

l. Who succeeded Lord Delaware as
High Marshal OF Virginia, and what
did he do?
2. (a What was the result and
what new settlement was formed?
tb) How was characterization pun
isled?
3. When did Sir Thomas Gates return
to Virginia, what did he bring with
him. and where did he fix his resi-
dence?
4. (a) Who WAS left In command Mt
Jamestown? CD What was this mans
character and ability?
s. (a) Where was Dale sent7 Oh
with whit purpose? (c) Describe tho
city OF Henricus.
6. What was the condition OF affairs
in Virginia about Christmas OF 1873?
I. (a) When did John Rolfe begin the
cultivation OF Virginia tobacco2 Cb)
What led to tho shipment of inden-
tured servants from England to vir-
ginia?
s. Who became Governor OF Virginia
when Sir Thomas Gates returned to
England?
Q. What did Dale induce the London
Company to do for the colonists in
1915. and with what effect?
TO-. When did Dale return to Eng
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Ansuers.

1. Sir Thomas Dale who enforced
martial law with rigor, and set the
people to practical work.
2. Order was restored by the strict
discipline. and the condition OF the
settlers improved by practical labor.
Henricus was founded. THIS was
located on the north side OF the
James River. and about twelve miles
below the falls. CD BY rigorous
martial law. and In some Instances
by executions. cruel and unusual.
8. In August 1911. bringing with
him six vessels, 300 men and abund-
ant supplies. He landed at James
town and made II his home.
4. (a) Sir Thomas Dale. Cb) He
was stern soldier, but discreet,
upright and an able man.
s. (a) Dale was sent up the James
River. (b) To establish new settle
ments on It's banks. (c) There were
three streets OF well-framsd houses. a
handsome church of wood completed
and the foundation laid OF a better
one to be built OF brick, besides
store houses. etc. Upon the river
edge there were five houses. in which
lived 1.-The honester sort of people,"
as farmers in England. and they
kept continual watch for the towns
security
8. Peace had been established by
the marriage of Pocahontas, which
led to feeling OF security. and also
a free trade with the Indians. order
and diligence had taken the place OF
confusion and idleness
= ta) 1916. tb) White persons.
mostly from England and Ireland,
who wished to come over to the new
country. and were not able to pay
their passage money. were sold with
their consent to landowners for
term OF years In 1870 there were
as many as 5000 indented servants
in Virginia
8. Sir Thomas Dale.
8. To establish fixed property in
the soil. This had very salutary
effect, as the working bees no longer
fed the drones, and the colony pros
pered, instead OF Starving Time"
d61o). there was now plenty and to
spare.
10. In 1916 The oligarchical gov
eminent OF the president and council
had come to an end, order reigned
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land. and In what condition did he
leave Virginia?
5. II. Who was Governor after Dalo
left, and who was the minister at
Jamestown
IL. How did Argall rule tho colony,
and what kind OF n man was he?
IL: How and when did his admnis-
trhtion end?
a.. When did Ycardley arrive In
virginia. and what rendered the year.
OF MS coming an era in the history
OF the colony?
10. How many members composed
the first legislative assembly In Vir-
gina: and when and where did 1t
meet?
TO- What boroughs In Virginia were
represented in this assembly. and VINO
was the Speaker OF the House?
H. What was the relative position
OF the Governor and Council and o.
the members as they sat in this as
scmbly2
prayer?
10. What laws wero enacted during
the sessions OF this first House OF
20. When did the assembly adjourn,
and what followed In 1921?