The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-06
K|zER IS FOR
JAS. Q. D0HE||.R|1Y
Norfolk Man Does Not Wish to
Be Commissioners Of
i Isl. Labor.
MOTHER ILL; DAUGHTER DEAD
Mrs. Lassitcr Not Informed That
/. Her Child Has Passed
/ Away.
Especial to rhe Times DIspatch.,

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NORFOLK, VA, September g. Charles
e. Kizer, President Of the Underwater
Publishing Company and a former nom
Der Of tho Legislature says he Is not mn
asplrant for tho position OF State Labor
Commissioner, but will use his lnduenie
for tho rcappoirtmcnt OF James g. DOH
erty, the present officer, who has filled the
place acccptnbly for thrco terms. n.
Mrs. Columbus W. Lassltcr, OF Suffolk,
lies Ill In the hospital unaware OF the
death OF her daughter Miss Mamie b..
Lassiter, whose funeral occurred in Suf-
folk yesterday. Miss Lnssltcr died ut
the home OF a friend In Portsmouth Sun-
day as the result OF ptomainc poisoning,
aged 81 years. 1t was not thought wise
to apprisc the sick mother till she Is
able to Withstand the shock or the news.
The daughter had been dcvotedly nurs-
Ing her sick mother.
THE Underwater SHOPS.
The Tidewatcr Railroad has bought the
fair grounds and race track, d large prop
erty In Roanoke. This becoming kro Wn, a
report got into circulation that the
shops of the system would be located on
the newly acquired property.
General manager Of the road. Raymond
Duo Puy, to-day announced here that
tthe road has bought the property for
local yard. The shops VIII not be iochtcu
on tho property Where these shops WIN
be located Is still an open question.
william J. Oliver OF Sands & Oliver
contra ctors for building the first one
hundred miles OF the Underwater Railway
from Norfolk, arrived hero to-day ana
was for several hours In conference Win
the officials OF the Tidewater road. MI.
oliver came to Norfolk from Baltimore.
after having closed a CONTRACT Wilt wy
Southern Railway for the building OF se.
eral hundred miles OF ra'iroau ~ Aei'''e
see.
11 HORNTHAL-MERCE
Miss Tena Mercer and Herman i,otn-
thai, Of the dry goods urn u 1N ~.
prown,cy e Hornthal. were married .iis
auernoon at the residence Of the brloe :
,oothcr Mrs. NJ V. Mercer. 80 IorA
place Nv Roy, E. P. Miner OF st. Lukes
Enlscopal Church. They left to:nisht oS
steamer for New York on bridal trip. 4
NEW BASE BALL, CIRCUIT
There ia a plah for new base pun
10 gIs here next sea son. to be called the
taunton Roads Ball Circuit, There are
to be four teams. as 1olloWs' ~ N IVY.
News. Hampton, Portsmouth ana MI VI.
folk. Some Of the cluos nave ~ sIu.
snbscrIbed the stock for the malnte F;'in ~,
~ Inc nlayers and the games, rld ".
M Hannah. manager of the NoriolK
cii,h says he Is prepared to give Gooo
games here. -,
% Tohn r. Walker, OF Norfolk, secretary
OF the North Carolina Pine Associa ,,
Ia I'm sSew.4Y ork,b completin theYRrclima
naries for the merger OF the lumber asso-
.iations OF Virginia and the Carollnas.
IJo will return and call meeting OF the
committees from the associations 70 com
nIete the merger, for which the plans
have been arranged.
j.. N. Whitaker, private secretar! 70
federal Judge Wnddill, arrived here yes
ierday from Richmond, en- route 10
washington, D. c.. where he goes Tor
months special work In the department
WILL, PRESIDE FOR BISHOP.
Owing to his recent illness. Bishop 4.
Coke Smith, OF the Southern Methodist
Church, and resident In Norfolk VIII
not preside over September conferences .,, 3.
Els place at these conferences VIII be
taken by Bishop Gambler, as follows:
Kentucky conference. at Covinston, KY.
Septcmber 9Th: Illinois conference. at
Marion, Ill.,, September 2lst; Louisville
conference, ut Leltchficld. KY septem-
Der 9TH.
Seymour, while testifyng In the Police
Court to-day against William Williams,
a negro. for trcspassing on her front
porch and demanding entrance, tainted
and had to be carried to the Mayor
office to regain consciousness,
Paymustcr Dexter Tiffany. Jr., United
States navy, Of the reserve torpedo flo
tilla, at the navy yard here, who was
injured by being thrown from his trap
in the,Wcst End, Norfolk, five weeks
ago. was discharged from tho hospital
to-day