The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-18
FIGHT
BETWEEN LASSITER AND DOYLE
Anti-saloon League Did Not
Like Lassitcr's Answers.
Will Support Doyle.
FEDERAL VETS GRATEFUL
Pennsylvailians Send Series Of
Resolutiohs to a. 7. Hill
NM Camp.
tspec,n, u u The 1lmes-Dispatch.l

SpectO tonne .-IEl
PIlTERsBuRc VA. July 1.-THE
fight between Messrs. Chas. I. Laseiter,
of this city. and Ohm Il. Doyle Of DIM
widdiesifor Democratic NOMINATION 1or
the House OF Delegates :s becoming
more interesting every dny@TlS hf re can
dilacy OF Mr.. Doyle d ssunie s added im-
portance from the factthetshe 40 being
supported by members of 1.-The ANTI
Saloon League of this city. Mr.. iLassl-
ter's answers to the league g = - even
questions to him were not altogether
satisfactory and 1t Is believed that
almost as a body the league Will vote
for Mr. DOYLE in tho approaching prt-i
mary. n, Al,
G.. A. II. Men Grateful
A series Of resolutions adopted by
the Survivors, Association of the For
ty-eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, and
expressing hearty good Will and graft
tude to A. P. Hill Camp and the people
Of Petersburg fo- their3courtes!es to
the association during its recent visit
to Petersburg to unveil the monument
to Colonel Gowan and other members
Of the Forty eighth who fell at Fort
Malone, was received, this morning by
General Stith Boiling.
The Public School Board, at meet
ing last, evening, elected Mr.. Randolph
Jones' principal of the Newport News
High. Scfoolrduring the past session, to
be assistant principal OF schools. with
offices %atathe Anderson School DR.. D.
M. Brown, superintendent Of the public
schools. was granted leave of absence
because Of III health Mr.. r. w.
ISmithey, who has for several years
been the principal teacher of mathe-
MATES in the Richmond High School,
was elected principal of the Peters
burg High School, thus changing the
method, so long in vogue. Of placing
q woman at the head OF that institu-
| ton. The present corps Of public
| school teachers, was reelected. Mr..
| Jones, the new assistant principal OF
schools, is an A. M. of Hnmpden- Sid
ney College, and Mr.. smithey holds the
came degree from Randolph Ma con.
A. J. Gregory. one Of three young
men who escaped from the Petersburg
4 Jail last February and were rearrested
and sentenced to jail for larceny. was
sent to jail for six months in the May
tor's Court this mornlng, the sentence
being the minimum punishment fol
| jsil-breaking. Gregory Is from Norfoll
county.
Funeral of wheclhouse.
The funeralsof John w. Wheelhouse
i who was killed Monday night by hit
i nephew, Richard Wheelhouse. in the
bloody pistol duel at West and Wash.
, ington Streets took place at O'Clock
this afternoon from his former resi-
donce ON Pearl Street, in the Yves
| End. An autopsy revealed several bull
!, let wounds through the breast.
Richard fWheelhouse.. who is a
; the Petersburg t-Hosritalaadespe
, wounded by at.bullet through his in
r testines, is getting on fairly we'll, an
r has a tfighting chance for life.
i block Of Ice Crushes Foot.
r %. Newsom.S well known ic
I dealer. was, painfully injured thi
$ morning, a three hundred pound bloc
], OF ice falling upon his right foot an
: badly crushing IT..
/, Company, Incorporated. of this city
:, has sold the well-known farr
s Stewards" in Prince George county
/ to Mr., Frank. Chase. The price pal
|, for the property has not been learned
i, DauEhtcrs' Association.
/, An enthusiastic meeting of tn
), Building Association, Daughters OF tn
), Confederacy. Virginia Division, wa
held yesterday at the home of tn
\ president. Mrs. w. r. Mckinney. TIL
treasurer's report which was most er
couragine, was read. This stated tina
all outstanding bills approved by til
president have been paid
The building and grounds commit
tee stated that according to: the cor
stitution their work of heautifyin
I OF the grounds. furnishing the hous
and selecting q manager was con
pleted and they asked to be dis
charged. The board thanked the con
mittee for the splendid work done, an
4 acceded to the request
= The ways and means committee RI
. ported a paid concession granted
II sell Confederate souvenirs ut tt
w building. and that nearly all chapter
!. in the division had contributed.