The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-16
CORONER
IS MISSING
TWO Candidates In Norfolk to
Succeed DR.. Odend'hdl.
THE CROWDED VERA CRUZ
How Four Hundred Persons We're Ac-
commodated on Board the Wrecked
Barken,ine is Puzzle-Praise
for the Rescuers,
fsnec,o, to Tho Times. Dispatch. )

lfE. Especial to Tho Times D1spatcn.)
NORFOLK, VA, May 15.--The fact that
there are two candidates for coroner in
dicates that DR.. Z. p. Odend hal, who
is absent, will not return. There Is no.
thing to Indicate that Or. Odend'hal has
resigned his place as coroner, except
that he Is not here, and that three can
didates are seeking the office that he Is
not here to fill. There Is no indication
where he Is, but the officials about the
city Offices do not hesitate to say that
he must have gone to stay. as he left
no notice OF his absence. However that
may be, there are three candidates for
coroner, as follows: Dr. T. r Baird. DR.,
Il. D. Hunter and DR.. Capehart. They
are confident that the place OF coroner
is practically, II not formally. vacated. or
they would not be candidates for the
place. The city is entitled to two coro-
ners, and DR.. r. 8. Hight Ia the other
incumbent of the office. Z.
How four hundred persons were quar-
tered on the wrecked barkentne Vera
Cruz Is puzzle. She is OF about 100 tons
burden. 100 feet long, and has depth Of
hold Of II feet. In tho hold was small
cargo Of whale oil and bone. There were
no deck accommodations Only galley
and captains cabin constituted the ST.
perstructure. There were many women
and children in the list, and In event of a
contagious sickness, It would have meant
extinction. The captain, who left his ship
the day after she went aground, has not
been heard from. Whether he will return
Is not known. The vessel is In charge
of the first mate.
Captain Richards, of the Bertha Gray,
speaks in the highest terms of Captain
sindall and crew of the steamer Saint
Oswald, In effecting the rescue, and also
" the kind treatment received
while coming to this city on the
Saint Oswald, The Bertha Gray
was abandoned at sea, and is
now floating derelict. being dangerous
TO navigation, as she is in the course of
vessels coast-bound The brig is thirteen
years old. and hailed from Yarmouth,
Nova Scotia, where she was owned. Cap
tain Richards has been in command OF
her for two years. and considered her
good vessel,
The new Court Street Baptist Church
pf Portsmouth was lighted up last night.
The Illumination was made by the 232
ncandescent lights. The tower was also
hblaze with lights and could be seen
from different sections OF the city. The
walls of the main body of the church
are handsomely frescoed and the floor
covered with velvet carpet. The ends
of the seats are In quartered oak: the
backs are polished oak. Divided by n
narrow passage and to the right of the
pulpit, which faces southwest, Is the
church parlor. handsomely furnished.
The seating capacity of the church Is
750-500 or the lower floor and $50 in the
rollcry. The church was begun in July
lA)l and the first services will be held
on Sunday week. The building, includ-
iilg the Sllnday-school room, cost $4,000
The visit of Assistant Secretary Tay-
Tor, of the Treasury Department. Wash
II IN fo ,a
sites offered for n public building, is ex-
pected to result In choice. The idea
Is that site should be secured within
the appropriation of $4,000. the amount
allowed by Congress for that purpose.
1t is a foregone conclusion that the gov
eminent cannot get a site in the business
section of the, city for the amount ap-
propriated. and the alternatives are to
select slteauptown or walt for another
Congress and an Increased appropria-
ton.
Judge b. D.. White, OF Princess Anne
County Court. has issued an order sus-
pending the collection OF all tolls on
because of the report OF the road Wow
srs of Princess Anne county. who re-
port all five toll bridges In bad condi-
Ion-ope is impossible.
At'n meeting of the Hebrew Charities
Societies held to-day, It was resolved to
hold a meeting OF confidence at the B'Nai
Israel Synagogue on Sunday, May nth,
: TO which all Russian sympathizers fire.
spective Of creed are invited. COM
mlttee wa sappointed to visit the Mayor
and other prominent officials and invite
them to BIO present on this occasion. It
was further resolved to drape the synn.
gogue in mourning for tho term OF one
week as outward manifestation Of the
grief and horror with which the Jews OF
This city view the recent Russian out
iages.
There was large meeting Of the ,
truckers here to-day to arrange to combat
the Increase In freight rates on produce
10 the North, The transportation COM
panles have refused to accede to the re-.
quest to continue rates Mt the old prices,