The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-24
NAVAL HONORS
TO ADMIRAL
Harrington Pays a Visit to the
Brazilian Training
Il Cruiser.
FREE BEER AND FREE JULEPs.
Republicans Had Allt,ri1g lnvi-
Il tations From Virginia
s Cities.
Especial 10 The Times Dlspa tch.

Especial TO The Times Disratch.)
I'm ORFO11K, VA, June 23-Mayor j. G..
Riddick has announced that he does not
intend 10 resign because his candidate,
j. O. Reid, was defeated in the recent
election. and because the vote showed a
lack of confidence In his administration.
He says he Will serve out his term.
The Spanish steamship Gaditanc. re-
Gently ashore off Port 1nglis, on the
Florida coast, arrived hero to-day IN tow
OF the Merritt and Chapman wreclsing
steamer Rescue and Is anchored in the
inner harbor awaiting disposition. She Is
In good condition.
NAVAL HONORS.
Admiral p. =. Harrington, commandant
OF the navy yard. was welcomed aboard
4 the Brazilian cruiser Benjamin Constant.
now In this harbor. with naval honOrs.
She is used as a training ship. and COM
manded by Captain Midesa. She Is fitted
with modern guns. torpedo equipment.
wireless Geographic apparatus. and all
this is shown to visitors without reserve.
The Benjamin Constant, which is named
after the first president Of the republic
OF Brazil, is 263 feet long. T2 feet beam,
{ with displacement OF 275O tons She was
built at La Seyne ship yard, Toulon.
France, in 1888. Her armament consists
OF four G-inch, or is centimetre guns,
2 mounted on the upper deck; eight 47-inch
rifles. which protrude from her ports;
four c-pound Hotchkiss guns for salutng.
and six machine guns, OF the Maxim
Eordcnfelt model-twenty-two guns In all.
The twelve larger guns are ElsWick
Armstrong English make. The wireless
system aboard is German. Ell.
aALLUR1EG INVITATIONS.
Mr.. Floyd Hughes, who attended the
meeting OF the Republican State Commit
tee In Lynchburg Wednesday night. sa;s
the Republican vote this fall is going to
be n surprising one. Some OF the Re-
< publican committeeman entertain hopes
( or carrying the state this fall. Richmond,
y Norfolk. Roanoke and Newport News
each wanted the convention. Each OF the
cities sent delegation to ask for 1t. and
& each of5them offered US a free hall, free
beer and free julIns. but we could not
accept all OF the invitations, lut we did
= Roanoke's.
There seems to be no solution Of the
factional tangle in the Democratic party
in Portsmouth. s. - =. Montague. chat
man, and Joserh H. Saunders. scc:et ary,
were put out Of tho City Executive Com
mittee By tho majority last night, but
to-day they refuse to go. and the ma
jority demands the books and .he ballots
from the secretary. and declares that
none OF the bills of the committee shall
be paid without.he sanction Of the ma
jorty officers. w j. Williams and F. X.
Wonycott
The contest is over the rotation OF the
state senator, witch is claimed b. pcrts-
mouth and By Norfolk county.
TRIAL FOR FORGERS.
o. M. BaldInger, alias%C. M. johnson.
obtained q new trial in the Corpora ton
Court to-day, and c. G. Mayes. as &C
ccssory, was postponed till next month.
BaIdinger was convicted Of forging trans
fers for voters from this cityto Newport
News without the advice and consent OF
the voters themselves. He was tried and
convicted on one % the six charges
The motion for n new trial was allowed
by Judge Allan r. Hanckel on The
ground that the assistant prosecuting at
torney had commented In his argument
to the jury on the failure OF the prisoner e,
to testify In his own behalf. The ball.
which had been $500, WIS increased to
$500. Tire expectation that Baldlnger
would confess on the political leaders
who incted him TO the felony and the
fraud in the elections has not been real
lied. Both Of the men are firm In the
belief that they will escape punishment.
and the money for their defense is plen-
tiful.
JUDGE MANN IN BERKLEY.8
Judge William H Mann, candidate for
Governor was in Norfolk a part Of to-
day. but spent the greater part of his
time in Berkeley, where he says he has a
strong following. He said inan interview
on his race: IN spite Of the fact that
my Democracy is being questioned. l
am a straightout Democrat; always have
been, and always will be-"
At Meeting of tho Royal Arcanum
4 nf tom NJ tnp
were passed condemning the raising OF
the rates on old men and demanding that
the Supreme Council shall meet to re-
4 consider subject so vital for the
preservation Of the fundamental princi-
Piles OF ,.ie ORDER
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