Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23

out Of the wreck caused by the coils.
ion April 10 of two trains from Bal.
larat and Bendigo. respectively, at
Braybrook Junction. about 81 miles
from Melbourne 1t is believed that
several others are still buried under
the debris. Many of the victims had
entered the Ballarat train at Bray.
brook and were just about settling In
their seats when the crash came.
The coaches quickly caught fire and
many of the victims We're burned be.
yond recognition. A member of the
fire brigade found the bodies of two
of his sisters buried in the wreckage.
Several victims died as they were be-
ing lifted from the wreck.
The engineer of the Bendigo train
says he saw the signals and when the
brake refused 10 work he reversed his
engine bat was unable to check the
| train.
| NEW YORK, April 2l.-Mrs. AL.
fred G. Vanderbilt has won her suit
for divorce from the young multi-mil-
lionaire. The report OF the referee,
recommending an interlocutory de-
cree. will be filed in the supreme court
this afternoon. All the Testimony
taken before Referee Mcclure in the
case has been completed. Referee
Mcclure has finished his report and
the document win be lodged with the
clerk OF the supreme court. 1t is cur.
| rently reported that the referee has
recommended that Mrs. Vanderbilt be
given as alimony five million dollars.
Her husband is worth sixty millions.
BOULDER, Colo, April 2l.-Cor
oner Buchheit Is busy securing the
country today to select an unpreju-
diced jury for the second trial Of
Frank Kiser. which Will occur tomor.
row. In the trials of Reeve and XII
ser nearly 200 men have been exam.
ined, and great deal of difficulty Is
expected In obtaining jurors. At the
last trial of Kiser he was charged
with murder on the ground that he is
the incendiary who set fire to the
| Colorado g. Southern depot August 10
last, resulting In nn explosion that
killed three men. The jury stood
eight TO four for conviction of second
degree murder.
PUEBLO, April 2l2.-The will of
the late Charles e. Cast, the Pueblo
lawyer who died several days ago.
was today filed for probate. 1t pro.
vided that his estate be divided equal.
ly between his wife and son Robert.
AS Mrs. Cast died last summer the
entire estate will go to the son. The
estate Is valued at over quarter of
million.
CONCORD, n. H.. April 21-Un
pledged and uninstructed delegates to
the Republican national convention at
Chicago were elected today at the
New Hampshire Republican state CON
vention in this city. A resolution en-
dorsing Secretary of War Taft for
president was tabled by rising vote,
only 20 delegates out of 1853 voting
for the resolution.
DENVER, April 21.-The Repnb-
lican county convention met at 10
| O'Clock today to nominate the party's
city ticket. Horace Phelps, assistant
attorney general. was agreed upon
last night to head the ticket and un-
less the unexpected happens he will
| be named without serious opposition
at the afternoon session or possibly
before then. Mr.. Phelps is at present
assistant attorney general He may
be regarded as a Colorado product,
having come to this city with his par
ents 81 years ago when only two
years old. He graduated from the
East Denver high school, married a
Denver girl. practiced law In this city
since he graduated from Yale. fifteen
years ago.
DENVER, April 212.--The following
ticket will probably be nominated by
the Republican convention this after.
noon. For mayor, Horace Phelps
treasurer, Lewis c. Greenlee; city
clerk, Robert Elliott, Arthur Williams,
S. Roy Wright. Halsey NJ. Rhodes
city auditor. Albion X. Vickery. Geo.
N. ordway. II. c. Smiley; for super
yisors (three to be chosen). DR.. VII.
liam NJ Robertson. Robert Meyers,
A. w. Bush, William A. Dollison.
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