Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-25

name vice presidential candidate
Tney are, he said. vested with simlla
power with regard to the presidential
candidate, but he said where ther,
is sufficient time before election t,
do SO the committee would reassem
bic the convention and have nomi
nee selected in the regular way.
| WASHINGTON. June $50 far q.
Is known here there is no power vest
ed in the Republican national com
mittee to I'LL a vacancy ON the presi
dental or vice presidential ticket tha
might occur between the date OF the
nominating convention and the first
tuesday In November following. A
nasty study of precedents show thai
no emergency has arisen In the his
tory OF the republic such as would
arise by the death or retirement of
one OF the candidates before election
day.
NEW YORK. June GA gigantic
note swindle, in which the mapipula.
tors are supposed to have cleared up
something like half million, has been
uhearthed by the police In connection
with the arrest of the brokers. law
yers and number of men claimed to
be accompiices, Officers believe they
have discovered the existence of &
regular note juggling syndicate. When
me police net was drawn II is said
the leaders of the gang then at large
were preparing TO open expensive of.
noes In order to carry on more extep.
sive operation to swindle firms by
inducing them to sell their notes on
the representation that the syndicate's
strong financial backing would enable
II 10 discount them readily. In the
majority OF instances where the notes
were obtained nothing further was
heard of the paper or the supposed
broker until the notes which had he an
peddled all over the country were
presented for payment. The scheme
was finally nipped in the bud. but
not until many houses had been vic.
unlized and several ruined by demauJ
Tor the payment of their paper, whicn
was sold for any price obtainabie ty
members OF the note kiting combina
tion.
DENVER. Colo, June 23.-Repre.
senting 4,600 members in America of
their profession which proudly boast
OF having contributed more to the
advancement OF civilization than all
other professions combined nearly 800
members of the American Society of
civil Engineers this morning assem-.
Died In the senate chamber of the
state house at the opening session of
me fortieth annual convention of the
organization, the second 10 be held in
Denver Men and women from all
parts OF the American continent are
In attendance and among them men
whose names have become In recent
years familiar to every American citi.
zen.
DENVER. June 23.-The fate of rac-
ing at Overland park for the season
still hangs In the balance and will not
be determined until the attitude of the
supreme court is known. Steps to
perfect an appeal from the anti-bet.
ting decision of Judge Bliss were taken
this afternoon and probably by We'd
nesday morning the supreme court
VIII make II known whether or not
that tribunal viii take Jurisdiction.
we VIII at once resume racing at
Overland" said Charles II. Stubbs,
president Of the Colorado Industrial
association this afternoon. There is
possibility Of racing at Overland to-
morrow afternoon.
CHEYENNE. Wyo.. June 23.-Mrs.
Clarice V. Lovett, known as the most
beautiful woman In Wyoming" yes
terday afternoon In district court was
granted divorce from Herbert G.
Lovett and last evening at the Metho-
dist parsonage, was married to ]. b.
Okie, millionaire sheepman OF Lost
Cabin, Wwo. The wedding WAS wit
messed only by the parents of the
bride. Okie also Is a diyorcee. and
when he and his first wife legally
separated year ago he paid her cash
OF $4,000. The new bride
was telephone girl.
FENNIMORE, Wis, June 3D.
Caught In a surging sea OF waters
which inundated southwestern Wis
consin Sunday night, a train on a
narrow gauge line. between Fenni-
more and Woodman floated from the
tracks while eighteen passengers with
in bailed Practically to save their
lives. The engine had been uncou-
pied when the storm broke and run
a few hundred yards ahead. Six feet
of water was then encountered and
the engineer and fireman forced to
the roof of the cab, where they spent
the night. The baggage car remained
with the coaches until the latter
swung against telegraph pole and
came TO rest. The baggage car then
tipped over and the three men inside
escaped by opening the door and swim
ming out. They clambered to the
side OF the car and perched there
through the night.
DENVER, June Ex-Governor Buch-
tel and Mayor Speer formally well
coined the credit mems convention
which opened its session here today
and is attended by nearly 500 dele
gates. An address followed by George
Il. Roberts. The delegates opening
said at the session.
The credit OF the west In general.
and of Colorado In particular. was
very lightly affected by the recent