The herald., 1897-12-17
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
PASADENA

PASADENA, Dec. 16.-(Regular Cor
respondence) Fire this evening de-
vastated the handsome home of j. b.
Miller and family on the west side of
Grand avenue near Lockhaven street.
"A fire was burning in the furnace In the
cellar, and it Is supposed that red hot
pipe ignited the woodwork above. Az
about s o'clock flames issued from the
kitchen and an alarm was turned in The
house was built by President F. c. Bolt
Of the San Gabriel Valley bank, who sold
It to Mr.. Miller. The house and furnish
ings are very handsome. By the time
the fire department arrived most Of the
contents had been removed. But small
damage was done by the fire directly. but
the work of extinguishing the flames
necessarily did considerable damage.
The boys were kept busy nearly two
hours fighting the fire, which was con-
fined to the cupboards and pantry i'm
mediately above the furnace. The
rooms were flooded with water and
chemicals, the plaster was saturated and
several holes had to be cut through the
walls. 1t Is supposed that owing to the
lack of police to keep the hoodlum ele-
were stolen. Both the house and con-
tents were heavily insured. The dam
age can hardly be accurately summed
up as yet, but has been estimated at
from $500 to $4,000.
FOUND DEAD
John W. Vandevort was found dead
In his bed at Echo Mountain house this
morning. His death was entirely I'M
expected and is great shock to his
many friends in this city and elsewhere.
His death was caused by a hemorrhage,
which assailed him while alone in his
room. He was found with his hands on
bis breast and there was no sign that
death struggle had taken place. Mr..
Vandevort went up to Echo Mountain
house yesterday afternoon. He and Re-
ceiver J. S. Torrance were talking to-
gether just before he retired. There
was nothing about him then to suggest
that his death was near at hand. In
fact there was no suspicion of anything
unusual until as he did not appear this
morning an investigation was made. He
had been a sufferer for several years
with asthma and pulmonary troubles.
Mr.. Vandevort came to Pasadena in
1855 from Pittsburg for his health. He
was born in that city 60 years ago. He
was a member Of the Carnegie Steel
Works company. In this city he built
q handsome home on the southwest cor
ner Of East Colorado street and Oakland
avenue and the Vandevort block on
South Raymond avenue. He was a
trustee of the public library and always
willing to help along a good cause. He
leaves mother and brother Robert T.
Vandevort, in this city, and a sister,
Mrs W. H. Hurd, in Pittsburg.
Funeral services will be held Sunday
afternoon from the residence at 1:30
o'clock.
A CASE IN COURT
William H. Green was arrested today
for disturbing the peace of his wife, to
whom he was married about six months
ago. The history of Mr.. and Mrs. Green
is an interesting and a sad one. Mrs
Green was Mrs. Ellen j. Wilson, for
merly teacher in Throop Polytechnic
institute and later in the reform school
at Whittier. Green was one Of her pu-
pills in the reform school to whom she
was married when he became of age and
was discharged. Mrs. Green has an
8-year-old son with whom his step
father is not on excellent terms Green
Ill treats the boy. Mrs. Green has been
sick in bed FOR some time and her ply
stefan warned Green to keep away from
her. He did this for a time, but lately
came back and she declared that she
could not bear him any longer. The
family live at $40 Summit avenue In
default Of 5000 bail Green was locked up.
His trial takes place on Saturday.
SOCIAL DOINGS
At meeting this morning of the Ora
torio society at the home of Miss Green
Miss Lutz read paper on Schumann,
Mrs. Wallace upon the oratorio. Miss
Foy upon the violin, Mrs. Leithead and
Miss Grebla quotations from Schu-
mann's aphorisms.
Mrs. M. F. Cliff entertained friends at
dinner at the Casa Grande last evening
The tables were prettily decorated with
red roses and greenery and music and
cards followed serving of dinner. The
following were guests: Mines. Sarah
Earle, Emma Bateman, NJ. l.. Cleaver
Messrs. Titan Coffey, II. Edmund Earle
and DR.. Radebaugh; Mrs w. H. Barry
Mrs. Campbell, Mr.. and Mrs. John Weth.
erby and Miss Sholes.
BREVITIES
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