The herald., 1897-02-24
PASADENA
coroner's Inquest Over the Infant Victim.
News Brevities

News Brevities
PASADENA, Feb. 23-Coroner Camp
bell arrived from Los Angeles this after
noon and held an inquest over the re-
mains of the infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Gelruth, who was mangled by the
cars at the Adella avenue crossing yes
terday afternoon and died about o'clock
In the evening. Mrs. Gelruth testified
that she had trained the child to be so
afaid of the cars that he would run to
the house when the whistle blew. She
thought at the time of the accident that
the child was over at a neighbor's, Mr.
Hadley's. She did not know whether
the whistle had blown at the Marengo
crossing as usual or not
Miss Hadley had seen the child on the
sidewalk just before the accident, but
did not see it on the track. Mr.. Kellog,
another neighbor, did not hear the 1890
train whistle.
Mrs. White, another neighbor, said
that she thought Mrs. Gelruth was very
careful about her children in regard to
the track. She did not remember hearing
the train whistle.
Several trainmen testified that they
did not see the child and that the en-
gineer rang his bell and whistled as he
approache dthe crossing.
The jury, after being out an hour,
brought in verdict in accordance with
the facts and exonerated the trainmen.
WEAVER MILLER
Dr. Caspar w. Miller of Philadelphia
and Miss Virginia Weaver were married
at II o'clock this morning at the Church
of the Angels near Garvanza, by Rev.
]. H. Johnson, bishop of the Southern
California diocese. The ceremony was
performed in accordance with the rites
of the Episcopal church and the bridal
couple entered the church to the strains
Of the Lohengrin wedding march. Mr.
j. Weaver, father of the bride, gave her
away. Dr. Phillip K. Brown of San Fran
cisco was best man. After the cere-
mony a wedding breakfast was served
at the nome of the sister of the bride,
Mrs. DR.. F. II. Rowland, on South Ma
rengo avenue. The house was prettily
decorated with roses and carnations.
smilax and ferns. Refreshments were
served and congratulations were MANY.
DR.. and Mrs. Miller left this evening for
San Diego The guests at the wedding
and breakfast were Mr.. and Mrs. Willis
Eason, Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Bailey, Mr..
and Mrs. Buckingham, Prof and Mrs.
T. j. Williams, Mr.. and Mrs James Nc
Cormick, Mr.. and Mrs. Sickler, Mr.. and
Mrs. HILL Mrs. Miller, Misses McCor-
mick, Wilkinson, Hill, Shaw, Messrs.
Chester Gore Miller and Johnson.
CLOSED ON ATTACHMENT
w. ]. Kelly's large grocery store was
closed today ythe sheriff on an attach
ment sworn out by Haas, Baruch & Co.
of Los Angeles, for a claim of about
$1,000 held by Carl Raiss. Mrs. Kelley is
included in the writ of attachment. Later
two additional attachments were put on
claims of $3.50 each. by Loeb, Fleishman
& Co., and Ludwig & Matthews of Los
Angeles The debts of the firm are said
to be about $4,000 in the aggregate. The
news of the failure was unexpected. For
the last few days Mr. Kelley had been
negotiating sale which brought down
the attachments Except for this Mr..
Kelley states that he would have been
able to tide over the difficulties, which
are slow collections, heavy expenses and
slack trade. The stock of the store is
very extensive and Judge Rose, Mr.. KEEL
ley's attorney, thinks that he can pay
dollar for dollar. In the meantime no
notices of attachment have been posted
and the business may be SO adjusted that
trade can be resumed
FRIENDS GROW ANXIOUS
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