The herald., 1898-05-21
the DEADLY MILK CART
RECKLESS DRIVING CAUSES A
SERIOUS COLLISION
The Death Of DR.. Joseph B. Talcott.
Provisions for Company I.
Brevities

PASADENA, May 20.--(Office of The
Herald, IS East Colorado Street.) A COL
lsion on East Colorado street, near the
Southern Pacific depot, this morning re-
suited in severely injuring Benjamin T..
Hoover, an aged rancher, who lives at
Lamanda Park. At about half-past 0
O'Clock Arthur Trafton, driver of ID. Raab
& Sons milk wagon, came down Colorado
street at a rapid rate Of speed. Mr. Hoover,
driving on Broadway, tried to cross In front
OF Trafton. Trafton was driving with his
left hand, his right being in sling caused
by his falling from his rig some time ago.
The milk cart struck the hind wheel OF
Hoover's buggy and upset 1t. Mr.. Hoover,
who is 70 years Of age, was thrown out and
struck oil the pavement against his
shoulder and chest. He had stroke of
paralysis some time ago. and the fall was,
therefore, all the more dangerous to him.
He was carried by bystanders into DIR.
Riggs drug store, and attended by Drs
Greene and Rowland. Mr.. Hoover had been
knocked senseless, but soon revived. He was
found to have broken two ribs and had also
burst a blood vessel at the base of the
brain. The physicians and friends of the
injured man have fears Of his not recover
Lug.
DR.. Talcott Dead
The sudden death of DR.. ]. B. Talcott oc-
CURED about half-past 12 o'clock this after
noon at his home at 297 South Orange Grove
avenue. Deceased has been attending to
his practice of late and has felt in usual
health, with the exception that occasion
ally he has complained of trouble about his
heart. His death was caused by sudden
attack of heart disease. The attack came
upon him while he was working in his
garden, and he came into the house i'm
mediately, where he died. DR.. Joseph Bal
ton Talcott was born in Ohio IS years ago.
He was very we'll known here, having re-
sided for some years at his home on South
Orange Grove avenue.
Brevities
The directors of the board of trade met
this afternoon at 4:30 O'Clock and tran
sacted some routine business. 1t was de-
cded to issue a pamphlet descriptive OF
Pasadena, to be circulated at the Omaha
exposition.
The funeral of George Cope was held this
morning at 10 o'clock from his late resi-
dence in the Doty block. Rev. e. l.. Con-
ger officiated, and the pail bearers were
F. L. Bushnell, Emil Kaysar, Frank
Childs, L. Blankenhorn and +. Cole of
Pasadena and William Eaglehoff OF Los
Angeles.
A mass meeting of citizens has been called
for Saturday night In the recorders court
room for the purpose of providing provis-
Ions for Company 1.
Charles B. Hall died yesterday at the re-
ceiving hospital from an abscess. Friday
an operation was performed. but it did no
good. Mr.. Hall was "a years old and was
born In Ohio. He leaves two children.
J. B. Redmond and J. s. Leonard, the
two men arrested by Marshal Lacey yester-
day for stealing faucets from the Gilmore
place on California street. appeared before
Justice Merriam today, and were sent back
10 Jail, they being unable to furnish 5000
bail. They appear again tomorrow morn
Ing for arraignment.
Homer Dunlap and George e. Toms,
charged with battering Teddy Firth, a
North Pasadena butcher, will be tried in
Justice Merriam's court tomorrow morning
at 8 o'clock.