Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-28
Toledo Colony Dinner

geles and vicinity will dine at the AN
gelus hotel this evening at o'clock.
Committed to Patton
Anna Boyd was committed to the
Patton insane asylum yesterday In
Judge Wilbur's court on a charge Of
insanity
Sue for Divorce
Suits for divorce were filed yesterday
at the county court house as follows:
Ida e. Clark against Elmer 1. Clark
on a charge of desertion; c. j. Mar
shall against Elizabeth M. Marshall,
and Chester King against Emma King.
w. C. T. v. Meeting
The regular weekly gospel temper
ance meeting at the Soldiers home,
under the direction of the w. G. T. u,
will be held this afternoon at 1880
o'clock. T. G. Atterbury, superintend-
ent of the City Mission society, will
speak.
Theft of Calf
Leandro Gonzales Mexican, was
found guilty of a charge of larceny by
a jury in Judge Smiths court yester-
day morning, and was sentenced to
one year in state prison. The Mexican
was convicted of stealing a calf from
the Baldwin ranch.
Grand Avenue Lot Bought
A block of real estate belonging to
the estate of Elizabeth Goodwin was
offered for sale at an auction in Judge
Nt1bttr'- nd
sold to Mrs. Matilda Cohn for $23, 700,
Black & Co. representing her. ].
O'Melveny, acting as auctioneer, sold
the property.
Hold Evangeistic Services
Rev. C. ]. Miller, pastor of the Yer
non Avenue Methodist church, will be
assisted in evangelistic services during
the week by Rev. I. ]. Donery, Rev.
B. C. Cory and Rev. A. w. Atkinson,
the presiding elder Mr.. and Mrs.
Baker, the blind singers, will sing
Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Prominent Flour Miller Dead
William Gieseke, prominent flour
miller of Marshall, Mimi, died yester.
day at 93S Lake street, where he has
been spending the winter with his
family. The deceased was seventy
three years old and had suffered from
death. for number of years. The
funeral will be from the house this
afternoon.
Corona Display
Arrangements were perfected yester-
day for a display of products from
Corona in the Los Angeles chamber
of commerce. Editor John A. Hildreth
of the Courier, representing the newly
organized Corona board of trade, called
at the chamber, secured space, and
entered into an agreement for the
Riverside city to furnish an assortment
for the display.
Falls From Wagon
While driving a five mule team
across the tracks of the Salt Lake
railway, near the East Main street
bridge, yesterday afternoon w. W.
Terry, a teamster living near Vernon,
was lurched from his seat on the
wagon and thrown to the ground, sus-
tanning severe cuts about the head and
shoulders. The man was taken to the
receiving hospital
To Arrange Courts
In view of the recent action by the
legislature in creating three new courts
for Los Angeles county a meeting was
held yesterday afternoon at the county
court house in the supervisors room
by the board of supervisors and the
judges, to plan for the new court room.
consultation and will prepare set of
plans.
Two Suspects Arrested
Patrolmen Kreige and Winterton
noticed two suspicious looking men at
the corner of Tenth and Olive streets
about 3 o'clock yesterday morning, and
decided that the community would be
safer if the loafers were locked up,
so they were sent to the city jail When
searched a number ,of skeleton keys
were found in their possession. The
two men, who gave their names as c.
G. Lockridge and George Manders,
were defiant when arrested by the
policemen and dared the officers to
give them a chance to fight their way
20 freedom.
Death of Burr BasselI
Burr Bassel, a well known civil en-
gineer, died at his home, 56l2 Ash
street. Highland Park. late Saturday
evening. Mr.. Bassell had been i'll but
twenty-four hours, death being caused
by spinal meningitis. The body will
be sent to Lost Creek, w. Va, for In
terment. Mr.. Bassell leaves a wife and
one child, girl 10 years of age Mr.
Bassell who was So years of age, came
TO Los Angeles in 1887 and had held
many prominent offices in engineering
He had written book on the subject
and was frequent contributor 70
scientific publications.