Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-12
COL. EDDY AND MRS. LEWIS
TO BE MARRIED
CEREMONY THIS AFTERNOON
Bride Is the Widow of Late Member
of Famous Jewelry Firm, and
the Bridegroom is
Millionaire
Pasadena Agency.
ia East Colorado Street.

PASADENA April 1.-Two promi-
nent guests at Hotel Raymond, who
were members Of a merry automobile
party from San Francisco to Pasa-
dena. are to he married tomorrow aft
ernoou at the residence of Rev. Hugh
x. Walker. 1918 South Flower street,
Los Angeles.
The contracting parties are Col. r.
A. Eddy and Mrs Ida S. Lewis of San
Francisco, and while a few of their
most intimate friends in that city
knew that the engagement might be
announced in June, all will be sur
prised to learn of the wedding.
Mrs. Lewis Is the widow of the late
George B. Lewis who left her large
property, mostly in the jewelry firm
of Shreve and company. Her own
fortune runs way into the millions and
Colonel Eddy is also a millionaire, well
known here and in the northwest.
At the meeting of the city council
this morning the recommendations rs
to the S931, $50 issue of municipal water
bonds were approved. The bonds have
been ordered engraved by the United
States Mortgage & Trust Co., of New
York. at cost not to exceed $1,612.
They are to the amount of 1891, ,250, with
interest at four per cent, payable semi
annually.
On Mr.. Slavin's insistence, the city
council this noon accepted his resigna-
tion as member of the city council,
and Orren H. Hayes was elected to fill
his unexpired term. The new council
man is from the first ward, has been a
resident of Pasadena for twenty-four
years, is member of the board of
trade, Merchants association, and of
numerous orders.
Gilbert Pratt's Funeral
All the local banks were closed this
afternoon for the funeral of the late
Gilbert w. Pratt of the Pasadena Ma
tional bank. AS Mr.. Pratt was both a
prominent Mason and knight Templar,
both bodies attended the services at the
All Saints Episcopal church at 3
O'Clock. Rev. William MacCormack,
rector of the church, officiated, and at
the close the Masons and the knights
Templar escorted the body to Reynolds
and Van Nuys undertaking house
where 1t will remain in a vault until
June, when it will be taken to Provi-
dence, r. L., for interment. The pail
bearers were Henry Newly. e. j. Pyle.
w. H Vedder. E. p Hopkins, S. H.
Halstead, D. w. Herlihy and C. j.
Willett.
Prof. w. b. French, formerly profess
sor of the Columbia school on North
Lake avenue, died today at, the Califor-
mia hospital in Los Angeles. He will
be buried from Bresee's funeral parors
tomorrow at noon. Although he has
been teaching lately in Los Angeles, at
the Hewitt school, he still kept his
home here and had many friends.
Late last evening G. S. Woods, a
wealthy tourist, returned to his cottage
from the Maryland hotel, and found
that his home had been ransacked by
a sneak thief, about 500 worth of silver
and jewelry having been taken. A num-
ber of valuable pieces of silverware
and iewelry had been taken from
places of safety and placed ready for
removals. The noise of the returning
family frightened the robber away with
but small share of his plunder.
Pasadena BreVitles
There are to be several important
society weddings soon after Easter and
one of these will be the marriage of
Miss Mirth Camper of Lincoln avenue
to T.. w. Reider of Whittier. The
ic IN ha rnf-fnrn1nI hN 10
Rev. Albert Hatcher Smith and will
be the first wedding performed in the
new Baptist church. The date is
Thursday evening, May II, and a large
reception at the ..ome of the brides
father will follow.
The postal receipts for March were
$6,621, an increase of 70 per cent over
the same month last year. Postmaster
Wood places the March population as
10000. using the months postal receipts
as a basis.
The petition of over sixty residents
of Altadena asking that an election be
called to pass upon the incorporation
of the district as a city of the sixth
class was filed with the county super
.visors yesterday.
Oln l.. Livesey, one of the deputy
city assessors. has resigned his posi-
tion for deputy county clerkship in
Los Angeles. He Is to have charge of
the clerical work in one of the superior
courts recently esta blished, but Will
still make Pasadena his home.
Mrs. Bessie f. Beerkle, wife of j. S.
Beerkle, died at her home, $50 Winona
avenue. this morning. aged 20 years.
The family came here from Iowa few
months ago.
Mrs. Elizabeth j. Jones, formerly OF
no South Orange avenue, and we'll
known here, died yesterday at Holly
wood. She was 54 years of age, and a
native of Kentucky. She had many
friends in Pasadena.
The South Pasadena Progressive