Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-02
AROUND TOWN
Tenneseeans to Visit

Tenneseeans to Visit
Members of the Tennessee society
will be guests of the Georgia society
Friday evening at Maple Hall, Frater-
nal Brotherhood building.
FinIayson to Speak
Frank G. Finlayson will address the
Federation club at 1915 today at the
Wright & Calender building. The sub
ject of his address will be the newly
organized League of Justice.
Suffragist Will Speak
Miss Luella Twining of Denver will
speak tonight at Roosevelt hospital,
Walker theater building, before the
Christian Temperance union on my
Experience as a Voter in Colorado"
Go to Alaska
Supervisor R. w. Pridham, accom-
panied by his wife, will leave today on
a trip to Alaska, stopping at the Seattle
exposition on his way. The trip is
being made on account of Mrs. Prid-
tam's impaired health and will last
Until the middle of July.
To Operate New Road
The Pacific Electric Railway COM
pany will operate cars in the immedi-
ate future over the line constructed
about two years ago to Pomona. Con-
demnation proceedings were begun last
fall to obtain a portion of right of
way. An extension of one and half
miles will be Immediately built on Holt
street
Fire Damages House
The home of Mrs. d. Bennett, 532
South Flower street, was slightly dam
aged by fire yesterday morning and
the prompt arrival of the fire depart
ment prevented the house from being
destroyed. The damage is estimated
at $25. Mrs. Bennett was burning
grass in the rear yard when the blaze
ignited the rear wall of the house.
Escapes from Sanitarium
Mrs. Verie De Gette, an inmate Of
the Rosena sanitarium, at 2S14 DowneY
avenue, made her escape from that
institution yesterday during the tenn
porary absence of her attendant Mrs.
De Gette, who is 80 years old, is said
to be mentally unsound and was placed
in the retreat by her friends for a
complete rest. She is supposed to have
wandered away in fit of alteration.
Waterman Run over
Coroner Calvin Hartwell will hold
an inquest today over the body of Jose
Espinoza, Waterman for the Los An
gees Railway company, who was run
over and killed at Sixth and Olive
streets early yesterday morning, Espi-
noza was employed to watch the tracks,
which are being repaired at Sixth and
Olive STREETS, and he either fell aslep
on the track or became i'll and fell
across the rails.
Dies of Injuries
Frank A. Morley, special agent of
the Sunset Telephone company, who
sustained a basal fracture of the skull
when he was Arun over by a taxicab
near his home at 1916 Reid street,
April &c, died at the Good Samaritan
hospital yesterday afternoon. The body
was taken to the undertaking establish
ment of w. H. Sutch and an investi-
CATION probably will be made by the
coroner. Morley is survived by a
widow.
Drowning Accidental
A verdict of accidental drowning was
returned by a coroner's jury at an in
quest held yesterday morning at the
undertaking establishment of Bresee
Brothers over the body of Elmer Car
isle, the 17-year-old son Of H. e. Car
isle who met his death in pool be-
tween Monte Vista and New York
streets. near Avenue Fifty, Sunday
afternoon. Funeral services Will be
held at the chapel of Bresee Brothers
at 10 o'clock today and the burial will
be In Forest Lawn cemetary.