The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 13, 1900, Page 23

§ 2 § | i $ z | 068 2310 32 SOOI FFOAPH GROXD X OX SAOXOXOXO%0Q Pages 23 10 3. PRORGHO RO KO PEPXIRGHOHE PROHPRO XSRS Qo rPHIRE R OR ! | ? z 1 | SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, MAY 13, 1900 ACTRESS GRACE ADDISON LADY-LOVE WS |CHINESE GROOM CAME FROM SHOOTS FAITHLESS SPOUSE| 100 FICKLE T0 HIS KANSAS CITY KITCHEN @~ ¢+ 6000000000000 Qe e006000+ o0 te>e? S+ ¢ oeoeeg BRING HIM J0Y ; @ee= Joseph A. Bennett Threat- TEWIE 0 becoe, s s ez ok s st ey ens Suicide to Ease an Injured Heart. e Leaves Home and Notifies His Mother | He Will Fnd His Misery Bs- | cause His Sweetheart | Is Faithless. ———— | Mrs. Emilia Bennett of 630 Jessie street | called at the Morgue yesterday and re- | ported the sudden disappearance of her son, Jose Andrew Bennett, an em- | plove of the Union Milk Depot, 909 Bry- ant street. She said that he had been | | very despondent on account of a love af- | fair and that he left home yesterday morn- | | ing in a depressed condition of mind after | threatening to kil himself, He had been | | keeping company with a young woman | for some time past, but she had proved |to be an erg to his ardent wooing. | 4 | His love for the young woman was so | great that he felt that he could not live | without bher. | At 10 ocl resterday morning Bennett | locked up the milk depot and disappeared. When J. Boumana, his employer, arrived | a few min < later he found the follow- ing note awaiting him: B R R S o R R e e R A g SAN FRANCISCO, May 12 1800 b 4 Mr. Bouma 1 will leave your place be- | ) cause 1 is not true to me. She - has E too many men on the line and I will dle and | b 1 oh, dear mother, it will leave all sorrow. | bd I will kil myself, s0o good-by. | )4 JOSEPH A. ¥ ETT. ‘ ] Joe, tell my mother I am going to kill and 1 shoot myself. 1 will kiss you and - | 3 JOE BENNETT. l The following was written on a scrap ) of paper ‘and pasted on the telephone In . the dairy office: | 3 “Get check at counter. Good-b b 5 T} missing man is only 26 y rs old | b and of small stature. | $ Miller of 507 Seventh | b4 ing woman referred to by ;| s farewell message. When v a Call reporter ht : aid that she went - Bennett Friday night, an he had proposed marriage to ‘ heen accepted. Bennett 3 all his property, and de- L.d the morning he would R went to her house crying yes- 3 ring and told her that he in- T ; shoot himself, producing a joad- 1 with w he said he b4 t the deed. After tal ) - ay for some time he le - ASSESSING PROPERTY ! PY | WITH A FIELD GLASS p¢ ; ‘ 3 ProTos i % ] P i ¥ g How a Mono County Official Out rs o - j & witted a Wealthy but Stubborn - & =3 = % Cattle-Owner.. & FREDERIC VROOM. GRACE ADDISON VROOM, ¥ . Over in bMono County Assessor C. : 4. * i 5 % Hayes is sometimes compelicd to perform | h ! ® Principals in a Dramatic Shooting Affair. ® | his official duties with a field glass. He | P a/ g . S N e e Celestial Lovers Plight Their Troth at Presbyterian Mission. + @ e ioioioieioebetededtteoteteiodsdsdsosdsdsdedeoesdeodedesdeode@ ) tlcandland owner was shirking his obli- gations to the State because of the light- ness of his assessment and the large [ ] Q‘HW‘@:“Q*‘@‘WV@V©—Q PRI P SIS DY SO SO Sy S St B8 SR SR SR SR SO S S B A G a4 o e n e i e a4 P e e o ol 2o ol o o o o WO loving Celestial hearts were Mitchelson a grateful mistress. A few]hall of the mission, The bride was gor- - DERIC VROOM is nurs- , ployed a theatrical device to discover | Morrell apartments. One important bit | t wour re ed at hether or not Vroom passed his nights | of the Morred woman's con business place. Vroo: couch that | that s known in Geary- | @mount of business he was doing. The 3 ze at the Presbyterian | months ago the lady from Kansas City | geously attired in a many-hued richly em- p B e notd e Mr. Yon Granigan, | Property lies partly in Califorma and ",’;‘i"‘ st ¥ came on a visit to this coast and one day. | broidered blouse and trousers. Her hair ARt L Ry i 5 e cross tne line in Nevada, and it Chinese Miss | while inspecting the Chinese Mission, be- | was elaborately dressed and ornamented a matter to drive the herds from | noon, and to-day she who was Mis: pistol the outraged wife sought her hus- thought herseif of her faithful cook who | with pink roses. She ca fed a bouquet of 1 his office at 10 Annie street. | Lee Yuen Leen writes her name MTS. | had confided to her his desire to wed. Mrs. ons tied with pink satin rib- Flaunting the garment she had procured Assessor Hayes and two | Quon Quong. Mitchelson spoke to Miss Cameron of dress was t ly Amer- at the Morrell rooms Miss Addison a nt on the ground for the pur- | Spy o hion"of Lee and Quon is a roman- | Quon and the result of this Interview was Blue trousers, a black coat, tan cached her hu . “And of getting at the facts. For t v & s filled with the compelling power | that the girls of the home passed on re- ' s s and a tie of pale blue and white SOE Cirath ; Rl Binc and the deputies ywere roundly abused by | tic story filled with the compelilng view before the lady from ouri, and | striped satin was the bridal outfit of the ¥ ered y > AR | the owner. Not finishing the work at one | of almond eyes and the inflammable | GOV A€ CC0 T Mgy MO0 Frtice ¥ Quon groom. During the ceremony Vroom'’s answer was a ; that felled ,(t)!nluf th ‘\ :]« lll:\l:‘);e“l"n ‘vh' {,"”Fmr?g day. | quality of fond Oriental hearts. In it | happy, as pale but determined, and his e nly to find that the man had naited up | Nppg J, C. Mitchelson, a prominent and | Quon was sent for and came last Fri- like Niobe, all tears. his wife to the floor. Daze ¥ f the bars and put locks and chains on ali it Nadc <o of the gates. KFurthermore, one of the | Wealthy society lady of Ka | hired men toid the officials that the boss | ures in the role of match-maker and lifts s City, fig- | day. With his mistress he went up to| After the ral binding words were the mission house. He looked at Lee. | spoken the guests partook of refresh- E b - Or. Charles J. ad threater o blow their hes Rty from an everyday tale of love | She looked at him, and if it was not a | ments, kissed the bride, congratulated the called in to attend him. Miss Addison Gid | Rt S ertees (£oas ot oean e e oty with & moral and a happy end- | case of love at first sight then almond | groom and then bade them farewell as not go to her husband'. iside, but went o e | ing to the tune of wedding bells. | ey have lost the art of dumb eloquence. | they started on their home trip to Kansas out to her sister's at 40TA Van Ness ave J H » ~ - e oud Yesterday afternoon at 3| City. 3 4 an 8 ave- 2 2 % o ASsessc b 'or many years Quon, the proud groom N T E nue. The shooting was not reported to the B et e el R Y attandad f0. the Mitenel- fo/Elock the groom from Missouri and the | Al the bridal finery of the bride as well lice and consequently arrests have | pola o 3 Fom L L4k rong ally, v e rom the mission were mar- | as S from and back t ans: been made. WIS S0 Aprest Tavel et gha AL I B TS | son cuisine 'and incidentally glves his | little mald from e o o" DD, per- | City with Mrs. Quon was the gift of Mrs. e =5 ¥ s | figured up about 4000 head and estimated | confidences to his charming mistress. : L | that the stock was worth about_$80,000. Mr. Hayes conferrcd with the Distri formed the ceremony in the assembly | Mitchelson. Quon was a faithful servant and Mr of affairs is most exasperating and those who are daily being injured financially by the failure of the city authorities to take proper steps in the matter are wondering UJj U} 1 e e guil 1 ] there was no legal objection to taking her | | Attorney of the county as to how to = e e M RS ; to e dentive 16 e her tactn nxes o | KENTUCKY BBLLE | feas'the property and. the macier was o | Ji t ] ong, and controvert the 5 Wiliiam Abhott, who mvestigated the Jaw, | ad | FOR HIS BRIDE Blvas ax ‘his opinion that where a person | 1 heriff 1 is inclined to think —_ refuses to make the statement to the ‘\"i why Mr. Phelan was elected Mayor and | | | Mrs. Botkin may make use of this incl- Sessor as provided by law it is safer for Den aimost absolute power In city af- : ot a new trial by claiming to PUPSEr Goodrich of the|the Assessor tc proceed under sactions faive AR . | y ta yers certain! ave il g o hev | Coptic Weds a Beauty |force the collection of the taxes on the ENGENDEH catne foF helr exanpération. It Is mow ————————— % | personal property agalnst such property, more than four months since Phelan took MOTHERS ENTERTAINED | From Kentucky. it in the opinion of the Assessor the lien | | his Mayoralty seat amid the echoes of his | upon the real property is insufficient to | | promises to attend to the Interests of BY THE S|LENT WORKERS | €. Lacey Goodrich, purser of the steam- | Sécure the payment of the taxes upen the | | those who elected him. Every day since ship Coy and Miss Margaret Kassing, | T5aL and personal property. Gl the new Mayor was inaugurated these — a Kentucky beile, whose home 1s in Loufs. | . LPi8 means that the property owner for | property owners who are interested in th e Sagho T e, and that this double is 3620 to 3633 of the Political Code to en- | refusing to make a statement is Hable to | completion of the municipal building have : Pleasant Gathering of Those Inter- | V\l¢: Were quietly married last evening | be arbitrarily assessed for any amoutt been suffering, and relief is not yet in c]\]dge Cook 8 Cha!’ge That estedlin S\mshige Work—Musi. ;Hr‘h]”'lrllr'ifiidem":x nl.\ ”";\ groom's cousiy, | ot tojExsesd fen tilies the yalue of ae S“;tlll(' he middl t of K treet ana‘ — o 24 ldridge 2 Washington st 4 roperty. . . All the middle part of Kearny stre 3 3 3 cale to Be Given. Mz, Wooster pertormed e core. |71 s | Merchants Complain of Fail- | seversi’ Slocks” Tamentately”surrounding | Story of His Retirement in He Saw Her on a Car ive. of the mothers be- | BT IR e Fresence of w ilmited number | | ANGED HERSELF IN 16 ar Fitally tmvepanted 1 (ho, commigcien | X Flatly Denied it Sl v ; moon In the Napa. Vai- ure to Complete Hall | fe meqnsor reutiie so Tmuch injustice: Favor of H. G. Otis a y 1ed. lled the Mothers' Society ailed yesterday, and dur- HER HUSBAND’S SHOP 3 | Ever since construction commenced own- . Workers' organization were rich's absence Frelght Clerk | et of Justice. { ers of near by bufldings have been remod- Denied. evening last to the home | E eling them and tenants have been procur- | 1 ton and Miss Held: | ing leases and fitting up places of busi- 3 stlent_workers on Rincon vwald were avletly married some iy | Len® Stammer, Wife of a Carpenter, Cangat ness, figuring that they would be able to 1. where they were pleasantly enter-| weeks ago and started immediately after Ends Her Life Because of ed with music, recitations, story tell- | for a bridal trip through Southern Cali- Fair Prisoner Swears She Never Left County Jail Without Order of stand some loss in order to hold their cl : Despondency. Property-Owners and Tenants Suffer | Jiditos until the prosperous era which | Message From San Diegan Clears Court—Deputies Equally , games and other arausements. Quite | fornia. - . Loss Because of the Procrastina- | they were confident would dawn with the ' Away All Doubt—Republicans of s a nu er of society people and those who ister of ex-Super-| Lena Stammer, 46 vears of age, commit- | opening of the new hall. For months Se th District Have Agreed Positive. ave occasionaily contributed to the suc- | ¥isor R - find Stgnor Raphael Gon- | ted suicide vesterday by hanging her- tion of the Phelan Ad- | and mgn!h! stores glltgltlul Qn;‘g:,\:;h"e“x‘; 'ven! stric e ‘work were present | 4olfl were married a eno B | sel 2 ense have remained idle, Satly enjoyed Fhe cn: | The futtire home of the couple WIll Drob: | pord g carpentor Shop ot 28, Suemsias ministration. et for thiS Work. DREINE fo TECarn 10 on Their Delegates. ments were furnished in | 2bly be in Milan, Italy. avenue. John Stammer, the husband. left SR the owners. Where leases were made the PRZERIRS.. ¢ iarge drawing room was | the hotise in the morning to do some’ owt- B e Sitits else_than pay rent amd | T last night pub wer'cl 25w ands JAMES HACK side work. On his return he found his| The cessation of work on the Hall of Jus- | ioss, doing little else than pay rent &al| The Oakland Tribune last night pub- . hese ‘Nowers were' distri | ETT IS | mife's body hanging from a rafter In the | tice on Kearny strect has about brought | ST o) *and when the end will come no | lshed @ story to the effect hat U S g 1 iy 10 the sick and Sorro 5 nd o plece of bale rope wound | X | Grant Jr. of S: b ook, as she was not gisom streét and the bay z | succeeded in a determined effort to end r of Dun- California to the Republican Judge Cook 1 8. Bartiett Sheppard of | = 2 her iife. A small box close to the fest | trouble of some sort if the ridiculous de- | and brick building at the corng large from Califo P lay in completing the building is not soon | bar aily and Merchant street. The upper | National Convention, and that General H. Mrs. Botkin e e e e floors are empty and the lower floors are > DUDTN 0 8 0N e ' Indications Are That He Was Acci- | of the corpse told plainly that the woman ack- s A g . had stood upon it and after securely fas- | ht to a final ending. Quiet almost 2 . . netht G. Otis would be accepted as the candi- e S g this work Stmong the Bttt oy dentally, Asphyxiated by Il- teniRg the ToVK §o et Taftr Raq sy B ian structare o ¥h Disafionet 2 e Ly T 8 ‘wonder haw [ong | date from the south. The story credits he following | of fric n this city, and being familiar luminating Gas. box _from under er:err.‘e(‘Sl;r';merlcx!i-;dor::g mining camp stands the building that | he can hold out. Restaurants have been | the reported change to the fine manipula- itable work, 3 t Yoo & - t much expense; office rooms | tion of L. E. Mosher, one of tHe editors de at the request | With ¢! he proves a help- | James Hackett, a tailor, 64 years old, | the case to the Morgue after hav should now be imn full use. It was two npeped a D x o i ful stant. Just now she | was accidentally asphyxiated with illo. |dows the ttmay. He Informed m:?:olpfnfr'ffi stories high when the mammoth Spreck- | Bave been fitted up for tenants, and mer-| of the Los Angeles Times. | | ker and as \ PSS icale {0 be held some | minating gas last Friday night in his | deputies that his wife had been in a de: | els bullding at the corner of Market and | €hants generally, looking for Better busi- | . ing E | The Tribune's story lacks the elements of imprisonment un- o s ay s Tess to come with the opening of the Hall, - 3 el i 4 b inshieonmn. i"“o‘;;‘", Hall- | room, 654 Mission street. He had been af- | Spondent mood for me‘san few days and.| Third streets was begun. That great | have laid In larger stocks, stood for raises of veracity. U. S. Grant is in the race, erally ‘are glad 1o assist Mrs. Sheppard in | flicted with consumption for several years | P44 contemplated suicide. structure has long been completed, but | of rents when demanded and made alter- | and entertains no . thought of retiring. State of Californie, City and County of San| por n - a v a - About two years ago Mrs. Stammer v s. | II's correspondent at San Die pctsco—se ot it Soble prior) Siedow “wnd door of bis ross: ope ! e | while in one of her despondent fits mas | the Hall of Justico is not even yet ready | ayigns |l Bl S, naiight up to date. | wires: - = - Cordelia Botkin. t first duly sworn, de- strong odor of illuminating gas attracted | A1 Unsuccessful attempt to end her life | for occupancy. > Off and on gangs of men have worked | “If Oaklafl Tribune has statement that - nat ned In The Boston Shoe Company. | the attention of his landlady and looking | ¥ Cutting her throat with a razor. Bitterness and anger are beginning to | ;"1 "Hall and a few weeks ago there Grant has withdrawn from candidacy for e s | Omly one week more and all shoes ,nfl’nlndthe room she discovered that he was | —_— supplagt the hopeful pnienced ':“: hfl!iwbere thirty or‘ the‘;nl. m’rvflq weeks nso;de‘lt;nte-?bla‘;ge', the statement is made ! | that store hav ~ o mar- [ Sead, | ’ filled the property owners and business | these were nearly all lald off. Without foundation. " ary. | that store will have to he gone. Tomor- | "% gurmised that Hackett went to| ,LOTeieY Circle’s Complimentary. | Coo PUleteci s are affected by the | What adds more than anyiying else to | “Last night a m age by telephone was sleep with the gas burning low and Loreley Circle, Companions of the For- % unicipal structure, | the exasperating state of affairs is the | received from Charles 8. Hardy stating | el wasextinguished” by o "gust "ot | est of America, ave & complimentary so- 'I"‘.flfl'fi‘ifi?-;fi.‘.?fl:“ being. engendored | fact that but little work remains to be | that he had received a telegram reading wind. He formerly conducted to its fri done. | as folk tH ¢ e Lol et s e :.,“:',gt ;‘:1‘1 '“o’f' {'fiim.umz:r ffi?&né‘g‘. '"i"’:l:i against the present city administration | “Lys’ phelan and his mien would only go - iff John Lack- row (Monday), to begin the week w anch fall: that $he | wij] gell 2500 pairs of shoes at only 50c a the walls o pair. All kinds of shoes in this lot. None o o Ocsasions, L2 | worth less than $150; some worth $3 to $4. - > This is the best bargain ever offered yet A > ilding open and 1 i y o SAN DIEGO, May 12, 9:15 p. m. s as a witness in et Riithe Hoe o ployed by Sam Solomon, a tailor on Mis- | gramme of many dances kept th for not having the bullding ope: n | ahead and do it.” is the ery of the proper- s when atter giving | All Will €0t the shoe sale of the Boston | sion street. Ireland was the place of his | Gntil micnight. Misses Martha “Bape | use. ty owners. The courtrooms are all fur-| Never thooght of reuring. State maything ediately returned | Shoe Co., T Ma: st., nea | nativity'and he left two brothers and a | A. Graff, Freda Huenicke, Anna Lippe| Organization and the holding of indig- | nished, as are nearly all the offices. and | U. 8. GRANT JR. cn abe was taken e e—————— | sister in the East. * " |and H. Lehrmann were the entertainment | nation meetings to protest against not | the plumbing and wiring Is finished. | g\ croig of Redlands'is in the eit e New Cottages at Agnews. { 2 s SR committee, the last named acting as floor | Putting the bullding into use are belng | About the onlv ‘thing remaining to be | ,2ci0 Trals, 00 RSCIARCO 8 0 £05 S08 S S7RAE e | 1 response to an inquiry Attorney Gen-| Classification of Supervisors. SR R by money by, the Prescnt exas. | peison and extead the jail elevator shafe | sional District Convention will probably e g raaq | eral Tirey L. Ford has written to T. 8.| Attorney General Tirey L. Ford has Sentences Postponed. perating conditions. S0 prisoners can be taken to the roof to g:d(‘;" 184 fng{‘flnflsie:”i;r:}fi-‘f;lm ggl‘j was not outside | Montgomery, secretary of the State Hos- | given an opinion to Rowan Irwin, Distriet 4 . Chester E The tension is likely to result in a Bow be photographed. Jail No. 3 on the | pital at Agnews, to the effect that it is | Attorney .of Kings County. to the effect William Cronin, allas Johnstofl, alias |ular outburst that will make Mayor | egates to the Philadelphia convention. ey b ey | ROt Bereosary - to-adversise- for, iy For | thet iy Reard Do 0 Kelly, and Frank Deffendorf, allas George | 1an_and the administration of which he . AR A | Rt pecessary 0, adveitiee for Blds for | that the Roard o Supervisors of fings | Keily, and Frank Deffendort, allas Georse | laf, and the, ARUSSITOR 3T NAS VRS | | Raflread Would Comprom Guerrero-street ihe two cottages about to be bulit there Judge Mogan vesterday till Wednesday, | competence and dispatc and that they | It was reported in railroad circles yes- | Peddlers in Veterans’ Home. 3 car upon sail 224 for male patients and that the board may In &e meantime the Federal Grand Jury | had sHown a desire to subserve the in- | terday that the law department of the | The management of the Veterans' H tion 58 of the county government selves by lot into two clusmm‘nnderf 1 | me ! she did not see | geleci an architect without advertising | 1897, for the reason chat the act creating | Will have them indieted for robbin terests of property owners by placing the | Southern Pacific Company woul seek a|g¢ Yountville has been .not a little an- 1 da ¢ 3 543 - BLS LU rating & the ssion before the explo- | conference with the Rallroad Commis- £ o v & 5 | > 3 sion > . 22 | noy y the intrusi % porxy. | the cost of an architect be Included in | Kings County mukes speclal provision | Postoffices at Benicla and Colusa uatase i commis R oot Tohoerow and Would {y 1o exms ed by the intrusion of peddiers upon e i i e h usiCony | therefor; When the new administration went into | to some understanding by which the Fres. | the home grounds. The peddlers declared . gpomra e o . H Expense of Opening Streets. power the long-suffering merchants and | no rate case may be kept out of court. | that they had a right to enter the grounds s enCns: PRATT, | University Men Incorporate. The Board of Public Works inf proj owners thought decisive action | It is believed that the railroad attorneys | and that the officials cannot 1ew x or the C (“‘_\; :;l;‘l-_(,oumy Stabbed “King” Contreras. [ Articles of Incorporation of theChi Psl | the ;oa.rd o Basriowh 'mm':‘;m 'ouwl e lt‘lkhmlt“ once lnb;?e‘g:ntir.ot :&I ask forb&comprggmalg wl:tuagh?‘: { IR:“K( m"m(}ery J. .{ Sc?vl{l: ul.‘n ; "?: - e ety 1l ructure, ey have | difference between the rate, which | t torney General as to the law in rot Kineald made an amaa- | George Johnston, who attacked 8. Con- | Lodge Fraternity, organized to erect and | certain corporations holding _franchises | Loy sy Misappointed To-day not onty | the Commissioners have decreedl must be | preraises and Deptuy AbDOCE returned dn i that since January § Mrs. | treras, the e :;:Tfncn?:; | e S house at |for accupation of sub street areas by con- | is the new m butlding not ready | restored. and the old rate of $5 9, making | answer to the effect that there is no law Bofktn ek (aea een outside the jail | a knife on the night of May 2 e he | o ior Y eren i) Jesterday. | dults used for water, light and power sup. | for occupancy, but only two men are at|a rate fo Fresno of $4%. The Attorney | giving peddiers the right to vend goods on and that t to make it so. No one can ' General does not favor | d that if t! When she was called as a witness by the | reduced yesterday by Judge Fritz to sim- | William A. Sutherland, Samuel M. Wil- | the supervision of the excavations neces- m{kvm :m bn.opened for use and ueuundmtood.m;or the -rum”mwe'l:: i%ir"«‘??’.fi"'?:m’n‘e"n w‘l‘m tl:" Superior Court and the other was on Aprii | ple assalit. - He was fined $60, which he | son, Walter K. Gray and W. Carr Mor- | sitates an expense which should be at the present rate “o):.mlm thinks the people have a strong case as it | ment of the home the directo borne | certainl. have 17. at which time Judge Bahrs held that ' paid. . by the corporation and not by the city. the m’h a long way off. The tion Iu’fl and can win in the courts. power to exclude them from the premises: