The herald., 1895-12-04
THE LEvANTING JUSTICE
Canses Chino Z Thousand Dollars
Worth OF Sorrow
Death ef q Popular Young Man at San Ber-
nardlno-i1ore Hotel Room Wanted.
City Notes

! SAN BERNARDINU, Dec. 3.-Orrin
+. Seeley, erstwhile justice of the peace
at Chino. has levanted, and various peo-
pie and institutions are mourning his alb
sence TO the extent of about $1,000.
/ In addition to being Justice OF this
| peace, Sseley was secretary OF a branch
of the Savings Union at Chino, an insur-
ance agent. maintained real estate and
house renting agency, was Nom Der OF
half dozen orders, and in one way or
another managed to hold an interest in
everything in the sugar factory town.
And mors's the pity, since each OF
these different. interests have suffered
from his connection with them. He left
Chino November 21st, oame to San Ber-
nardino, doubled back to Los Angeles
and then left for the CITY OF Mexico,
where he is at present located.
His populations will not fall below
$1,000. OF this the Savings Union loses
| about $3.50.
Seelev lett wife and four small chill
dren in almost destitute circumstances,
and the little home they occupy is mort
gagged for $1,000. Mrs. Seeiey is very
highly respected by all who know her.
and this feature of the case makes it
Dlacker for the rascally husband.
lis uaO DCch hups 1uAots 'hu
some of the indignant neigh bors started
a movement looking to his sxtradltion.
but found that the law was against 1T,
and Seelcy is sale as long as he is across
the border.
As a justice of ths peace Seslcy's de-
was cordially disliked by people who
mad anything to do with his court. on
account of his rulings.
Seeley was hard drinker. and the
real explanation of his actions is that
his habits caused him to squander every
thing, and then take to cowardly flight
and desert his family.
DEATH OF BENZ. STODDARD
Benjamin Myrtle Stoddsrd died at his
fathers residence on f street at o'clock
this afternoon of consumption. He had
been gradually failing for q year and a
half-since his return from the univsr-
sity at Palo Alto in June 1894.
He was born in Whitewater, Wis,
March Il. 1875, and was therefore in his
twenty-trst year at the time Of his death.
In the fail OF 1892 hs entered the Univsr-
sity Of Wisconsin, at Madison. complst-
ing his freshman year at that institution
and coming to San Bernavdino in June.
1898, mis- father DR.. Stoddsrd, having re-
moved from Wisconsin few months be-
registering as q sophomore and complet-
ing the year with credit, bis work in
scientific lines being exceptional. Micro
scopy was his favorite study, and some
OF his specimens have been given very
favorable mention.
social circles of this city, and the news
of his death is everywhere received with
expressions of genuine sorrow.
Is NOT LARGE ENOUGH
The Stewart hotel Is proving too small
for the throng of winter guests who are
coming to this city. For month that
caravansary has been crowded, and last
night it was only with difficulty that the
guests could all be furnished with rooms.
The arrivals yesterday filled two pages OF
driven to the conclusion that moro rooms
must be found.
The most feasible suggestion and the
one which will probably be adopted is to
bring tho dining room down stairs. The
bar mas never been very profitable fea'
ture OF the house. and the space could be
used to better advantage ii the kitchen
and dining rooms were brought down to
the first floor. This would permit all the
space now occupied by this department
to be divided UP into suites OF rooms and
| would increase the capacity of tho hotel
materially. The three store rooms on the
+ street front now used as sample rooms
might also be vacated.
NOTES OF THE DAY
| The preliminary steps looking to the
organization of new musical society
were taksn last night, number Of peo-
pie who are interested in music assem-.
bling at the Stewart. The ideas with ref
erence to tho work Ut the society are as
! hv dot ~ rf : hou a. Il
| ing favorIng oratorio work, while others
are very much in favor of extending the