Show H WAS CRANKY ON MARRIAGE A Millionaire Disinherits His Two Daughters Because They Indulge the Tender Passion Special to THE HERALD Examiner Dispatch NEW YORK Jan IJohn Hooper a capitalist cap-italist who died worth 5000000 is the author of a singular will He has practically practic-ally disinherited both his daughters one because she did marry and the other because be-cause she thought of doing so Mr Hooper was extremely tenacious and unbending in his opinions and had a great many unreasonable unrea-sonable prejudices His most senseless hobby was his extreme unwillingness that his daughters should get married He did not want any young man to pay them any attention and was always angry whenever a young fellow came to cal Three or four years ago his daughter Henrietta accepted the attentions of a young man who would have made undoubtedly an excellent husband hus-band The young man wanted Miss Hooper to marry him and Miss Hooper in fact had about accepted him When old Mr Hooper heard of it his anger was very great He declared that if his daughter married the young fellow he would certainly cast her off and leave her penniless The result was that in the course of a year or so Miss Hooper gave the young man up About the same time his eldest daughter Mary L Hooper who was twentynine years old fell in love with Dr John A Stevrer a dentist living at 18 West Fort seentl street in this city Dr Stevrer was a man of means of excellent habits thoroughly respectable and with a large and growing practice He had known the Hoopers and the Hoopers had known him for thirteen years Old Mr Hooper objected to him however He acted just as he did to his other daughters lover and threatened to disinherit Mary if she married him The representations and appeals of the family had no effect with the old man except a 0 increase his anger Miss Mary walked out of the house one day Dr Stevrer accompanied her to the home of Rev Dr G F Krotell pastor of the Lutheran Lu-theran Church of the Holy Trinity in this city and was there married She made no secret of her intent and shortly before her martinfo hnv father went to his lawver Treadwell Cleveland and made his will i His will filed Tuesday bears date of March 51SS9 The trustees are directed to pay the income of 20000 to his daughter Henrietta F Hooper His nieces and nephews are remembered in small sums and agood sum is devised to charitable institutions in-stitutions The trustees are empowered to erect two fine large public fountains for the use of man and beast one in New York and one in Brooklyn His daughter Mary L Hooper received a bequest of 500 only and the trustees were directed to pay the income of the residue of the estate to the testators son Benjamin F Hooper and after the sons death to his children I |