The San Francisco call., 1896-03-11
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

The woman's Congress will be held the week
commencing May at Native Sons Hall.
The Woman Suffrage Association held an
interesting meeting al Golden. Gate Hall.
A temporary organization of the cooks and
walters of this City was effected last night
The weather forecast for to-day is fair, with
continued high temperature and light winds.
voluntary contribution for the leper rem
edy fund was received from Stockton yester-
day.
Mrs. Marceau is engaged in preparing cross
complaint in answer to her husbands allega-
tons
The detectives are still in the fog rs to who
strangled Berthe Paradis in her den at 27 St
Mary street.
1t possible that the entire building trades
unions may be called out TO support the strik-
ing painters.
The interior decorating of the chapel at st.
Josephs Home Hospital on Park Hill was COM
pleted Yesterday.
Nearly every journeyman painter in the City
was called off his work yesterday to join in
the painters strike.
Major T. c. Ryan spoke on Truth Told, or
Romansm as il Is, Was and Ever Shall Be-" at
Metropolitan Temple last night.
Henry E. Osterfeld is suing Wells, Fargo e.
Co. for S7400 as reward for information
which led TO the capture of criminal.
Local suffragists claim that Frances E. Will
lard violates pledge in arranging for q Ma
uonal convention in California this year.
c. L. Dingley is suing in the Justices and
also in the Superior Court to recover $27, 900
from the stockholders of the Pacific Bank.
The Lathers' Protective Union has ordered
strike for higher wages. One OF the results
was fra e-for-all light on Post street yesterday.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company has
announced 30-cent rate to New York on GER
tain commodities, TO go into effect immedt-
ately.
The Supreme Court has decided that the
Petsluma Savings Bank can commence fore
closure proceedings against George d. whites
estate.
But one favorite finished in front at Ingle
side YESTERDAY The winning horses were:
Csndelaria, Afiatus, Ed kearney, Babe Muir
ply and Midlo.
Mrs Ella Townsend, wife of the proprietor of
the Texas tamale factory, 1161A Mission
street, was fatally burned last night by her
dress catching fire.
At the meeting of the Woodworkers' Union
last night the political principles OF the recent
labor convention were adopted with but a few
unlmportant changes.
Judge Angelotti of San Rafael has been in
stalled as Judge OF Department 3 of the Su-
perior Court while Judge Murphy is busy with
the Durrant bill OF exceptions
The trial of the suit of Mrs. Henrietta Hey
denfeldt 10 set aside deeds conveying away
from her Judge Heyden feldt's property came
before Judge Corey yesterday.
Mrs. Brown appeared before the ecclesia-
tlcGI COO-iClI Yesterday, making a vigorous de-
Tense OF her husband. incidentally she took
occasion tQ attack Mrs Cooper.
Dr.. He1zv H. Thrall, the pioneer dentist,
died yestdrday morning from the results of q
fall on thek 9Ow-covered steps OF his residence,
GIG Pine "a jet, last Tuesday evening.
The trial OF Cesare Crespi for the libeling of
q. Almajia came before Judge Wallace yester-
day. The principals in the suit are the editors
OF the two Italian papers in San Francisco.
The trial of the R. H. Mcdonald case was re-
sumed before Judge Bahrs and jury yester-
day morning. Columbus Waterhouse's famous
100000 check was the subject OF examina-
ton.
j. E. Edwards of the Olympic Club lowered
the mile indoor record and all the interme-
date distance marks at the Pavilion tourna-
ment last evening. There was big crowd
present
Affidavits in Iebuttal were presented yester-
day in the case OF the Southern Pacific Com
uany against the Railroad Commissioners in
the matter of the freight tratfics and the case
viii be argued and submitted to-day.
The meeting of the Tailors' Union last night
was devoted to the work of encoura ging men,
bers to bring into the union all their CO.
workers. 1t was expected to effect permanent
their charter flom the East caused this work
to De postponed.
Several answers have been filed in the Noe
suit and in each of them the Judgment in the
suit of Antoine Bowie VS.. Noe ct al. is cited as
a bar to any further proceedings. That judg-
ment was rendered in the old Twelfth District
Court in 1860. and was dug out OF the old
papers by accident. The account OF the dis
coVery was published in THE CALL.