New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-17
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
AFTER THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
personal. AND THEATRICAL NOTES.
LnY TELEoRArH TO THE TEIpuNE.I


San Francisco. Nov ls-The movement to
secure for San Francisco the Repuoicah Ma
tional Convention goes bravely on, though few
who have accurate inside information from tne
East have any hope Of success. The difiicultes
,,,icb this CITY would have to contend with
have ALL been Indicated clearly. and the worst OF
~ &c that they are difficulties of time and dis
lance which not even California enterprise and
"bustle" can remove A California committee
will be sent East to make fight FOR the con'e"-
ton. but it is recognized here as almost fore
gone conclusion that Chicago or Pittsburg VIII
secure the prize.
After thirty years Of litigation Sam Holla-
day has won his fight against the city FOR pos
session of a fifty-acre lot which forms the nigh-
est part of Lafayette Park on Clay-st MIL lh's
litigation has been the excuse for failure 10 I'M
prove this park which could be made one OF the
most beautiful in the city, as 1t overlooKs 'he
city, the Bay and the Golden Gate.
The winter exhibition Of the Art Association
opened successfully this week at the Hopkins
Institute. Besides large display OF the WoIh o.
local artists there is fine loan cohecuoi,' NnN
includes two MurillOs from G. !. Huitliis 'o ~, .
gallery that are shown for the first time IN 'his
country They are Francis D'Asssi In the Lahu
OF Strangers and st. Gregory dc faui
Kate Field. after visit of about week sailed
for Honolulu this week. where she Is 10 seiNe a.
correspondent for Chicago paper. Sne Mos - V.
tertained by newspaper women at the Press Ciuo
the day before her departure on the sam no
steamer which carried Miss Field sailed 'he
widow Of Robert Louis stevenson VINO ietuin rs, ~
her old home in Samoa She will spend the WIN
Ter in Honolulu. going to Apa in the spring after
the hurricanes are over
Charles Nicholson. a well-known San Francisco
newspaper man. started for New YORK TINS weTh
to act as Cuban war correspondent for w; r.
Hearst's paper. THE Journal" Michelsons pest
work has been sketches of Arizona and other
frontier life. He speaks Spanish huently.
One of the curiosities Of local literature is the
suit brought by Arthur McEwen. one Oh tne
ablest writers of California against hounseNiii :,
Wildman. Editor of "The Overland Monthly'
Cor part payment of a solicited article. McEwen
declares ne doesn't care for the money, put ne
brings the suit a matter OF principe 10 shO"
tho editor that he cannot contract for literary
articles and then refuse 10 pay the stipulated
price.
De Wolf Hopper has made a great hit with
Wang at the Baldwin. This pretty theatre has
looked like a graveyard for several weeks, IN
fact it hasn't mad Paying pay 9yow sIra'it0H all the
week and bids fair to continue Its success another
week Edna Wallace is San Francisco girl
and her great improvement since she ieit mere
three years ago is noted by all the crltics.
An stternpt has been made by Haverly to re-
vive old-time negro mnstrelsy at the COLUMBIA
but II is dreary failure Veteran playgoers VINO
dropped in marvelled what they could rave seen
that was funny years ago in Billy flce ana
Burt Shepard. and went out feellng very olo
and melancholy.
Retry - 2 coarse oaricature of the Durrant case
was brought ont this week, the conVlctlon OF
The Emmanuel Church murderer having h1leo the
judicial ban from its production. IL vas chea ga
and tawdry with brutal tableaux depicurg the
worst scenes Of the two murders yet the audi
ence applauded.