Holbrook argus., 1900-12-22
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Ground has been broken for Oak lands new postoffice.
 Vaughn's jewelry store at Tulare was entered by burglars and over $120O worth of goods stolen.
 Alameda county officials have ad- vised their legislators that they need more help and want increased pay.
 By the will of the late Sir Arthur Sullivan, Mrs. Stephens, of Los An geles, has been bequeathed a tidy sum.
 B. B. Roberts, a San Francisco in surance agent, sat on the steps of the morgue, and shot himself through the head. Death was instaneous.
 On account of the pressure of other duties, Mrs. Phoebe Hearsts has re- signed from the board of control ot the National American Red Cross.
 The American Forestry Association has adopted a resolution at Washing ton favoring the purchase of a re- serve containing the California big trees.
 The late w. D. Brown, banker of Sacramento, who died last week, was the first man in California to introduce the mulberry tree as a part of the silk industry
 Oakland, Dec. 16.-C. E. Denn, an employee of the Tesla Coal Company, was killed by falling down a shaft at the mine Saturday. He was a member of the National Guard.
 Max Thelan of Berkeley has won the gold medal for the best debater at Berkeley. It is the first time in the history of the University that a fresh man has taken the honor.
 President Benjamin Ide Wheeler will spend the Christmas vacation in the East. He will go directly to New York, and during his absence he will speak before the Philadelphia Philolog- ical Association.
 Oakland, Dec. 15.-Frank B. Josephs Sacramento attorney, was found not guilty today of not providing for his children. It was shown that his wife has money in the bank. The attorney was discharged.
 Merton I. Allen. a San Francisco journalist, has accepted the editorship of new magazine entitled "Califor- nia,' which is to be Journal of Cal ifornia for Californians. It will be published in San Francisco.
 Jacob Rich. a San Jose pioneer. has been declared an insolvent. He is the pioneer railroad builder of the county. Many enterprises on which he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to develop are now paying properties.
 The ladies of Berkeley have formed an organization to capture the hug ger" who has been operating in that burg of late. This is selfish. The la dies of other cities have rights that ought to be respected.-San Jose Mer- cury.
 The department of Jurisprudence of Berkeley is to offer a practical course on commercial law, extending over such subjects as the commercial laws of foreign countries, the law of con- tracts, the rights of corporations and the law of insurance.
 The residents of the southern me- tropolis want one of the new cruisers named "Los Angeles" From the in land position of that city it would be more appropriate to bestow the name upon an armed automobile or forti- fled train.-Oakland IT .bune.
 William Henry Hudson. whose farces have been the popular feature of Stanford University, has written a clever one-act sketch entitled Dig bys Rival" Prof. Bert. Estes How ard, former Los Angeles divine, is to take an important part.
 San Jose. Dec. 16.-A woman named May Elbridge aged 19, whose parents live in Los Angeles, attempted suicide today by chloroforming herself. She was found unconscious. and was brought to life by the efforts of a doctor. UnreQuited love caused the attempt.
 Morosco's Burbank Theater, Los An geles, commencing Sunday night, and all week the new and latest farce comedy, "The Star Boarder" headed by Chas. H. Boyle and a big company of funny people. A host of charming girls-A number of bright specialties- More music than a comic opera-22 clever entertainers.
 The crank who, through the agency of a fash paper of San Francisco, is advising people as to- the most pain less method of suicide. and who is ad- vocating self-murder through that pa per- should be taken in hand by the authorities for violation of the law which forbids advising to suicide or any aiding or abetting of that erime- Sacramento Record-Union.
 Orpheum. Los Angeles. Los An geles' Family Vaudeville Theatre Week commencing Monday, December F. Patrice, in "The Girl in the Moon Robertus and Wilfredo, expert juggler; May DeSousa, sweet soprano singer; Anna Kenwick, singing and dancing comedienne; Mary Dupont and Charles Lothian in "A Visit to Aunt Martha's" Mallory Brothers and May Brooks. instrumentalists; Three Sisters Kel- sey, acrobatic specialties; Julius P. Witmark in the latest songs.
 Fight With Boxers.