Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-27
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

BURNED TO DEATH-Mrs. d Toomey,
90 years old, was burned to death in her
home Pleasanton, yesterday Her
clothing ignited from an explosion follow
ing her attempt to light fire with kero-
sene. She ran from the house. but before
help arrived she was so badly burned that
she died within hour.
sOLON'S FATHER DIES-Rchard A.
Penrose, father Of United States Senator
Boies Penrose. died at his home in Phla-
delphia yesterday of pneumonia He was
50 years old Dr. Penrose was we'll known
in the medical-literary world and held a
professorship in the University of Pennsyl-
vanla for twenty-six years.
DALZELL WITHDRAWS-Congr
Dalzel of Pittsburg, who last week at
Washington announced his candidacy for
| election by the next Pennsylvania legisla-
ture to succeed Senator Knox, when the lat
ter reslgs to enter President Tafts cabinet,
yesterday withdrew and rendered his sup
port to George T. oliver, a newspaper pub
Usher of Pittsburg.
LIBRARIAN DIES-George c. Hurlbutt,
for more than thirty years librarian of the
American Geographical society, died yes
terday in New York result Of injuries
sustained yesterday in collision between
an automobile in which he and his daugh-
| ter, Miss Ileno Hurlbutt, were driving, and
a trolley in Central park. Miss Hurl-
butt, who also was badly hurt, Will recover.
LOSES BOTH LEGS-Howard c. Nc
cune Of Niles Southern Pacific signal
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| hospital in Stockton, his left leg cut off at
the thigh and his right leg SO badly man
gled that he cannot recover. MeCune' who
| is 20 years old and SINGLE jumped onto
| train at Atamont, passed through two cars
and swung off. falling under the wheels.
SYSTEM ORgTICIZED-The Alameda
county grand jury rendered n partial report
Yesterday at Oakland in which 1t severely
criticized the system by which supplies
| have been purchased by the county and bills
paid. Particularly did it censure the lon
| iency shown contractors engaged in repair
| work on county buildings, and the la1ity of
| the methods employed by the supervisors In
checking up their accounts and allowing
| their claims. That exorbitant prices had
| been paid for county supplies was charged
| directly.
BURGLAR IS EXMED-Instead of grant
ing a parole to John Griffin, young man
from Monterey, who fell among evil assoc
ciates in San Francisco and was sentenced
| to ten years Imprisonment for burglary
| Judge Cook yesterday exiled him to Aus
tralia for half that length Of time Grif-
fin wanted to go to st. Louis where he said
| he had friends, but the Judge, who was
| favorably impressed with the young fell
1 low told him he preferred to send him
where he would be entirely removed from
his former associates.
REPORT is DENIED-In reference to
report from Chicago that Colonel James
| Hamilton Lewis, who is now in San Fran
CISCO will go to japan and China on
secret mission for the government, the au-
| thoritative statement has been made at the
state department in Washington that Col
onel Lewis Is not going to the far east on
any mission for the government. Such let
| ters as he may have from the officials are
| those of a nature commencing him to the
| good offices of the diplomatic and consular
| representatives abroad and perhaps to for
| eign officials
SENTENCE POSTP the request
| of the defense Judge Cook of San Francisco
yesterday postponed until tomorrow the sem
| fencing of In Whan Chang the Korean con-
| vcted OF murder in the second degree, for
| the Staying of Durham White Stevens.
| American adviser to the Korean government.
Prior to the postponement Chang summoned
Dr. McGnl the Korean interpreter, and re-
quested that Judge Cook be acquainted With
! his desire to die for the murder Of Stevens.
lie declared he would weep his heart out
in prison, and declared he fully expected tho
| extreme penalty when he shot down the
! visiting diplomat,