The Washington herald., 1913-12-10
News Nuggets from
Telegraph and Cable

Detroit, Mich, Dec. 9.-Patrolman
Thomas F. Madden was shot and killed
early today as he attempted to arrest
two men in an automobile. Madden was
shot in front of the Bethune street sta
tion, where he had ridden with the ban
dts. His assailants escaped
New York, Dec. a-Jim Corbett is ex-
pected to have a cold in his head as the
result of getting cold feet. The former
champions home, at Bayside, caught fire
before daylight today. Barefooted and
half-clad Corbett played a garden hose
on the blaze until the volunteer depart
ment arrived. The damage was about
$500 Corbett saved his home while Mrs
Corbett saved the dog, the canaries, and
the jewelry.
Little Valley, N. Y, Dec 9.-Three
sealed indictments were handed down
this afternoon by the grand jury investi-
eating the death of Willis Buffum, sup
posed to have died Of arsenic poisoning
Laura Buffum, a daughter of the dead
man, is still i'll with symptoms similar to
those of her father. Mrs. Buffum is said
to be in Niagara Falls
Baltimore, Dec. 9.-octavia Cox. Con-
federate veteran and former virginia
'AauuO"HCT SldNGnOlOeTs the Onl-
versity Hospital here, where he will be
operated on within the next few DAYS
for a serious internal trouble. Mr.. Cox
Is eighty years old.
New York, Dec. s.-Mrs. Frederick
Dent Grant today won her suit against
paying an Inheritance tax to New York
State on the estate of her late husband
when Surrogate Fowler held that, as the
1at tn Eo1 MAJ
nor's Island, which is Federal territory.
he was not a citizen Of this State.
Coudersport, Pa, Dec. s.-Indictments
charging voluntary masIslaughter against
George c. Bayless, president; F. N. Ham,
lin, superintendent; Michael Bailey, dam
watchman Of the Bayless Pulp and Paper
Company, Of Austin, Pa, In connection
with the loss Of eighty lives when the
Bayless dam at Austin, Pa, broke, Sep
tember 30, 1911, were dismissed today.
East Orange, N. J., Dec. e-Desponden.
because she had lost her life's savings
in the crash of the Rossville Trust Com
pany, Miss Matilda Reglin, a dressmak-
er, committed suicide at the home of
one Of her wealthy employers today. She
turned on all the gas in the living room
and sat down to await death.
Nantucket, Mass, Dec. e-The Coskata
life savers report an unknown three
masted schooner distress signals OF Cape
Point today.
Newark, N J., Dec. 9.-Armand Megaro.
arrested last week on the charge OF stab
bing a young woman with poisoned
needle in a local theater. was released
today in 1900 ball His bonds were
originally fixed at $4,000. but the police
to the reduction.
London, Dec. a-Cambridge defeated
Oxford by the score of 10 to in the In |
rugby match at Queens |
Club today.
Paris, Dec. s.-Lord Radstock. the fam
ous evangelist-peer, died today, aged |
eighty. He established a number OF |
charitable institutions, among them a |
home for poor girls In London and a |
home for chorus girls in Paris. Although |
Irish. he spent much time in Paris
Rome, .Jec. "A libel suit brought by |
Grand Duke Boris, OF Russia, against |
The Frank A. Munsey Company because /
of an article about the dukes behavior 1
turing the Russo-Japanese war. was set
lied out of court today, but the Grand |
Duke will go on the witness stand on |
December Is to give testimony to clear
his character. j