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NEWS SUMMARY. The union painters of Cleveland, O., have won their strike. Tests have been made in London of the new wireless telephone system with great success. In Jackson, Mich., two hundred and fifty laborers and masons struck for an increase in wages. Charley Flemming, aged 9. has been kidnapped from Somerville, Mass., and no trace can be found of him. Minister Merry reports to the state department, in a cablegram, that martial law has been proclaimed in Nicaragua. The boiler of the barge Fitzpatrick blew up off Long Island, the boat sinking immediately, five men being drowned. John Crassen, while resisting arrest, was shot and killed by Frank Wilson, a deputy sheriff, in a saloom at Naco Arizona. At Franklinton, N. C., the house occupied by Rufus Daniel, colored, was destroyed by fire and four of his children burned to death. Eight men are known to be killed and fourteen entombed as the result of an explosion of gas in the Koenig Luiz mine at Ostfield, Russia. John McQuade, for thirty-three years treasurer of Tammany hall, is dead. McQuade was an ex-police justice and a strict leader. He made a fortune as a contractor. The German press treats President Roosevelt's speech at Chicago on the Monroe doctrine in a kindly way, the irritation caused by the Dewey Interview having passed. In a tornado which struck English, Indiana, Mrs. George Cunningham was killed and her ten-year-old son suffered a fractured skull. Their house was blown down on them. Unless it is shown conclusively that the foot and mouth disease does not exist among cattle in northern Kansas, the state of Nebraska will quarantine against Kansas. About 400 wagon-makers in Pittsburg, Pa., struck for an increase in wages of 15 per cent, recognition of the union, a nine-hour day and time and a half for all overtime work. The first hanging in the history of Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, took place last week, when Frank Dudash, who killed his cousin, Joseph Fedelen, on October 16, 1901, was executed. The quarterly estimate of the value of foreign coins issued by the director of the mint shows a decrease in value of silver for the last three months of .01206 cents per fine ounce. As the result of an April fool joke, the private bank of Kaspar & Karel of Chicago experienced a run, during which up to the close of banking hours fully $200,000 was withdrawn by 400> of the 900 depositors. The most severe hailstorm ever experienced in La Cross, Wis., caused great damage to all greenhouses and conservatories. The hailstones, which were an inch in diameter, came down thickly for fifteen minutes. Lieutenant Joel R. Lee of the Tenth infantry who was tried by court martial at Iligan, Island of Mindanao, on the charge of manslaughter, has been acquitted. The case arose from the killing of two native prisoners of war. With the book that he had been reading still grasped in his hands, Dr. !scar Steur, a Yale graduate and a trofound student, was found dead in his room in Washington. Nearby was a small gas stove, the tube of which was partly disconnected. Joseph Stearks of New Háven, better known as Kid Stearks, who was knocked out in a boxing match with Max Holmes of Bridgeport, Conn., is dead from his injuries. Holmes was released on bail of $1,000 upon the charge of manslaughter. The ploice of Milan attempted to disperse the Socialists, and during the fighting which followed a stone Was hurled at the escutcheon on the Russian consulate, the flagstaff was broken, at police officer was injured, and four men were arrested. Mrs. Jennie Impke, widow of Fred Impke, the miner whose firing of an overcharge of powder at a coal mine at Athens, III., resulted in a concussion which caused the death of himself and five other miners, attempted suicide by taking laudanum. According the the officials of the bank at Legar, O. T., which was robbed by three men, who escaped after fatally shooting a citizen, currency to the amount of $8,000 was taken. A large Indian payment was due, and the funds were in the bank.
