The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-06

action shows what the popular feeling d
here in regard 10 the United States juris.
dice ion in Behring ssa and her power or
her policy to enforce it. All the sealing
which have cleared ct the GUS
tom house for Behring sea this year are
registered by British subjects. An sssoci-
alton has been formed by the sealing
North Carolina's Eight Cloudbursts Since
May Hat.
9 Cloudbufsts In North Carolina this year
are proving more disastrous than ever
known before in the history Of the state'
So for eight have been reported since
May LIST. The latest occurred in Rich.
mond county the other night, and
the town of Rockingham sustained
the heaviest loss. The cloud
burst about half q mile above
town, right over Pedee river, and in
the stream was swollen out OF it's
banks and went dashing down upon the
town, carrying nearly everything before it
Several small cabins ON the lower bottoms
were washed away, and the occupants were
compelled to flee for their lives. One old
negro was drowned. In places the water
spread out over an area two miles wide,
and m%any.houses were set afioat. Great
damage was done to the RQberdel,
Great Falls, Pedee and Midway cotton
mills. Some cotton factories are said to
have been wished completely away, or so
near it that they are totally ruined. It is
feared that many people were drowned.
Arranging Tho Telegraph Rate.
Postmaster General Wanamaker and
President Green held a consultation the
other evening respecting the telegraph
service furnished the government by the
Western Union Telegraph company. It is
understood satisfactory progress is being
made toward an agreement upon the lines
laid down by the postmaster general.
We Heather Will Retaliate.
A dispatch TO the London Standard
from Shanghai says: "Pekin advices shy
that a number of high Chinese officials
have petitioned Prince Chun to have all
Americans employed in China expelled
from the empire. 1t is reported that Prince
Chun consents"
Reducing Time Between the Continents.
The new Hamburg American steamer
Columbia has just concluded the fastest
trip on record from the Needles to Sandy
Hook, the time beirg 6 days, Is hours and
20 minutes.
Ohio Dagos on the Rampage.
Striking Italians on the new railroad at
Lima, Ohio. drove off all the other m
ployes the other day and threatened to kill
them if they returned to work. Several
Italians We're arrested and locked up.
OF ers threatened to liberate the prisoners,
bu. the militia was notified and the threat
was not executed.
Accident in u Nail Factory.
The boiler in the nail factory of God
charles n Co., ut South Towunda.. Pa,
exploded n few days since. Five men
were instantly killed, two others will pro-
badly die and four others were terribly
injured.
Persisted from AN Earthquake Shock.
An earthquake shock has been experi-
enced on the Russian frontier. In the vii.
lage of Khezorik 100 persons were buried
alive
Nuggeted News.
The cholera, which has been making
fearful havoc in Bag lad, has spread to
other points in Mesopotamia, notwith-
standing the precautions which were taken
to cut off all communication with that
city, and is now ravaging the entire PROV
ince.
Many Parnellite members of parliament
have arranged to attend o meeting to be
held i'll county Clare, in Ireland, next
month to protest against Mr.. Balfour's
recent denunciation of the priests of Glare.
A call has been issued for n convention
of the colored voters of Ohio to be held in
Toledo September 10th, to determine what
course they will pursue ut the approach
ing state election.
Jim Mccoy, the noted ore-legged des-
perado of southern Texas, wa hanged at
San Antonio, Tex, for the murder Of
Sheriff Mckinney December 2Gth. 1885.
A dispatch from Montenegro says that
q famine is threatened owing to the failure
of the crops, and that endemic disease is
now extensively prevalent.
Miss beaumont, M American, made n
successful descent from n balloon with a
parachute ut Bridlington, England, the
other day.
A cloudburst ut Charlotte. N. c., de-
stroyed several mills, causing a loss of
100000. Five hundred hands aretarown
out of employment.
1t is said that the Pennsylvania Steel
company will establish one of the best
snip yards i'll the world at Sparrow Point,
near Baltimore.
Cotton goods manufacturers of Mexico
have formed a combination. The u
pose 10 to purchase cotton only in the
Unitei States.
The British government has abandoned
the prosecution by Smith Barry against
O'Brien and Lane, members of parliament.
Clafin, Coburn & Co.'s shoe factory
burned at Hoptkinton, Mass. Loss,
$780, 900; fully insured.
Latest Market Report.