The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-08-21
POWDERLY'S TESTIMONY.
News Specials From Two Continent
warlike Speech From Germany's Empero

News specials from Two UOnIlnenIS.
warlike Speech From Germany's Emperor.
New YORK, Aug. 20.-General mas
ter workman T. V, Powderly testified
before the immigration committee
to-day, on the subject of imported
contract labor. He said the system
was most reprehensible. The condi-
tion of the workers in the Pennsyl-
vania mines he said, was scarcely
describable. In the coal regions, ma
tive miners had been driven out by
Hungarians, and other cheap foreign
workingmen, who live in filthy state
on the cheapest kind of food, SO that
American miners cannot compete
with them. Their sleeping quarters
are disgusting. Their immortality is
startling. The universal opinion of
the American workingmen,' said
Powderly, ''is that the men along the
line of the Pennsylvania railroad.
Hungarlans and Italians. who are
designated only by brass checks hung
on their pantaioons are not desirable
American citizens" The Germans
took pride in learning the English
language, and he thought that no
person should be admitted to citizen
ship, until he was able to read and
understand the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, and the Constitution of
the United States.
OF course foreign consuls abroad
should inquire into, and report, upon
the character of every man who
leaves foreign countries for the
United States.
TURBULENT TIMES.
PAsIs, Aug. 50,-Boulanger was
elected to the chamber of deputies
from three departments of Somme
Charante and Nord yesterday. At
Amiens, the capital of the department
of Somme, there was rioting at the
polling places the whole day. The
disturbance continued until midnight
when the military were compelled to
charge at the point of the bayonet to
clear the streets. Similar scenes
we're witnessed at Lille, the capital
Of the department of Nord.
COwARDLY DEED.
FoRT FAIRFIELD, Aug. 20.-Marine
major Howes and family of Boston,
with Indian guides, forming a party
of ten, in three canoes, while passing
up the Tobique river thirty-six miles
from Andover yesterday, were fired
on by an unknown person, Mrs.
Howe was instantly killed. There is
no clue to the murderer.
REMARKS FROM THE EMPEROR.
Berlin, Aug. 20.-The Emperor
made a speech last saturday at the
headquarters of the first infantry, the
occasion being the anniversary
of the battle of st. Privat
which led to the eventual
triumph of Germany. The semi i-offi-
cial report of the speech represents
him as lauding this event as of i'm
portance for the whole army. He
was convinced that should the regi-
ment's time come again it would not
be behind in its achievements of that
day eighteen years ago.
The speech was received with en-
thusiastic cheers.
FOREIGN POLITICS.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 20.-Italy's
note in relation to the seizure of
Massowah does not effect Russla's
attitude on the question. Russia
will conform to the views of Turkey,
whose interests were prejudiced by
the seizure.
LYNCH LAW.
GUIDE Rock, Nebraska, Aug. 90
Billy Cole, who shot VIM. Montgom-
cry and Charles Grant on the 18th,
was taken from Jail by masked men
this morning and hanged on the rail
road bridge. Both of Coles victims
are still alive.
SANITARY VISIT.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.-Dr. Posey,
of the Louisiana board of health,
has been instructed by surgeon gen
eral Hamilton to visit Orland, San
ford and other towns of Florida and
ascertain their condition.
ARMY CHANGES.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.-Brigadier-
Gen'l Absolom Bird, inspector gen.
eral, has been placed on the retired
list. Col. Roger Jones has been ap-
pointed to succeed him with the rank
of brigadier-general.
| RESPITED.
LONDON, Aug. 2O.-The steward
of the British ship DOoenby Hall,
sentenced to be hanged for numbering
the captain during the voyage from
San Francisco to Liverpool has been
respited.
| IN FLORIDA.
TAMPA, Fla, Aug. 20.-Houses and
effects are fumigated as the sick get
well. The authorities are having
premises cleaned and disinfected.
There was one death yesterday.
| AT JACKSONVILLE.
JACKSONVILLE, Aug. 20.-Two sus-
picious cases of fever have been re-
ported since 6 o'clock yesterday even
ing. There was one death at Sand
Hill