The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-03-24
AFTERNOON DIsPATCHDs-
The Associated Press News containsd
in the Afternoon Report

Chicago. March 2S.-Two receivers Of
the whisky trust presented their resig-
nations to Federal Judge Grosscup to-
day. They were Receivers Lawrence
ana Mitchell. General John McNuit
was continued by Judge Grosscup as
sole receiver. The judge said the resi8-
nations were rendered because u was
thought that the business Of the re'
cetvership had reached such O stage
that one man could conduct II without
difficulty. There has been no trouble
between the court and the receivers
In financial circles II Is the general
belief that despite assertions to the
contrary the designations we're result
of a merry war between the three men.
II is asserted today that the courts
proceedings were ARRANGED solely for
the purpose Of letting Receiver Law
renee down easy, and his resignation
was not wholly voluntary. 1T ls COM
mon talk on the stock exchange that
Lawrence has been working In the In.
terests of the Greenhut crowd. To-
/. days affair, was generally consiQef2o
proof of supremacN OF the reor8a,liza-
ton committee ana the pfpnpurcca de-
feat of Greenhut,
Port Louis Island, Marritlous, March
23.--John L. Waller, formerly United
States consul at Tamatave Island.
Madagascar has been found guilty Of
corresponding with Hovas, atter
trial by the French court martial, and
sentenced to twenty years imprson>
ment. Waller secured concession
from the Hova government OF the
whole southern part OF the Island Of
Madagascaf I'm spite OF the repeated
protests CT the French residents and
the French colonists generally. Accord
ing TO the French pioneer colonists all
nationalities engaged on 1.-THE India
rubber trade consider their vested IN
terests had been injured by the con-
cesslon to Waller.
San francisco, March 2s.-fTwo steam
schooners went out this nloIming with
union crews which afforded consider.
able satisfaction to the striking soil-
ors. The steam schooner Colin, the
bardkentlne C. r. Crocker and the
schooners Bessie X. and Malancthon
went out with non-union crews after
the shipping masters had secured the
waterfront for Japanese, negroes and
stranded farmers. The schooner Lau-
ra May, which recently sailed hence
for Puget Sound, put back into port
today for repairs. Late one night the
Laura May was run down by an un-
lonown three-masted schooner The
Laura Mays bulwarks were smashed.
her sails torn and her mizzen mast carr
rled overheard. The strange schooner
g1ided away and her commander re-
fused to answer all signals from the
disabled schooner,
Jefferson City, Mo-. March %. The
house came near closing the session
with set-to between Spencer Of st.
Louis and Davidson, OF Marion, one q
Republican and the other Democrat,
They engaged In q wordy alteration
over a resolution 10 adjourn at
o'clock today. Spencer called David.
non a liar and a contemplate hound.
The sergeant-at-aa1ns and half dozen
Members prevented an encounter
Key West, March 2S,-sAn ofIiciai OF
the Cuban government who arrived
here says detailed and exact informn-
tion in the hands OF the Spanish Off
ials as to places throughout the Unit.
ed States where arms and ammunition
are being collected and shipped to Gu,
ban insurgents. Important rendez
vous are stated to he Philadelphia
Perth, Amlboy, N. j.. Savannah, Fer
nandez and other points south.
Washington, March 23.-~Noihing haI
been heard officially at the state de
partment Of the reported sentence b,
French court-martial IN Madagascar
If ex-United States Consul Waller Il
twenty years Imprisonment for cores
bonding with Hovas. II the circum
itances are as reported II Is probalbl'
)ur government VIII enter an enerRetl
| protest against the arbitrary actiol
| Of the French authorities.
Shanghai. March GA dispatch iron
Formosa says the Japanese attempts
% make banding at the Pescadore
Islands but were repulsed with
4 slight loss.
Nice, March 23.--'rhe Ailsa won easll
n the International yacht race wit
he britannia, Corsair ana vallfyrie.