Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-11-06

The present condition of affairs in Can
ada is far from being a satisfactory one to
those who are interested in the growth
and prosperity Of the Dominion. Up to
the first of the present month there have
been nearly 200 deaths from small-po
and over 5000 cases are known to be in
existence. The public is discouraged (;
business is suffering and while an at
tempt IS being made to carry compulsory
vaccination into effect. it is being re-
sisted. and bad blood is the consequence
The hanging Of Riel is another question.
the decision of which, no matter what it
NAV be. is almost certain to increase the
i'll feeling which exists between the two
races. The English demand his execu-
ton. The French will look on it as an
act of race persecution. Disputes. which
are as old as the carrying into effect OF
the confederation scheme, have recently
risen again into prominence, and these are
increased in bitterness by the tariff
schemes of the government, and its plans
for preventing further annual deficits in
its revenues. On almost all these ques-
tons the French have unf )rtunately be-
come solid on one side and the English
on the other. and at no time during the
century have the peculiar hatred and
jealousies which inhere in race been so
bitter as they are to-day. In short, an
accumulation Of vexing questions is con-
fronting the Dominion government to-
day, any one of which would be serious
If II were to me met alone. 70 increase
the difficulty, the tone of the Canadian
press is anything but conservative. In
some respects it is fairly incendiary.
The latest news about the Panama Ca
nal Company and its work on the isthmus
cannot be regarded as satisfactory by
shareholders or bv others who have hoped
that the canal would be completed under
its present management. Some months
ago NJ. de Lesseps applied to the French
government for permission to issue bonds
for new loan of $l20, 900. 900 upon the
lottery plan, but permission was not
granted. Within few days he has re-
newed this application. 1t now appears
that he has called upon the shareholders
for 1851. a share. and has defended this
call in letter to one of them. which has
been published. There are $50 900 shares,
which were allotted to 102.230 subscrib-
ers. These shares were of 500f each, and
so per cent was paid in. The new call
for 1851. should yield Sl4,750.o 900. Add
ing the face of the proposed new loan we
have SlS4. 900 which NJ. de Lesseps
desires to add to the liabilities of the COM
pany. There has been very little news
concerning the company's work on the
isthmus since the publication of the en-
gineer's report in August last. DR.. Ar
thur Gore. who arrived in San Francisco
from Colombiaa week or two ago, reports
that NJ. de Lesseps's failure to procure per-
mission to issue the lottery bonds. has had
a depressing effect upon the canal work.
The company was discharging workmen,
and auction sales of mules. carts and other
property, were of frequent occurrence.
Panama merchants who held ''canal pa
per" were feeling Every blue" DR.
Gore declared that ''for the Sl20. 000. 000
already expended" there was nothing to
show in the way OF canal but superb
cial scratch in the hard mass of volcanic
rock through which it was proposed to cut
a passage" But along the route there
was abundant evidence of extravaganza in
the shape of handsome and costly build