The Portland daily press., 1891-08-15
QUEER TRANSACTIONS.
Dominion Officials Before the Bale
de ChaIeur Comrnittee

QUEER TRANSACTIONS.
Dominion Officials Before the Bale
de chaIeur Committee.
OTTAWA, Ont. August 14.-In the Bale de
Chaleur investigation this morning, Senator
Vidal, the president. read telegram from
Mr.. Garneau, commissioner OF public works
for the province of Quebec. declining to at
tend the investigation as his colleagues of
the Quebec government considered that they
were responsible only to the provincial legis-
lature. Mr.. Langlier, NJ. p, on behalf
of the Quebec government. read let
ter from Mr.. Garneau containing a
doctors certificate that he was unable to
attend Mr.. Langlier said that he advised
both Mr. Garneau and Hon. Mr.. Ross not to
attend. Manager Doumoulins of the
Banque de Peuple, gave evidence that on
the promise of Hon. Mr.. Langlier, that the
government would make deposit of S50,-
600 and on Mr. Pasaud's undertaking to paw
$4,000 due the bank, he discounted a S2O,
coo note endorsed by 2. Valerie, secured by
a $4,000 check of j. G. Langlier. endorsed
by G. N. Armstrong. He was unable to say
how the. proceeds were expended beyond
$17oo, OF which $1,000 retired bill endorsed
by Mr.. Tartete.
Cashier Webb of the Union Bank Of
Mr.. Pasaud to discount letter Of credit Of
100000 AT first he thought they would
but finally it was decided that the transac-
tion was not legitimate banking and the
discount was refused. The letter of credit
was was held BY them until maturity Against
Three Of these were placed to Mr.. Pasaud's
credit, one was paid to the BanQue de Peuple
and one to the Bank National Mr..
Pasaud said that $4,000 of the
10000 was to go, to his credit,
per: Some of this paper which lay with the
Union Bank was either made or endorsed by
Mr.. Pasaud. other names being those of Hon
Me- Mr Mne1r,cier. ne1,c.;. Hon Charles Langlier. and
not say how much these made. but thought
not $25, 900.
The public accounts committee spent two
hours today in discussing whether the agree
ment between La Presse" and the New
England Paper Company could be produced.
After wordy warfare and some exciting
passages at arms, the ruling of the chairman
placing the agreement outside the province
OF the committee, was sustained, 16 to 81, a
party vote.
Edwin ArnoId's Tribute to Lowell.
LONDON, August 14,-The Herald's
European edition publishes today the fol-
lowing: I'm response t. a request Sir
Edwin Arnold wrote this beautiful tribute
10 LOWELL laSI Dlglt:
since you invite 1t, too, will venture to
lay this small laurel wreath on the bier of
James Russell Lowell take my private
snare In the public grief for his loss, both as
humble citizen of that republic OF letters of
which he was the glory, and also as an out
SIDE friend: / knew him as man and in
knowing him lost no jot of my admiration
and affection for him as an author. which
does not often happen. After Longfellow.
Poe. and Walt Whitman, should rank him
the best OF your American poets. But ne
was even greater as q critic and supreme
Judge Oh literature than as the writer of that
magnificent commemoratlon ode and the mi
mitable "Biglow Papers," 1t is much when
all the world must say that the least of the
many distinctions of this sweet and subtle
natpred man Of letters was, that he held
with noble usefulness and perfect LOYALTY
to both Euglands,' so great post as that Of
Minister from the United States to Great
Britain. EDWIN ARNOLD"
Thousands Suffering.
preston in the iron trade, operations at many
OF the principal iron works in the Cumber-
land district have been suspended for some
time past. The inability of workmen to pro.
cure employment Is causing most acute dis
tress, DIX thousand men were thrown out of
employment by the stoppage of the work. A
large number have earned nothing for wear.
The outlook for the winter is of the gloomiest
nature. The families of the iron workers.
men, women and children, all show traces OF
the prlvations they have suffered through the
enforced idleness of the bread-winners, Hum
dreds are on the verge of Starvation. So
serious has the situation become. the apthor
tiles have decided to start public works to
give employment to many idle men in the
district, ana thus avert the famine threat.
ened.
The Mermaid Spoken.
more, from Baltimore, passed Kinsale today.
She reports that August 10, latitude arc nj.
longitude 35o W., she spoke the dorv Mtr
maid, Captain Andrews, which Started on an
ocean race from Boston with the dory Sea
SeIpent. captain Andrews said that every
tnlng was going quite well with him. The
sea serpent arrived at Coverack, near Lizard
Point, August 8.
o'Brisn Pays the Costs.
LONDON, August 14--Wm. O'Brien having
paid the costs OF court In the action for libel
brought by him against Lord Salisbury. in
which the action of O'Brien was nonsnited.
the action OF the bankruptcy court declarinp
MIN insolvent because of his refusal to paw
the costs has been annulled
Foreign Notes.
In the Dominion House Thursday motion
Was unanimously adopted declaring against
sne principle OF ministers receiving presents
from contractors.
Inc committee of the Geographical Con-
gresS 70 which the matter was referred has
uecldeu that Captain Glazier's pretention
MiNsi s1a. ne discovered the true source of the
~ MtissSsissippl ISL is unfounded and that the honor
9l the discovery belongs to Lieut.. Allen and
Jean Nichollet ~A'isn anu
rne government of Portugal prohibits the
ii%pUItation ~, OF foreign wheat from September
sumed. '0A
Baron Hirsch, who is at Carlsbad, has
signed a document empowering DR.. LOwen-
tnal and other gentlemen to purchase lands
IN aod 1ne n Argentine Republic to value of
l,OOO,OOO,000 pesos. Baron Hirsch is nego-
tlatlng with the Turkish government to rent
lanu along the railway in Asia Minor for
for the land.
The Moscow police have secret orders
winch will have the effect of expelling every
Jew from the district within two months.
The London Standards correspondent at
Shanghai says negotiations OF foreign lega-
tions with the government with reference to
the recent riots have had no satisfactory re-
suit. The relations continue strained.
The Bulletin des Halles says the wheat
crop Of France will not exceed 50. 100000 hec-
tolltres. To meet the normal demand of the
country 1t will be necessary to import 81, 500
bushels of wheat.
Thursday two of the leaders of the Mani
pur massacre of British officials in March
met their death at the gates of that capitol.
The two men were members of the relgning
family of Manipur. They were hung like or
dinary murderers.
A private letter received from Mrs Robert
Louis Stevenson gives gloomy OUTLOOK Tor
near Apia, under date of July 16, she says
1--WE live in n constant tumult OF threatening