. New York state's prominent and progressive men;. y was pro-claimed, and then retiirned to Canada and resumed his professional reputation was very gieat, and he attainedprominence as a member of Parliament and as Prefect ofJacques Cartier County. Arthur Edouard Valois is a son of Dr. Valois. He was bornat Valoisville, Quebec, on September 30, 1844, and was educatedpartly in Canada, France, and the United States. In October,1865, he was admitted to the practice of the law at Montreal, andfollowed that profession there until September, 1871. He wontine standing in the profession, a
. New York state's prominent and progressive men;. y was pro-claimed, and then retiirned to Canada and resumed his professional reputation was very gieat, and he attainedprominence as a member of Parliament and as Prefect ofJacques Cartier County. Arthur Edouard Valois is a son of Dr. Valois. He was bornat Valoisville, Quebec, on September 30, 1844, and was educatedpartly in Canada, France, and the United States. In October,1865, he was admitted to the practice of the law at Montreal, andfollowed that profession there until September, 1871. He wontine standing in the profession, and was known as a brilliantorator and a strong advocate of annexation of Canada to theUnited States. In September, 1871, he removed to New York,but his professional success not meeting his anticipation, heremained here only a few years, and then went to Denver, Colo-rado. There he rose quickly into prominence as a lawyer andpolitician, but his health failed, and in February, 1881, hereturned to New York, and was sent to Paris for a short time 34S. .^ c::^C^^^^r7^^^3~c^ ARTHUR EDOUARD VALOIS 349 in the branch office of Messrs. Coudert Brothers. Then heopened an office of his own in Paris, with WiUiam Morton Grin-neU as his New York correspondent. That was on July 1, Mr. Grinnell became an Assistant Secretary of State atWashington, Francis F. Scott, now a Supreme Court justice,became tlie New York correspondent. At first Mr. Valois met with only a moderate success in he presently became counsel for such men as Mr. Morton,the United States minister. Dr. Evans, the celebrated dentist,and Messrs. Drexel, Harjes & Co., the bankers, and thereafterhis high success was assured. In 1889 he was retained as counselto the United States consul-general, and still holds tliat is now at the head of two offices, one in Paris and one inNew York, and has among his clients many of the leading com-mercial fii-ms on both sides of the ocean, as well as bankers,steamship com
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