The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-02-08

a result 1T Japan , dissatisfaction W.
The educational policy OF the STATE pi
but gave u NJ his opinion
thai the Fundamental cause for any
,,onble that might come lies in the ran
al Adherence In the character OF the
two nations. Baron kankeko, dis,
,innjsbed member of the Japanese
house Of peers and special a,npa ''',,
dor recently delegated 70 study ppi,
tieal and economic conditions IN lnls
rnnntry. gave nj Toxic Sunday an IN
teryi.w m which he said that the san
p,aneIseo affair has served the purpose
~ demonstrating how deep'rooied y
tho Affection between this country an"
.Janan. He spoke Of President hoos''
yei, 4 sneeinl message on the Japanese
question MS the greatest ut,erahee s'"ss
Washington 5 farewell address, saying
that II confirmed the opinion hiteau,
existing In Japan that the san = ran
cisco school question was entirely lovhi
nnd unindorsed by the American publle,
ssJnpnn does not forget what she owed
IA America in her modern progress
said Baron Kankeko, "but nnilihching
~ trusts in support Of her rights TO tue
Justice which guides American sehu
ments.
The Panama Construction Company,
incorporated to finance the Panama
contract hid for by William j. Oliver, Oh
Knoxville, Tenn, filed articles OF III
corporation in Albany, n, \. Mohuaa
with the secretary Of state. The ehpltal
anthorized is s5,600,O00. The company
will begin business with sl'ooV;oV ~
The company's principal office WIN pc
in New York city. The directors nam
ed are: John T.. Mcdonald, John Pierce
Robert A. c. Smith, William II. Sayrec'
George +, Hartman, all of New YORK
city. William J. Oliver, Charles IL
Aekart. Robert A. Chester, fatrick o.
Brennan, Of Washington, George Ileree
of Frankfort, Me-; Patrick T. Malsn
of Davenport. Iowa, and Robert hussei'
of Lynchburg, Va. Each OF the ~
rectors subscribe for $4,000 of the eapi'
tal stock. The certificate says that Tue
comnany will "do and perform every
act and thing necessary or proper "
no done bv "A contractor employed pN
the United States Government 10 con
struct the proposed canal across th'
Istbmus of Panama which n corpora
ton organized under the business cor
porations law of the state OF New
York may lawfully do or cause TO %
done" Mr.. Mcdonald who punt th'
subway and who was connected WIN
large traction interests in Albany an'
who. in the recent reorganization OF I'M
marlborough Manhattan company, wa
elected vice president in charge OF TN
subway construction, will, If the cor
noration to be formed is awarded tn
canal construction, have general super
vision of the construction work.
Announcement of a gift of 81 ,OO0,OO'
from Mrs. Russell Sage to the Rens
selaer Polytechnic institute of Troy, n
Y. was made last week at tn
annual meeting of the alumni associa
ton of the institution in New Norl
city. Mr.. Sage was trustee OF TIM
school for more than 10 years and III
nephew. the late Russell Sage, md
was graduated from it in 1859. VIM
plans for the use of Mrs. Sage's gif
have not been completed it is under
stood that the fund will be applied t
the establishment of new department
10 be called the Russell Sage School o
| Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Mrs. Sage has also given $l,00O,OO
TO the Emma Willard school of Tro,
where she completed her education, an
$3.50, 900 to the international commute
of the Y. NJ C. A. to be used to cree
building in New York for the exc
cutive officers of the committee.
John F. Dryden, president of tn
| Prudential life insurance company
who has been seeking reelection a
I United States senator at the hands o
the New Jersey legislature, announces
/ Sunday that he had withdrawn iron
the contest, saying that his physician
! had warned him of the danger to hi
/ health if he remained under the strait
! longer. On the following day Mr.. Dry
den issued a statement which he wa
| to have made to the legislature, deny
ing the charges which had been mad
against him by the reform faction o
| the state and asserting that the Pru
Dental was all right. The New Jerse,
| legislature Tuesday chose State Treas
urer Frank C. Briggs as senator 70
six years beginning March 4. Mr.
Briggs is not wholly acceptable to TIL
element DESTROYS of a thorough reform
! in the politics of the state, but he il
generally considered an imprOVemen
over his predecessor.
The house of representatives. Monda,
passed the McCumber general service
pension bill, which will add from So,
100000 to $l5,000,000 to the annual ex
pense of the government. BY vote
of 10 to So the house concurred in thu
senate amendment to the urgent de
ticiency bill, by which amendment ;
loan of $1,000, 900 is made to the James
town Exposition and $4,000 more ap
propriated outright for dredging {
channel to the exposition docks. Their,
was considerable opposition to tn,
amendment on the ground that the gov
eminent would never receive more thar
a fraction of the amount that it loan
ed, but through the vigorous efforts OF
Congressman Maynard of Virginia the
proposition was put through in spite
of repeated efforts to reduce the
amount and increase the security.
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