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FREE TRADE
VICTORY
Seen BY Senator Carmack In
President Roosevelts Pol
icy For Purchasing Ca
nal Supplies.

WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator
Csrmack, who returned to Wash ington
yesterday from Tennessee. shows in
terest in the policy of purchasing sup
plies for the isthmian canal enterprise.
"The President and Secretary Taft"
said the Senator, "are right in the re-
fusing to be held up in the purchase of
the canal supplies and material. The
President is now armed with an object
lesson with which to enforce a demand
for lower tariff duties in his next an
nual message i believe he has only been
waiting for such favorable opportuni-
.ty as this to begin q general onslaught
upon our tariff Schedules 81 hat be VIII
explain to the country that these great
protected corporations were trying to
take advantage OF theprohi bitive tariff
rates to gouge the treasury with n1onop-
olistic prices and that he will explain
that, what they are now trying to do to
the Government, that they have been
doing all the time to the people; that he
will show that citizen ought to have
the same freedom in purchasing ma
terial to build house as his Govern
ment enjoys in constructing canal
"The argument will be irresistible. The
man is blind as bat who cannot see
that the triumph of free trede is at hand.
We cannot have protection for the citi-
zen and free trade for the Government
"A American Special.
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WALKING TO LOUISVILLE.
Confederate Veteran Making
Journey From LOUISIANA
On Foot. .-p

GAINESVILLE, Tenn, May 30
Dennis Kane, rs years old, arrived here
last night, having walked from Mem
phis, a distance OF 200 miles. He left
New Orleans, his former home, some
time ago for Louisville, expecting to
walk the entire distance. lie is an
ex- Confederate soldier, being a MEM
heI of the Nineteenth Mississippi Reg
iment which was commanded by Col.
Mart. He said he made about twenty
miles day and was not crowded for
time He Is in good health and. left
this morning or his journey to Louis
vile TO attend the reunion.
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cGse, and traces her descent eight gen
erations direct from Miles Standish. She
married Mr.. Sage 10 1869, and has been
devoted wife. Helen Gould is her most
intimate friend, and they are engaged
together 10 religious and charitable work.
Everybody hopes that the old gentleman
may die without will, so that his enor-
nous fortune may come under her con
troll: because she is a wise woman and
will do good with the money.
HUGS HIS MONEY.
Nobody knows whether he has made a
will or not. Two years ago when be was
asked the direct question he re piled that
he had never made will. but was seri-
ously considering the subject. IL be has
made one since, be wrote it himself to
avoid paying d lawyer, and has taken
none of his friends into his confidence.
Those who know him best do not believe
there is will They argue that be could
never bring himself to consider the me-
cessity of letting go of his money or leav.
ing it behind. and If be dies intestate it
will all go to Mrs. Sage. 1t may be ex-
pected, however, that claimants will APP
pear, and that the lawyers will try to get
come of it,
Several years ago bogus nephew Rp-
peared in Illinois and filed the newspa-
pers with stories of his alleged uncle's
meanness. The tale was published in
every paper in the country how Mr.Sage
has loaned $500 to his namesake, the only
son of his brother, and insisted upon
having a mortgage upon littlo home as
security. When the note came due his
'nephew" was unable to pay it and the
uncle foreclosed the mortgage. Mr.Sage
denied the story again and again. but it
kept reappearing in the newspapers. l
asked him about it once. and he told me
that he had never heard of such a fellow:
that he had never loaned money to his
relatives; that be had never had nep-
hew; that he had only had one brother,
who died unmarried. A newspaper re-
porter with a sense of fairness and
love of truth. visited the county court
house and made search, but he was
unable TO ind the record OF any fore
closure or any mortgage.
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as that If not older A few years ago he
sent for man who had done him a ia :
vor, and 10 confidential way said that
he was going to reward him with a tip
that he could work for profit. Then.
o the man's establishment. Mr.. Sage
gave him the address of store on Sew
enth avenue wnere be could get shoes
! for 50 pair
10 save time the Western Union Tel
egraph Company serves free lunch to
its operators. and Mr. Sage appeared
every day at certain hour. A seat was
kept for him at certain table up to
the last day he came down town. He
never paid fare on the elevated rail-
road because he was director, the.
ticket takers had instructions to let
him go by without paying. He invarl-
ably helped himself to newspapers from
the stand at Fiftieth street in the morn
ing when on his way down town, and
did the same at Rector street when he
went home in the afternoon. He has
stolen his newspapers for a generation
in the same way, of the same men, and
they never dared cay a word about it.
He has always compelled the bootblacks
on the elevated sta tons to shine his
shoes for nothing. At fret, years ago.
they used to demonstrate. He would
climb into one of the chars and wait
until they served him. If they de-
manded pay he would threaten to have
them put off the platform.
Baked AT 81.
The omnibus drivers and cabmen on
Fifth avenue point ont crack across
the top pane Of glass 10 one of his par
Tor windows, which, they say, has been
there for twenty-one years. The story
goes that Mrs. Sage negotiated with
glaZier 10 5epiace it with whole pane
for Sl2. Mr.. sage would not pay more
than $40. Inc glazier would not yield,
AMI tAt deadlock has continued for al
most quarter o. century.
He has quiet little country place
down on Long Island. With good deal
of lawn; but he does not keep the turf
shaved down like his neighbors He let's
the grass grow until it is high enough
to make good hay, and then sells 1t for
SD to livery stable keeper in the vicin-
ity.
People who have been associated with
him can tell yarns like this by the hour
Mr.. Sage and his wife are members of
the Fifth avenue Presbyterian Church
As long as he was able to 90 out they
atten led service regularly. and he al
ways put IS bill in the plate He |
subscribes S. to $40 year to various
benevolent purposes, and on one acca
sion he have $50 to mission That (
burst of generosity created great sen
sation. Some of his friends did not
believe the story One of them was so
rash as to bet $500 that it was not true
Mr.. Sage declined to discuss the subject
and the dispute was referred to the pas
tor of the church, who assured the iu-
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quirers solemnly that Mr.. Sage bad act
ually given him $50 for certain charity.
Whereupon the i1credulous one wan ted
TO bet that the bill was counterfeit.
The only large sum of money Mr.Sage
ever gave away was the sum of 1920 600
which was expended 10 the erection of
Sage Hall, a memorial to his first wife in
connection with the Emma Willard
Seminary at Troy, NY. The first Mrs.
Sage was one of the earliest graduates of
that famous school. Mr.. Sage is also
Native or Troy. He began his career
there as clerk in a store, and in 1889 he
vas proprietor of a Wholesale grocery
and was running couple of freight
boats on the Hudson, between Troy and
New YORK. Sixty three years ago last
fall he was elected County Treasurer,
and was an alderman at the same time.
Forty-two wears ago he was a member of
Congress from the Troy district and
served for eight years. He was a mem
Der of the Committee on WAYS and
Means. At the close of his Congress-
ional term he settled 10 New York City
and has lived there ever since.
He was one of the promoters of the
first telegraph company and of Cyrus
Field cable across the Atlantic. He
was member of the syndicate which
built the first railroad in the State of
New York, between Schenectady and
Troy. he was associated with the con.
struction and Development of several of
the transcontiuental roads ana the big
trunk lines of the Nc rthw4st. and often
boosted that he had built Individually
and with his own money, at least 5000
miles of railway, which, he claims. is
more than any other man has ever built
without financial assistance.
HIS FORTUNE.
MIR. Sage is supposed to be worth 500
600, coo IN stocks and bonds, whIch are
slowed away in the vaults of 9 different
safe deposit companies. He has accounts
with many banks, and always insists upon
being paid interests upon his deposits.
1t is estimated that he has $4,000, 900
loaned out on securities. His business
goes right along, Notwithstanding his i'll (!
ness, being in charge of Mr. Osborne, his
secretary, and Mr.Slocum, his brother |
ln-law. They are the only peopl, who
know anything about his affairs; they
are the only people he trusts at all, and
has always been very suspicious of them.
But he had to trust somebody.
For years as he has grew old, people
have been wondering what will become
of his money. He has never had any
children and has no relatives except Mrs. |
Sage and brother. She is a good woman |
highly esteemed and beloved by every
One-who knows her-and her life has
been martyrdoom. Her husband has !
been as stIngy to her as be has been to
everybody else, and she has been com
PEELED to save and scrape and economic
like the wife of mechanic
Mrs. Sage was Miss Slocum. OF SYRIA
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and i've minutes after he VAS placed in
his chair, he would fall asleep from
weakness, and would not awake until
the meeting was over Mr.. Gould told
him it was not necessary for him to
come downtown for the meetings, and
promised to send him typeV ritten copy
/ of the minutes and the attendance fees
if he wruId remain at home, which he
reluctantly consented to de-. The next
dav when the board adjourned bis
brother-'n law. Mr.. Slocum was wait
ing in the hall to get the minutes and
the money. file was told that they
would be sent to Mr.. Sage by mail. In
the afternoon he returned saying that
Mr.. Sage preferred that he should bring
the money himself, and he would not
leave until be was given $40 gold
piece Any time a meeting Ct any of
the boards OF which Mr.. Sage is mem
Der has been held since. Mr.. Siocum has
appear ed and remained until he has
gotten the money Mr.. Sage is not in
such bury about the minutes. He is
willing to have them sent by mail, but
he is Lot capable of reading them, or
understanding them if they are read tn
him He has lost his grasp upon every
thing except money, and it is only with
the greatest difficulty that he can be in
duced to sign papers which require his
signature. He has always been suspic-
ious of the motives of everyone he has
had business with-even of his own en-
ployes. Mr.. Slocum and Mr.. Osborne,
who has been his private secretary for
more than forty years; his physician,
DR. Mumm and even of HE wife. 1t
sometimes takes the combined efforts Of
these people to persuade him to sign
document
For nearly year he has had an at
tendant TO go around with him. His
family and friends were urging him for
several months before he could he per-
ssaded to employ one, and even then he
did not consent &c do so until it was ar
ranged to place the man on the pay roll
of one of the corporations of which he
he is director; SO that he would not be
required to pay him wages.
PERSONAL PARSIMONY.
While many of the stories that are
told of Mr.. Sage's miserly habits snd
eccehtricities are fictitious, none of
tn m are exaggeratio tons. 1t would be al
most impossible for anyone to imagine
man mere economical ana stingy than
he. Although his income is reckoned
at S. 900 a day, at least, and some people
think it is twice that amount, he has
lived at the rate of $1,000 year or less,
and his personal expenses have not
been over 500 year. That is very
liberal estimate. He has two suits of
clothes, one for weekdays and the other !
for Sunday. and he has worn them as
long as anybody Cal remember. He has
not bought new overcoat for fifteen or
twenty years and his nat is quite as old
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-05-26
NEW Works UNIQUE MIL
LIONAIRE DYING OF
OLD AGE.
he is CLOSE TO go YEARS
Though Worth a Hundred
Million, He Grasps for the
Ten-DOIlar Fees for Di-
rectorS' Meetings He
Doesn't Attend.

Russell Sage is lying hopelesly i'll in
his brownstone residence at 632 Fifth
avenue, near the corner of Fiftieth
street, writes William E. Cnstis in the
Chicago Record Herald. There is no
thing the matter with him except old
age, and what the doctors call senile de-
bility. His tough old frame is worn
out; his mind Is weakening, and his
feeble shanks refuse to carry him any
longer But he is nearly 80 years old
Nature is simply asserting itself. HIS
faculties are infirm, but his ruling paa
sion is as strong az it ever was AL
though his memory 10 nearly goLe, be
never forgets the days for the meetings
of the boards of directors of which he is
a member and always send his brother
in-law, Mr.. Slocum, downtown to get
the $40 gold pieces, to which he is not
entitled, but which are paid as fees to
the directors who attend. Mr.. Sage is
not entitled to the fee any more than
any other absent director, bui he de-
mands it just the same, and his sssocia-
ties are willing to pay it rather than
disturb his peace of mind. Mr.. Sage lie
a member of twelve or fifteen corpora
tions. His fees as director amount to
$50 or $50 week, aid although be has
a hundred million or more in sto ks and
bonds pa,ked away in safe deposit
vaults and drawing interest among
twenty or thirty banks, he grasps at
them as though they were necessary TO
keep his Pickering light ahame.
GRASPS AT FEES.
He is director in all the Gould com
panies. and up to two or three months
ago came downtown every dav TO meet
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GRASPS An FEES.

He is director in all the Gould com
panies, and up to two or three months
ago came downtown every dAv TO meet
with the boards. He Was so feeble that
a servant had to almost carry him 10,
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any extraordinary legal writ, or fer
the appointment OF a receiver, or for
an appeal from justice, or for the pay
meut of money under section 9 of
chapter 81 of the Code. This rule will
be waived only in case good cause is
shown against its enforcement.
Rule Kin all pleadings the chris.
tian name of all parties shall be given
aud in no case shall the initial of tie
name be used. unless there be filed
with such pleading, certificate stat
lug the pleader has made an efi ort to
ascertain the FULL name of the parties
and has not been able to do SO.
Rule MA party moving con-
tinuance Of chancery cause, will be
held to the same showing Of good
eau Sc as is requires in other cases. -
Wheeling News OF Jan. q 1905.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-01-20
THE REAL. MILK TOAST.

There is no better way tn make milk
toast than by the time honored recipe
of our grandmothers. Their way was
t. brown and butter 10 toast, setting
it aside to keep hot while they heated
ond stirred smoothly together over
the fire one tablespoonful each of -four
and butter and one quater teaspoonful
OF salt to each cup OF milk. The hot
milk was added and all cooked 10 a
smooth, slightly thickened cream
Then The slices of toast were bathed
in The lIquen just long enough TO
u, Ell them, before TIE whole was
dished and sent into the table, II the
milk is limited, nallowable varia-
non is to add pinch of salt to each
slice of toast pour boiling water quick
~ over, aud then replace it with the
hot. ,hiekened milk on the platter on
Viii IA It IS serv: ID.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-01-20
IN CHANCERY.

The matter of the appointment oil
trustees for the property OF the NJ. f.
church South, in this city, it appear
ing to the court that Joseph E. Barry
]. V. Peterman an d C. NJ. Shsffer
former tru tees OF John street pafson
age property are now deceased. the
court confirms the election OF Tho M
as l. Dunn and Philip H. Sayles as
trustees, leaving one vacancy.
The court also confirmed the cleo
ton of Jacob Sites. james Murphy
and c. D. Lindsay as trustees for
Harmony NJ. P church at Falling
Waters
The trustees OF the M. +. church,
South of Martinsburg on due petition
filed, were authorized to make sale I
the John street parsonage property,
c. E. Martin, commissioner OF
school lands flea his :eport and an
order was entered instructing said
commission to sci, certain tracts re-
ported by him Said tracts reported
are as follows:
A lot on COX addition conveyed by
Ella and Efuma Cox 70 NJ. A. Little
the same having been off the land
book for e5 years is forfeited TO the
state.
A lot on Strine's addition sold by
Fletcher teter and wife to S. T.
Douglas, same cause Sew raj lots OF
laud belonging t, Fusie B Fitz, omit
ted from the land book of goo by the
reassessor.
A number of lots lying in Stewart S
addition conveyed by F.. Bovd Faux
ner to Alex Parks, for same cause
they are forfeited TO the state.
On motion OF ccuus 4 the court con-
firmed the election of r. B. Kilmer
and Charles F.. Hite to succeed w
H Wright andJ T. Slaughter, a:
trustees OF Gratitude LodgeNo. 70 l.
o. O. f OF Hedgesville.
St tie VS. Gill Thompson, plea moi
guilty, and the defendant was recog-
nlzed to appear in this court for tria
on Jan. 10
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-01-20
TEN MILLIONS,

John Miller, who has been pursu-
ing large fortune in England, with
the help OF some local financial lights
hereabouts, for several years. has re-
vived the matter. He states now that
he has compromised, at the recon-
mendation OF his trien at court, Lady
Ponecfote. by accepting ten million
dollars and that the noble lady will
soou arrive in New York with the
amount in ten equal checks. He will
meet her at the pier aud will soon re-
turn to taunt those who have so cruel
ly prophesied against him.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-01-20
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

The State Horticultural Society OF
West Virginia will meet in Charleston
next week. There are quite number
of Berkeley county fruit growers who
are on the program. c. II. Miller will
give a paper on the six most promis-
ing varieties of apples. II. L. Smith
on fruit packing and packages at seen
at the st. Louis expo sition.
HI. w. Miller, of Paw Paw on peach
growing
II. c. Thatcher, d. Gold Miller and
]. T. Catrow, short talks on needs OF
the society.
There will be an exhibition of fruits
at the meeting among others will be
a quantity OF fruit raised in 1908 kept
in cold storage.
One Of the features of especial in
terest to Berkeley county growers will
be the announcements OF the awar DIS
made at the St. Louis Fair. A letter
to Mr.. Clohan from Mr. S. w. Moore,
who had charge of the fruit exhibit
says that several gold medals were
won by Berkeley county fruit grow
ers, but that the names OF the success
iul EXHIBITORS will not be made pub :
lie until the meeting next week.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-01-20
KILLS TRAMPS.

In height wreck on The b. & O.,
pittsburg division, just west OF Cum.
berlaud, three tramps and a substi-
tute fireman, who was making hts
first trip, were killed The train
started to run away on the heavy
Sand Patch grade. made wild sweep
own the mou n,ain for nearly ten
miles, AND Jumped the track on a
sharp curve. The. entire track was
wrecked and the debts was piled up
SO feet in the air. Besides the tramps
who were killed, there were a num-
Der OF other injured, They were
stealing a ride.
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NUMBER 81
REAL. ESTATE SALES.

81. ! Seibeft, executor oil II. s.
Troxwell and others. TO the Cumber.
land Valley & Martinsburg Railroad
Co. lot and improvements on Win
chester avenue, Sr,s75.
Nimrod,W Herrell to Henry L.
l.. Thorp, tract of 6 acres and i'm
provements in Mill Creek district,
81 900
Lewis G. Aikens and wife to r. II.
Snyder and others. .lot on Virginia
avenue, sArden district, $3.50
Jane, NJ. Snyder to John Snyder,
tract containing s &C es located near
Jones Spring, $a6s.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-01-20
THE CIRCUIT COURT.

The regular January term of the
Circuit Court began on Tuesday last
Judge Faulkner delivered an able and
exhaustive charge to the Grand Jury
Composed of the following citizens of
the county of Berkeley:
Geo. A. Whitmore, Foreman, David
Pitzer, E S. Tabler, Charles Hollida,
T. ]. Bishop. Geo. H. Shrodes, G. c.
Ditto. l. w. B. Snialtz, w. H. Hen
shaw, J. D. Stuckey, John Riner, w.
H. Kaufman, P. Z. Deatrick. A.
Staubly, c. L. Stuckey and w. A.
That her
There were al witnesses sworn al
sent be fore The grand jury.
State VS.. Sayles, misdemeanor, a
true bill. (2)
State VS.. Gill Thompson, felony, a
true bill. state VS.. Vass Powell, felony
true bill.
State VS.. J. S. Kidwell, misdemean-
or. exploding dynamite on New Years
eve, not true bill. Though there
were great many witnesses before
the grand jury the business was all
dis posed OF in the one day, the jury
were paid the mileage and per diem
and were dismissed.
Mr. Henry 7 Seibert received of the
co urt filed his report.
Orazio Ferrral, former subject OF
theKiug Of Italy was granted natural
ization paper. making him citizen
OF the United States.
Geo E. Snow ers VS., H. M. Myers
and Gray Silvers par uers d,lns ols-
mess as H. NJ Myers & Co. the mat
ter in controversy having been set
tied the cause was dismissed aud re-
tired from the docket.
State VS. Harry Biondel, felony the
prosecuting attorney with the con-
sent of the court decline to further
prosecute.
State VS.. William Cook on motto II
of the state the defendant is discharged
and was released from his Iecogni-
zance
w. F. Gruver ct al. VS.. David lie
Unger. On motion of he petitioners
the petition was dismissed.
On motion OF A. B. Noll, prosecu
ting attorney, with the consent OF Tie
court, w. w. Downey was appointed
assistant prosecuting att otney and
took the prescribed oath.
State VS.. Arthur McKeever, the state
d-cliningt to further prosecute, with
the consent of the 20 lrt, and the d
f-ndant was discharged and released
on three indictments.
Edward Moore, Harry Green, Jere
Kennedy, Robert Mckinney, Elmer
Stott, not being indicted by the grand
jury were discharged.
GCarey manufacturing Co ys. Lee
NJ, Bender. This matter being settled
was dismissed ON motion made by
counsel for plaintiff.
A, resolution was unanimously
adopted by the members ofthe bar en-
dorsing the act of the legislature fix
ing the number Of term of Circuit
Court at four.
A. S. Wiley, VS.. Brooklyn Brass
c.. 1t was ordered that the same be
dismissed at the end of ten avs un-
less the plaintiff gives bond for costs.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-01-20
ENGAGEMENT

The engagement has been announc-
ed of Miss Mamie Butler, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Douglas Butler, Of
Charles Town, to Mr.. Bernice Bal
lard, of Tampa. FLA, The marriage
will occur at the home of the bride 5
aunt. Mrs. G. II. coyle, at Charles
ton on January as.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-01-20
UNCLAIMED LETTERS.

Following is list of unclaimed let
tiers remaining in the post office Mar
tinsburg W. Va. Jan. 10 l9o5.
Andrew II. Barker, Walter Fuss,
Howard c Federal, Mrs. Ardella
F. Franks, Theodore Grove, Mrs. Jno
S. Harrington, E W. Jones, Geo.
". Jones, w VI. Keller, Miss Hattie
KEGS, Juo Lovett, Miss Estella var
tin, John w. Myers, Miss Carrie Price
J. E. 9i-gler, Mrs. Mong Seibert, Mrs
Annie Vaumetre.
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DIRECTORS.

At the regular stockholders meet
ing OF the Merchants and Farmers
bank held on Tuesday last the follow
ing directors were elected:S. N.Myers
John Kennedy, J, f. Boyd. Fl. I.
Small, T P Licklider.C. L. Stuckey,
J. H. Fulk, P. r. Harrison, n. R.
Roberts