The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-08-24

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naFSsr-ssssy 90 Has ks~s Ntsd.
police Sergeant James MCAdam u
ths Ezst Thirty nth street station Ia
New rOrk has been gTieying over
ths loss u the late Russell Sage. New
YOrk's famous veteran hnancier. The
sergeant believes himself the possessog
% :hs Oaly autograph Recommendations
ever written by Mr.. sag. says the
New fOrk Times. IIe pulled the iet.
tsE. q yellow and faded bit u paprr.
cut u his desk and told this little pre-
linlhary story a'sOut IL:
Before he Joined tie fOEce MeAdam
was fOr several years In Mr. Sage,
employ. IN iSy7. bclng ihcn a sergeant
40 the Elikabeth strcet station. with q
good recOrd h~hind him. MrAdam ask.
81 the pOi.ce commissioners fOr promo
ton 10 q captainsy.
what recommendations have your
the commissioners asked
well : have a lctter from RussrIl
sage" answered tn srrgpant produe
ms has Priz-
~Let us ss~ this marvel" demanded
TheOdOre Roosevelt and Gau.ral Fr,-l-
sriek o. Grant. who wen. mcml,crS OF
tbe hoarI -YOu're tie only aian in
Smerica who ever lot such letter
from Russell sag"
McAdam was todd later that had has
applicatiOR lc-n put la a day earlier
be wOuld have obtained bis captaincy.
For Mr. SAGE. not coutrnt with his gen
eral lstser % Recommendation. which
he had written years lcfurc Tor Ne
Adam. also wrote personally 90 Gen.
eraI Grant Ia hIs Interest.
= eXI-cted fn-i GO stand hy me
better than that" McAdam reports Mr..
SAGE A. having said wh-n told q ths
action % the commission. Ulysses =.
Grant was constant visitor as the
cd sag Offices az ~ Rraadway.
NcAdam's HITTER. written on cheap
ieiterisead sBrh a one sees In small
village grOcery siorrs. l. dated sept.
u. ISL. and - a. follows:
To whon II May Conesrn:
This - % certify that I have kn0un
James MeAdan. tn bearer % this. fOr
several years past and have always con
s,dsfea htm honest. capable aui efEcient
a. IN assistant hroker I think b. could
ana woas8 adapt himself ~ any business
NJ vouid undertaks. I therefore cheer
fsily rCoOmmond him O. any one On ned
% such q ysuag man
RUSSELL SAGE
= renenler.- said McAdam. n room
On TIE fourth foor % the building
which used 30 ~ "a - Rr,,adway. into
which no uan ever went when Ruaseg
sags was there exrept myself, jar
GOuh Cyrus ". Field. J. x. DiIlOn.
Washington T. Conner and Giovanni
MsnosinL never stayed In there long
GO q time.
VI was the rOom IN which the six
uen named had lunclseon served every
Day between I and . O'cloCk. OF whers
my served them themselves. rather
Yer ~ waiter was ever allowed IN that
room uhiis ne picnic was On A cater
20 Each aay stocked tbe roon With ma
ssEias fOT luncheon. Thea the six mea
cane n. eiosed ths doogs and Cor an
oeur waited upoa themselves ne boys
% hunting eEpei,sioaL New ana
iAen Clynses q crant O. sesns cher
very sod friend of ti,s III would bs
Asked - tola them-
How did I sc inf At hat tine Z
vas an assistant br0kes. and ny hrOth-
y and { dd consi1erahls uefk Coz Mr..
sase. i've e fhs anaBriens appar.
,sfly forget ne narket Cor tA,s tine
ssing whsn tlsry went Into tl..lr ban-
Ipst room my EaFsly w1ntra q
Ensu ths ups and doBns IN pFicus oa
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