Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-09
How Some Relatives Regard ri,
nancier's requests of
$4,000.
THANKFUL, EXPECTED MORE
None of Them Intends to Contest the
WiI-incident of Early Days
Recalled by Friends.

| financially from time to time, paying
| doctors bills or answering with a
check an appeal for rent money. Some
of the nephews have boosted in years
| past that upon the death OF Mr.. Sage
| they would be worth millions.
James III. Sage, 4 member of firm
| of fish dealers, is perhaps the most
prosperous of the nephews il Troy, n.
y. He has probably IL few thousand
dollars in his own name.
"Of course" said he recently. I'm
not fool enough to throw money over
my shoulder when l can get it without
working for it, but don't have. to get
a slice of Russell Sages fortune in
order to live. I've got some money of
my own
BY way of proof he reached down in
his trousers pocket and pulled out
roll of bills which, he said, would
choke a cow
Drives Delivery Wagon.
Charles r. Sage. another nephew.
lives on the third floor of an apartment
house in Troy. He is thickset man,
with gray hair and gray mustache.
When employed he may be found upon
the delivery wagon of manufacturer
and bother of soft drinks. Charles
Sage has four daughters and two sons.
all grown and all but two still at home.
The daughters are hard working girls
and contribute largely to the support
of the family by working upon collars.
lydia. one of the daughters, some
years ago married Charles Burnham,
who is employed by the United Trac-
ton company as conductor To them
deaf and dumb son was born. When
the boy was about twelve years old
an appeal was made to Russell Sage
to educate him. The old gentleman
placed the boy in n deaf and dumb
asylum in New York About six months
ago the lad returned without the
knowledge of either Mr.. Sage or his
parents and engaged n room for the
night at the Harmony hotel. in Cohoes.
The next morning the gas in the room
was found turned on. He had commit
ted suicide. Dependency over his af7
Fiction Is supposed to have been the
cause. The family of Charles Sage
are emphatic in their denial of being
parties to proposed will contest.
why, we never think of such a
thing" Mr. Sage said. after all I'm
Gle Russell has done for us it would
be the height of ingratitude. He
thought so much of us that he even
sent us clothing Mrs. Sage, the dear
old lady, need never worry. We will
not make trouble for her if we can
helo it"
Works i'm Fish Market.
Albert Sage, the third nephew, in
Troy is Familiarity known as "Pidgie"
Sage. He has always been obliged to
work for everything he received in
life and has seen much trouble.
''Pidgie" is employed by his brother,
James III. Sage, in the fish market. He
has two sons. Walter, who is employed
at the plant of the General Electric
company at Schenectady, and George,
who is employed on one of the Ice
wagons Of Copper & Co.
When Albert Sage first learned of
the provisions of the will he was great
~ pleased to think that the great mon
ey maker had remembered even him.
ME contest the will?" he asked.
Not on your sweet life. l have al
ways had to work hard, ever since 1
was a kid, and guess I'll lay off now
and take IL easy for the rest of my
days. No, $4,000 is pretty good lit
tie bunch of dough, and Uncle Russell
was all right You can put it down
for straight that there won't be any
contests If I have to start them"
The niece in Troy of Russell Sage,
Mrs. Sarah NJ. Gardner lives in
pleasant little cottage at 40 Glen ave-
nue.. She is the widow of Charles II.
Gardner, who was q machinist by
trade. She is nearly sixty years old,
has two children and owns the house
in which she lives.
81 don't know what the others will
do she said, "but 1 will enter no OBJ
jections to Uncle Russelrs will. / will
not say that his relatives did not ex-
pect to get more, but would not start
a contest even though he had not left
me anything"
Mrs. Gardner has a son, Russell S.
Gardner, clerk in a drug store. The
latter said that the impression seems
to prevail in New York that all the
members of the Sage family in Troy
are Daupers.
Family Not Dependent.
while this here little family has no
great wealth." he said, 1T might be
well to mention the fact that we are
not dependent upon anybody just yet"
Among the intimate friends of Rus
sell Sage in Troy was f. ]. Parmenter,
a very old and highly respected citizen.
Mr.. Parmenter recalled the days when
they shared each others company
much of the time
In 1852 1 think it was" he said,
Russell received his nomination for
congress. He had had no practice in
oratory, yet it was not long before he
made two of the best speeches upon
finance that were made there during