The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-24
BUSINESS
 TO THE LAST Money Market is Not
 Affected. WILL NOT PUSH SAGE LOANS Financier Prepared His Finances For Any Contingency. No One Bat Lawyers Know of the Details of the win of Rich-
 est Man of Wall
 Street.

Russell Sage, who died at his summer home in Lawrence, L. l., yesterday afternoon, will be held in the First Presbyterian Church, Far Rockaway, of which Rev. Dr. Leitch is pastor. at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
 The burial will be in Oakland Gem stery. Troy. MT. Sage was for a long time a member of the West Side Pres byterian Church of this city.
 The following have been selected as pail bearers at the funeral.
 William P Dixon of Cedarhurst, Er. bert A. Brinckerhoff of Far Rockaway, George c. Rand of Lawrence, Newbola l.. Lawrence of Lawrence. Aibro ]. Newton of Far Rockaway, John |. Lawrence of Lawrence. Franklin B. Lord of Lawrence and Dr. ,. Carr Schniuck.
 MT Sage saw nearly the years or Daniel Drew, who was a king of the little stock market of those days when Mir Sage first appeared there to pie up fortune six or seven times as great as Drew ever had The two men were alike in little except bodily length and leanness, some personaa characteristics of old d-fashioned sinl- piicity and the disposition toward lon. gevfty, but Uncle Russell succceaad Uncle Daniel in the peculiar regard that Wall Street seems to cherish for those whom 1t adopts as Uncies Drew lived to be 91
 Mir Sage lacked a fortnight vr so years He died at s;3o o'clock yeater- gay afternoon, having been uncon- hours. Old age was his aiiment ana failure
 Money Market Undisturheal
 Financial disturbances, which might possibly follow the removal from fife or so Important factor in the great anairs Of business have long been dis counted and every contract MT. Sage has made in the Ioaning of money in the last two years has. 1t is said, con tained a clause stipulating that in inc event of his death no payment of mon- ey lent should then be demanded on that account
 For hts death, as in his life, Russell sage haa provided against every hu-s man contingency, which niight injurI- ousiy affect the enterprises in which he was so active for life time -exfra- ordinary in it's length.
 MT. Sage had been failing for n innr timag He was very feeble all spring and Mrs Sage and others tried to eet him to leave the city and 20 to his summer home as soon as winter dis appeared. but he preferred fine citv He was finally taken to Lawrence on July in an automobile by Dr. Edward Janeway and the latters son. Dr. The odore C. Janeway
 For the last three weeks. MT. Sage had several sinking spens. IL was thought that he would die on Friday night. Both Prs. Jaaeway were semi for. Oxygen was administered and MT Sage's life was thus prolonged All Saturday his condition was crIticor with occasional moments of uncon- seriousness. Yesterday morning he brightened up con d1erably He was propped up In his bed on the second floor of the house and gazed out on the ocean.
 Didn't Realize Condition.
 Calling Mrs, Sage to the room short ly afternoon. he pointed out fuil rig ged ship with all sails set that wns disappearing on the horizon The two talked for a short while and MT. Sage was in the best of humor. He aid not realize that he was very sick man, and the doctors had not told him that the end was near.
 About 12:30 he grew faint and sank back in bed. Tn a twlnkling he was unconscious. Dr. J Carl Schmuck. the local physician attending Mir. Sage sent a hurry call to this city for Dr Theodore Janeway. who went to Law renee as fast as his automobile could travel. Ha reached the house some time before MT. Sage expired at ARC o'clock
 At the bedside when Mir. Sage died were Mrs. Sage, her brother. Colonel John J. Slocum Dr. Schmuck. pr. .Jane- way and the Rev. Robert Leitch pr. John P. Mum, who for years has been Mr. SaRe's physician and friend. was visiting at Glencove when death came to the aRed financier,
 Since his arrival at Lawrence MT. Sage had not left his house. For the End of i0 N e.. greater part of the day on the veran- da. He remained entirely on the sec ond floor, He was shifted to different sides of the house with the changes of the sun and wind. Friends came down to visit him occasionally.
 Dr. J. Bryson Delayen, Mrs. Sage's | physician was called to the house last night Dr. Delavan said that Mrs. Sage was merely tired out and that she had gone to bed on his advice.
 pr. Delavan was the spokesman for the household. He said that the death of Mir Sage would have no tendency to cause any uneasiness In the financial world as his affairs had all been cared 1 for in anticipation of his death. Many | of Mir Sages loans had been called in | and such as are outstanding will be l nrovided for with as little disturbance l as possible to the money market. It i was not likely that further loans | would be made at present.
 Death Announced at Church.
 Rev. MT. Leitch announced the death | of MT. Sage at the evening service | oS inc Far Rockaway PresbyterIan | Church last evening. MT. Sage con | tribnted to the erection of the church. | and his wife gave 1t a bell. They att | tended services there every Sunday | morning in the summer.
 Mir SaEes will was drawn by ths | late AImon P. Goodwin, head of the | law firm of Goodwin. Vanderpoel ana | Thompson. When MT. Goodwin died | the firm was changed to Thompson. | Vanderpoel and Freedman. Henry | Thompson, of this firm. has charge of | the will. MT. Thompson has gone to | Spain and MT. VanderpoeI to Marble. | head Mir. Freedman and Mir. Wander. | poel were not communicative yester- | day.
 There are three executors, Mrs. Sage. | Charles W. Osborne. for many years | Mir Sage's cashier and confidential |