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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-23

Asked if the stocks had been much
afferted he answered;
Il understand not. The properties in
which I am interested cannot be seriously
affected by my death"
Born in New York.
Russell Sage, multi-mi1lionaire and nes-
tor of American hnanciers, was born on
August 4. 1916, in Verona, Oneida eoun-
ty, New York. where his parents. Elisha
and Pendence Sage, members of a little
company of pioneers from Connecticut,
had halted while on their westward march
in quest of homestead. At the age of
12 years RugseI Sage began his career
as an errand boy in the grocery store of
his brother, Henry, in Troy. At the age
of % he established a wholesale grocery
of his own in that place. In 1857 the
young merchant had acquired fortune
estimated at almost half million dol
lars, vast amount for those days. and
determined to retire from active business
life
He had, however, already become inter-
ested in railroads. his first transaction
of this character being a loan to the La
Crosse Railroad company which led TO
further transactions resulting in his ac-
quiring large interests in the roads now
forming the Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul system of which he became vice
president.
Opens office in Wall Street.
This determined Mr. Sage to devote his
future energies to operations in Wall
street and in 1853 he opened his first Of
flee in New York.
About this time he formed an assoela-
tion with Jay Gould which continued for
many years. About 1872 Mr. Sage origin
ated the system of trading in puts"
calls" and 'straddles% in which he con-
tinued to deal thereafter on eollosal
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-23
KILLED BY BOLT
AT SUNDAY GAME
HITS GRANDSTAND IN
WISCONSIN, FIVE ARE KILLED
OUTRIGHT AND SCORE ARE
MORE OR LESS INJURED.

Mantowoc, Wis, July 22.-Just before a
ball game between a local team and a
Plymouth, Wis, nine, a fierce electrical
storm swept over the city this after
noon and bolt of lightning hit the
grandstand where the spectators and play
ers had sought shelter Five persons were
killed outright and score or more in
jured by the shock The dead:
Albert Skhura, 2s years.
Walter Handle. Is years.
Irvine Woellert. 20 years
Anton Karge. IA years.
William Knautzen. IS years.
Most seriously injured Harvey Kone, 10
years, limbs paralyzed; Frank Boehn, II
years, splinter of wood forced into breast: :
Walter Boehn, 12 years. shocked uncon-
scious.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-23
PRIMARIES IN TEXAS.
Congressmen and Governor Will 30
Nominated next Saturday.

Houston, July 22.-At the democratic pri-
mary elections to be held Saturday. July
%. nominees for governor and congress-
man in the Sixteenth congressional dis
trict will be selected. The contest for the
gubernatorial nomination is very close
with T. NJ. Campbell o. L. Colquitt, c.
X. Bell and NJ NJ. Brooks as the can
didates.
In the congressional districts, ten of the
sixteen congressman have no opposition
within the party. The fights are in the
Second. Fourth. Sixth. Seventh. Twelfth
and Sixteenth districts. In five Of those
the incumbents are making a fight for ~
election.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-23
RUSSELL SAGE DEAD AND
NOTABLE CAREER IS ENDED
Nor Fnce Was Probably the Manipulation That the Worlds Mar
Have Ever S6OOOOO0 Single Associated for
Years With Jay GoudWodd Have Been ney Years Old Augusta

scale. While he purchased seat on the
New York stock exchange in 1874 it Is
believed that he never appeared on the
floor of the exchange
Only once, it Is said did Mr.. Sage ex-
perience a tremendous reverse which
would have crushed most men, but from
which he emerged with courage and con-
fidence mistaken This was on the men,
orable day In 1884 when the great fail
ure of Grant and Ward was announced,
resulting in the loss to Mr.. Sage of about
six millions of dohars on long line of
puts"
Vast Amount of Ready Cash..
His operations necessitated the posses
sion of vast amount of ready cash and
Mr.. Sage always kept his resources so
well in hand IN any emergency that
he was able to command almost unlimited
funds.
At the time of his death Mr.. Sage was
an officer and director in twenty-seven
great railway and telegraph corporations
An incident which startled the whole
country occurred In Mr.. Sage's office in
the old Arcade building, No. n Broadway
on December 4, 1891. On that day he was
visited by Henry p. Norcross of Boston,
a man of unbalanced mind who demanded
an immediate gift of 81 200 900. When the
demand was refused Norcross dropped
dynamite bomb upon the floor, the ex-
plosion of which decapitated Norcross,
killed one of the clerks and wrecked the
whole office. Mr. Sage was only slightly
injured by the explosion.
For many years Mr.. Sage occupied dur
ing the winter an old-fashloned brown
stone mansion at 506 Fifth avenue from
which he was reluctantly compelled to
move about four years ago owing to the
invasion of retail stores to No. 6S2 Fifth
avenue. His summers were spent at his
country place at Lawrence, where he died.
Mr.. Sage was married twice, first in
1s4l to Miss Maya Winnie. daughter of
Moses l. Winnie of Troy. His wife died in
New York city in 1867 and two years later
he married Margaret OLIVIA, daughter OF
Joseph slocum of Syracuse, N. Z.
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n JEW YORK, July 22.-Russell Sage
N died suddenly today at his country
home, "cedarcroft," at Lawrence,
L. l. The immediate cause of death was
heart failure. resulting from a eomplca
ton of diseases. incident to old age.
The veteran fnancier would have eele-
brated his ninetieth birthday on August 4.
Mr.. Sage had been in exceptionally good
health since his arrival at his summer
home about six months ago. At noon to-
day he was seized with a sinking spell
and collapsed, falling into unconscious
ness about two hours before his death.
which occurred at 4.sO o'clock.
There were present at the end Mrs.
Sage, her brothe- Col. ]. J. sloeum; the
Rev DR.. Rob Leetch Dr. Thomas
Janeway of \ X, DR.. Carl sehmuek.
a local physical. . Dr. John P Mum,
for many years %,sc IS family physi-
clan who was sum % Y, rom New York
when the first alarm Io?oXo ,aptoms were
manifested. = rL0.
The funeral services " VII Id on
Wednesday at the West p teran
church in West Forty-seeo.. street,
where Mr. Sage had been a member for
many years
The interment will take place in Troy
on Thursday.
Mrs. Sage and her brother. Colonel slo-
cum, are named as the executors of Mr..
Sage's will
1t is generally believed that Mr. Sage's
vast interests will not be seriously af-
fected by his death. Several times within
the last few years rumors have been set
ahoat of Mr. Sage's death. On one such
occasion in June, 1899. Mr.. Sage said:
II suppose somebody wanted to make
little money by affecting stock values. and
they hit on this old trick"
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LUNGS AND BRAIN OF
FLORENCE MAN FROZEN

brain of the unfortunate man were frozen.
II. j. Moore, manager OF the ice f<cs
tory was absent at the time and it has
been impossible to discover who locked
the door to the storage room. 1t is sup
posed that some workman passing along
seeing the door open. locked 1t with
out knowing Mr.. Inman was inside The
sad news was broken to the wife and
daughter of the dead man and his son,
Frank Inman was summoned from south
ern Georgia. The remains were taken this
morning to Madison county, near Hunts
Vile, the former home of the deceased,
for burial.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-23

Florence, July -(special,)-Locked in
the ice storage room at the Florence Ice
factory, j. F. Inman was yesterday found
in a dying condition at o'clock in the
afternoon and soon after being removed,
breathed his last. Mr.. Inman had been
employed to build partition In the ice
room and in some way the door was lock-
ed, fastening him in. When discovered he
was lying against the door gasping for
breath He was carried outside and re-
storatives applied, but lived only few
minutes. An examination by physicians
developed the fact that the lungs and
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Injured Taken to Charlotte.
Freight Wreck In Georaia.

Fort Valley, Ga, July 22.-Two freight
trains met in a head-on collision on the
Central of Georgia railroad two and one
half miles south of here this morning and
three negro trainmen were killed and En-
gineer Yates was seriously injured About
fifteen cars were ruined. The wreck Is
said to have been caused by failure Of
the northbound conductor to read his or
ders right.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-23
GEN. koDAMA DEAD.

Toxic. July 22.-General Baron
Kodama died here this morning.
General Kodama was educated at
Rutgers. and has been called "the
genius of the Japanese army" He
was Field Marshal Oyama's chief
of staff during the Russo-Japanese
war. and later was appointed gov
ernor of Formaso. After the retire
ment of Field Marshal Oyama Cen
eral Kodama was made chief OF the
general staff of the Japanese army
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-23
BABY Sabed by Floating,
To Land in Tiny GO-CaYt

Portsmouth, R. l., July 22.-By the cap
sizing of sailing skiff today Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Anthony and their daughter,
aged 4 years, were drowned. while their
baby, aged l year, who was the only
other occupant of the boat was saved.
The baby was strapped in small GO
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-23
Posses Searching for Negro.

Shreveport, July 22.-Posses are in the
woods searching for Joe Wesley. negro,
who today shot and killed ]. w. Bolin. a
merchant, who had gone to the negros
house 10 collect bill for groceries. Wes-
ley shot Bolin through the heart with a
Winchester rife, causing instant death.
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cart and before the accident happened an
oar had been placed, probably by accident,
so it was wedged between the axel and
the body of the cart. When the boat cap
sized the baby floated securely in its go-
cart, sustained by the oar, and drifted to
the Prudence light house, where the keep
er and his wife rescued it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-23
NEW VARIETY OF COTTON.

Baton Rouge. La, July GAN
nouncement that variety Of cotton
known as Triumph" cotton. which
is apparently not attacked by the
boil weevil, was made today by En-
tomologist Newell OF the State
Crop commission. This plant is an
nounced to be free from some of
the other cotton pests. 1t yields
over half bale to the acre. and is
not sensitive 10 weather conditions.
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Farmer Killed BY Tenant.

Waco. Tex. July 22.-Albert Powers, a
well-known farmer. whose home Is In this
city. was shot and instantly killed in the
garden in the rear Of the st. Charles
hotel today by J. Marshal. a tenant on
Powers farm. Frankin's domestic
troubles, 1t is stated. led up to the kill
ing
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-23
FIRST ORDERS COME
FROM GEN. BUBB
MANEUvERs WILL BEGIN At CAMP
CHIcKAMAUGA IN A FEW DAYS.
HARD MARCHES WILL BE CUT
OUT.

Chattanooga, july 22-Brigadier General
Bubb today issued his orders preliminary
to the beginning of active operations at
Camp Chickamauga for the maneuvers
which begin in a few days. In these orders
the general is covering all details that
can be arranged in advance. Among his
late orders is one mapping out the rou-
tine of the work for each day.
Brigadier General Duvall commander OF
the department of the gulf, was in con-
sultation with General Bubb regarding
the methods to be pursued in camp in
struction. 1t is the desire to make the en-
campment practical in all respects, and
to cut all the long hard marches that
have characterized maneuvers hereto
fore.
Problems will be worked out and va
rious features of the battle of Chicka-
mauga will be studied day by day.
The Twelfth cavalry will be at Fort
Oglethorpe by noon tomorrow.
Artillery from Fort Meyer is expected
to reach the camp near Lyttle tomorrow
night.
Two battalions, the Third and Fourth,
are coming, and their combined strength
is about 200 officers and men, twelve guns
and full complement of horses.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-23
HEAD-ON COLLISION
ON THE SEABOARD
COSTS MANY LIVES
LEPER LOOSE Is
CAUSING ALARM
BALTIMORE POLICE WILL CON-
PEI THE RAILROAD TO REMOVE
MAN FROM THE cITY-MAKlNe
FOR NEW YORK.

Philadelphia, July 22-George Rossett
the leper who is trying to reach New
York in Baltimore and Ohio freight car
arrived in this city tonight. and the Phil
adelphia authorities ordered the railroad
company to return him to Elkins. w.
Va, from which place he came.
The man is travelling south in a box
car which is attached to New York
freight train.
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Baltimore. July 22.-Accordlng to the
officials of the Baltimore and Ohio. George
Rossett. the Syrian leper, has to all in
tents and purposes been given free pass
good on any of the company's freight
trains. The railroad company regarding
him as a trespasser. have given employees
instructions not to touch him, but denies
all responsibilities for him. II he leaves
the premises of the Baltimore and Ohio
here police will turn him over to the
health department, who win compel the
railroad to remove him from Baltimore.
knowledge of Rossetts condition caused
much uneasiness in the various western
Maryland and West Virginia towns
through which he passed In his endeavor
to reach the leper colony at North Brother
Island, New York, where he says he has
q brother.
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government will give way, and that when
put to the test the army will be divided
against itself.
A council of workmen's deputies already
has been elected at Moscow, and with
similar council here in conjunction with
the Group of Toll of parliament, rising
of the people will be engineered. The
leaders at a recent meeting in Moscow
issued instructions to branch organiza-
tions throughout the empire warning
them against premature divided action.
and specifically instructing them when
the signal is given to extend the strike
gradually and carefully, avoiding col
lisions at the beginning.
NJ Chernoff who escaped Friday from
the offices of the Misla when a raid was
made upon a sitting of the central COM
mittee OF the social revolutionary party.
which was being held there, is regarded
as one of their most skillful leaders.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-23
VIII Be Unequal to Task.

While NJ. Stolypin, who succeeds M.
Goremykin as premier, undoubtedly is
much stronger man than his predecessor,
he probably will be unequal to the task
of plotting the country through the revo-
lutonary upheavel which is just ahead,
and the general belief is that dictator
ship must come soon.
The action of the Emperor as indicated
In an interview with the Associated Press
by Comptroller of the Empire Won
Schwanebach. will prove that the dis
solution of parliament does not mean an
annulIment of the people of popular rep
resentation granted last fall, and is Ger
tain to have little effect upon the people.
It is the intention Of the government to
follow up this dissolution with the pro-
mitigation under authority Of the funda-
mental law of the governments agrarian
programme In the hope that It Will see
what appeases the peasants and give the
government majority in the next parlia-
ment.
The vaccilation which exists at Peterhof
even to the last moment is evident from
the fact that two drafts of the ukase de-
claring ST. Petersburg In a state of ex-
traordinary security were ready. The
stronger one which proclaimed full martial
law was discarded at the eleventh hour.
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Notified No Foreign Powers.

Perhaps the most remarkable feature
of the events connected with the dissolu-
ton Of parliament Is that the government
carefully avoided notifying the represen-
tatives Of the foreign powers OF what was
coming No official warning was received
even by the representative of Russia $
ally. France The only intimation that
something was about to happen was the
appearance of guards at the embassies.
LEGATIONS and consulates shortly after
midnight, but this morning. Immediately
after the guards had been stationed. notes
were sent explaining the measures taken
TO protect the foreign representatives.
Up to this evening no other communica-
ton has been transmitted to them.
The representatives of the powers were
busy today dispatching long telegrams to
their governments advising them Of the
sudden and serious turn of events. There
were several conferences OF diplomats
this afternoon concerning the advfsability
(Contjrucd on Fourth Paqe)
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Paralysis WIIl Be Complete.

But the plans at this time have been
perfected with much more delib.rstion
and involve not only the paralysis of
cities. telegraphs. railroads and all means
of communication throughout the empire
but complete strike of peasants In the
country as well They confidently believe
the loyalty OF the troops has been so
shaken that the military supports Of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-23

\ I EW YORK. July 22.-Russell Sage
N died suddenly today at his country
home. "cedarcroft,' at Lawrence,
New-York tribune., 1906-10-18
W. C. BELCHER WEDs MISS E. v. MOORE
Former Intercollegiate Champion Gymnast
Married at Montclair.

Montclar. n. J., Oct. II (SpeciaD.-Miss Ella vir-
giuia Moore daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Benjamin
Moore. married here to-day to Ward Crawford
Belcher, at the home of the brides parents No
354 Upper Mountain avenue, by the Rev. Frank J.
Belcher. of this place the father of the BRIDE
groom. Miss Louise Cfallager the maid of
honor and the bridesmaids Miss Edna See, of
Glen Ridge. and Miss Edna Lantry and Miss Ger
trude Morton. of Brooklyn. DIR. Benjamin H
Belcher of Yonkers, brother of the bridegroom
was best man. and the ushers were Jesse ]. Adams
OF Coshocton Ohio; Walter NJ. Sck. of New
York Luther Tuthill. of Goshen. n. Y, and Robert
w Martin, of Brooklyn. All former class
mates of the bridegroom at New York University
and are members of the same fraternity.
Mr. Belcher was a member of the class Of 'o4 at
New York University He q member of the GYM
nastic team for four years and its captain for two
years. For several years he was officer OF the
intercollegiate Gymnastic Association. and was
large point winner in intercollegiate contests, hav
ing won the championship on the parallel and hori-
zoutal bars on several occasions. He was mem
ber of the college glee club and an officer in sew
eral student organizations. He is member OF
the Zeta Psi fraternity.
The bride is a graduate Of Packer Institute,
Brooklyn. Mr.. and Mrs. Belcher will live here
upon their return from their wedding trip.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-18
ooNRIED's OLD CHORUS HOPEFUL.
Can Impresario "Give Art" Without Them
Union Singers Ask.

The hall at No. Union Square resounded yester-
day afternoon with the choruses of 'Rigoetto" and
the drinking songs common to italian opera Gath
cred in an atmosphere of determination and to-
bacco smoke were nearly all the members Of Mr.
Conried's chorus Of last members of the
union now and resolved to get back their Jobs If
they can. If they can't, well, the Herr Direc-
tor give art" without them? He give OPERA but
will It be art? Corpo di Bacco! New York will see
While they cooled off after periods Of debate they
sang to prove to themselves that Mr. Conried could
not give art without them.
They admitted that Mr.. Conred had made them
no offers to come back to him yet, but, they de-
cared they witnesses that last season he prom
ised them he woud-executed a verbal contract
What would they do II he didn't take them back?
Why discuss 81? But this much might be whispered
Who else is trained to give sacred Sunday night
concerts? A little competition might be the life
Of the concert trade eh? They had plenty OF offers
of all sorts never fear. H.. =. -.
The chorus is gathered here now, too, 10 get q
bar NJ The 40 GOO Nine Sembrich raised last spring
For the musicians and chorus people who sunerend d
ioss st San Francisco They VIII not go away Iii
thew have some OF that anyhow
New-York tribune., 1906-10-18
WHAT rs GOING ON TODAY.

County Fair Madison Square Garden.
Pure Food Show. st. Nicholas Rink.
Dedication OF Plant Wing Hospital after
Rapid Transit Commission. s,so .. m
Rapid Transit Commission hearing bridge loop.
Republican mass meeting. Majestic Hail. East 1,sth
Republican meeting. No. asa Yves, IIsth street.
f BY ss Music
lay in
Imperial LSceaTa. 5Sth street ana Third sSenus. a
Republican County Committee meeting. $3.50 D. m
Academy of Medicine nesting NO II West asa street.
History
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New-York tribune., 1906-10-18
HICKS WILL PROBATED.
Institute Projected to Educate Boys in Farm
ing Gets 0ne-ifth of Estate.

Mer'den' Conn. Dot. 1.-THE will of Ratcliffe
HICKS or New York, who died Interlaken,
switzerland. on September 10. and who was buried
last week at Tolland. Conn. his birthplace was
probated at Tolland this afternoon
The estate amounts to more than 81 10000, and
the greater part of it is in stocks and bonds. A
bequest Of 5000 is made to the hospital In this
city. where Mr.. Hicks practsed law for many
years; 5000 to the Toland Congregational Church.
$4,000 to the Tolland Library and $4,000 to Brown
University For the care of his grave and those
OF his parents, Mr.. Hicks left 5000 in trust.
Miss Minnie Hicks, sister. gets the income from
100000 The remainder OF the estate is divided
into two parts. one-ffth TO be held IN trust for
twenty-one years for the proposed Hicks Institute
at Tolland, which is intended TO educate Tolland
County boys in farming. and the other four-ffthS
in trust for his daughter, Elizabeth Should she
die before marriage or, having married, should die
intestate, her share will revert to the institute,
The Hicks Institute incorporated some years
ago, when Mr.. Hicks member Of the Legis-
lature from Tolland The only realty In Mr., Hekss
name Is his burial place, little pine grove knoll
overlooking North Cemetery at Tolland and a
Meriden and Bridgeport is In the name of the
Hicks Realty Company. of which he was the chief
stakeholder.