The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-26
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nary precautions are been ken TINT
the body d Rus sell sage shall mol be
iisturbed Is It's las lt
has seen eosntIiit ted a stael+w allied
grave ii oaltsgood ceInetery In l,rtiys
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The cast DC tits prot ction alone
viii he $4,000! and the coffin Itself,
Which Is q heavy metal iaclosed by.
selected niaIlog any ents an ~.
ipenditafe of another 900: The fear
that the body mil int ia some way lie
stolen. a was that of a 4. Stewart,
has influenced the family to resort To
every measure to guarantees taat the
tomb IS NOT despoiled. The contriy.
anee eqainped with electrical alarm
sienalss ana IL Is not at all improha-
bile INIT Isl guard will be assigned To-
keep watch at might. The steel grave
looks AS IL lit were solid ingot. ~
VIII weigh three tons and is Of care.
fully tempered metal. The burglar
proof grave Is q feet IL inches. long.
u inches wide and SO inches in deplh.
rae great vault was shipped this
morning from Albany, and 1t will be
ID position in time for the funeral.
Tbe grave ts beside that of ATr.
first wifi and the epitaph to
be on the monument is:
have done the best that could
~ lie light of the day
FINAL Services.
The fnnera1 services for Mr.. Sage
held in the First Presbyterian
church at Far Rockaway, Long Island.
a number of prominent persons were
among those who came to pay a last
1dbnta to the memory OF the aged fl
nancier
nh service was conducted by Rev.
Ers Andrew Hageman, assistant pas-
tor of the Callegiate Reformed church
a New York, assisted by; Rev. Roll
ert 4eetch, pastor Of the First Pres
bytefian church, Far Rockaway. onc
REV syman ID. calkins, a former pas.
tor of the church. Mrs. Sage and y
parity of9 Mr.. sage's friends from tbip
city attended the funeral
the opening Of the service Tie
hymn Peace; Perfect Peace" was
snns Rev. Mr.. Leetch then read a
passage from the Bible. After a quar-.
tet rad sung "Hark, Hank, My Soul
Or tIageman read from the Bible,
following with an eulogy OF the Ge-I
ased. AT the conclusion of DR.. Hagc
naan,s remarks, Peace T Leave With
You was sung by the quartet. Aft
Rev Mr.. CallSins offered prayer
\ service was concluded by the con
gregation singing 7 Would Not Live
Always.
After the services IN Far Rockaway
the body was placed in special car
and brought to this city, where It was
aiSen to the Sage home in Fifth ave
nue. The coffin was placed in t.ls
frent parlor and was SO arranged that
friends Of the family who called nigh
nave d last look at the face Of the
iead tinancler. Mrs. Sage accomra-
med the body to the city.
me arrangements for the funeral
led for the removal of the coffin
from the Fifth avenue house abont 8
ias nj. 10 the Grand Central Station.
TWO special cars were attached to the
toga special, which left this cisy
o'clock. Brief services were
held at the grave in Troy in the aft.
sefnoon.
I4ancey Nicoll, Of counsel to the
exeeutors of the will Of Mr.. Sage
feached the city in advance Of the
funeral party from Long Island. str.
llicoll said he had no comment to
make son any phase OF the Sage viii.