Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-09

the session. The wags. during his can
vass for congress. were accustomed to
say: Come on, boys. Let us go down
and get cup of sage tea He once
| informed me that he learned to read By
| the light of pine knots. MIR. Sage did
not forget his Troy friends. He came
here to attend the funeral of the late
Father uavermans, and he was also
here at the dedication of the Russell
Sage hall On that occasion Senator
Depew, then in his prime, delivered an
Grafton. Mr.. Sage followed him in an
grafton of less length, but which was
generally regarded as the better of the
two
One Family Richer by VIII.
BY the will of Russell Sage the
Chaplin family of Oneida, y. Y, has
been made considerably richer. each of
the heirs receiving $4,000. an aggregate
of S25O,O00. Samuel Chaplin, Jr., the
eldest, is proprietor of an extensive
jewelr-., store in Oneida, Dwight is a
retired merchant, Frank w. and FIRE.
mont conduct a successful business in
the paint and wall paper line, and
Homer and Taylor are managers of the
jewelry house. The others are Miss
Helen Chaplin, Mrs. Angelina Lyle and
Mrs. Jennie Munroe. With the excep-
ton of Earl, all reside in Oneida. The
family is satisfied with the will and
has never entertained any thought of
q contest and will not approve of con-
test should one be made by any of the
heirs. The nieces in the Chaplin family
have often been entertained by Mrs.
Sage. Last winter Miss Helen Chaplin
and Mrs. Jennie Munroe were for sew
eral months in California as the guests
of Mrs. Sage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Chaplin We're
among the early settlers of Oneida and
reared large family that is honored
and respected in business circles and
society. All are well to do, self reliant
and pronraSSira-
Relatives Numerous.
Al the relatives OF Russell Sage liv-
ing in Joliet, Ill.-and they are numer-
ous-show no disposition to find fault
with Uncle Russell's" will. EliZur w.
Sage, Il brother of Russell, left fam
lily of two sons and six daughters,
most of whom have moved from Joliet.
DIN Augustus Sage, born in 1871, took
charge of his mothers farm when he
was fifteen, and he has managed it
successfully ever since. He received
his education in the public schools,
and in September, 1892, married Miss
Whitmore of the same neighborhood,
and they have six children. Mrs. ".
e. Davis, his sister, lives on her hus-
bands farm, about two and half
IL
sister of DIN and is the mother of
four children. EliZur w. Sage, Jr.,
brother. who is about fifty-two years
of age, left Channahon six years ago
and settled in Rensselaer,, Ind. The
family in Joliet has not kept close
track of him. 1t is thought that he is
now either out west or in some other
part of the Hoosier State Mrs. Alta
Sage Martens is IL daughter of Elizur
Sage, Jr, and lives in Channahon on a
farm with her husband. The SageS
have never presumed on their rela-
tons to the celebrated financier. They
are respected and well liked.
Mrs. Helen S. Holbrook and Mrs.
Fanny Il. Crisler, nieces of Russell
Sage, say they are satisfied with the
provision he has made for them in his
will, although they have no knowledge
of it except what they have read in the
newspapers. They are daughters of
Elisha Sage, and live in Park Ridge,
some twenty miles northwest of Chi
cago. Stanley Holbrook, husband Of
Mrs Holbrook, is a clerk, and Mr..
Crisler is an accountant. Both women
have families and have had hard
struggle to get along in life.