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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14

amount asked for WAC only 30 1euis
worth, but Mrs. Sage let the discus
sion go on till finally a self-supporting
woman arose and. said: please don't
let us waste any more time over this
1 will pay for the stamps"
n NE woman who knew Mrs. Sage
" well in the years when she LIVED
at No SOC Fifth avenue declares that
she never had more than $50 week
to run that house and pay all her own
expenses. Some of her earliest expen-
ditures of money after she became
widow are rather pathetic to one who
can read between the lines. One of
them was to remove the remains of
her grandparents on her fathers side
from their almost forgotten burial
place on farm near Troy to the fam
lily burial plot in Troy. Another was
to repair the tombstones of her mater
nal grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Pierson, at Sag Harbor, and frame
them in granite to keep them from
falling and crumbling away One of
her few personal indulgences has been
to buy an automobile, thing that Mr..
Sage never owned. The difference in
giving to the things in which she al
ways was interested is very apparent
The million to the Emma Willard
school has been mentioned. She has
given S125,00O to the Home for Aged
Women at Amsterdam avenue and
One Hundred and Fourth street
TO THE cynic who sneers that great
wealth is burden easily gotten
rid of it may be responded that Mrs,
Sage is getting rid Of hers as fast as
she can reasonably be expected to.
Following is a list of her benefactions
to date:
Autumn of 1906, School building
fund of Sag Harbor .....----..$ $4,000
Autumn of 1906, New York uni
1907 Re Rensselaer,. Polytechnic insti- '''.
1907 o. Emma willard School for -'0''''0'
girls ......................... 1000 O0t
1907, Sage foundation .--...-..-.., 10, 200, COX
society ............ $1,000
1907. Building for internationai '''
Sommittees of Y. M c. A and 90 ~,
1907. school building fund, Sag ''O'V''
Harbor. additional. ---......-.. 50,00t
| 1907, Bed in Syracuse hospital..-.. 5,0W
Brooklyn 200. ON
| New York City hospital ~ 300, oot
| 1907, Home for Aged and INDECENT
of Syracuse ..-......... 1oo,oot
City ...... 100, 90,
room in New York city hail -. 2.o Ot
/ 1908, Princeton university ........ $50, 0ot
| 1908, American Bible society (con-
| amount) o0,oot
trail park .... -. $4,000
EN- emergency ein fund for unemployed 5,oot
1 L. re-f IDr-a- h far-iear oh q
sag Harbor OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .....4-- 25,oot
1908. Constitution island for Z nit
school .................... 5000.
Total SIS 1870, oot
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14

look it over herself She was aston
ished and disguised at some of it. Be
fore Mr.. Sage's body was cold in its
coffin she received letter from a
New York man whom she never had
seen asking her to send him a check
for $1,000 by return mail, and he was
kind enough to inclose a stamped en-
velope for reply. Shs never asked for
advice as to the disposal of this for
tune, yet within the first two months
of her widowhood she received letters
from more than 1000 different men,
instructing her how to give away her
money SO as to do the most good. One
of them, the president of a college,
wrote her that if she would give him
charge of her entire fortune he would
invest it SO that it would support his
college forever. And, far from men
tioning the gratitude of his college in
such an event, he told her that she
ought to be thankful and grateful that
she had an opportunity to do such a
splendid work.
IT HE letters that really affected Mrs
Sage at this time were pathetic
appeals for help from individuals
Many of these were to all appearances
genuine, the appeals of poor and ig-
norant persons, suffering in want and
hardship, and pathetically confident
that the kind-hearted woman who had
more money than she knew what to
do with would give them the little
that would make them happy. Some
of these letters distressed Mrs Sage
greatly; but they came not only from
every state in the union but from for
eign countries. Had she responded to
them she would have dissipated her
entire fortune in small checks to indi-
viduals all over the world. So finally
Mrs. Sage gave up her mail Now
letter which is manifestly from a per-
sonal friend is given her, but nothing
! else reaches her eye.
1t is not only impossible to reach
Mrs. Sage by letter-it has become
one of the impossible things to see
her. Mrs. Sage formerly was one of
the most approachable of women.
/ Not trace of snobbery or purse pride
is to be found in her makeup. A
plain, old-fashioned village woman she
started her career, and that she re-
mains to this day. She never cared
anything about fine clothes or society.
and her. friends were chosen by prefer
ence from among the people who were
doing the work of the world With
professional women she was particu-
larly friendly. That period of her own
life between 1S47, when she was grad
uated, and 1869, when she married
Mr. Sage, was spent in teaching school
| whenever her health would permit,
and she never felt above anyone who
earned his or her living. Anyone who
had ever been introduced. to Mrs. Sage
could see her as easily in her own
home as if she had been the wife of a
clerk instead of a multi-millionaire.
ID UT the papers had barely an
- nounced Mr.. Sage's death when a
rush began upon her house that beg
CARED description. Mrs. Sage had been
advertised to the world not only as a
very rich woman but as very chart.
| table one, who intended to distribute
the fortune which Mr.. Sage spent his
life in heaping up. There are men
| who spend their lives watching for
just such people and whose standing
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14

flow 1 was examined again and again
and treated to no avail, and kept get
ting worse. I have to praise Doan's
Kidney Pills for my final relief and
cure. Since using them 1 have gained
in strength and flesh and have no sign
of kidney trouble
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box
-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14
unhappy Woman!

Miss Bane-Then you don't believe
I'm higher education for women?
Mr.. Grouch-Certainly not 1 think
it's a shame to teach 'em how to read,
even. If they couldn't read the bar
gain advertisements they wouldn't be
SO unhappy over the lot of things they
can't afford to buy.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14
Modern Adxertfsinu.

Circus Manageable bearded lady
threatens to quit unless we give her
more money
Proprietor-Roshl Where can she
get as much as we're paying herr
Circus Manager-She says she's go
ing to write testimonials for a new
safety razor
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14

five years ago with
dull backache, which
got so severe in time
that 1 could not get
around. The kid
ney secretions be
came badly disor
dered, and at times
there was almost a
complete stop of the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14
KEPT GETTING WORSE.
Five Years of Awful Kidney Disease

Nat Anderson, Greenwood, S. c.
saws: ..Kidney trouble began about
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14

EW YORK.-Mrs. Russell
Sage has new velvet car
pets in her home at No.
632 Fifth avenue-soft,
rich and beautiful, with
deep, thick pile into which
the foot sinks
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-11-14

URIOUS stories can be encountered
- among the old acquaintances of
Mrs Sage to show her. limited COM
mand of money in the old days. She
was deeply interested in the Woman'S
hospital, but when one of the board of
managers asked her for a contribution
one day Mrs. Sage confessed that she
could not give money. Il can give
you clothing and hospital supplies"
said she, for Mr.. Sage will pay bills
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
SCOOPS" THAT WIN.

The editors assistant was measur-
ing up the columns of the daily paper.
This routine stuff brings only $500 a
column" he explained to me, as
seemed interested in his work. But
here's a quarter of a column that the
reporter got. $1,000 for. That was a
scoop-we had it twenty-four hours
ahead of every other paper"
"You pay special prices for the
scoops, them"
"You bet we do" he answered with
an energy that suggested editorial ap-
probation of live story.
This custom of newspaper offices fur
nishes a pretty good scale of values
for every other business and profess
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03

sion. 1t is the one who does the thing
first, who is ahead with the new idea,
the improved machinery, the modern
method, who wins in each line. OF
course, the other papers must print the
news, even if they are late with it, and
the other business and professional
men drag in at the tail end Of the pro-
cession, adopting the later ideas after
some brave pioneer has pushed out
and blazed the way. But the man who
boldly forges ahead first, who scoops"
the others, so to speak, is the live one,
who will command the increased in
come.
True, you can drag along, like the
ordinary newspaper reporter who turns
in routine stuff at his $500 column,
and get on in some way, but why not
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03

wake up, take a quick-step pace, and
come in for the rewards of the man
ahead of his times?
Many men are in such groove that
they would fail no matter what busi-
ness they were in. When they change
businesses they simply change the di-
rection of the groove Let them get out
of the groove into the wide channels
of modern methods and up-to-date
thought, and they will be able to make
a success of their business, where ever
they may be located, or however dis /.
couraging may be the outlook.
Grapple with the problems of your
days; don't flee terror stricken before ,
them.
I have known people so bigoted that
they were companionable only so long
as their theories were not combated.
Success merely peeps at you-it
never comes out boldly. II you are
keen-sighted you will recognize your
opportunity in knowledge and appli- ,
cation of advertising-this is the road
to success over which the level-headed
are travelling. It's the one sure road
that's why conservative men employ
1t.
man said "If | knet0 there was
money in it, I'd invest" Who wouldn't?
This is the speech of time server.
money in a proposition because oil the
euidence points that aody, who puts in
his few dollars and gains many.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
1T PAYS TO THINK ABOUT SMALL
THINGS.

Don't allow trifiing things to pass
unnoticed. One naturally thinks that
it is the big things in life that count
but just remember that 1t takes the
little things to make great things and
it might surprise you to know that the
little patents often bring the greatest
returns.
The rubber tips on pencils seems to
us very simple device, nevertheless
it netted its inventor, Hymen l.. Lip
man, 100000. The invention of the
little piece of metal which is placed
upon the heel of shoes produced mil
lions of dollars, as likewise did the lit
tie puzzle pigs in Clover" with which,
no doubt, every one is familiar
It has been said that the man who
invented metal fastening for buttons
must have been a bachelor, because it
did away with sewing, but just the
same it made him a millionaire. The
barbed wire fence which, no doubt has
proved very annoying to every one at
sometime or other, brought its origina-
tor over $1,500,000 in royalty.
A farmer, whose duty it became very
often to console his neighbors on the
loss of so many eggs during the week
by their coming into the market in
broken condition, finally worked up an
idea which enabled the packer to place
them in separate compartments. This
simple device is now commonly used
everywhere, and as a reward for these
few minutes of thought this man lives
as retired farmer in comfortable cir
cumstances.
In history it has been found that
many of our criminals have played an
important part in some of the worlds
greatest inventions. One prisoner in
particular devised the new lock stitch
sewing machine while serving his
fourth term for burglary At the ex-
piration of his term in Jail his idea
was backed by some capitalists and he
was given a salary of $4,000 year to
superintend the construction of the
machines in addition to royalty. At
the same time he sold his English
rights for $4,000 cash and $25,OOO
worth of stock of the English company.
So just remember it pays to hink
about small things.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-17
RIG LOSS IN TWO FIRES.
High Pressure System Fails at One
of T7cO Grand Street BtdSeS.

Two fires in Grand street yesterday resulted IN
about s2l50G0 damage One was at No 20s and
9sO a seven story brick loft and store structure
The blaze was discovered last night while about
turentytv,o dressrna kers and other employees we're
on tho second floor of No 550. There was a rush
! for the street All got safely out except Mrs
Celia whitesner of No. 220 Norfolk street, who
fell going down stairs She picked up uncon-
scious but able 10 go home
On the ground floor was the jewelry and optical
shop of A. Rosenstraus. Clerks carried trays con-
tanning the diamonds and jewelry to the street
before the fire had gained much headway
A big crowd of East Siders watched for nearly
two hours early yesterday morning an exciting
three-alarn fire in the six story lott Dulldlng AT
Nos 213 and 2l5 Grand street, attended by num-
bar ~ daring rescues Failure of the high pressure
service 20 work caused considerable uneasiness for
almost half an hour. during which time 1t seemed
certain that several of the houses must surely go
As It was. the fire extended TO No 81 kHzaoeth
street before it was under controI II hdu uOne
nearly s2C0OO0 damage
The trouble with the high pressure service was
due to the blowing out valve at the dead end OF
the main at the subway loop excavation at Broome
and Centre streets. When the water finally came
II burst seven lengths of hose. In few moments
the fire was being fought from every point or van
tage Chief Croker, who in charge. said that
he was entirely disgusted with the working OF the
new system This the fourth big fire, he SAID
at which the system went back on the fremen-
The fire spread rapidly that several hundred
employees had hard time getting out. More than
q hundred men and women were carried Gown iad-
ders TO the roofs of the adjoining buildings whhe
2 good many of them used the fire escapes
Samuel Kohn, OF No. 25s Graham avenue. Brook
Iyn Jumped tie roof of the nve story DuHuihs
adjoining There he got several long boards. and
putting them together he formed sort of tobog-
stricken persons to slide down to the adjoining
New-York tribune., 1908-12-17
QUEER HARB0R DEED
Transfer of Marsh Land Myst'tes
Real Estate Men.

deed was recorded yesterday conveying title
TO parcel OF meadow and marsh land IN the
Ea a River to Edward NJ. Hewlett, OF Schenec-
tady, n. 7 It given to him by Anna j. WOOD
The property described "as an island OF
meadow and sunken marsh at the mouth OF Little
He'll Gate between Wards and Randalfs Islands
In the East River
The deed aroused considerable interest IN real
estate circles as a large number of brokers &C
uuainted with the character of the property known
as the Sunken Meadow and the shore lines OF
Wards and RandalTs Islands were in doubt as 10
the exact location of this property.
Some real estate men said the property was un-
doubtedly the Sunken Meadow, but a representative
of the Jones estate. the owners OF that property
said that title had not been transferred OIheI
real estate men said that the property mentioned
IN the Hewlett deed then, must be one OF %the %
many rocks at the upper mouth OF Little Hell
Gate.
The Sunken Meadow figures prominently IN snip
ming annals of the port On the afternoon OF June
% 1850 an explosion on the steamboat SeawanhaHa
resulted in the death Of nearly fifty persons Inc
steamer was run on Sunken Meadow
The tax books do not indicate that there are Two
oarcels of land known sunken meadow ana
marsh land at the mouth Of Little He'll Gate Tne
famous Sunken Meadow IS assessed at $4,000 ana is
said 10 be valued at 81 10000 Post Light is on the
meadow.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-17
DECEIVED At THE ALTAR.
Woman S7cears She Thought Mar
r1dge Cerem0ny Vas BetrOthdl.

Mrs Minnie Esther Singer asked Justice
Bowling. in the Supreme Court yesterday. to
annul her marriage to Harry L. Singer by Rabbi
Adolph Speke, at the synagogue in West 1isth
street, between Lenox and Fifth avenues. on
September S, 1907 the ground that she had
been deceived by Singer, who told her that the
ceremony was merely a betrothal. which was to
be followed by regular marriage ceremony, II
her folks were satisfied
Mrs. Singer. who is twenty one years old tes-
titled that she lived with her parents in Fall
River, Mass, and was a visit here in Sep
tember, 1907, staying with some relatives. She
had known Singer for about six years She
said Singers brother and several other friends
were present. After leaving the synagogue the
party went to the home of her relatives and had
supper Singer leaving soon after. She said
she had not seen him since
Esau Singer a brother of the defendant. said
he had protested against the ceremony.
The Rev. DR. Adolph Speke testified that the
ceremony was regularly performed and was
witnessed by two persons. who signed their
names in his book. He said the ceremony did
not resemble a betrothal.
Justice Bowling reserved decision.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-17
CALL SCHOOL FIRE TRAP.
williamsburg Investigators Fear Big
Loss of Life IN Case of Blaze.

At a meeting Of the 2Sth Ward Taxpayers
Association, held yesterday at No. 3S4 Ham
burg avenue, Williamsburg, a committee
reported that the conditions at Public School
1O6. at Hamburg avenue, from Putnam avenue
10 Cornelia street. were such that in case Of
fire there would be tremendous loss of life
On November q Frank l. Brown. David F.
Moore and A. W. Ross made an inspection Of
the school which is four story brick building,
and found that in trying to overcome the
marked difference in the floor levels a series
of wooden stairs had been built They thought
that this greatly multiplied the danger in case
of fire There are twenty-five hundred pupils
attending the school.
The committee visited seven other schools,
and in each case found that the floors were of
steel with the surface finished In Portland
cement This the committee recommended for
Public School 106
New-York tribune., 1908-12-17

Judge Taft Henry w. Taft. president OF the
Ohio Society of New York; Vice-President-elect
James S, Sherman, Mayor McClellan, Lieutenant
General Henry S. Corbin, U. S. A. retired)'
Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich. President
T4adtev of Yale ex-senator John c. Spooner,
Paul Morton J. Pierpont Morgan. Bishop VIII
lam A Leonard Patrick Francis Murphy, Hor-
ace D. Taft George R. Sheldon. Colonel Hugh
I. Scott Chancellor MacCracken OF New York
University and William S. Taylor president OF
the Ohio Society of Philadelphia
Among those present were George w. Per-
kins George F. Baker. E. II. Gary, j.
P. Morgan. jr., Frank A. Vanderlip. Frank
A Munsey, John Clafiin, Hart Lyman, Oar
win P Kingsley, John d. Archbold, John D.
Rockefeller, William Rockefeller. John G. Mil
burn John D. Rockefeller, tr., F. c. Walcott
A. c. Bedford H. A. Hutchins. William Nelson
Cromwell Frank B. Kellogg. Morits Rosenthal
Paul D. Cravath, Victor L. Mason. John K van
Wormer, Commissioner Bingham, Justice
Blanchard Job E. Hedges, Horatic c. King,
Justices Bischof. Bowling, Newburger. Erlan-
ger. Deuel., Seabury. O'Gorman. Dayton, Hen
driCk GiegeriCh, Guy and Mccall, Sir C.
Purdon Clarke, Thomas F. Ryan. George 8
Terry, Lord Revelstoke, James Speyer, b r.
Yoakum, Elmer Dover, William G. McAdoo
Frank Emerson McMillin, Judge Warren w
Foster, H. H. Vreeland, r. Ross Appleton, John
W. Gates. Alfred r. Page. Seymour Eaton
Hindsdill Parsons. H. C. Sherrard, Arthur T.
Vorys. Mornay Williams. Controller Metz. John
H. McCooey. Claiming Pollock, Melville E. In
gals William E. Harmon, Dolphin NJ. Delrnas
Wade H. Ellis, Amzi L. Barber, Julius Cham
bers, Otto II. Kahn, Max Pam, Paul Starett'
Rush Taggart, Delevan Smith, John A Slelcher
I. K. Funk Howard Chandler Christy, Colonei
Robert c. Clowry,. AdoIph s. Ochs. James M
Beck, George w. Wilder. Daniel Gugsenneim
and David Homer Bates
New-York tribune., 1908-12-17
SUGAR RULING CHANGED
Continued from first paEr-

ucts In the face OF these allegations this court
cannot saw as matter Of law that the nam
purpose of the conspiracy was 20 prevent man
ufacture and that its effect upon lnterstats Iau7
was incidental and remote
Disposing Of the defendants contention tnat
the complaint fails to state cause OF action
because it appears that the plaintiff was not en-
gagged in business at the time Of the alleged
conspiracy, Judge NOyes says
A person has legal right 70 engage N =
lawful business. II he is unlawfully excluded
from exercising this right when he IS preparsu
and intends to exercise il he suffers an injury
for which the law awards damages-he IS IN
iured within the meaning Of the federal statllsS'
He may be unable 10 prove substantial CON-
pensatory damages. but in stating the 1nIrlnsV-
ment of his legal right he states a cause OF ac-
tion al least for nominal damages and may 80
state il as to call for exemplary damages
The complaint. Judge Noyes holds cleary
states conspiracy in restraint Of inters1aiS
trade and commerce within the meaning OF ms
federal statute.
Replying TO the defendants contention lh@-
the conspiracy was Illegal the plaintiff was
party to it and cannot maintain an ae'iOH
against the other parties, Judge Moves says :
corporation cannot conspire that its ONE u
rectors shall be unfaithful TO IT, He asselS
that the act o. such directors was the ael -
the corporation only III name. and the dlrec'Ois
so acting were responsible TO the corporsIi'0
for anv damages resulting from it
New-York tribune., 1908-12-17
FERRY CASE IN COURT.
Arguments Heard in Citys Effort
to Force Resum ptiOn of Service.

Decision in the legal action TO bring about the
resumption of service the five abandoned ferry
lines between Manhattan and Brooklyn re-
served by Justice Thomas in the Supreme Court in
BROOKLYN Yesterday after an extended hearing
The Brooklyn Ferry Company. William o. Madden,
who had charge Of the ferries, and the New York
Terminal Company were released by the Court
from the responsibility of operating the lines.
Controller Metz said last night that he hoped TO
be able to induce the Nassau Ferry Company to
operate a line from Roosevelt street, Manhattan.
to its terminals Grand street. Brooklyn. pending
a permanent agreement which the Board of Esti-
mate will try to make with the Nassau company
and the New York Terminal Company The city
owns the Roosevelt street slip.
The Board OF Estimate may authorize the CorpO-
ration Counsel to apply to the courts for the ap-
poIntment of commission TO acquire the ferry
properties by condemnation proceedings.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-17
WANT DELAWARE "pRY" sArrLEsHIP.

EBy Telegraph TO The Tribune
Wilmington. Del. Dec. 16.-The Delaware wonl-
ans Christian Temperance Union adopted a reso-
luton here to-day asking Governor-elect Pennewlu
New-York tribune., 1908-12-17
KILLS LITTLE SISTER.
Fire-Year-Old Had Seen Father
Slaughter Pigs.
TBy Telegraph 70 The Tribune.1

TBE TeIesThIH 70 TIC IIIUuIT7'I
Selins Grove, Penn. Dec. 16.-A little life was
sacrificed to-day. when two-year-old Catharlne
Brouse was killed by her fVe-year-old orother
Harold as the children were playing butcher at
the farm home of their parents.
To amuse themselves the children decided to
have a pig killing in the house. Harold took a
loaded rife he had often seen his father use to
slaughter porkers, and little Catharine played
piggy" Catharine crawled about the room on
her hands and knees, and Harold took aim and
pulled the trigger.