North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-01-15
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VSmssscatiOn NJ the Northwestern In.
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From tho West Union Gazette
vsnss1cntion nj the Northwestern In.
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DEcoRAn, Iowa, Dec. IA. '67. l
MEssRs. EplroRs OF THE GAzrrrE.-I
see by the Union Of tho 18th inst, a lette,
fronthe Leavenworth Bulletin, signed by
P. Slyman, tending to injurc the fair rep.
utation Of the Northwestern Fire Insuir.
ance Company, Of Decorah, Iowa, with
those not acquainted with the facts and
circumstances Of the case. Now, gentle.
men, allow me to give brief outline ol
the.case, and hope you, and the press gen.
orally, will lie rs ready to copy a defence
of "a worthy home institution as some are
to publish an unjust and vile attack dicta.
ted, in oil probability, by . guilty con.
science.
| p. Sigma was the proprietor Of a small
eating house in Lcayenworth, Kansas, and
last March was a holder of policy in the
Northwestern Fire Insurance Co., for in
Surance on Household furniture and Pro.
cisions,i and a fire did occur, destroying
the building. at least. Il 4s..r
AT the time P. Slyman obtained his in.
surance the leading idea was to insure the
Eating House Furniture, and at the mo-
'nent Of making the application for insur.
q ice he wanted Prorisions added to and in
GUIDED in the same specification, to wit
!" Household furniture and Provisions,
s3.50O,,'' provisions being incidentally in.
c uded as a supposed small item in the in.
france. A fire occurred at O'Clock one
m rning last March, when it would bt
n ,tural to suppose that there was no fire
in or about the premises. The people rush
9 in and saved his Eating Rouse Furni
tarc, SO the loss was not mentionable or
the furniture, being only slightly damaged
| Then z. Slyman goes headlons into hi,
small cellar, not to exceed 1920. to make
the amount Of his insurance good on Pro
rision:. Now bear in mind that this wa
II small eating house, and tho claim So,
$40 10 was almost exclusively on Provi
sons, and it will shock the most credulou
mind.
| Thel Of provisions claimed lost wa
vegetables hy the hundred bushels, porl
| by the barrel, flour by the barrel, l thinl
eight barrels Of -four, lard 1900 lbs, but
tor POO lbs, eggs four hundred dozen I!
fruits by the case. in fact, his shown,
would make a nice stock for u grocery an,
provision house.
| When you remember that this was ut
80 ,son OF tbs year when the egg stock j
e .haustcd everywhere, and this eating sa
loon to turn up with 400 dozen, you cal
but sustain the Company in contesting thi
apparent unjust claim, each and ever
ein in his proofs being as glaringly in
G nsistentas as the last mentioned.
L Ia hat tho IStno Ind
e's paid their losses promptly Th
insurance of these Companies was on tn
building and a stock o, liquors which wa
lns., Co. at all, so it was no criterion 70
the N. w. Ins. Co. to 20 Ivy in the least.
| He says Mr.. Abbey called on him an
adjusted his loss, assuring him it woul
be paid sooner than the losses of the othe
companies This is utterly false.
acted as clerk in taking his proofs, whicl
proof laid before the Board Of Director
f,r their decision, which was adverse t
the claim as being too grareiy inconsiste''
with the nature Of the risk The secon,
time called on Mr.. Slyman ! simply toll
him that his claim was rejected, and tina
he would have to prove it up under rig
id cross s-examination in court. The prop
ositions to settle came from the claimant
I told Mr.. S. that as the Company had re
jectcd his claim it followed that they ha'
not provided me with means to settle tn
claim. I told him there were only "bill
receivable" at the +" Branch Office Sal,
he. ~ will take bills receivable,
which he afterwards declined. The onl,
official act that ever did in the case wa
to notify him that his claim was rejected
Now, sirs. am acquainted with the net
of said N. w. ms. Co., and they have onl
offered to contest three claims in the Sc,
Ting Of claims in the aggregate Of $50,
10000! And now, sirs, if it has come t
that, that Western Insurance Compan,
cannot stand upon their rights withou
raising the cry Of swindle,' and simpl
because they are Western Company, ar
obliged to pay all Claims blind folded, thel
we cannot have any Insurance Compan,
West.
The Northwestern has too noble rec
ord to be put down by any one or tw
sore-heads.
Now, gentlemen, please have the kind
ness to publish this reply, and / think tn
minds of the people will be setright.'
| Very Respectfully.
/ A. j. B. ABDEY.
In addition to the above we may ad,
that this matter was in the courts, aud wa
to be tried about the middle of December
The Company were ready for trial, but MI
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