Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-10-31
o. u. MurUAL AiD FRzUD.


Some Crooked W ORR OF the Company
-the Officers and Directors Have
n tir"at sinecuFe-Aow the Policy
Holders are Toasted.
A Harrisburg, Pa, special to the Phil
adelphiA Record says: The polioy-holders
In Wilmington, Del, OF the United
Brsthreo Mutual Aid Society OF Lebanon,
Pa, ore not the only ones who are oharg-
| ing ths officers OF that organization with
deception and fraud. Last April when
suit was brought by the state against this
society to compel tue directors to change
! the method of eleotinz directors SO that
they would oe deprived OF monopoly of
that business, and the policy holders
given q say in the matter, prominent
state oficlal received numerous letters of
complaint from people who claim that
have been treated outrOgaously. The
suit is still pending in court but a special
court has been called for Desem6er I'd,
at which nothing tut state oaBss will be
tried, and then the United Brethren So.
ciety will have its turning over.
For many years the directory OF this
institution has been close corporation
The directors annually voted Themselves
big salaries, and the place WA sineours.
1t is said that the widow OF director
who died wanted 10 class his direotorship
among his sssets and sell it to the highest
bidder,
DRAWING cur HIS LIrE BLOOD.
Among the letters received by state
Official is the following from an old
Methodist minister
BLogMsBURG, COLUMBIA CuuyrY, Pa, April
27sh, isog-Str: | sea In The philadeibnia
Record you have the United Bre-nren
Mutual Aid Society OF Pennsylvaaig, at
lebanon, 10 hand.
have held a policy Of 81, ON0 IN that con.
Germ for more than is years. and Rave paid
mem 81 SEA | was flfst nut In Clagg /
Division d then, or a few wears changed
to Class 8, DlviAton h, And then again
changed to Division D, all without nv con.
sent, aud doubling M or iuc.eagInt, the
number OF agsesstpeL.s every tine, List
year Gs93) paid SO assessm ants OF q $50
each, and "a annual payment, making
t2i4, which, on a policy OF az, 900, SCENE TO
me o. DC cruel and unjust.
,ncorn '-I rn, ~, IY Ssaos % ase, anu nave 40
fS0n III (I6strai pa coas4rsnno s,n,,attn.
aud ii Il alnost draging fag Iits.bIoSi o1t
Of me to meet their exorhitant cla!ms. I
have tried to compromises With them in
some way tEat might 10 relieved. Bat to
~ W. pt Xxx - my would 40 no'hins,
taTv n Hnrsh o.,.l,,, !, ~ ~ ',,. IN
me how an old man win an i IWSn .v ~
about S275 a year couii pay 1850 on lie
insurance Of s2,OgO, ard after paying his
taxes hal less than slJO to live on and
support MS famliyt HIS answer was: II
1 na,,, Iuswet yont Question: but perhaps
81, csn,,,, y ,sprn ~ ~ ~ NJ oa enu'
fetuce II Ia 3 d6n , MI All Il sxoo, M Si,
OF hsathen honesty. L5ayinp Ohrlsrisn
Justice and kindness altogether out OF the
~ ~ ~ r hnyit M lo9V you AK
time n nae A,'d sc $50 ~ .s,,o,lt
| with about the same antisfacsion Ana vat
they have the temerity TO cay that thew
| knew OF no dissatisfaction till they saw Il
"a mo pnbilc papers day or two, or q few
uaYs peIore.
,,oa ~ ~. ,ti raIss s@s,iuR' now can De-
ratbv iua,ica ar t,,,ht,,inass "a, LII ~
| Frateftlallv yours 4 Boi,.r.,s
pvprsyn -, ,,.,..,,..,.
~ 80. =, ,,..
80 "a VI oolah.on' has peeh
ia e. Ha9 " anu asneSsuien u.s. "a polley
49, y n.s ior years, uhtll
800, ~ . oNei S-,uVV, mhen
~ ~ p"iu-up uoi'Incate ~ Tue
Va 800 ~ e,siy uotA, phu IN
a ~ ma .eaI h ~ .ne glounu ,hat h ~
49, 81. 49, nsa ~ oeen pa'u Wiinin oo
10Y o az, n0'loos wore ssnt 10 MN.
,.sa.o , nis ~ wuo grew urea OF paying
s a. w. aaIer, ielloW-
asIi r. 80, :; aos VIZ. beaver ne mas
p S.;s ~ uu.laB s'sns yeats almost the
or en.'e @, nI n'm Ui Nv polIpy, "hion was
aot e. W I leokoninG inter,
49, a,no e iaa' 'niee years ne paiu
Ofoi shOo year.
TAKING MONEY By FALSE PATIENCE.
Perhgps the worst mulcted man IN the
way OF assessments was o. H. Aldrich,
whose residence is not given. In eight
years he bias paid in almost 81 200 on a
policy Of 50, 600, and in one year 80 as
sesaments were levied on him, amounting