The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-09

UreaK UP ali &c oi- companies anu ss.e..
assume their liabilities and reinsur
leir policy-holdefs IN a company OF
splendid actuary. and the way in which
he can juggle INSURANCE figures is SIM
ply surprising"
Tke next time Mr.. Williams called
I told him bluntly that ! wanted
nothing TO DO with him or his
scheme. He fioated out into the silent
night, but / was obliged to show him
up few days later when | found that
he was using my name as an introduc-
ton in the various newspaper offices
In looking up his record 1 round that NJ
had been engaged in this same sort of
work for seven or eight years.
There is, as matter of fact, very lit
tie to be exposed" in the management
of the large financial corporations.
They are so closely watched by so many
thousands of eyes that any real crook
edness is practically impossible. OF
course they all. occasionally, make IN
profitable investmcnts-what business
man does not? But in the main they
are wisely and judiciouslT managed.
Not long ago a certain doctor, who
tad been more or less familiar with
life insurance matters and who had
made q very shady record as medical
director of q large corporation, called
upon one Of the big insurance COM
panies and demanded that he should be
made medical director of the company.
His demand was promptly and properly
refused, and he left threatening to
''rnise thunder" with the company. He
entered into a combination with dis
charged employee of the company and
another empioye on the inside and in
weighed q fat-witted newspaper man
into the scheme. They began their st-
lacks, and = series OF wild assertions
were made rejecting upon the integrity
of tho officers Of the company, but the
proofs were not forthcoming, and the
newspaper man suddenly found him
self struggling IN the tureen, SO 70
speak. The case viii come up in the
courts before long and the newspaper
man will be the victim. IL is hard, 6ut
ii is q warning not to fool with thingI
you don't know anything about.
But individuals are bothered even
more than corporations Jay Gould re-
ceives scores Of pleading, begging and
threatening letters every day. Men
write to him asking for tips on the
stock market, and threatening 20 shoot
him if he does not furnish the tips"
Not long ago one of these fellows be-
came SO persistent that Mr.. Gould was
Obliged to put the matter In the hands
of a detective and have the fellow ar
rested.
Henry NJ. F1sgler, Of the Standard
Oil Company. is another conspicuous
target for the letser-writing beggar.
and l have not the slightest doubt that
Mr.. F1agler has given away thousands
of dollars to plausible swindlers who
have managed to touch his generous
heart with their cunningly-worded ap-
peals. Somehow it leaked out that Mr..
Flagler has an ar1iable fad for mechan-
les and has, at various times, furnished
money TO perfect valuable inventions.
Since that time his offices at 90 Broad
way have been overrun with in
ventors who have machines of all sorts
from an automatic car coupling to the
discovery of perpetual motion In
justice to Mr.. Flagler it must be said
that he is one of the most patient and
kindly of men, and even if the man with
the flying machine does not persuade
the standard oil magnate to go into
partnership he seldom has reason to
regret having called. But his collec-
ton of models must. by this time, re-
semble section of the patent Office.
There is hardly a wealthy man in
New York who has not at one time or
another been a victim of the ingenious