Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-01-07

their policy holders in . company Of
which he shall be the head He is q
splendid actuary, and the way in which
he can juggle Insurance figures lis sim.
ply surprising"
The next time Mr.. Williams called
! told him bluntly that I wanted
nothing TO do with him or his
scheme. He fioated out into the silent
night, but l was obliged to show him
up few days later when I found that
he was using my name as an introduc-
ton in the various newspaper Offices
In looking up mis- record found that ne
had been engaged in this same sort OF
work for seven or eight years.
There is. as a 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 I'M
profitable Observation-Disclosures business
man does not? But in the main they
are wisely and judlciously managed
Not long ago a certain doctor, who
had been more or less familiar with
life insurance matters and who had
made a very shady record as medical
director of 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 &c
''raise thunder with the company. He
entered into a combination with a dis
charged employe of the company and
| another employee on the inside and in
weighed fat-witted newspaper mar
into the scheme. They began their at
| taclss, and a series Of wild assertions
were made rejecting upon the integrity
| of the officers of the company, but the
proofs were not forthcoming, and the
| newspaper man suddenly found him
| self struggling in the tureen, SO te
speak. The case will come up in the
courts before long and the newspaper
man will be the VICTIM, It is hard, but
it IS a warning not to fool with thingf
You don't know anything about.
But individuals are bothered ever
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 to shoot
| him if he does not furnish the tips =
| Not long ago one of these fellows be.
came so persistent that Mr. Gould wa.
obliged to put the matter in the hands
| of detective and have the fellow ar
| rested.
Henry NJ. Fiagler. of the Standard
| Oil Company, is another conspicuous
| target for the letter-writing beggar,
| and have not the slightest doubt that
Mr.. Flagler 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..
F1agler has an amiable fad for mechan.
les and has, at various times, furnished
money to perfect valuable inventions.
Since that time his offices at 20 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