Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-20

q cer FARMERS AND MECHANICS In
q l In CoMPANY.--As has been
; l.a.sd Judge Nicol, of the Circuit
q ; S'art Yesterday appointed Mr.. Eugene
s VVTsvjor receiver Of the Farmers and
s S.,bspics' Insurance Company OF AL
4 ssondria, Va., and also of the Farmers
~ Mechanics Insurance Company of
I s ,iissrsndria county, this action growing
- If the suit of ]. l.. White & Co. vs..
W. conpauy for loss sustained by fire.
S l1' having charge of the Office in
! -. iI citv when they learned what was
,ioe to be done, took most of the
ss.,ts and valuables away. General
Stss with 81. o. Claughton, his at
s,ney. went to Manassas yesterday to
j land have the receivership dismissed,
! ssr Offering to pay the amount claimed
] stiis were done. They were unsuc-
a.,fIl and it is said they will make
, .,Ssr efforts in this direction. The
,y..sdent of the company is Gen. L. G.
Fsss, of Washington, and its secretary
Isyander Garden, who claims Alex
,,dria as his home. The following are
I !. stockholders given in pamphlet
sblished last year: Gen. Charles F.
anderson, q. S. Senator, Omaha,
4 S.5,: Charles G. Bedlow, superintend-
4 Western Union Telegraph Co.,
Ssrtland, Me-; L. w. Estes, Washing
IN. D. c.; Hon. Lewis Mckenzie, ex-
s.ober Of CONGRESS. Alexandria. Va;
|Gsp. Joseph r. Hawley, U. S. Senator,
aartford, Conn.,; Col. NJ. D. Birge, real
slste, Chicago, ILL.,; Marlin F. Hatch,
i5 Broadway, New York; P. B.
anderson, 1910 Pennsylvania avenue,
Washington, d. c.; Alexander Gar
den, Alexandria, Va, and others.
As has previously been stated, people
from distance have been writing 10
ibis citv for some time for information
regarding the company, while judg-
uents amounting to about SIS, OGO have
been entered against it by Alexandria
courts. The company was not incor-
porated until last Jan'y, although they
mad been sending out circulars and
soliciting business for some time preyi-
ously. One of their circulars asking
for Insurance business is dated May %,
1875. The charges made in the suit of
l. White & Co. against the company
5ara " them with obtaining money
,dsr +, Use pretenses by the clever de !.
~; I If r. nr. .tending to be carrying on the
,.Uronca h usiness. The same parties
"a said 70 he operating the Planters
NJ Monarch ~ wpanies in Alexandria.
he counsel for White & Co. are OF
1iDio Vou tbat the iUa vidence against tho
scused in the nature OF sneir circulars;
liter books, &C., is 8, uncieuC u sehu
10 accused to the penitel tlar IT., ond
The circular sent out b. u Ss YES. a nr
arden of the date of May Z, IDS. y ,;at
osed leaflet purporting to 'e . i :.
losses paid by the company . pug
asst two years, together with tesh. ao'
ials asserting that the claims again.B
le company had been promptly met.
he circular also claimed that the ex-
enses of the companies represented by
lese parties were less than that OF the
d board companies and that they were
lerefore enabled to offer larger COM
issions to correspondents.
The action in appointing s. receiver
n this company will, it is believed,
ave the effect OF breaking up the wild
At concerns which have had their
eadquarters in this city for some years
ast, but which nave not been operated
y AleXandrians.