Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-03-18

The Continental Life Insurance Com
pauy OF Chicago must he II fine or
gnnizatiou
In Justice Adams court the srcrc.
tary and general manager of that
dclcctablr "insurancc" concern stated |
that the company was too poor tu
pay Judgment for $50 rendered |
against it."
On July 80. 1901. i. -. Knapp. sign
ing himself secretary and manager of
the Continental Life Insurance Com. |
pauy. wrote to the man. to whom the
balance of SD was due that II beg to
advise you that we now expect To \"
able to pay same IN full OH or before
Aug. IL"
ON Aug. II. the secretary and man
agrr of this great life Insurance 90
company. wrote: referring ~ my
communication of July 3Olh regarding
your account. beg To say that owing
to- the continued absence from the city
of our Treasurer and other officials.
necessary to the concluding of n"go.
| tiations previously referred 10. ! am
compelled to ask YOU for II few days
more time in the adjustment of your
| account"
September III. the secretary and
manager of the Continental Life III
| surancc Company of Chicago wrot"
| that he thought that great concern was
10 have II little longer time" in which
| to pay the SD. hut hoped To- br able
|
November ~. J. u. Knapp. Sccrc-
| tary and Manager of the Continental
! Life Insurance Company, wrote: "ln
regard to your account against Ill"
| Continental Life lnSurauc" Company.
am not unmndrul of obligation to
you aud especially 81 on account of the
extraordinary courtesy you have shown
in the matter of time. As you are
aware. we ar" young company Just
| starting out In business and expense
money has been somewhat scarce dur
Ing the past few months.
am quite sure We can adjust your ac-
count in whole or IN part before Jam
LIST ami will i" greatly indebted If you
will thus indulge me"
\ life insurance company which
regrets its Inability to pay II Hill IF
81, Is such an anomaly that the iii.
nois Insurance Commissioner was ap.
lralcl to for II copy of the concern =
annual statement. The following reply
was rcccivcd:
Springfield. Ill.,. March u. 1905.
| Dear Sir--ln answer To your letter
of the 4th instant inpuiiing concerning
the Continental Life Insurance Com.
pany of Chicago. ] would say that this
il an assessment life insurance com
pnny which was Incorporated during
1904. Its statement for Dec. 81. 1904.
has not vet been received. This will
be the first statement of tho company.
consequently I am unable to advise
you as to its financial condition. 4
letter dated March LIST from the sec.
Rotary states that tho statement was
temporarily delayed on account Of III.
ness. and advised that 1t would be re-.
ccivcd a few days thereafter.
W. Il. NREDENBURGH,
Insurance Superintendent.
The letter heads of the concern give
the following ms the officers of this in
sttution H. \. BigclOw. President
Linn II. Young. Vice President: Fred
=. Tinthon. Treasurer: Raymond G.
Turck. VI. D.. Medical Director; j. D.
Knapp. Secretary and Manager.
An investigation is on foot which
will interest the public. This certain
~ Is an interesting life insurance com.
mny.
The famous Franz Josef water |.
one of the most palatablc and cilicu.
cious natural nperlcnts In the world
Mr. Emil Frisch, the popular agent
Is II successful business man and Il
highly respected citizen.
! what are little girls made or" ana
"What are little boys made OFF, are
two nursery rhymes that are In sad
need of revision. Little boys ana girls
of to-day must he made of something
very, very perishablc. In the last 10,
. port of the city Superintendent OF
, Schools in New York was u section de,
! voted to the awful dangers incurred by
children through carrying home THEN
schoolbOoks. The weight of the books
on the arm tends to develop curvat,lr,
of the spine so the superintendent rec
Ommends that knapsacks be used 10y
the children who have to tote books
> to ana from school. This would be Il
halfhcartcd remedy. Why not cstab
lish II service of motor ears? TIL,
drivers could go from home to homt
collecting the pOndcrous volumes 10
uuired by the pupils of our modern
=, grade schools. \ framework Nigh
also he devised to prevent the weigh
of child's clothes from making il
: rOund.ShOuldcrcd.
. ~SA
Prof, Osler of Johns Hopkins Uni
Ncrslty never thought of the advisable
lty Of chlorofrming the hopclesSly in
sane or criminal classes, but lie !,
) dead sure that it would be II gOot
thing for all classes ut the age of 40
lie also thinks that nobody does any
good work after 49, though Vanderbilt
Morgan and Rockefeller made II pill,
of money after that age, ana Grant