Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-29
But Now Almost Under Its ShRde
Stands the Alliance Mutual
Life Insurance society.
One of the Strongest, Most liable
and Trustworthy Organizations
in the United states.
The History of the Company. n
Glance at Its Advantages, md
Sketches of Its Officers.


SPECIAL. ORE. PONDESCE.'
LEAvENwoRTH, Aug. 1o.-On the main road
leading from the city OF Losvei6orth nortAwest
toward the old fort, there j. long line OF trees
which, If their leaves could tell OF the scenes
they have shaded would relate DARK and ter
rible history. Stout giant trees they are lazlly
STREET hing out their branches TO catch each puff
Of the south wind, snd as they wave their long
arms in the hot air, and rustic and mErInur to
each other, they seem as endeayOrins 20 shake
of the stain that years ago fell heavily upon
them and which to-day, like the blood on Blue
Boards key, refuses to wash out. Not one Of
that long line of rustling sentinels but stands a.
a monument of the wild, dark days of the wilder
and darker tragedie- Of the border, and each
owns history Of b!oJd>hed and outrage, that
has left unseemly scars from which even time
shrinks with 4 shudtsr. Strange fruit hose
trees bore in the earlier days of Kansas aid their
stout limbs stoically aided III many OF the fear
full scenes that were enacted under them. Bullet
scars have marked their trunks, and more thau
once the harsh, dry Easp OF the rope has h'vn
heard As Il drew hot AID quick across Ito trentb-
ling branch. that shuddered snd sSay"i uer-
v0usly with the shudd-riug swa yIn, shape That
dangled hclplessly beneath. one O.: them. tall.
gaunt and grim. has Il is said, ru-tied pItcou~ly
over sixteen human forms. Whose lives won't
out beneath its shadows, and all have lOlAri
litile-sly down upon CHASTITY scenes. upon
which the sun refused to shine, End IL, night
clothed with compassionate darkness.
In that day mems lives were OF less value
than their clothing. To-day, those saI,.r Trees
almost throw their shadows on an enterprise
that teaches respect t'r human lie, ami wAish
in lis CiViLZin- lu+,lt.lwe~. stands nuu1.il.rut
OF tn" growth and advancement that have
driven out buritr barbarsm from b,nrath the
-t.stliu- leaves anu .wlugIHg bran ht- Of the
stout Old o.. I. that early day, human life
was as nothing, and men Knocked a; Death
!IetAin5 beneath contempt. ! 1-dar, the
gutvering b-sI., hes shaie another race @: men,
10 y horI tn ancient stories carved on the bark
= 81 d rFT4.1 it4rr
description.
h Who Luz: comparatively fox years ago hal
PROV hesrd the present CIVILIZATION o. Eastern
hanaa-, had been lsughei at, and rIiiculcd, AMI
the MaG, who II that lawless generation hal
grayely proposed to Insure men ; lives, would
have been carried out feet first. And yet almost
on the very spot where men won't down without
4 ,uur,uur, that stands to-day u corporation
which lusurts tn live. Of those who live. under
tie very trees where twenty-five Hekra acO men
oIed and W Re forgotten IN day.
And it il JUst eUch corporations. inst such
mel ss comprise them, that have Iesurrectei
tn formerly God-forSaEen state from the
anarchy that claimed It, and built ]. ~ to lis
present standard Of civilization. Ii. Insurance
Las become as much Of recognizod institution
Us, murder Was then, and il the rag OF
the men who established the system. and with
II ;he progress That :, essentially al uU' -r'NtA
# Il. i. found the impetus and strength Gpon
which have % largely uependr1 the STRIDES la;
this border stat" Las lustit.
ol.- which stand. lll.Ac-lltd III reputation and
strength throughout the cn,iutFr, l. the Alliance
Mutual Life Ass1rBuce S"ciety Uf tbs nit
states, having Its genera! Offices in Iesven-
worth, The society Was established in 1873, by
Old and experienced INSURANCE men, n no COM
biailC az extensive knowledge OF the science OF
insurance, with sArewd business TAFT devised
t!fe scheme Of the Alliance, and have mt with !
success beyond their most sanguine eNpecta- !
tons. Intimate connection with very branch /
ui insurance interest hau taught them
I he v-isdomoi the IuutIalp!JI, and ba-ing their
operations upon that plan, they filled void |
long needed, and al once appre, lated. 1t was
not an experiment. They saw that > the law |
of Kansas fixes the rate OF interest &, twelve per
cent. that th"lr Investments must ne c-ssr'ly |
result IL an enormous yield; AMI b' .u. s-Eewd |
capitalists. they knew where to put tlIeir money.
Their principle was broad and we'll founded. /
They had confidence i'll themselves, hegetting /
confidence ut the people in them. and IN two /
years they have established a company. known |
AMI respected Tar AMI wide tlrOu- h the land, /
and u strength wherever It's uGme has reaC ned.
That a uompsEy founded should excite /
the cupidIty or luminosity Of those who dwell /
on the outskirts OF the insurance world = not !
and the Alliance soon found an
enemy in one L. i. Castle. Oh Mr. Castles ca
rrer. an anecdote Will suffice As al illustration.
He came 70 Leave nwOrth flom 81. Joseph Mo,
and seon sfterwsrl brought libel suit against
local paper. Upon the trial Of that suit he
stated that he had been employed agent at
ST. Joe Tor the Northwestern Mutual Life Iusur-
ance Company OF Milwaukee. and had been dis
,harged from tina: company for falling to az
count for money he had collected. 1t Is upnec-
sssary tn travel any deeper into his record.
During the session OF the late Kansas legisla-
ure, he succeeded in indacing thu introduction
# sweeping resolution, demanding the lnves-
gation Of the whole state insurance depart
nent and the class OF securities deposited in the
state treasury iOr the security OF po!Icy-hoders.
L was n wholesale attack on the whole iDsur-
snce interest OF the state, and Joint committee
If the house and senate made thorough in-
iest CATION Their report iiilr a thirty page
smphlet, in which they state the evidence.
The superintendent Of insurance testified;
When the Alliance Mutual applied for adnis-
on to do business, Went to their Office per-
onally and inspected their securities, snd in
0me cases rejected the securities r!tcred, and
he company furnished Others that were nc
eptabe. And after the crash in ls73 | pre-
Jared a circular. which l sent to- the various
ounty officers in our State, and asked them to |
end me present value OF property and land
leld by the department AS security F: and III two
II three instances | asked the companies to
urni!,h additional security.
:. The Alliance Mutual LieInsurauCc Company |
vas afterward examined by Judge Wooiiord, of
albany. \. Y, who has eeen i'll the insurance
business for years. and upon his report the COM
ANY was admitted to the State OF New York
The committee reported that none OF the |
harges maze against the Insurance department
ad been sustained that the securities deposit
ed in the State Treasury by life insurance com
anies tor the securtyof their policy holdCrs, ar
rch rs are specifically authorized by law that
hey are PROFESSIONALLY good, and amply suth
lent in amount for the purposes for which such ,
eposits are required 10 be made.
Thus was thu insurance interest Of halisas in ,
orsed by the Legislature. and Mr.. Castle did
OF even get committee clerkship for which
e 50 ardently longed.