February 16, 1902.
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THE ILLUSTRATED BEE.
STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY
The Alien Life Companies of the
Moneyed East Are Aggressively
Working to Retard the
BANKERS RESERVE LIFE
Beeaaae They Be that la tha Saceesa
of This Aceresntve Toii Corn
paay the West Will Be
Eaaaaelpated.
In the year 1901 The Banker Reserve Life
Association secured nearly 12,000,000 of new
btslneas. Its premium Income reached the
snug turn of $111,311.72, and it rained in
strength all along the line.
The impetua of the year'a growth has
already been felt, and January, 1902, waa a
banner month, the business being more than
double that of January, 1901, and the com
pany Will Write f.1,000,000 la HM2.
These figures, as shown by the annual
report of the pn-sldent, have alarmed the
alien agents and the alien corporations
who have been sapping the commercial vi
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are renewing their malevolent attacks upon
the fair fame and good name of Nebraska's
favorite company.
B. H. Roblsna, Pretldeat,
Has demonstrated by the report made of
the growth of the Bankers Reserve during
Its existence that no other company In
the union has succeeded so well as Judged
by the business transacted.
The Equitable of New York, at the end
of Its third year, bad a premium Income
of but $95,832. and the New York Life but
$69,427. The Northwestern of Milwaukee, at
the end of its sixth year, waa
Away He hi ail This Home Compear,
And the National of Vermont had not
reached the water mark of the Bankers
Reserve at the end of Its sixteenth year.
No wrndrr the avaricious aliens are
alarmed. - The - time is coming when the
west will take care of the west In this
matter of life insurance.
Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska are the beet
Insurance states In the union in proportion
to wealth and population, and the loyal
people of these states and the west gen
erally have
losaars the Kaell for the Allena.
The Baukers Reserve Life defies the
venom and malice of these foreign com
petitors" and challenges a comparison with
any company, in the world as to relative
resources, plans of Insurance, economy of
management and evidence of prosperity.
Agents wanted by B. H. Roblson, Presl
dent, McCague Building, Omaha, Neb,
The Baakers Iteaerve LK.
(Copyright. 1902. by 3. E. Boek.) haTe located the particular spot where
"X 1 ln" ma" am lDer w" the great wealth lay in the night as easily ,
fJ I cabled from Pekln, China, the as in the dsy. I
news mai iu,uw,wv worm of "ir we could only get a small part of
the Imperial treasure had been that treasure," was the thought of bo h
dug up from its hiding place in of us. and. then as the difficulties Innmori
the women's quarters of the Forbidden City up. the diabolical cunnlne of the dowarrr
and, to at least two people, the Item bad empress, the threat of Trince Chlng, and
peculiar eignmcance. ir me pian or tneae finally the plan whereby we might enrich '
two peopie ior seizing mis treasure a year ourselves aa well aa force a solution of
ago had been carried out, the affair would the Chinese puzzle which waa troubling
nave interested several millions of pecple the allies, became clear. We alone had
and every civilized government in the the trumn curd and mm nmnnaA ni
world. The Cblneae court would have been out the game.
forced to return Immediately to Pekln and All that we needed waa the assistance
a part of the Indemnity would have been of the United States troops. As we look
collected witnout delay. Incidentally, back at it now It recalls the storv of the
also, two men would have been enriched Irishman who had a match and all
by some hundreds of thousands of dol- that he needed for a comfortable
are. amok was a nine and soma tohacco.
According to the beet report, the em- We knew where the treaeure was located.
prese dowager Is an exceedingly thrifty If we could hove had ths co-operation of tha
old woman and for years past ahe has United States troops we could have seized
been hoarding treasure, constantly aug- tho whole amount and, after taking 10 per
mented by presents and a part of the court cent for our share In the matter, as was
Inoome, until at the time of the Boxer our Purpose, turn over the balance to the
uprising there was said to be a total allies for such disposition In the way of
value of 200,000,000 Pekln taela (about $140,- payment of indemnity claims ss seemed best.
000,000) stored away. Before the trouble Took It to Chaffee,
In Pekln all of this vast treasure was kept With this Idea In mind I approached Oen-
n the summer palace. Just outside of the eral Chaffee and told him the whole stcry.
Imperial city. About twenty-five days reserving only the information as to the
before the allied troopa appeared, however, exact location of the building In which the
the empress dowager conceived the brll- treasure was stored. My circumstantial
llant idea of transferring the treasure to evidence waa ao strong and convincing that
the women's quarters In the Inner city, be became very much Interested In our
and, under the pretense of guarding the plans and I believe he agreed entirely with
"oncublnee of the emperor, thus avoid the ue that It would be the very atrongest lever
danger of looting at the hands of the to force the return of the emperor to Pekln
Boxers. It was not because the imperial and that the seizure would have been en-
tarty feared the seizure of the treasure by tlrely Justifiable under the rules of war.
he allied troops. Indeed, the empress After tome deliberation, however. General
relieved Yung Lu and others In the story Chaffee decided that he could not take the
hat the foreign devils had been driven responsibility upon himself and, therefore,
nto the aea. The sudden departure of the he cabled the full facts of the case to Presl-
"ourt, with only a scanty supply of cloth- dent McKlnley and asked for Instructions.
Reply came promptly from Washington to
the effect that General Chaffee should con
fer with W. W. Rockhlll, United Ptates
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Rmpreas Feared Boxer.
The truth of the matter Is the em
press feared the Boxers would find the
reaaure In the summer palace and she
peace commissioner, and take such action
as waa deemed advisable.
At the cutset Mr. Rockhlll was skeptical
very stealthily and carefully planned . whlle he afterward acknowledged the
new hiding place. One hundred picked VRiue o( D)ani he wag compelled because
"oolles were employed twenty days In the cf i. mH.0n for neace to avoid anv com.
moving, each coolie carrying a small amount picatlons whatever. He felt that the
n a lime ana nemg cioseiy watcnea an or aetzure of the treasure would antagonize
the time, night and day. In the rear of the Chinese and stir up trouble among the
the Imperial city, and Just back of the anice. On this account Mr. Rockhlll could
reet wall. Is an artificial hill, famlllar'y not ciTe bis consent to the clan.
known to the foreigners as "Coal Hill." from oeeihaas Woolda't Teocta It.
iuo uuiuiii ui which umwi m wnoia o T fli. ,.i v. v. I....,.,.
he Imperial city can be plainly seen. On ,.. . ty, ,.. . ,hm. ,h
this elevation soldiers epectally chosen tor nlnbow ln th case tnded very definltely
the mission watched the process of trans- . n-rti-.,.,,. hnii.tin, m the tmnerui
fer of the treaaure. When the entire task
was completed the 100 coolies who were en
tity, so, when the Americana gave up the
Idea of acting ln tho matter, I went to
caged In the labor were summoned before ,onM) friends on General Waldersee s staff.
me unpens execuuoner. ueaa men leu t nad .ever,, taIk, ltn 0eneraI 83DwartB.
no tales and if a few of the coolies had kopf (afterward burned to death , ,he de.
not escaped In the general confusion this .truction of the summer palace) and
etory would not have been written. It through h,m aBked ,DB 0erman force, to
happened, however, that one of the for- tave ,he n,atter up. As ln the case of our
tunate eoolles was. In times of peace, the own troop., the German, were Intensely
head gardener of the Inner city and It wa interested, but they, too, feared Inter
com him that my friend, Thompson, heard nati0nal complications, and, since the
the tale. Thompson, a .Scotchman, who Americana and Japanese were in direct con
had lived In Pekln for years, once befrtendel trol of the Imperial city, they could not act
the head gardener. When I arrived in without the concerted action of the allies.
Pekln a few days after the occupancy of tn- We did not dare trust the Japanese, and
city by the allied troops Thompson re- ., for lack of Me necessary assistance we
peated the story of the treasure to me and were compelledTo give up our plan. I am
together we formed our great plan. positive that If Mr. Rockhlll could have ar-
Prlaee Cbinsr'a Fairy Story. ranged for seme concerted action In the
. ! matter at the time, just a year 'ago.
Following the arrival of the troops and t wculd not only have hastened
the relief of the legations, the Japanese the final peace negotiations, but It
troops were placed on guard at three of the would have Insured the speedy return of
gates of the Imperial city, and the United the court to Pekln. it Is a matter of his
States troops had charge of the one re- tory now, however, that the protocol was
malnlng entrance. What little was left not signed for msny months afterward, and
In the outer city by the Boxers was soon the return of the Chinese Imperial court
appropriated by the allies, but. beeauae the was only accomplished a few weeks ago.
Inner city waa so closely guarded. It was The very recent news of the finding of
cot disturbed. Pr'nce Chlng had been en- $70,000,000 of the treasure where It bod been
truated by the empress dowager with the concealed more than a year before will
guarding of the treasure, and as S'on an doubtless confirm to the government officials
he could do eo he hurr'ed to the allied com- approached at the time our plan was formed
menders and Informed them that a number of the truth of our statements. If such a
of the emperor's concubines were still ln confirmation be needed,
the Imperial city and If they were
molested In any way the emperor and
court would never return to Pekln. Nat
urally enough It was the desire of
the allies to obtain thi emperor's
return as soon aa possible, and, for this
reason. Prince Chlng'e threat had the
effect of closing up the northeastern part
of the city, where the treaaure was con
cealed, to everyone except the palace offi
cials. Prince Chlng's soldiers and the
eunuchs, who had remained there through
out the Investment of the city. Any repu
table foreigner could obtain a pass within
the gates of the Imperial city from Major
Helstand General Chaffee's chief of staff.
This psss wss taken up npon entrance
at the south gate and from the time he
entered until he passed out at the oppo
site gate the visitor was closely watched
by three or four eunuchs aa well as by
some of Prince Chlng's soldiers). A very
few of the smaller buildings were open
to Inspection, but the gates In the Inner
walls, particularly of the entire section In
which the treasure waa concealed, were
tightly locked.
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