- HIE OMAHA STSTViT riKK: OCTOliER 4, 1!14.
Pioneer Day "Executive Ball" Set Pace
For Subsequent Omaha Formal Functions
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Lon bfor Klnit Ak-Par-Rn rl to
rule over his happy, buntllnn. prcsproui
reonle. end to elgnlfr his prenrnoe by an
annual state ball, the clreumntance and
glitter of which has made It a criterion
for. all formal functions In the kingdom,
Omaha was the scene of a fomal and
Important function that Is Interwoven
with the history of the state, and one of
the merriest chapters of Its pioneer
annals.
U nas the only "executive" ball ever
held In Omaha, and was given Jn honor
of Mark W. Iiard. who was named as
governor, to sucoeed Governor Kurt, first
executive of the territory, who had died
before he had entered upon the full dis
charse of his office. It was an affair
somewhat Impromptu, but nevertheless
was made as effective as the very limited
resources of the budding metropolis could
afford in that far away winter In lsjj, and
lomt furnished subject for conversation.
It was In part reproduced by the pioneers
at their reunion In Omaha last week, the
ball on Friday night being for Ihe pur
iose. Dr. George L, Miller and Mrs. T M.
Cumins, are the only ones now living who
attended the Izard ball, and both wore un
able, because of Infirmities, to attend the
pioneers' reunion. ,
Account of First Ball.
Mr. Clarence H. Payne of the State His
torical society furnishes The I!ee the
following account of the original ball:
For the most part, balls and socials
made up the complement of diversions,
and this suggests an account of the first
executive ball ever given In Omaha, for
a graphic description of w hich the writer
acknowledges his obligations to Vr.
George L. Miller of the Omaha Herald.
Mark V. Izard, who came into the terri
tory as Vnltcd States marshal, was ap
pointed successor to Governor Kurt, and
the ball was held, In honor of his ex
cellency. It might bo hero parenthetically
etated when tho governor was to read his
Inaugural message ho arranged It so that
a negro was to announce his approach to
the legislative chamber In words substan
tially aa follows: "Mr. Speaker, the gov
ernor Is now approaching," hut forgetting
his text, the messenger electrified the as
sembled wisdom with the sentence: "Mr.
Speaker, dc' gubner has done come."
Whit Dr. Miller Wrote.
Quoting from l"r. Miller anent of the
ball: "Izard was a stately character
physically. Mentally rather weak, and
felt a lively sense of tho dignity with
which the appointment clothed him. He
had never known such an honor before,
and It bore upon him heavily. To the
few persons who then constituted the
population of the' city, thri governor was
careful to Intimate a desire to have Ms
gubernatorial advent -suitably celebrated.
The facetious and wary (.'tuning sug
gested the: idea of giving Jzard an. ex-
oeutive ball. The largr-r of the two
rooms, which then constituted the build
ing, was the theater of a scene perhaps
the moet ludicrous that was ever wit
nessed In the history of public receptions.
The rooms had a single coat of what was
then railed plastering, composed of a
frozen mixture of mud and Ice, and a
very t)iia coating .kt that. The floor was
rough and unplaned and not altogether
safe for those who preferred the upright
position. It had been energetically
Bcrubbed for the occasion. The night
being dreadfully cold, and the heating ap
paratus falling to warm the room, the
water froze upon the floor, and could not
bo melted by any then known process.
Rough cottonwood boards on cither side
-of the room were substitutes for chairs.
Scene at the Ball.
"The hour of seven having arrived, the
grand company began to assemble. Long
before the appointed hour, this Arkansas
excellency appeared In the dancing hall.
He and Jim Orton, the bund of Council
liluffs, reached the scene at about the
same moment. The governor was very
l olite to Jim, and Jim was tight enough
to be correspondingly polite to the
governor while Izard was the guest of
nine ladles, who were all that could be
mustered, even for a state occasion, In
Omaha. They were Mrs. G. I Miller,
Mrs. T. B. Cuming, Mrs. Fenner Ferguson.
Mrs. J. Sterling Morton. Mrs. C. B.
Smith, Mrs. Fleming Davidson, Mrs. A.
J. Ilanscom, Mrs. A. D. Jones and Mrs.
8. E. Rogers. Two pf the ladles could
not dance, and their places were supplied
by the same number of grntlemenU The
governor had a son by the name of
James. He was his excellency's private
secretary, and wishing to present a high
example of- etyle, he came in at a late
hour, escorting Mrs. Davidson. Ills bear
ing was fearfully stately and dignified,
lie wore a white vest and white kids, as
any gentleman would do, but these were
in rather discordant contrast with the
surroundings. Paddock, Poppleton, Cum
ing, Smith. Morton, Furvuson, Goodwill,
Clancy, Folsom. and Dr. Miller, licsldes
a large assemblage of legislators attended.
Jim Orton was the solitary fiddler, oc
cupying a corner of the room. The dance
uj'ciieu, auuii was & eujr nuu lefcuvg oc
casion. During th9 dance several acci
dents happened. One lady, now well
known In Omaha, fell fiat; others did
likewise. The supper came off about mid
night, and consisted of coffee with brown
sugar, but no milk, sandwiches of peculiar
size, .very thick and made up of a
singular mixture of bread of radical com
plexion, and bacon. The menu was sup
plemented with dried. apple pte, and there
being no tables In thosd days, was passed
around. The governor, having long lived
In a hot climato, stood around shivering
with the cold, but bore hlmaolf with
amiable fortitude, buoyed up by the
lit nora thus showered upon him, and at
the proper time, under a deep sense of
his own consequence, made a speech re-
Royal Dynasty of the House of
Ak-Sar-Ben
E. M. Hartlett lMti. . . . Meliora Woohvorth
Casper E. Vest Mav Ihmdv
YJ- V- peck (Jertrude Kountw
K. S. AN ilcox isw (nu.e AUon
. I). Mellugh 1SW ; . . Kthol Morso
J; )- Xah If 00 .Mildred Loumx
H. Tenfold 1)(M Edith Smith
1 nomas A. Fry H)0J Ella Cotton
rrodenek Metz 1903 Bessie Bradv
C. H. Pickens 1904 Vda. Kirkendall
(J. W. Wattles 190,-1 Mnrv Leo MeShane
(ronld Diets Il0l5 Margaret Wood
. B. Caldwell 1907 Nathalie Merriam
W. L. Yet tor 1908 Jean Cutla.li v
Arthur C. Smith 1909. ... Brownie Hess Bauni
Everett Buckingham .. . .1910 Frances Xash
Joseph Barker 1911 Elizabeth Davis
T.C.Byrne 191J Elizabeth Pickens
Charles Black 1913 Elizabeth Congdon
1914
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:SHE WAS THT. T"R P PSTQTTTIT.T1
i QUEEN OF TAnTfrfl
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in Nebraska for the last rar Is contained
In this volume:
Losses
rrem- pud policy
turns
l(.c!.:v'
Stock fire.
Aiutunl fire.
tor hall . .1is.?:s
Ass't ball Mild
piste glas.. 2jJ."i
Farm in ii t tint
ass't iVI,;.'.(
Stock legal
reserve lite . 3.071.617
M u t tisl h eal
rescue life. S.KvV
Ass't life .TM.M4
Stock tulsc... 1.31, '.KM
Ass't health
and accident S4
Fraternal ?,s,ttU
lders.
Insur
ance In
force.
$:SI,S41.1'
li,S
.W.71
l.t'l (.W
1X7.M0
MT.Wl
;:v..x
T..M".?0
crease Is shown fer Ih
following figures from
trute this:
IIVt.JH KS
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b'iO
six years.
the report
The i
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INSURANCE BUSINESS GROWS
Annual Report Published by State
Shows Healthy Condition.
TWO BILLION NOW IN FORCE
I'ernilams In Stock Fire Insurance
Companies Amount to Fonr and
Half Million for the
Fiscal Year.
first
took
and last
place In
turning thanks
him."
Thus is described tho
executive ball that ever
Omaha,
Governor Ixard'ii Personal!! jr.
Dr. (leorgo I Miller's personal recollec
tions of Governor Izard: "Mark W. Ixard
is recalled by me as a prominent citizen
of Arkansas, of what mlht be called the
mlddlo class In the days of slavery. I
tlilntt lie was a Baptist preacher at one
t:nie, but I am not sure of this. Governor
Izurd was a man of large and Imposing
stature. He must havo been not less than
six feet tall, symmetrical in form, of full
flesh, erect carriage, and dlRnified bear
inn. Ills manners were very courteous
and affable, and he had a gentle disposi
tion and kind heart. He was a man of
strong religious convictions and exemplary
habits of life. Governor Izard was much
respected by our people. His head was
large, hie hair, eyes and complexion dark,
and Ills face full and broad."
War Reduces Prices
in London Theaters
(Correspondence of The Associated Tress.)
LONDON. Sept. 15.-The war has
brought about two innovations In tho
leading London theaters, a reduction of
prices and the privilege of sitting m the
best seats w Ithout wearing evening dress.
The stalls of London houses, which corre
spond to orchestra seats in America, are
ordinarily sold at $.'.50, but several of the
principal theaters have reduced the prices
to J2. Although there was no bard and
fast rule, there was a custom w hich only
a few independent people had the temer
ity to violate, that every occupant of the
stalls should wear evening dress. The
exceedingly fashionable theaters con
trolled liy Sir Herbert Ileerbohm Tree and
tiir George Alexander were among tho
first to recognize that war is a time when
formalities are at a discount.
When pc-ople are cutting off their
luxuries, and many in mourning or op
pressed with anxiety for relatives at the
front, theater-going suffers a sharp de
cline. In the interests of the many peo
ple who depend upon them for a living,
the managers are doing their bct to keep
their houses open. Profit sharing has
been adopted by many London nnd pro
vincial establishments.
A recapitulation of the insurance busi
ness of the state of Nebraska shows In
surance in force to the extent of some
$2,000,0W).nin. Definite and accurate fig
ures of this are not obtainable when one
takes Into consideration the assessment
hail and plate glass Insurance, the stock
miscellaneous companies, and the assess
ment health and accident insurance for
which no dellnlte amounts are stated In
the policies.
. The premiums In stock fire companies
in the last year In Nebraska amounted
to $1,400,963, while the losses paid policy
holders In this class of insurance in the
state were 12.il03.973.' The total inauranoe
In force In this class Is $731,341,1116.
In tho mutual legal reserve life class
the premiums of the last year amounted
to $.1,163,400, the losses paid policy holders
amounted to $1,019.6(6, and the total In
surance In force amounts to $115,725,389.
Fraternal Organisations.
In tho fraternal benlficlary associations
the premiums were $2,886.S61; the losses
paid policy holders $2,542,941, and the
total insurance In force $299,241,840.
These figures mean that Omaha has
been doing a great insurance business,
as every company that does business In
the state has offices in Omaha, and many
of them have the main office In Omaha.
The average man In Nebraska does not
realize, what the Insurance business of
the state means to the stale or to a city
where the companies make headquarters.
The encouraging of Insurance means In
crease In the bank deposits and means
much In the financial world.
The insurance -department of Nebraska
has Just published its summary of the
insurance business of the state for the
last year with some comparisons.
Insurance In Mate.
The following recapitulation of business
2S3.K29
M2.941 299.241, MO
Doubles In Four Years.
Casualty, surety and miscellaneous
business practically doubled in Nebraska
in four years, that is from the figures of
l:i"9 to the figures of 1913. The amount of
premiums practically doubled and the
losses paid did much more than double
themselves, being $.I7.391 In 1913 as against
J-'U.K'J ,n 1909.
Accident and health business hss much
more than doubled in the last five years
according to the figures of premiums
paid which are $.i2S.03, as against $343. S7
In 19C9. Tho losses paid In this class have
more than quadrupled, being $307,809, as
ngnlnst $t'.7.Kis.
Of the stock legal reserve life Insurance
companies, sixty are doing business in
Nebraska. 8lx of these are companies
with headquarters in Omaha.
(ialn In Fraternal.
A comparative study of the fraternal
and beneficiary business of the last six
years shows some fluctustlon. but on
the whole a substantial gain In business.
The amount of certificates in force in
the state In this class lecemher 31, 190S,
was $296,473,672, and on the same date In
1913 there were S2P9.J41.s4o. In the mean
time, however, in 1911. for example, there
was In forte a total of $324,8S6,590 on Ie-
cember SI. During the years from 1909 n
1912. Inclusive, the amount In force far
exceeded the $W0, 000,000 mark.
During the last two years there has
been a falling off. according to the state
report, of the amount of Insurance writ
ten annually In the fraternal beneficiary
line. Here, too. a period of Bix years
shows a fluctuation or a steady rise and
then a steady decline. Where In 1908
certificates written amounted to $29.7(Vi',s;0,
the amount In 1913 has fnllen to $l9,r,43,VO;
although here again the figures had
shown a substantial Increase for some
of the years In the Interim. For example
In 1910 the figures show a total of $.tl,
The amount that ceased to be In
force has risen In the six years from
$17,000,000 to $26,000,000.
I.nsaea Paid Increase.
The losses paid In death have made
practically a steady Increase. They are
as roiinws In a resume of the fraternal
beneficiary Insurance of the stste:
190 $1.9(2.942 1911 S" 43? "'I
! 2.AK2.09T, 1912 '. 2.R77627
2.163,813 1913 $,642,153
During the ssmo period the losses paid
for disability made a big increase, having
much more than doubled In the alx years.
Heginning with $31,000 in 190 they so paid
$s0.000 In 1913. Tho figures on this matter
taken from tho state report are as fol
lows: 190S $31,239 1911 $42,263
1!9 43.0K7 1912 4..9VS
1910 27,873 1913 80.TSS
Money Received.
The amount received from members
during this period shows an Increase, al
though here, too, the Increase was not
a steady one, but a fluctuating one dur
ing the six years. The figures taken
from the annual report will show:
Wm $2,3S.R24 1911 $3,143,695
19(19 2,868.637 1912 3.175 03
1910 2,964,790 1913 2.8S6,9.il
Tho farm mutual companies In the state
have shown a decided increase In the last
six years. Tho total Incomes of some
seventy-three companies operating In the
state show a gain from the $353,359 In
1908 to $502,254 In 1913. Tho losses paid
Bhow an increase from the $316,042 In
1908 to $390,741 In 1912. The reserve shows
an increase from the $12,676 In 1908 to
$298,095 In 1913.
The risks written each year for six
years show some fluctuation, but on the
whole have averaged up well, ranging
from $38,000,000 to $46,000,000 and back to
$33,615,779 In 1913. It Is In the risks In
force that the steady and unbroken in-
Servians Are Brave
but Not Very Good
Shots, Says Austrian
(Correspondence of The Associated V s 1
HOTTKKDAM. Bept. 13,-An Austrian
captain, wounded in the battle of BJabsts.
Is quoted In the Pohemla, a newspaper
published at Tragus, in part aa follows:
"The Servian Infantry la very brave,
but doea not shoot as well as It might.
The only good shots the Servians have
are the Knmltadje Irregulars, who con
cealed In the foliage of bushes and ttees.
make a specialty of shooting down the
Austrian officers.
"The Servian artillery Is excellent, ac
counted for In part by the circumstance
that fighting In Its own country li Is
fully familiar with the terriln As re
sult their range Is good, all tie more so
since they are given by the natives In
formation which we cannot get, of course.
Generally the direction of advance of our
army Is given by the Servian peasants
to their army by the lighting of grent
straw fires. In the sepulrher under the
church In R J bats we found a telephone
station with wires running to the various
Servian headquarters.
"Hut the Servian soldiers are brave.
R me of their tactics are peculiar. Now
and then numbers of them permit them
selves to be made prisoners of war for
the purpose of supporting a plan of am
bush. Cseea. too, have been known In
which prisoners of war made attacks on
our men with hand grensdea concealed
by them The confusl mi resulting fiom
this hss In many issrs resulted In the
rscnpe of the prisoners.
"We have found (hut women flijht us
with rifles, while even t hllilreii nio em
ployed to throw bombs. A 12-year-old
girl, who was shot through the legs and
was taken Into the hospital at Ieusatz,
boasted of having thrown sixteen bomhg
sirong the Atistro-llungarlan troops."
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Pire Association of Philadelphia 9,091,141
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Assets July 1, 1914 ; $1,491,443.56
Reserve Fund July 1, 1914 1,213,715.13
First Mortgage Farm Loars, owned 791,507.46
Annual rate per thousand dollars of insurance, age Sri, (guaranteed by
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INCREASE IN RESERVE FUND
D.cmb.r 31, 1902 99,934.44
S.c.mb.r 31, 1903 914,464.90
D.cmb.r 31, 1904 $33,540.33
SKtmbtr 31. 1905 $39,080.91
llercinl.ir SI, imm ti3.431.JU
I m l)r at, 17 $iao,8Jl3.08
IKwiiibfr at, 10OH ft 77,707.05
December at, tttOU 1S05,31U.
December 31, 1910 $375,547.76
December 31, 1911 $515,013.90
December 31, 1912 $837,095.52
December 31, 1913 $1,079,377.44
July 1, 1914 . . $1,214,715.13
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