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Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21
GUARANTY BOND COMPANIES As
FENCES FOR CRIMINALS.

The tender and acceptance Of a guar
anty company bond for the appearance
of a man held to the criminal court for
trial on the charge of blackmail naturally
suggests the question whether guaranty
bond companies are to become mer-
cenary protective agencies for criminals.
The legitimate function Of guaranty
bond companies is to become sureues
for the business integrity of persons en-
ployed I'm vocatlons OF trust and respon-
sibility, and especially for custodians
of public funds. Before consenting to
become guarantors Of the integrity of a
public official or employe for whom they
act as bondsmen guaranty companies
make it n condition that the applicant
shall be a person of good repute, good
habits and unimpeachable honesty. In
every instance applicants for surety
bond are required TO give references to
former employers or prominent and re-
sponsibe parties who can vouch for
their trustworthlness.
No state in America would. however,
REull II tlluIltI W u Buul uhNS lhSul oiiNV
company if it were known that 1t was to
become guarantor for the appearance
of persons who are held in custody
charged with the commission of criminal
offenses. Such an idea would be repug
nant, not only to public policy, but to
the organic principle that has given birth
to guaranty bond companies.
If the precedent is once established for
guaranty companies to go bail for parties
charged with heinous crimes and depre-
dations upon society by paying a pre-
MUM or bonus, or by the deposit of a
sufficient amount OF money by their at
torneys or their abettors, to indemnify
the company from loss in case the Grim
inal sees fit to abscond, then the guar
anty companies would become nothing
more nor less than legalized fences.
If this practice were to be tolerated
generally guaranty companies would be
not only fences for professional outlaws,
but they would become fences also for
the benefciaries of these outlaws who
hide behind the screen and dare not come
to their rescue when they get into
trouble, but are willing to afford them
| assistance directly by advancing them
money or indirectly by signing in
demnity bonds exchangeable for guar
anty company bonds How easy 1t
would be for foOtpads, porch climbers,
| burglars, pickpockets and professional
blackmailers to deposit a sufficient
amount to indemnify the guaranty com
pany for the forfeiture of their bonds In
case of disappearance with a sufficient
margin TO make 1t profitable for the
guaranty company to become side part
ners in the criminal business.
If the liberation Of Morris S. Algoe,
held to answer for the high crime of
blackmail In the criminal court of this
district, on n guaranty company bond Is
precedent the time is ripe for legisla-
tion that will prohibit guaranty com
panies from engaging in such nefarious
business on penalty Of forfeiture of their
charters or their election from the state.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21
DOMESTIC rLEAsANTRIEs.

lands sakes, Zeke!' finally exclaimed
Mandy, who had just accepted him, amt
ye never g2in teY Pt atop 1RlSS'n EEow yban mS tew
It's Jest like eatin' peanuts. .'-Philadelphia
Press
II woman is n good cook and knows
how to flatter she never has any trouble
in being happy, though married-Somer-
Vile Journal.
Mrs. Ferguson Ito caller)-I never did
spoke to me the way she did l was speech
word.
have happened before we were married.
Chicago Tribune.
Edyth-Are you going to Niagara Falls
on your wedding trip?
Babette-No; l went there on my two
previous wedding trips and I believe it's
hoodoo!'-Detroit Free Press.
OF course you have dyspepsia, snapped
Ma Twaddles. You are constantly taking
things that don't agree with you"
Yes" agreed Pa, wearly. But If |
hadn't been a victim of that habit you'd
never have been Mrs Twaddles. "-Cleve-
land Leader.
The Single Aunt-You should be most
assduous to keep yourself unspotted from
the world. Cornelia. You are solicitous are
YOU not, TO enter heaven after you cross the
The Bud-Yes. But, aunty, I'm not averse
to little heaven on this side.-Puck.
She-Do you think that marriage is a
natural bent?
He-Bent? No; 1t is a case of broke
where the man is concerned.-New York
News
After ALL" said Miss Kulcher there is
nothing more lovely in art, nothing more
beautiful to study, than Hogarth's curves"
"Hogarth's?" remarked Mr.. Galley
Funny I never heard of her. What opera
company is she with?'-Philadelphia Led
ger.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21
Value of n Hearty Laugh.

An English physician in search for rem
edies for human ills finds that laughter
stands very high in the list OF prophylac-
tics. The effect of mere cheerfulness as a
health promoter is we'll known, but an occa-
SIGNAL outburst of downright hearty laugh
I'd is tie heroic remedy 1t is a matter of
everyday experience. says our English au-
thority, that one feels better for a good
laugh, an explosion of laughter being in
truth nerve storm, comparable in its
effect to a thunderstorm in nature, doing
good by dissipating those oppressive clouds
Of care which sometimes darken the mental
horizon" This authority assures us that
the memorable adage Laugh and grow
fat" rests on a sound philosophical basis.
Portly people are not given to laughter be-
cause they are fat; they are fat because
they laugh
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21
Springfield Republican.


And now 1t is the army from which the
number Of desertions is reported as being
unprecedented. At some OF the posts tho
desertions have reached as high as 30 per
cent. The trouble is laid at the door of
an obviously dangerous regulation adopted
some months ago, whereby the efficiency
of the recruiting officers was to be tabu-
lated on the number of recruits obtained
by them. This naturally caused them to
be less strict in accepting recruits, in their
effort to get many as possible and many
below the standard therefore got into the
ranks.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

Lumber is ordered up the ladder another
round or two by the Christian gentlemen
forming the combine to whom, to quote
Baer, the Almighty, In His infinite wisdom,
has committed the lumber property of this
nation that they may care for the comfort
of His people. Snow did it, Says the COM
bine. Price goes up now because there was
too much snow, just as in other years it
has gone up because there was too little.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

There is danger that the ruling of a
United States judge at Cleveland that
Balzac's "Droll Stories" are not immoral
may destroy the demand for that edition
into dead stock.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21
working the Deaf Ear.
Boston TRANSCRIPT.

A distinguished French psychologist has
discovered that tobacco lmpairs the power
Of the auditory nerve. He advises persons
who have shown any tendency toward deaf
ness or in whose ancestry any such ten
dency is discoverable absolutely to eschew
the weed. It is undoubtedly a sound warn
Ing, but one to which nnety-nine out of
100 smokers will turn a deaf ear.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

Kansas promises to set an example for
other states in dealing with the Pullman
company by exacting a charter fee of
$l4955, FOR the privilege of operating its
sleeping cars in the Sunfiower state.
Here's that Kansas does the trick.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

which would be to practically exclude
German products from the American
market
The question of amending the tarin
law as President Roosevelt is said to
have suggested is manifestly important
and ought to receive the careful atten-
ton of the next congress. Something
must be done to protect our trade with
European countries against injurious
discrimination.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

more trouble with $50 illegal saloons
scattered throughout the state than Gov
ernor Folk of Missouri has with twice
the number OF licensed places located in
st. Louis. Missouri seems TO have
gained at least one point in the rivalry
between the states.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

The meat packers declare themselves
perfectly satisfied with the report of
Commissioner of Corporations Garfield
on the beef combine. 1t remains to be
seen, however, whether the Standard Oil
magnates will express themselves as
equally satisfied with his report on the
Kansas oil situation.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

Kansas CITY Star.
The declared purpose of Vice President
Fairbanks to pass the summer toiling on
his farm in Illinois summons to the popu-
lar imagination a glowing and perspiring
figure, rioting in the new mown hay and
yielding itself with calorihc abandon to
happy dalliance with the ripened grain.
Would 1t be possible for the hard ma
terialism of American life TO form a back
ground for more romantic or engaging
spectacle?
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

Kansas City regrets that small wind
storm which passed over the Union depot
NJ that place had not the power TO de-
aollSh the building II also seems that
No railroads using the old shed have not
ilc power TO raise the wind" necessary
Tor the right kind of building.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

A man who is said TO have beaten the
Equitable Life society out of $4,000
offers to put back $4,000 if he is given
slight punishment for his offense, The
offer is not made to the policyholders,
who may, however. ask others for resti-
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

High waters are reported. from Wyo-
ming, That money appropriated for irri-
CATION in the west must be looked upon
in the light of mascot by the people of
the deserts who are now being deluged
from Cheyenne to Tombstone.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21
An Extra Hnnnrdous Ri.lx.
Chicago Chronicle.

NHIOubU OIIIUIIIOIts
The job Of a Russian provincial gov
ernor these days appears TO be about as
dangerous as that OF a nonunion teamster
in this enlightened metropolis. II thus ap-
pears that tyrant and one who ressts
tyranny may alike constitute what the in
surance companies call an extra-hazardous
risk
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

From Washington it is reported that
the senate committee ON railroads Is
ready to dodge the rate question by post
poning the framing of bill until agita-
ton quiets down. II this is correct re-
port, the members OF the committee may
as well prepare TO dodge their constitu-
ents for a still longer time.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

The restriction of stock exchange quo
tations by the United States supreme
court is another step in the separation
OF commerce from speculation, but many
of the people who wanted the order do
not see it in that light.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

Among other things that succumbed
to Governor Deneen's veto pen were ap-
preparation items for the University of
Illinois aggregNting $24sOOO. There is
such thing as going it too strong on
the part of even an educational institu-
tlOn
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

II the Indian problem before British
statesmen is as difficult as some i'm
ngine, they might take a tip from the
United States, which is starting its
Panama problem from the standpoint
that sanitation TO make it healthy
country Is half the solution.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

The London Standard is diplomatic
1t refers to Secretary of State Hay as
one of the two really great American
statesmen, and now any one can guess
the other one for himself and fully en-
dOrse the Standards expression.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

>Dr Osler has actually started for his
new post in oxford university. If he is
wise, he will be careful to spring none Of
his jokes on his new British consitu-
encv
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

Legislative corruption recognizes no
geographical lines, as is evidenced by
the fact that four members Of the Arkan-
sas legislature have just been indicted
on the charge of bribery. There is a
fair presumption, also, that the mer-
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

A San Francisco newspaper alleges
the discovery of plot in the Office of
the tax collector to rob the taxpayers.
San Francisco Is lucky If the only plot
In that connection is in one office.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

Tom Lawson has at last fired off his
big gun, but insists that he has reserved
enough shells to prevent the remaining
chapters of his story from becoming too
tOmp
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

Commissioner Clements has demon
strated that the railroads do not have a
corner on all the declamatory ability Of
the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

1t is "up to" Captain Charlie" Barr
to preserve the reputation of American
sailing vessels held since clipper ships"
broke records on every sea.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

The gentleman from Boston would
have us believe that Amalganated Cop
per is Synonymous with Amalgamated
Robber.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

Chicago News.
Some American yachtsman should lift"
the kaiser's cup II only to show him that
we entertain no unkind feelings on the
tariff question.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

The temperance of the summer re
sort announcements is II pretty good sec
ond to the debut of the open car.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

The report that resident of Kentucky
who has been killed had also been
robbed adds Il tinge of interest to an
otherwise commonplace statement.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21
who Did Itl

Washington Post
Railroad managers are still wondering
who started that story about Secretary
Taft being such a good fellow.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State OF Nebraska, Douglas County, S..
G, G, Rosewater, secretary OF Ihe Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
Gays that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Daily, Morning
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month of Ahrll la06- Was as lOllOMs:
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

cenary lawmakers were elected as demo
Gratis or they would not have been elected
at all in such democratic stronghold.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

Net tOtal saleS' '....'..''...'.'''''''''' O'o,'
Daily average ........,........,.. 20, ,321
c. c. ROSEWATER.
Secretary,
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before mo this 1bt day of May. l9O5.
(SeaD NJ. B. HUNGATE,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

tuition of a much larger amount with no
talk of prosecution.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

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Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

she-Do you think that marriage is a
natural bent?
He-Bent? No; 1t is a case of broke
where the man is cOncerned.-New York
News
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

The Bud-Yes. But, aunty, I'm not averse
to a little heaven on this side.-Puck.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

The Single Aunt-You should be most
assduous to keep yourself unspotted from
the world. Cornella. You are solicitous are
you not, TO enter heaven after you cross the
Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-21

Edyth-Are you going to Niagara Falls
on your wedding trip?
Babette-NO; | went there my two
previous wedding trips and I believe it's
a hoodoor'-Detroit Free Press.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-04-28
HINES TALKS TO SENATORS.
Former Employe Of Louisville and
Nashville Before Committee,

Washington. April 25.-The senate
committee on interstate commerce re-
sumed the hearing OF the railroad
rate question. Walker ID. Hines, form.
erly of the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad company. appeared before
the committee.
Mr.. Hines discussed what he termed
a prevalent impression that the inter-
state commerce commission had no
pLwer under the present law because
the law was ineffective and asserted
that this impression was due largely
To declarations by members of the
commission to that effect. He said
there now was a substantial control
OF rates by the commission and that
the present law vas very effective.
During the discussion of the intent
of the present law, Senator Cullom
said nobody believed that power to
fix rates was given to the commission
Mr.. Hines explained that one of the
serious results OF allowing a commits.
sion TO fix rates would be that all
rates so fixed would be permanent,
that when conditions changed which
required a change of rates it would
be impossible to have the change
made. because the commission would
be so overwhelmed with cases that 1t
would not consider the request.
Combinations of railroads. said Mr..
Hines, had a tendency to decrease
rates. Railroads reached out for bust.
ness and struggled for business and
reduced rates.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-04-28
Convention at Ealla Citx.

Lincoln, April 25.-The Republican
congressional committee OF the First
congressional district decided to
hold a congressional convention at
Falls City June | to nominate a candi-
date for congress to fill the place
made vacant by the resignation OF
Senator Burkett. The basis OF repre-
sentation will be n delegate at large
for each county and one delegate for
each 100 votes or major fraction there.
Of cast for Burkett. The convention
will consist of 2O4 delegates.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-04-28
Rain and Snow in Nebraska.

Lincoln, April 2l.-In the south.
eastern part of the state rain has
fallen heavily at intervals for twenty
hours. West and north the rain turned
into snow and save for extreme cold
there are all the elements of a bliz-
Yard. Al Broken Bow three and a
half inches of rain was followed by a
fierce snowstorm. A washout on the
Burlington held trains at that place
most of the day. At Greeley a heavy
snow Is falling.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-04-28
Berse Tells Of His Plans.

Lincoln, April 2O.-George w.
Berge, fusion candidate for governor
of Nebraska last fall, has purchased
the Nebraska Independent, owned by
Frank ID. Eager and edited by T. H.
Tibbles, Populist candidate for vice
president in the last campaign. Berge
announced that he would reconstruct
the paper, make an issue of the free
pass and would publish the contribu-
tons Of Senator LaFollette Of Wiscon-
sin. Governor Deneen of Illinois. Gov.
ernor Folk of Missouri and ex-Govern-
or Larrabee of Iowa. He will take
charge of the paper next week. Tib-
bles will retire from the paper. Berge
will be the editor and publisher.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-04-28
PRESIDENT KILLS THREE BeAes
Executives Hunting Trip Has Been
Crowned With Success.

Glenwood Springs. Colo, April 90
President Roosevelt's hunting trip has
been crowned with success far beyond
his expectations or those of the most
s%anguine of his guides. Three bears
were killed by the party Tuesday, and
two Monday, one by the president and
one by Or. Lambert. p. B. Stewart of
Colorado Springs. one or the presi-
dents hunting companions. arrived
here, accompanied by Courier Chap.
man They brought the story of the
hunt. The killing of the three bears
was ~telephoned to them and they IN.
derstood that President Roosevelt
brought down w of them, but the
details are lacking.
The party Is almost snowbound in
It's present location and no attempt
will be made to cross the divide.
Fifteen feet of snow is on the ground
on the other side and any effort to
reach Redstone would be futile. The
hunters are satisfied, however, for
they have reached the center of what
the guides say Is the best bear coun.
try in Colorado. Bobcats are thick in
the country o being hunted, so
plentiful in fact that many are al
lowed to escape without a shot being
fred in their direction. Severa, fine
skins have been taken, however. The
bear killed by the president was of
the brown variety, not so heavy. but
furnishing a much finer pelt than the
one killed last week, One of the bears
killed Is said to be a grizzly.
1t was within an area of eve
miles that all five of the bears were
killed. This spot was about sixteen
or eighteen miles from camp, and
every animal gave the dogs and hunt.
ers a long chase. All of them freed.
which forced the hunters to kill them
without further accident to the dogs.
Thus far only one dog has been killed.
II was killed by the first bear shot.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-04-28
Sidney Keeps Land Office.

washington, April Ex-senator Mil
lard called on Secretary Hitchcock and
Commissioners Richards relative TO
continuing the Sidney, Neb., land
office, He was successful in securing
the promise Of the department that
the Sidney Office should remain undis.
turbed for at least another year. The
Sidney Office has fallen below the stat.
Utory requirements as to the number
OF acres of public and yet remaining
within its territory and also as to the
cost OF maintaining the office, and 1t
had been decided to abolish the Office.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-04-28

City. The Great Northern has al.
ready spent several hundred thousand
dollars in purchasing terminals in
Sioux City and made plans for the
expenditure of 81, 100000 more here.
A special construction train passed
through Sioux City on the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul on its way to
Armour, S. D., to begin work on the
proposed extension from Armour to
Chamberlain. In some quarters II Is
believed that this move means that
the Milwaukee VIII build to the coast.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-04-28
Nebraska Crop Conditions.

Lincoln, April 26.-The low tenn
perature of the last week has been un-
favorable for the growth OF vegeta-
ton. Winter wheat continues in ex-
cellent condition. Oats were frozen
to the ground in some western coun-
ties. Generally, however, oats and
spring wheat are up nicely and the
damage from low temperature is
slight. Grass has grown very slowly.
Flowing for cor has progressed nice.
ly, but it has been too cold for plant
ing. The frost injured plums and
other early fruit somewhat.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-04-28
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
Features Of the Days Trading and
CLOSING Quotations.

chicago. April 2J.-Comparativc calm per-
Naird the wheat market here today. To
Al appearances the famous deal In May
wheat Is not absolutely "A thing Ut the
past. Influenced 10y n substantial decrease
IN the worlds visible available stacks,
the market closed firm, with July up lyM
Sc The May option closed precisely at
yesterdays inal quotations. Corn was
w 1ac' Oats showed u gain OF i,4ll.c.
Provisions were up JmIl,c. Closing prices
wheat May, o3c; July, s5hc. sept. slc,
'orh May, 46s.c; July. +Tc, Sept. +7lAc,
o"'N May 23i.c; July. 2gxc; Sept, 2s%
iorh May, sl2i7lg; July, $3.50.
Lara May, s. l2'2; July 7SI,3ai..
h'es- May $3.50, July. ST.l2la
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-04-28
Train Wreck at Lincoln.

Lincoln, April 22.-The Chicago.
Denver express on the Rock Island
collided with a switching engine just
at the city limits, completely wreck.
ing both engines and damaging the
mail and express cars. II. l.. Latta.
mail clerk, was seriously injured. His
leg was crushed and he was internally
hurt. A number of passengers were
slightly injured. but continued their
journey. The e%nginemen escaped by
jumping.
The Red Cloud chief., 1905-04-28
More Suits at O'NeiiI.

O'Neill, Neb., April 21.-Ten more
depositors have begun suit to recove
damages from Bank Examiner White
more and the Fidelity and Guaranty
company of Maryland at O'Neill. They
charge negligence on the part of the
examiner In the examination of the
condition of the Elkhorn Valley bank
and claim over $4,000 damages, The
legal claims against the bank nov
aggregate $4,000.