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555J!S!5 ; jjfl ,3TTFir' ffl J "I believe those poor immi grants who come to this country are of inferior labor and are given taiks formerly given our own la borers, thus pushing our men into higher class." Judge Julian W. Mack, Federal Court of Com merce, x We don't kdow whether to de duce from this that Judge Mack doesn't know what he's talking about, or is in with those trusts wKq import "poor immigrants" j without, however, having any idea of "pushing our men into higher class' by so doing. "Regulation of railways rests "upon eternal laws of justice, of reasonableness and equity. I fa ' vor the retention of the prison penalty in the regulatory stat utes," Interstate Commerce Commissioner B. H. Myer, speak ing at Madison, Wis. Myer's inclined to use long words, but outside of that we heartily agree with him that the "prison penalty" ought to be kept in the statutes. We'd even go step farther, and suggest that seeing "prison pen alty" is in statutes, it might be used, and a few railroad"captains offindustry" be sent to jail im mediately. "I refer to J. P. Morgan & company; Kuhn,v Loeb & com pand, and the National City bank of N. Y. These three dominate the financial system of the coun try." T. C. Daniel, financial ex pert testifying before congress as to'who composes the "Money .Trust." Now, talking about - "prison penalties- Manchu prince has offered $5,- 000 for the head of Premier Yuan Shi Kai. N" Cold wave extending over en tire northwest sent temperature down to 32 below at Grand Forks, 30 below at Devil's Lake, 22 at Moorehead, 30 at Mmnedosa, 24 at Winnipeg. Probably corner this way. Notices posted in Tabriz that all Persians and Armenians mus't surrender arms within two weeks or be executed by Russian troops. Interstate Commerce Commis- sion ordered sweeping investiga tion of all ra'ilroad in weighing freight. Been under-weighing freight for favored shippers, thus' getting around rebate law. Henry Hiatt, Noblesville, LkL sentenced to life imprisonment, for murder of wife by shooting. Wm. Lee, Evansville, IncL, who slew father, mother and "brother, set up insanity defense today. Nurse testified he once said earth did not revolve around sun, be cause, if it did, all people would fall off. i St. Paul woman, who signed' herself "Mrs. F. C." wrote letter to Devil's Lake, N. D., depart ment store for stealing of apple 20 years ago. She got forgive ness. . ' Mob of 10,000 persons crowded"5 to hear BiUy Sunday revival ser- vice at Canton, O. Fought ushers and each other and otherwise dis played Christian spirit. Ih Duke and Duchess of Con-IE naught arrived in Montreal to- day. '' mmmammmmmmm