Show COMPANIES PLEASED in the indianapolis street car strikers DEATH RATE FROM LA GRIPPE nebraska state farmers alliance annual Ide meeting eting senator sherman ro ra elected cold weather er etc washington jan 12 the united states supreme court yesterday in the celebrated interstate inter state commerce rase case charles counselman appellant vs I 1 rank frank appellant hitchcock inar marshal elial of the ie united states district court foi for the northern district of illinois decided that witnesses cannot be compelled to testify in fit any criminal ea case ea where answers might tend to cn minato them then oin anyway subject them thein to pos ai lie future lure prosecution this 3 case came ca se me is one of the greatest interest to I 1 the be railroads and is is attracting the widest attention Couns councelman Cou nelman elinan was w as asked whether he beever ci er obtained from any ally railroad a cateon rate on grain shipments lower alian the tile open rate to all shippers lie refused to ati answer siver on the ga ground round that it might criminate him and c claimed the protection of the constitutional guarantee conferred by the fifth amend merit nent judge judge gresham decided agai against tit him aila held him in lit contempt of court for r refusing na 11 ag to answer the question and it is 0 on t lie appeal front judge Gre groshams shams order that the case decided by the supreme court today to day came up washington jan 13 senator cullom leaking speaking in respect to the decision of the united states supreme court in in the coun selman ce saya says 1 I am ant afraid that tho court realizes that the people are entitled to pr protection 0 lection in in their rights as between the themselves i s elve and sand the colimon carriers the common camera carriers arc are quasi public institutions and have no right under the tile common il law to discriminate between persons or localities cali ties 11 THE SITUATION CRITICAL I 1 fhe rho striking kInz street car employees Employee i attempt to stop a car I 1 indianapolis LIS J jan all 12 the street earl car strike situation Is 11 growing onil ominous the growl tig company has declared its S intention of 01 running cars today to day and asked aked the board 0 of pu public b lie safety for protection and the strikers tri ers say they will not riot allow a wheel to turn tins this morning a salt malt car started over the college avenue line with an all escort of po lice A crowd of strikers attempted to stop it and the row was only quelled by the arrest strikers the strikers abely telephoned the employees of the atlas engine works for assistance the situation is is becoming more critical every minute tile strikers arrested were afterwards bailed baided out there is is a 4 possibility militia being called 0 out lit tins this afternoon fac coln 0 hay e all been called in from front the outside districts to be ili in read ness for any emergency and the board of public fa safety vit is is now il in session the tile sit uti tonight to night is practically unchanged this afternoon the brot brotherhood herhold he made madea a apropo proposition for arbitration but president 1 renzle promptly declined an ali attempt was made to ran run another cai car on oil college avenue later thi tins i afternoon which M resulted irl a slight disturbance and the arrest of about a dozen strikers who were abely immediately bailed baided out by sympathizing citizens NEBRASKA GRANGERS CHANGERS T the he state farmers alliance hold A session with closed doors I 1 N neb eb jan 12 the eleventh annual meeting of the tile state tanners farmers alliance will be held here hereto to dav the tile meeting will be be held with closed doors but it is is known that an all attempt will be made to pass a absolution resolution endorsing the sn sub treasury treasur ur y scheme the action of the state legislature I 1 atu re in placing a bounty on ott beet sugar will wil been be endorsed I 1 ased and a resolution bordering on oil free trade will be discussed tile 1 he meet ing promises to be harmonious much interest is is shown in lit dige discussing the probable candidates for governor E alx lx x senator van ack is mentioned as a probable candidate on the tile independent ticket rho the greater part of the afternoon session w was as devoted to the annual address of pres ident powers the main pointon point of interest was as his reference to tile movement early last fall toward tow ard holding wheat theotime the time lie eaid said was inopportune for iueli such a movement but later developments have convinced him thit that such a plan Is necessary for self preben aaion i the frigid north HURON B D jan 12 it watts was 21 1111 degrees grel 9 b below elow zero liere here this morning and from 15 5 to 21 degrees below at various points in ili mhd state making it the coldest day of the season BELGRADE ItEL GRiDi mont jan 12 the spirit thermometers ref registered 49 decrees degrees below zero yesterday the snow is two feet deep ST PAUL jan 12 specials from all parts of tile northwest show the coldest weather of the season at parker S 1 it wa was 5 28 degrees below aberdeen I 1 35 below yankton 30 huron 2 26 various other points bho show brange wrange a ot of 28 to 32 12 MEMPHIS jan 12 the south is i having the worst weather experienced in in four vears years tile cold snap being general genar il the thermometer only about 20 above with indications of a farther drop of 10 degrees tonight to night telegraphic coin communication muni cation is is badly interrupted in ili this city the telephone telegraph fire alarm and electric light ight wires are badly broken d down ON 11 and trees and slid shrubbery largely det dt roved royed by enow snow and sleet IOU STOr fex tex jan 12 specials from fifty poi ailts south and arid cast today to day are to the tile eilert I 1 flat a severe ice a nd sleet storm prevails the weather being the worst experienced enca for years la grippe n europe to LONDON io jan 12 there is is no abatement whatever in ili the epidemic of influenza luenz a winch which is is sw beeping over 1 egland ng land ite orts are daily received brorn hundreds of f p places a c es throughout the country and show w ot that h t the to disease continues to spread with increasing virulence advices advises from pans paris show that I 1 influenza continues to increase everywhere a in france prance the number of deaths atlis resulting from the disease are very large large dispatches from berlin and an I 1 vienna jen na state that VIC no disease shows no signs of abatement in lit U germany erinani eri nany and austria though it is is now an am a rule of a less virulent type than previously ioury in belgium the influenza continues t to 0 O bo be widespread vide spread in its ravages |