k WEDFOTIT) WATT1 TRTTWTJ, OTDFOTW), (TRIM ON. Firm AY, IWfEMTJEn 18, f.OM rTcrm tttri3W "'in m POLLUTION OF GREAT LAKES 13 HEALTH MENACE SCOTT TO STOP TAKEN PRISONERS ALLIES DRAWING irriiM Vi BY CAROTHERS JOINS s AFRICAN EMDEN'S SAILORS N AS REBELLION N BORDER ASSFRTS BOTHA BRITISH GERMANS BACK PJl-v ' I lK. I s, Jft r3rMt kt , p. V. &v iftA. ,, . 'vas. v WABIIINOTON, !". 18. Pollu tion til' Hie (ln'iit Ulu'H mill hilititary iIvit'm in litM'omiiiK a Mnrioim ini'iiiu'fl to health, ui'iMinliiiK to tliu iiiiiiiml re port loiliiy of StiiKi'tm (Irnonil lltipvrt llllIC llf till' plllllio lll'llltll HITVll'l', He pointH out that nliout 1(1,0(10,(100 putt. HriWt'rx urn curried euch year over tin (lieitt l.uld'H anil that more than 1(100 VI'HHt'ln IIMC tlll'HI' WlttlTM. "It Ihhmuiii'h iippnrciit, (lien'Torc," Dr. Mini' dei'lurcx, "Unit iIu'hh inlaml M'khcIh ilny tin Itiipurliiiit ruin in the iiiaiiitMiani'ii of lint IiIkIi typhoid fever mle in Hut United HtatuH. "Thi' decree of tin pollution of tiw Onwit l.aki'H mill rivein trilnitary thereto Ih bi'i'omiinj a HcriutiN ties tioii. TIm'mh InrKii bodie of water I'liiiHtantly are becoiiiinj; inorn pollut i'ilf thtiH IcHNi'iiitiK tlieir value hm a Miiin'u of water Niii1y. I'rneticiilly nil of theno vi'MmcIh ml the witter lined iihnanl fur all iiii'mimi by piuiiiinK from lint lake." It in recommended that water n taken be puilficd before Iii'mir imed fur drinking iiirioKi'n, Study of tho tine of drug in thin country, whcie iinti-tiiirculic Irgiidn lion Iuin ninili' HtatiNlieH nviiiluhlc, Dr. lllue Hiiyx, lend tit the belief that (ho I'Hliinato of drug-UKcr linn been high anil that the uxor of morphine anil opium in Huh country probably iliin'l number more than 110,000,, ulnle the nmubi'r of eoeniiic liner m probably "very miii'h lower." LEG L ATORSCLASH AUSTRALIAN E MKUIOritNi:, via l.omloii, Dee. 18, H'M) a. m. Dnniu a ntonny all nilit honttion of the federal Iioiinii of repri'iientntiVi'H, the Hpoaker eiteil Jo seph Hump Cook, lender of the liberal party ami a former eabinet niinUtcr, for ni""NH Inmiltx to the nhair. In reply Cook, nmiil liberal cheer ing, Mtiil the parly ileellneil to hit mi ller a tyrannical speaker, ami the op position thereupon lett the Iiuiim in a lioily. Following their ileparture, a motion wart curried to Mixpvml Cook until he apologized for bin actions in the limine. Tim cIiihIi grew out of a de bate on tho coininonwi'allh bank bill. AUSTRIA SERVIA HEAVY I'AltlH, Dee JS, 10. R0 n. in. lu a (llMpntcli (rum NIhIi, Svrvlu, Urn correspondent of tho Uavan Agency nays tlio Servian authorities Imvo ro I'HlultlUlunl tlwtniMolvoH la tho vicinity or Poilrluto, whero tho Austrian troops surrendered to thorn. 1'rlH oncrH nfflrtu that tlio Auittrlnn losses In tho recent engagements In killed and wounded Imvo boon very largo and that thoy exceed tlio loss In pris oners. Heavy casualties nro shown by tho Innumornlilo unliuiled bodies of AiiBtrliin soldiers found on tliu lino of their rotrent. I.oznltza, wboro tlmra bnd boon fighting recently, wait burned by tlio AiiHtrlaiiH, 10 ANNEX SWITZERLAND PAWS, Doc. 18, 8:2li a. in. Ab proof thnt Germany inudo plans to anuox Switzerland, tho Matin prints pliotoKrnpliH of (lornmn ton and twon ty pfennig stamps across1 which arc prltod lu black lottorH "Scliwolz, ton coutlmoH,' and "Hchwolz, twonty-flvo rontlmou." Tho editor clalinu that bo Iiuh' utnuipH of tblB kind In IiIb pofiHoaalon, T WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. OenrKo (', CarolheiH, Hpecml ai'iil of (lie hlati ilcpiiitmcnt with (lenoral Villa, IpiH been Kent to Niton to Join hi of I'oiIh wild thomi of lli-wadier Oeaeral Hcott, uliu ariivt'H there tomorrow to Htop firing from the contemliug Mex ioan factiiiiiH into Atneiieaii terri tory. Heeietary llryan him Hcmireil, (In (High llic.Kovcinini'nt of (leiiernl (liillerrcy, iiHHiritnceH that (loveiuor Iturlmlc will Imvo a fair trial, A ilinpatch to tint Carranni agency brrc ri'pnrlH iho ili'lVnt of Villa foioeH hoiiIIi of Tampico, CoiiHiilar Aueiit Canovii at Mexico City ieMirlM the ilepartuie of 15,000 Uutlorror. tioop for the went coiihI ami tho occupation of I'uebla by Za pata troopM, (lutierror. Iiiih orileicil all cucnilH to be reprcMi-iiteil nl the forthcoming conveiitioim of I'hiefn, which N to He led it proMiilont. A. J. VANCE ACCEPTS NEW MILITARY HONOR A. J. Vance, innuoKer nf'tbe Ilomit Tolfphouo company, rocoutly uamod captain ot the 7tli coinpnny, appenrod before tlio inombvrn nt Wodneaday'n iiipaMhk and nt tlio urKont rrqtirit of Mcdford cltlzoiiB nccoptod tho posi tion. It Ih plnnnrd to Introduco nth Ictlci nud other forum of ainuioment a a nidi) font iiv of tho military train Iuk. J'lvo now men bnvit rccontly on tinted, nud more nro on tho waltltiK lint. Money to further tho athlutlca will Imj ruined by n mtIom of entertain nmntit. Cnptnlu Vnnco'H commlMnlon will nrrlvo In a few da. Now life will bo Instilled Into tint company. Portland Livestock Market I'OHTLAND, Or., Dee. 18. Cattle --Iti'CoiptH 'JIO; htraitv tn htroni;. Ilopt Hori'iptH lKlt'J; 10o hiKher. I'rimo li(;bt, $7. I0( 7.00; medium, $7.J0(u7.:i0; hiuootli lienxy, $U.8.r)(i 7.10; rnuuli lu-avy, . lOfn (1.(10. Shi'i'p- WeeeiptH M'J. Steady. PAI'BTOWJC, via Lomlon, Def. 18, 8:l.'i it. m. (leueral I-uin Hollm, pre mier of tho t'uioii of South Allien, I'oiiHiihu-H tlmt tlm rebellion, apart from tho rniiniliiiK up of a few Mruy bauilH, in at an end. Aeeonliiiijlv he Iiiih (,'one for a nhort yitcation on his faun before nmlcrtakiiiK a ('aiiipaiii iiKaiiiHt (Icrmaii SouthwcNt Africa. With tiio eapluro of Ocneral Do Wet mid the dentil of Oeneuil Ibcr in uu ongaKi'moiit, the South African Kovcrilment recently miiioiineeil that the rebellion Htarted by the Icmloix wiiH'practieallv at an end. .Mnxt of the followerH of Do Wet ami Hover, it U Hinted, Imvo been either captured or dUpcmed, PORTLAND STRUCK BY COLDEST WAVE I'OHTLAND, Or., Dec. 18. l'oil land experienced tho eohh-t Decem ber weather in mix yearn today when the mercury dehcended to 211 deKrcoM allow .em. Steamers from tho Co lumbia river reported now ice form- .iiij; acroiH tho river from St. HclenV, Or., cnxlunril. onl wiw iceeivcil hero that the CitNeailo Locks were fnir.i'11. VehhclN due to pasn lhroiili tho locks today from above Marled down tln river uni'i.riil timiru lipfori. sched uled lime. honiiiL' to break tltroiiL'b be. furl- the ice beeitmo too thick. At Ha- ker, in ciiMlorn Oregon, zero weather wiih reported. The minimum at Spo kane was '2 decrees above and nt Se attle .'10 decree. l'OU CllltlSTMAH NothlnK nicer for Christmas than Governor Johnson und Mt. Pitt cl gam In Chrlntmns boxen. TOKIO, Doc. IH, 0 . m - ("retain llrlllNb warithlpH have eaptiirod Hioho iiuttiiburit of the crew of tlio (Jermun ('miner I'mden, which encnped at i Coco Inliind when tho cruiser was doHtroyed Novemhor 10 by tho Aim Hrnllmi erulMor 8dnoy. Tho Oerman iHiillorn went to nea In a Cocoh Island schooner named Aysha. Forty men of the (Jerman eruinor Kiiiilen were iihlmre on Cocos island when their vchhcI was overtaken and sunk by the Sydney. Under the commaml of Lieutenant Muc-kc, they commaudeereil a Cncos Island schooner, loaded it will irovisionri and sailed away. A ilixpatch from .Manila, December 1(1, said these men later captured a collier on which thev mounted two .Maxim kiiiis, oWdcntly brought with tliem from the Kmdcn, and bewail raidiiiK commerce in the I'ltcifie. This report enme through officers of the llriti-b leamer Malai.'ca, wfiieb j in lived nt .lolo. It has not, however, Ilx'cn coiiiirmeil Innn any oltieial rpiarter. Where thev capttireil this I collier hits not been divulged. The '.Malacca, feariiii; that she would be overhauled by this collier, made her way into .lolo without showing lights. This would indicate thnt the collier hiiN been operating in the J'ncific not far from the Philippine islnnds. l'AHIS, Dee. 18, 'MK, p. m. The ministry of marine unuotinced today that the Uriti-h auxiliary cruiser Km press of .lapnu had captured the col lier Kxfonl, having on board three of ficers and forty men from the Her man cruiser Ktinlen, sunk November 10 by the Australian cruiser Sydney. Theie are the forty men who escaped i to Cocos Island and stibneiptently . -ailed away in a coinmandeered , schooner. I l'AHIS, Dnc 18, 2 17 p. m Th" French war oftlre this afternoon f?avo out an ornciai communication n follows i "The ilny of Decombor 17 wag marked, as wo suit! yesterday, by an advance on our part In HclRlum, where ovcry counter attack under taken 'by the enemy failed. "In the ronton of Arras, n vlgor- 1 out) offensive made us masters of sevoral trenches. "These trenches aro located at Auchcy, l.a llnssec, St. Laurent and IJlnnK)'. At this last mentioned place wo occupied a front more than a kilometre long, almost all the first line trenches of the enemy. "In tho region of Tracy-I.e-Val, on tho Alsnc, and In Champagne our heavy artlller ywon dlitJnct advan tages. "In the Argonnc the Germans blow up one of our trenches to the north of Four I)e Parsl and endeavored to jmove out from their position with I three battalions of troops. This in I fan try attack, as well as the one they I undertook at St. Hubert, was re pulsed. "To thp cast of the Mcuro and tn the Vobgcs there Is nothing to report." Knpiueers usk eonpress for $1, , 7.10,000 to complete work at mouth of ! Columbia. l'AHIS, Dee. 18. -The Hnvn agency lias piven out a dispatch from its correspondent nt Athens, who ipiotes a message from the island of Tenedo to the effect that the recent bombardment by n HritL-b fleet in the Gulf of Snros, immediately north of the Dardanelles, completely destroyed the Turkish barracks on shore nnd seriously damaged the fortifications. The Turks, panic-stricken, lied to the I interior. Do Your Holiday Shopping AT STORE OPEN EVENINGS HEILBRONNER'S NEW STORE STORE OPEN EVENINGS TERRE HAUTE FIRE TMUtl'3 HAUTH, Intl., Doc. 18, Two portmna woro killed nnd a num ber Injured, thrco of thont soilously, In a flro which curly today destroy ed n Ini'Ke rooming ltouiio hero, Tho doittl nro; I.ucIuh Aloxumlor, u crlpplo, smoth ered to death In bod, nnd Chastor Hawroy, otuhtoon, son of tho rooming 5m$j t ? 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