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Show TRIALS OF POLAR EXPEDITION. Explorers Had to Eat Their Own Dogs or Starve. Chlcngo. Detniis or tho hardships experienced by members or tho Lof-fingwell-Mlkkelsen Polar expedition, which wns Icebound In Hcnuford sea for nearly n year, reached Chlcngo Tuesday, with V. StefaiiBBen, ethnologist ethnol-ogist or tlio expedition. Urnest Do Knven Lcfllngwcll, representing the University of Chicago, who was Jointly Joint-ly in command of tho expedition, is safe in northern seas, wltli other members or tho expedition. Although lie was present when tho expedition's shl ), Duchess or Hedrord. went down, nnd nt one tlmo was compelled to eat one of tho dogs which made up Ills team, ho is reported none the worse for his exporlenco. |