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The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-03

the grand premier was extremely bril-
liant. l saw many well-known racing
men present, and all were unanimous in
praisins the new arrangement.
AS for the women's dresses, small
checked patterns. in voils eaffetta and
muslin. were the chief novelty There
were also many charming combinations of
couturier and tailor gowns. in white and
black. trimmed with reds and blues.
The present fashion in skirts naturally
ohlises all the women who wish to main
tain sylph!ike figure to eliminate all
fuliness in petticoats. 1 saw a most in
genius method OF surmounting the diff
Guilty Il petticoat mounted on deep spc-
cial silk Jersey band. which cungs to the
hips effectually and avoids the appear
ance OF thickness
All blouses are now made to button AT
the back. and have a large pouch over
tightly fastened wristbands.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-03

Christ Church. New Zealand. April =
Captain II. y. Scott of the British Royal
Navy. who was in command OF the Ant
arctic expedition which sailed from Lon
don July 81 1901. in quest OF the South
Pole. tells thrilling story of the crew :
experiences in the frozen South. At one
tine it seemed that death would surely
overtake them al.--their vessel was frozen
in for thirteenth months. provisions and
coal were running short ard there seemed
no prospect of relief when, Ike bolt
out Of clear sky, the two ships sent
out by the British Government and the
Royal Geographic Society appeared, bear
Ing the necessities of life.
The expedition. in addition TO making
geographical discoveries. achieved impor-
tant scientific results.
The task of extricating the Discovery
from the ice was so difficult that at one
time It was feared that the vessel would
have TO be abandoned.
WITHSTAND A MYTH
Wilkesland was found to have no exist
ence and the Discovery sailed over the
region where that place has been charted
since the time Of the Explorer Ross.
Much information was secured regarding
higher forms of life. mostly o: birds. in
Guiding the Emperor Penguin, which hith-
erto has never been found The only
vegetation found we're masses of lichens.
hut fossil remains of higher forms OF plant
life were obtained.
The general biology evidence indicates
that an immense Continent once connected
the Antarctic and Australasia.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-03

About a dozen swordsnen made a ces-
perate rush in the direction of Colonel
Macdonald and n small knot OF officers.
-Four Tll!betsns attacked Mr. Gambler. III"
correspondent of the London Daily Mail.
but Colonel Macdonald seized rife and
shot down two Of them at few yards
and another officer killed the other two,
thus saving Mr. Cardler's ,ife
Those Of the 7'h;hetans who tried to
climb the wall were met with tcrri-
bic magazine rife fire. but they did not
falter. those behind sprinsing over the
heaps of dead and continuing the fight
until riddied with bullets.
When finally the Thibetans retired they
tramped back slowly and steadily, though
followed by a hail of bullets.
4 mountain battery was brought into
action. and tore the retreating lines with
shrapnei. \ terrible trail Of dead and dy-
Ing marked the line of march
AT length. the last wounded. limping
Th!hetan turned the corner, some 40
yards from the scene Of the grim trag-
edy. where the best ot the Tlibetan Army
had perished.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-03

Tuna. Thibet. April 2-The Thibetar
General. the whole Of his personal escort
and five Lassa omcials were among the
hundreds killed in the fighting of March
ID at G11ru. Thibet.
Tho small British losses are accounted
Tor by the fact that the Thibetans were so
huddled together that the majority were
unable either TO use their swords or TO
IRE.
Tho swordsmen in the front rank could
not reach the sikhs. who had fixed bayo-
nets. while the men in the middle of the
mob could not reach the enemy. but many
OF them probably killed one another in
the mad excitement.
The scene recalled oid-time fights in
oockpits, the grim. determined faces OF
the Thibetans. lighted with devildom saw
asery. expressing contempt for the sikhs,
whom they outnumbered six or seven to
one.
When the La.sa General fred tho first
shot. the Thibetans. with wild shouts.
drew their swords. fired their matchlock.
and surged forward.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-03
KING EDWARD DECIDES
ON new STYLE OF HAT.

SPECIAL. BY CABLE TO THE S'r LOFTS Pc
PUBLIC AND THE NEW YORK HERALD.
London. April 2.-(Copyright. 1sO4.)-After
recently describing other portions OF the
Kings wardrobe. a London mems news
paper now tells of the hats his Majesty
will wear this season. Silks will prepon-
derate, although almost every variety of
head covering WIS comprehended in the
order the King gave just before leaving
for Copenhagen.
The style of silk Nat chosen this wear
will be seen on none but the royal head
The hat will have a broa 1er brirn. with
well-acccn,ing curl. a deeper crown and
a little more bell than the hats which
even his Majestys est-dressed subjects
will wear.
The King IS the possessor OF what is
known to hatters as good head His
iajesty takes rs.
Even IL it were possible for the ordinary
citizen II obtain the Kings style Of silk
hat, the probability IS he could not wear
1t. Not one man in 1900 could wear II
satisfactorily. for It is built on special
lines, with careful regard to the King >
exceptional breadth of shoulders. config-
uraiion CT face and appearance generally.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-03
PR0FiTED BY MISFORTUNE
AND COURTS MiSERLINESS

SPECIAL BY CABLE TO THE ST. LOUIS RE-
PUBLIC AND THE NEW YORK HERALD J.
London. April e-tCopyright. o4)-The
farthings which Judges have been making
use of frequently Of late in awarding dam
ages to litgants has proved in one case
a useful coin.
A West Bromwich widow recently OBJ
tained farthing in a breach-of- promise
action she brought against faithless
sweetheart. She put 1t into the window
Of her tobacco shop with a printed warn
ing to trusting women to beware of
''mizepah" rings and inviting men to come
and buy breach promise cigars and
widows mite cigarettes" The result
was such a big business that the police
had to stand by to keep the pavement
clear. while nineteen men. mostly widow
rio9A,
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-03
Doctor Ph. Marechal Calls Vivi-
sectors Self-Satisfied Men
With Shameful Instincts.
SURGERY IGNORES ANALOGY.
Animals Do Not React Like Hu-
man Beings Under Medici-
nal and Toxic
Doses.

Paris. April 2.-The anti-vivisection
cause in Paris is gaining strength surely
II slowly, and many medical men are
flocking around It's banner
Doctor Phi. Marechal denounces the
practice as follows:
1T Is In the medical body Itself that the
enti-viyisection movement, to succeed
should originate. Blamed and disavowed
by their colleagues as being self satisfied,
lacking in scientific etiquette and pos
sessed with shameful instincts OF cruel
ty. they would no longer dare to call
themselves doctors; for the initial point
In the medical vocation IS the horror OF
suffering and the generous desire to
alleviate it. It being the aim Of every
medical man worthy OF the name TO calm
the pain of every animate being. be IT
man or beast. for We well know that in
the sense Of feeling man is akin to the
animal, the dread of suffering being the
same
CSEIIESSNESS OF VIVISECTION
THE 'ancients.' who were not vtvisec-
tionists. carried out the most difficult and
sometimes hazardous operations without
ever having vivisected. Accidents, where
urgent aid is required. furnish surgeons
wan :" NoSt heiu lOI OpS!dllSe surgery and
my opinion is that, whether In surgery or
medicine. TO conclusive benefit for man
can be obtained by experiments upon ami
mais. surgeon can only make a Iepeti-
ton OF an operation upon a human corpse.
not an animal for in surgery it is not
analogy, but the most complete identity
that Is requisite.
We doctors, the natural protectors of
Tho weak-for weakness is a malady-
maintain that Ill treatment is an abuse
and that suffering imposed upon a person
otherwise than in the interest OF that per
son Is more than an abuse-it is a fault
and often crime. We alone can affirm
that vfvfsection has furnished nothing but
errors to medical science. As long as one
only dtssects the bodies of animals out of
respect for the human body, human anto-
my Will remain imperfect: notwithstand-
Ing tho fact that Galen adopted the type
most resembling man-the ape.
"Physiology is now nothing but a con-
co:tion OF contradictory hypothesis, and
this. thanks TO the vivisectionists. who by
their Idle discussions and their expert
ments, which would be groteSque were
they not monstrous, have retarded the
evolution Of n science which is the natural
OASIS OF medicine.
What can We learn from a human
point OF view from the experiments OF
schiff, who. attor having tied up the
pylorus, filled the stomachs OF dogs with
crushed stones, sand. salt and ground
pepper, or from those of Wertheim,
whose aim was to ascertain how long dogs
could live after boiling water had been
thrown over them or whose coats had
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-03
LEADING FRENCH FAMILIES
THROWN INTO MOURNING

SPECIAL BY CABLE TO THE sT LOUIS PIE
PUBLIC AND THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Paris, April z-(Copyright. 1S4) A
weil-known figure in Paris society has
passed away. in the person of the Ouch
ess d'Albe. who died this week. after a
long illness. The Due d'Albe died in New
York three years ago while on a dip
lomatic mission.
The deaths have also occurred in Paris
society this week Of the Duchesse de
Bauffremont and the Duche.se de Morte-
mart.
BY these three deaths most Of the
prominent French families have beea
thrown into mourning.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-03
FRANCES FIRST GRENADIER
INFERRED WITH GREAT P0MP.

SPECIAL. BY CABLE To TiIE ST. LOUIS RE-
PUBLIC AND THE NEW YORK HERALD
Paris. April 2.-tCopyright, 1904. THE
body of the celebrated French warrior,
Captain Malo de la Tour d'Auvergne, a
hero OF the first Empire, who was killed
on the field of battle at Oberhausen on
June q, 1890. and who is called the First
Grenadier of France because he refused
to betray the cause of the Republic and
follow his superior officers. who Joined
the enemy with the emigres. was laid
this week beside the tomb of Napoleon I.
in the Invalides. with great pomp.
The entire garrison of Paris and the
President Of the Republic were present
and q stirring speech was delivered by
General AndrA
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-03
BRILLIANT OPENING OF
LONGCHAMPS RACE SEASON

SPECIAL BY CABLE TO THE ST LOUIS RE-
PUBLIC AND THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Paris. April 2-(Copyright, 19A.)-The
weather clerk. though he rinned with all
the rest Of the week, was in a smiling
mood for the opening Of Lonschamps, and
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-03
HIGH TH|BETAN OFFICIALS,
FELL IN FIGHT AT GURU,

Forces Opposed British So Closely Hudded Together
fectve Fighting Was Imposs ble swordsmen
Crowd Killed One Another in Mad Excitement Recalling
Time Cobats Of the CockptMountain Battery
Gaps in Ranks.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-03
CAPTAIN SCOTT REPORTS
WITHSTAND ONLY A MYTH.

Discovery With the Antarctic Explorers Board Sails Through
the Open Where the Con nen Appears Upon the Map
British Sailor Tells How His Vessel Was Frozen Thir
Months and How Relief Was Brought Provisions
and Coal Were Growing Short
EXPEDITION GETS WITHIN TWELVE DEGREES OF SOUTH POLE
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-01-27

Edward Paxson, of Butte, Mon
tana, will exhibit at the St Louis
Exposition his famous painting of
The Custer Battle Field,' which
has attracted so much attention at
Washington, D. G. This is one of
the most widely known paintings
by this artist and it is said to be
best representation of the celebra-
ted battle field on which the gallant
General Custer and his force Of
brave soldiers were killed. The
picture contains more than 200 fig
ures, troopers, scouts and Indians,
all in one struggling fighting mass.
The dead and wounded lay all
about. There are horses galloping
over the dead. Others a.e wounded
and are struggling over the fallen
men, most of whom are dead.
This was one of the fercest bat
ties of the Noathwest. Sitting Bull
was chief of the Sioux Indians by
whom General Custer and his COM
pany of soldiers had been trapped /
The General is shown in the center
of the picture bareheaded and fight
ing for his life. A number of his
! officers are in the foreground, each
in a hand-to- hand conflict with the
Indians. The picture is so full Of
realism that it is said many old
frontier soldiers have been seen to
weep as they stood. gazing at it.
The details are graphically portra-
yed. The painting is valued at
$4,000.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-01-27

extreme. Armstrong was a farm
hand, industrious but passionate
and impetuous. Prior to year
ago last Christmas be worked on a
ranch near Haines. He was 25
years of age, good looking, and gen
erally popular. His decent was
Spanish. He had for come time
worked.in the neighborhood of the
place where be did the killing.
Christmas night, 1902. there was
. dance at Redding's ranch. near
North Powder, Baker county.
For more than year Armstrong
and Minnie Ensminger had been
'keeping company" but several
weeks beforsthe holidays, the young
girls parents forbade longer associ.
stinn.'
"A few days prior to Christmas
Armstrong was informed by Miss
Easminger that che should have
nothing more to do with him. tits
said he grew violently angry and
told her he would get even.
At the Christmas dance both at
ssnded, but the girl came in compa-
nv with another man. All the ev.
ening Armstrong was sullen and
ontwardly displayed his ranking
Jealousy. He left the dancing place
sometime before the party broke up.
He lay in wait at neighboring
ranch where he knew the object ot
his crime was to sleep. About 1:30
o'clock the morning of the 26th.
Miss Ensminger came through the
gate. Armstrong jumped behind
her and shot her 10 the back with q
long new Colts revolver. After the
girl fell mortally wounded, the
murderer fired another shot into
her breast and turning the weapon
upon himself he Inflicted a slight
wound on bis temple. Then he ran
Several who were in the party re-
turning TO the ranch-ho with the
wounded girl, gave chase and he
was speedily overtaken and cap
ltured. Miss Ensminger did 4 o.
Iclock that morning, or a few hours
after being shot.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-01-27

Cleveland, Jan. 22.-Three big
steel trust boats, one heavily loaded
broke from their moorings this
morning under the great pressure
OF the flood on the Cuyahoga. The
boats were swept down together into
the Superior street> viaduct and
completely blocked the east passage,
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-01-27

Findlay, Ohio, Jan. 22-Many
streets are under water and also a
portion of the residence section.
Two hundred families have. been
rescued. The damage is immense
to electric plants and power houses
which are under water.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-01-27

Cincinnati, Jan. 22.-Twenty
miles of ice is coming down the o.
hio in the food and big gorge re-
ported at Coney Island let 60 this
morning. Several barges were de.
stroyed and people along the banks
are terror stricken.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-01-27

Lorraine, Ohio, Jan 22.-At noon
today 20 vessels are lying helpless
in the Black river and ice is jam
ming against them. The water is
10 feet above the normal stage. The
damage will already reach half a
million dollars. 1t is still raining
hard.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-01-27

Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 24.-Ernest
Cashiel, the condemned murderer
who escaped from the Calgary po.
lice garrison a few days before the
date set for his execution in De-
cember last, was caught by the po-
lice today atew miles from here.
He is supposed to have been hiding
in an old cellar since his escape.
Cashiel is now in the guardhouse.
Ernest Cashiel, the young mur-
derer and' desperate who escaped
recently from Calgara, N. w. T.,
while awaiting execution for the
murder of a Canadian officer, enter
ed upon his criminal career in
Northern Wyoming three years ago.
Cashiel was only Is years old then,
but he was one of the threwdest
and most desperate criminals that
ever infested that region.
Cashiel's first crime was the theft
of watch from Attorney M. B.
Camplin, of Buffalo, Wyo. Cashiel
was arrested, and while awaiting
trial escaped from the county Jail
at Buffalo in q most ingenius man
ner. For several days be complain
ed of being i'll. His muscles both
cred him, he said, and he was per-
mitted to spend much of his time
in the corridor. One night Cashiel,
after placing a dummy in his cell,
crawled on top of the cage. He was
not seen by the jailer when he was
locked up for the night, and, during
the mignight hours Caehiel sawed
oft the bars Of window opening on
a back street. He then broke into
the sheriff's Office. secured a rifle
and some am anmunition, and made
his way into the mountains.
While 10 the mountains Cashiel
again resorted to shrewd move to
evade capture. He tied back one
of his fingers, bandaged it carefully
and covered the bandage with the
blood from rabbit he had killed.
He told the mountaineers that he
bad accidentally shot off one of bis
fingers. A few months later Ca.
shiel was arrested at Casper, but as
he did not answer the description
of the fugitive in that there was nc
missing digits, he was released.
Cashiel was next arrested in
Kansas, and Sheriff Kennedy OF
Buffalo, started after him, but the
willy youth again eluded the off.
GERS by crawling through a water
closet and escaping. He was next
heard from in Northwest Territory,
where he was arrested for cattle.
stealing and forgery. While await
ing trial he overpowered the jailer,
killed the sheriff and made his es.
cape, and it is for this crime that
he has been sentenced to die.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-01-27

DR.. Wells, the Albany v S will be at
Fruits livery stables every Friday of
each week. Bring your horses and
have them examined free of charge.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-01-27

Tillamook, Or, Jan. 24.-Hsnry
81. Alderman, eherif of Tillamook
county, shot himself in his own
barn early this morning, death re-.
sulting instantly.
Sheriff Alderman had been seri..
ously i'll for more than month
and in addition to his physical
troubles there had arisen unfortun-
ate gossip growing out of dispute
with accountants regarding a dis
crepancy in his books, which hede.
clared he could and would make
good in full.
Cominebd with his i'll health, his
financial troubles apparently unset-
tied the sheriff's mlnu temporarily,
and he became Respondent. When
he arose this morning he had ap-
parently no thought of committing
the deed, as he at once began the
usual routine.
About 1880 this morning he got
up and awakened the hired girl.
Then he apparently went immedi-
ately to the barn, short distance
away. When the girl went to the
barn half an hour after to milk she
noticed bloodstains upon the ground
floor. Going to the upper floor
she discovered the body Of Sheriff
Alderman lying PROSTATE upon the
boards. Evidently when alone in
the barn his despondent condition
had reached its climax, and prompt
ed by his characteristic impetuous
nature, he had committed the deed
instantly. The, pistol from which
he had sent a bullet into his mouth
was lying few inches away.
Sheriff Alderman was about 40
years of age. He had lived in Til
lamook county for many years, and
had held the office of sheriff for the
past seven years. A. month ago be
made trip to the southern part OF
the county, and there was taken
sick, from which he meyer fully re-
covered. He left wife and one
child, girl OF II years.
The dead sheriff was a member of
the Masonic Order, as well as of
the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythi-
as, Woodmen of the World and sn-
cient Order of United Workmen.
He has one brother, w. P. Alder
man residing in this county.
The financial troubles reached
their height on last Friday, when a
warrant was made out for his ar
rest, 1t being alleged that his &C.
counts were 81 900 short. By his
residence of many years in Tilla-
nook County Sheriff Alderman had
acquired property worth considera-
bly, more.than the sum said to be
missing. He also carried heavy
life insurance. He had declared
that he was able to fully pay for
any unconscious error in his books
and if the report of the account
ants is confirmed, this will be done.
A number of friends have stood by
him faithfully, never doubling his
integrity,
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-01-27

badly deranged the viaduct and
greatly damaged the east abutmsnt
One boat was badly crushed and
another had hole torn in her bow
above the water line. On the way
down stream she. struck the FIRE boat
Clevelander, damaging it SO badly.
that the latter was beached to keep
from sinking. The ice then piled
up against the lodged steamers-
The viaduct, which is the largest
drawbridge in the world is COM
pletely closed to traffic and the,
damage will be heavy.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-01-27

Indianapolis, Jan. 22.-The first
casualties from the food were at
$50 o'clock this morning when
John Shobe and his wife were
drowned trying to escape from a
houseboat. The entire west part of
Indianapolis is practically cut off
The White River bridge is totter-
ing. Dispatches from Terre Haute
and Vincennes on the Wabash this
morning say that they are dynamit-
ing the ice under the bridges in or.
der to save the structures.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-01-27

Pittsburg, Jan. 22 Intense ex,
element prevails here today. .Tele.
graphic warnings have been sent as
a weather forecast that breaking ice
has formed an immense gorge in
the Allegheny river. The police
department has notified all business
houses and residents in the threat
ened districts that the worst flood
in 40 years is expected. Reports
from the entire state show an un.
precedented rush of mad waters.
The Ohio river is a raging torrent
and all along its course the inhab-
itants have been warned.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-01-27
ENTIRE TOWN IN ALABAMA
DESTROYED AND CITI.
ZENS KILLED.
Through the East Mississippi VAL
ley Wreck and Ruin Is the Re-
suit of Cyclones-Heart-
rending Scenes-Floods
in the East.

Birmingham, Ala, Jan. o.
CONSERVATION and intense excite.
ment prevails here today over the
reports of the terrible cyclones that
are swooping over portions of the
state.
Great loss of life is reported and
the full particulars are not known
at this hour.
Last reports show a heavy loss: of
life at Moundville, 70 miles north
of here. in last nights cyclone.
Conductor Capehart of the Queen
& Crescent railway wired from Ak
ron that be could 1 OF pass Mound
vile owing to the wreckage on the
tracks. He declares that all the
Inhabitants of that town are killed.
Capehart has backed his train to
Akron and sent q message in a
roundabout way. A special wreck
ing train left here with doctors and
nurses for the scene.
Cyclones. are reported in several
| ploG-o III hIdUdmd bulS WUl mug.
At North Birmingham five stores
and several residences were blown
down and a number Of persons
killed. Moundville is al.o wrecked
by the storm.
At Memphis, wires south of there
are down owing to cyclone condi-
tt;ons- Tn the Meacham suhurh al
Memphis five houses were destroyed
but the inhabitants escaped.
Another message from Akron
states the entire Northern portion
of Moundville, which id practically
the entire residence section, is de.
stroyed and the population killed,
/. At Vicksburg, Mss, several
houses were demolished and Charles
Lavinski, a hackmau, and two
horses were struck by falling wall
and killed.