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eee are / ‘To Be Exposed in ‘a Court of Law 1 | A despatch rocm unseen or iThe atrocities perpetrated by King Leopold of Belgium hast his re- resentatives in the Congo Free Biate are to be exposed at last in 'e court of latw. | The torturing and maiming of ‘Wefenceless native men, women and children, which have excited the in- dignation, but never the active in- terferonce, of the civilized world, will b nd, it is hoped, Iprove A ‘ss Lieutenant Emil Dor- Pelhaus, a naval officer, who, in ut- ter disgust, has given up his con- tract as an official in the Congo to me home and reveal to bis coun- trymen the horrors that he Ewe We nessed ‘with his own eyes. Lieutenant A ene ee been for two years in the em Scoiete es bys Congo. He managed to endure the | By a Belgian Officer. sight of a natiye man flayed alive because he had failed to bring in the assigned tribute iether to the Belgian officials. But when the Lieutenant beheld a woman bound hand and foot upon a hill of red ants and devoured by the insects, he gave up his commission and re- turned to this country The company, Ae breach of contract, refused to pay his ‘back salary or to reimburse him his ex- penses, admits breaking his contract, but sets up the defence that. the company breaks the law and by that acting validates the contrac eis now suing the company, a and there is to ourt ‘hearing at which the atrocities of the Congo ‘will be brought home to King Leoptld and ba aid bare Diley have never been before. Fashion Hints. i FADS AND FANCIES. ‘The Treen hat is the large black velvo' . The days oe hs black and white hat are number ES The wired net Hos a a hat trim- ae is revived again nx is scarce and is generally replaced by black fox The reens are the mest vivid that thahion has ever known, _ Shepherd’s check continues in all frocks. hove wraps are euill in the style, but not a great many of them are eon. wal aly skirts are somewhat wid- but the same straight silhou- sea continues. Blues inclined aking the place of the gray and Copenhagen blue: Plain taffeta iets are ima effective by the addition of saat black bub a feature of the au- tumn is the gst coat worn with the princess gov Stripes prevail in the French flanne! we and some of them ave highly effective. lack otfll, indicates that it means to rule in tailor as well as in afternoon gowns. Fur is to be generously used on many of the afternoon as well as the tailor mades. the colors that will be much worn are the. blues, pink, brown, and a great deal of green. mbroideries are us a ‘rimming on pale colored satin as well as on all black foundations. Olive green is a new shade bid- ding for fayor, and leaf green, a delicate grayish green, is chosen recond. ‘The newest outing hat of the year ade of soft brown leather, trimmed with a wing and a leather |strap an. Eyen in children’s clothes the ever present note ee ees is found, either as piping, s, or trim- pe of some aight ‘pind. Skirts, while cut on jlines, still retain ao or isheath effect. The silhouette is ‘almost exactly ‘the same as it was broader oe & Many of the most elaborate wraps are teerae draped t' lines, and haye taken on the knot- tings and fussiness at the bettom “which ait ge tunic original models during the swmmer Perhaps. hs. nowertt note in ev ing gowns is the appearance 0 of the irdle, It is high and gives a con- ftrast which is artistically ae sary to the fullness the top of the skirt e swathed turban effect, which Giisroraeonte Wi everywhere rejoice the denise reinstatement of cloth velvets eke be made to show the whic effect of a well made and smartly designed cloth dress. © hew cuirass gowns are designed to hook under the-left over hy ‘m. ‘This leaves an unbroken line}? av the front and back and it helps to carry out the idea o plate; which formed the original uirass. e to peacock are latest | ® appearing at th gown, since silks, satins, and | ¢: A CLEAN MOUTH. pnen and then one hears incred- ble se $ persons, otherwise | © ntly intelligent and cleanly, mate ae Eee months, and eye: years, with their Ronis full of ae Jaden, aching, decaying |), These persons will give the most we: ridiculous for their pene folly. ren nt ee day will te able to say but many adults can honestly sa: now, i : istr and the mechanics by fees oe which that science is applied have made enormous strides of late, and will undoubtedly eens to ad- vance in the futur The modern ware gesu knowledge of prevention an e that soon a decayed tooth sista be a disgrace to any civiliz- an, It is universally accepted that a clean surface does n di and work evil unless partic les of food are left r between the teeth. [When Teter particles are so left they firs tt Heeone softened by the ive, aad f s the enamel of the teeth, anid ron is finally perforated. Now the door is Germs of decay to enter. In this minute opening in the enamel they find a shelter ie Cspot where they can increase, and by their action cause the destnaction of the vulnerable jentin, This Seale process of the forma- e e place within a single day, if the foulae of the mouth is neglected. how easy it is for this do- ilamage al- y be repaired, ae that the Sepia which settl the teeth in the form of batten may es cleaned away. This tartar does rious dainage as long as it is al- lowed to stay, and it cannot be re- moved by any home treatment.— Youth’s vee OWNERS 0 ERS OF LOND LONDON. 187 Persons and Organizations Own 60 Square Mi A despatch from se says The London County Council has spent a decade preparing a Hones, sieyine he owners of the lan 34,600 landlords own land covering 113 peat miles, these being most- ly single house owners. Sixty agtiare miles are owned by 187 per- ms, organizations and corpora- tions. One-third of this area be- longs to the Crown, the varie Sram AONE: e city Somabtatae that land on whic ir built is $3,000,000,000, which nvill be increased to $3,175,000,000 by 30. ERIS. eR Cheer up! All the good people don’t die young; lots of them live to a ripe old age and die poor. THE YULD IN THE WEST Expert Says ‘Tt Will Not Pall’ Short of 122,000,000 Bushels. A despatch from Winnipeg says: |Grain Agent Acheson of the C. {R. returned on Thursday, after a complete tour of the west. He was jstudying the grain situation, and ireports himself delighted with the yield, which, he says, is running ar beyond all early estimates. He lis convinced that the total wheat crop will run clase to 122,000,000 ‘hel, which, at current prices, ‘ould mean a éash return to farm- e of nearly as many million dol- rs. 8 “We estimated the yield of wheat jn Manitoba at fifteen bushels to the acre,” the said: “Saskatchewan Pp, j at seventeen, and Alberta at twen- ty bushels to the acre. Actual re- ports show that in Manitoba wheat is running from seventeen to twe 1- ty-five bushels @ acre on an average; in the vicinity of Moose Jaw, 5 to 30° bushels to the acre; rrent the same; arow wift ~ C ont through Alberta. bushels to the acre: Puncher Creek, wheat is-running 45 bushels to the acre. He not received a single complaint of a car ortage this fall. There had not been a hint of a blockade anywhere. ¥ | convicted tion of the ma and by that they suffer on account | 2° of neglect of their teeth in youth, | § ne opened for the CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS BAPVYENINGS FROM ALL OVEB THE GLOBE. aad Other Countries of Recent Events, CANADA, Net earnings on the T. oO: Railway for the past eight months show large increases. The C. P. R. will close the Fa ham shops and move the plant fe men to Monit Another portion of the Gilles limit is to be Rae: by. public tender in twenty-acre loca Inspector John he pee has been ar potted CU ERAGERY of the re- orga police Civ i service caennaxecnt will be held at several points in the Domin- i Nov. 9th. ourn L. Burgess was arrest- d at Vancouver on a charge of rob- bi ng a Canadian Express agent at Truro, N. 8. The Railway Commission ordered the Canadian Northern to build the subway at Pembina street, Winni- ce. Cummings, a Winnipeg ticket agent, who has been despon- dent over can of his wife, has disappea der ake ated Spanelli was at North Bay Assizes of the murder of a Chinaman in a Hai- Je: _ Bat iy Bremner of Toronto jump dow in the Kingst - Penitentiary in an attempt to com- mit suicide. He will peoee he Government is ering Port Arthur and Fort am, owing to the dissatisfac- riners. The Jast spike was driven in ee National Transcontinental Railway between uae and Witt wi e no we Will A work train ed. b: small ‘boys susie’ cate hill at miles an ho: Vancouver lig colli ger ca sengers preshet wae with a shaking up. GREAT BRI BRITAIN. It is reported that Sir John Fish- er will retire seals the British Ad- miralty this mon Tw sw rage were sentenced toa month 3 in n for their at- tack on. Mr. Lloyd: Cleorne at New: faatley: James M. Barrie, the Scottish writer, was granted a divorce from his wife in London, on Wednesday. UNITED ) STATES. Dr. Cook was pared with the freedom of the of New York 2 ri Nineteen persons lost their lives ina stge aval swept over Ten- on Fri Homing aren are being used to smuggle cocaine into the West- ern Penitentiary at Pitts! A launch with twenty- ee per- sons aboar believed to have gone down i in Larch Lake, Minn. Ed, Barvill, who went up Mount McKinley with Dr. Cook, says un- may|der oath that ite: explorer never Bu the eastern States will send a petition to Pre sident Taft ask ney for Charles W. Morse, who has been aaieinnes to fifteen vs in prison for violating the national banking on | laws The Nicaraguan insurgents have possessions of the entire east coast of the republic. general strike at Rome as a mark of srmparby with Ferrer’s fol- lowers continue: Eight een soldiers were killed in a fight with a party of Moors pene ae a. G er-Dreadnought Westfalen has douse a speed of a) son a trial “Orville Wright sear ane te tude of 600 feet in a flight before the Kaiser at Potsdam, on Friday. usiness is practically at a stand- still in Rome, while the people pro a against the execution © othe: revohitign in Nicaragua is an suming serious proport N ee eel skilled iar «Spit nee Greytown, penne area e eS PLATE WINDOWS DEFACED, Ottawa xen Cutting Name on Them ith a Diamond. rie por ae says: the police are looking for an ee- individual seit a diamond iat aie ieaubeburdetacing plate glass windows along the priscipal ide iness streets. The word ‘“Jack’’ is cut bold and deep into one of the and others are defaced an yarious’ way’ wwindows have b: ay or another, evidently same person. There is no Ae ie the perpetrator. SEOT TIMSSLY INTHE HEAD, Commercial Traveler Attempts Sui- cide in Ottawa. A despatch from Ottawa says: Gregor, of this city, a eom- mercial traveler for ontreal firm, attempted suicide this morn- ing at the uel Cecil, by shooting himself in the ie bullet en- tered at a eine between ats alt back conscious, an tionally. Despon oh bhay: ey noe tinued ill-health i: signed by his thbnda te his teenie cv suicid tse ra- an Telegraphic Briefs From Our Own a the question of pbalahiie the utara MURDER AND SUICIDE. Terrible Tragedy at New Westmin- er, Be 0. q A despateh from Vancouver, B Friday morniug Bins pe Pisiquligncan eer \d killed his wife and himself and tried to kill his daughter in_the Bla and Hol- married _ Smith two Their married life wa Tierra Path many Js. Smith was an 0 n, an had been Seehakd on the ship ie mona, sunk in the Fraser last'yea he sixteen-year-old danemes hearing. shouts, room and found her mother dead and Smith dying. Smith raised himself from the floor and pointed the at. the girl, who knocked it aside. Smith fell back dead. The girl and ‘her r brother, aged ten, Bed an The wife wee shot through the brain. “the bulle Smith’s head at the Smith left a note addres: Chief of Police, which sa: had made life ales ee CLP. R. LL TRIKE S WRECK Empross of Licland Damaged in the Gulf. A despatch from Montreal says: According to a message received on ee at the Canadian Pac ai ice, the Empress of Ire i and Hrite a submerged wreck on ‘Thursday. wae Un between Ca tte a tides and had a es pune hed in her bows. he steam- BEDE cana ihc neat is apparent that sho is not. badly amaged, as Capt. Forster would have: Tanded his 1,100 passengers a point’ had his ship been in grave danger. Government vessels have been searching for the last few days in the river for a dereliet, but without the s the Empre PONTIAC. Railif Pursued While Driving to Campbell's B A despatch from Reports i Ottawa rom Pontiac County, Qu dicate that the formers are being greatly brah by the depredations of wolves, who are being driven to prey pan nde: mestic animals by the scarcity of i Joseph Gilpin, says: Campbell’s Bay, while ae iving along the ead was Binal hy a pack, w yhigh attacked his team, and ag him to the outskirts of the villa; G. T. PACIFIC’S RECORD. Seventeen Hundred Cars of Wheat Handled This Season. A despatch from Winnipeg says The Grand Trunk Pacific ing an important part in the mark- eting Gf the season’s Bee Alespite the nee oy it has on t been complet Up to date ett een rea ied cars of whea e been hauled over t'e line from the west, and Thursday two hundred cars were turned over to the connec- tions at Portage la Prairie for de- livery at Port Arthur, A PIE Strike of Bakers at New York Has Reduced Output. A despatch from New York says: The pie-bakers’ strike here has re- duced the usual daily output of the big Sactetiee from 100,000 to 3, Strike-breakers were expected from Philadelphia on Friday. The em- ployers declare they will fight to the end. CONTINGEN Sra GHTS Admiralty Invites Tendevs for Building Four Vessels. A despatch from London says: The Admiralty has just invited ten- ders for the construction of four contingent, Dieadaoughts, which me Government decided upon in Ju These are to be completed By, March 81, 1912, under severe ee scr delay. The firms tender- in, asked to submit prices for both: battiestip and “s - TON RELEASED. LADY LY’ Ttefused te Eat and the Officers Turned Her Free. patch from London Lady ‘Constance Lytton; who was lately sentenced ‘to a et s im- stle for tak- quence of refusing ‘to eat. prison offic not attempt to feed her arsibly, pending a decis- ion of the case granted by Lord Alverstone against governor and doctor of the Birmingham pri- son to test the lagality of forcible n feeding: ese ee THE END OF DESPOTISM. —- fi China Added to the List of Consti- ES tutional Monarchies. A despatch from Mukden : Despotic government in China pal edon Wi ednesday, ie all the rs eS pes wecbighont the empire brea their first meetings prepara- 'y to the drafting of a constitu- tow for the bbe sbibpbegs F< ALL “FANS | RBAD TI THIS. Nineteen Deaths From Baseball in the United States. A despatch from Philadelphie says: Nineteen deaths from base- ball have been reported from vari- i= ae parts of e countr; ste the season which just clo: fate e list of injuries uns into the hu: peas Se a small ham-| j.04. TEADING MARKETS BREADSTUFFS. Torontoto, Oct. 19.—Flour—On- tario wheat 90 per cent. $4.15 to $4.25 in let fects track, Toronto, and at $4 t outside in buyers’ as Roninese flour, first patents, $5.60 on track, Toronto; second patents, $5.10, and strong bakers’, $4.90 to $5 on track, Toronto. Manitoba wheat—No. 1 Northern susie ay Ma oe Bay ports, and at $1.03, Bay ae Ontario w! bent Na 2 ee quo- ted at 98 to 99¢ and No. e}2 wv ue and red eons 99 to $1.00 outsi No. 2, 56 to 5% we: oe . 8 extra at 54 to out- 2 Ontario white, new, New Canada pot, Bay No Bok Ww heat Cor: ets 2 Amer on tak Toroto. o $21 in bags, and shorts, 23 in bas 8. g COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples—$1.25 to $2.75 per ‘bar- rel, according to quali y. and hand- 40 to $2.45 per bushel. Combs, dozen, $2.25 to a timothy, $15.50 to $16 a ton on track here, and No. 2 si to $14.50. y—$8. to bag on rack “for Gntarts, and at 7d¢ for New HD ine Pou Chickens, dressed, 12 to 13¢ ay ib. . ane 9 to 10c; turkeys, 17 to. 19¢ ducks, Ib. 12 to 18e ; geese, : per lb y AIRY aan ne 8, 21 to 2203 , 19 to 20¢; in- creamery, 25 to 10 _ THE and at 12%4e | for twins. HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon, long clear, 15 to 15)4¢ per in an lots; mess pork, $26.50; short ou 50 to $28 amine to siedibint 16¢; do., heavy, 14 ie a4, 14% to 15c; oe we Seatiese con, 17 to 18e. Lard—Tier ces, 154 to 15% 15 to ae tubs, 74k BUSINESS ap MONTREAL. Bleed Oct: —New crop oats No. 2 Canadian Western, 41% to ri ihr ate Fat: ents, firsts, 85.70; Manitoba Spring wheat paste: seconds, $5.20; W ter wheat Manitoba strong ree Se t rollers, ue is aod 25; straigiit rollers, in bags ed-—Ontario ae moi une SP reamery, gs—Selected stock, 1 aad 25 to. 27 to 280! No. per dozen UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, Oct ‘Wheat—Spring stronger; No. i ortuarns aietoane Winter, steady, No. 0 to N d, ai, NG to $113; No. a Soe $1.05. to #1 ag edie $1.07 to $1.05. to 214 to 1 05. Lo 6040; No. 2 white, 60: yello :. - 160% to 6 60 to 60%c; \ : yellow, *% to 60e. Oats— vhite, 39 a ipand: 38% to 39¢; . Me. t aw hitt. standard, ae ‘to 40 40. LIVE § stoc K MARKETS. Mont-eal, v.- eed Ye per sige ree 3A 5 stock, 2 to 3e aan bulls Dalal at ee Ib. 5 ; ean aie cows 14 to. mile 2 BBO. is soo as ch 3% Dei ees Pa ne from 44 Ib. ; oe a Rey rass-fed pe 1b.} good veals, eats Sheep, ve per { tove th. Bios lots of fat tre 6 per tb. Toronto, Oct. 1 well-finished butcher very scarce, #5 Really phnice ersof the heavy class, but the rough | ¢ and light variety were dragey, As high as $70 was paid for choice i Distillery feeders Sheep an , with lambs slightly easier. y.. Hogs—Unchance b.-and $7:75, fed an watered. oh. Two children of a Galician settler near Vonda, Sask., name schtn, were -burned to death in a He that destroyed the family. dwel- ing. § Jheese—| cara’ Ye and eastern A despatch from Owen Sound Says: Superintendent Buchanan of the Canadian Pacific Steamship Lines took the powerful tug Har- rison and cleared on Thursday af- ternoon at 3 0’clock for Flower Pot Isiand, where t'e company’s steam- ship Athabasca, is hard aground. Word of the mishap reached Owen Sound by the C. P. R. steamship Assiniboia, which passed the point at 6.30 on Thursday morning, Cap- tain Brown of the Athabasca said 1.30 in thick MehOIeE: and that she W Thing with her bow on a flat rock, with about four feet of water in the ea hold. effort was made to get a age across to Tobermoray, by passing tug for as- istance, but the pate of the As- abuiain was the first e twenty minutes, but having no tow line could not render assistance. The steamer is said not to be in a dangerous position. She carried as us vessel had gone ashore at| and Her Bow Driven Up on a on a Flat Rock in Georgian Bay. only half a-cargo, composed of vie eral merchandise, and had | hae a dozen passengers Sar 5 ist. Owing to the heavy sea it was sve unwise to. attempt any as- sistan Tt was also feared te the Abhabecs if she was pulled o} might. sin! conversation. at a megaphone was carried on be- twe the two vessels: with muets The Athabasca ee as smaller of the any’s yessels: ‘was built on the Clyde in 1883. Since the arrival of the two big new ee rela and Keewa- tin, she ‘Deen in reguiar service. She wel ene into commission early in October for the fall trade. The po! oint where the steamer went onis about two Trandsed yards from the Flower Pot Island Lighthouses located ae ruce peninsula . and Manitoul Island, and about eighty-five miles. from this port. q | | old 2) ey A n ING. It was on a stormy winter eyen- ing that Aunt Ruth was called up- on for a new game, “T think I will plant imy farm,”’ she responded. “Nice weather fort!” said Carl, zard, and thermome- “It is the finest time for plant- ing this kind of farm,’? said Aunt Porte smilinals 8 “My at named aiphaneeeally: What should you relies me to plant on Anybody may answer.’ ea!” eried Carl, Sion don ale apples,”” Bertha, “They plant. the seeds. they, Aunt Ruth?’ ‘Yes By and this isa, brand-new far nt it “ie stocked. Ap- Slee walLbe git tee some ee ee said Don’t said 1 apricots,’ added Norton. “T was just going to sa: ay that, said Bertha. “Now I can’t think ot pues cle icho! ied Carl gh ‘Thank rail plat some anise,” cai Aunt Ruth, at that moment. ‘Oh, do!” ee Alice. ‘‘Ani- se ue is so ni “Well, what shall T have in my B feat sf “Beans and beets,’’ answered i sprouts,’’ said Carl, thd, hates fon bale are ad- “Phere isn’t much We'll begin on the C </Guubawese Gelkniy 460 10? oh Alice. You're getting them ca catnip. coriander, ‘ory, cauliflower, saad Alice, ‘‘and an vil,” put in Carl, ff What" s cheryil?’’? queried Nor- n- “Oh, Aommathinr, tou and sealed answered be ied. Alice. “Bort sbetieve there's another ”” said or ertha Aunt Ruth, one, “Cu read,” said +) quietly. They all langhed, while ‘their aunt ‘said she thought her © field ull enough, and asked for the “Dandelion,” began Car “Dewberries,” Socata Ber- tha, “Dill,” said Alice. D's seemed to be scarce, so Aunt Ruth proceedod. hey went on until the S field was reached. “Squashes, Do have plenty of squashes, so for once T can have all the squash pie I want!” cried Nor- ton “Sage,” added Bertha, rrot Carl paused for |° ” said Alice. 8 for a monet Then Carl Berges say, thought I’d wait and see if oa think of it, ius: fe is left for me to ‘propose strawberry bed! “Summer sayory,’ they cried, pee. idea of stairs—that I think you have gotten,” said Mrs. Chapin, sufi ingly ‘0, amd much laughing chatter, ie remainder of the fanm plant- ng was postponed until another Sethe: —Youth’s Companion. +~— AL NAVVIES. ORIEN © Would Ape in “Home When Work s Completed. A deg, Hee from London sayst Vednesd: Prince Rupert end Trunk Pacific, Sir Charles Wilson said that there. everything reece, hinged upon the supply abor. Personally, said Sir Charles he never had been able to — appreciate the position of the peo- ple of British Columbia in this re- spect. An early completion of the road meant much to the Province. Tl or four thousand Asiaties would save two or three years. eir introduction would not displace @ from which they had embark A SHOWER OF POSTCARDS. Hundreds of Petitions Asking Cle- vr Mrs. Robinson, spatch from The Department of Tustiog is being inundated with lette rds praying executive cle~ mency for Mrs. Robinson, fortunate woman under sentence to be hanged at month. ES and Je! ed. While it is practi#ally certain that the death penalty ‘will not be exacted under the Ra yy the Minister of Justice will ast with the case in any hasty gular manner. ce ete 5 FIVE BUILDINGS BURNED, Fire Spreads Past in Rapid City, Manitoba. from Rapid City, A fire poe? out here at 3 it on Thaaky morning which, before it was gotten under control, did damage estimated at $20,000. It originated in Glenden- — ning’s carpenter and paint shop and rapidly spread, until the four — . desneish ir. flames. 2 ed include the Town ‘y and eck a eee vetariaey office. A despatch from Barcelona, Rost 4 says: / Prof. Ferrer, the Spani: SE os Bie convicted was shot at-the Fort- m without flinching, at the first wolle except for a momentary pression of emotion immedi ats preceding his enh eres his composure to the nas ney, arelccians Ss had fended the prisoner, had Teriuied permission for a ‘brief talk with the reyolutionist. before the latter was led to the ditch where “he was to | he firing squac and fell dead Ferre future of his daughter, whose, brave attempt to save his life touched the father more deeply nee any other incident of his trial and conyicti>n. Ferrer’s. arrest, his family were left ndent “upon his laughter, who at once secured em- PROF, FERRER EXECUTED " Spanish Educator and Revolutionist Paces Death Without Tremor. ina gos fens The aaetiee made a nal appeal te King Alfonso ae snes her fas ther’s hfe. When these facts were ated by Malceran, Ferrer broke wh. Tt was bit a passing emotion, and presently tle nga revo- a Tacos hed hiniself a, ee peters tho” 5 ned away . the Order ae e and Charity, who had t by the prison autheri-+ ue. to Eke him the 1 i ra mn of the Ohurch, When heue: xeoution arrivedgr™ walked bravely through te—prisos yard to the ditch, in the shadow ti ‘the enclrolin, Without a lve int lay dead pep. the g: ee trecation pre- in to fare: stall a oe Noort ab reepu pe oe ling the es a walls of the fo: