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The Amounmlt Arrested for stealing $173,000 From the Funds. A despatoh from Montreal says:â€" {Chare was a. sensational development Government Bulletin Reduces the “'Ileat Efillmnlo 5.000,000. «A despiatch from Winnipeg says:â€" The final Manitoba Government crop bulletin, issued by the Agriculture De- partment, reduces the August estimate of the wheat crop from 33,000,000 bush- els to about 28,000,000. The principal causvs; of the shrisnkage were a period of drought in August, when wheat was filling, and the ravages of the Hessian fly. Harvest time was fav- ourable, although a heavy snowstorm early in October delayed stacking and threshing for a week or ten days. ,But this snow all disappeared, and since that date up to the first of De- cember the weather has been without exception the finest experienced in Manitoba for over twenty years. Ploughing was continued in all parts of the province to the end of Novem- ber. . The volunteer infantry contains some regiments that are considered the equal of any! of the regular regi- ments. It also includes the best shots, In the militia are 14,734 artillerymen and 1,863 engineers. of the militia only 14,600 are ovenr 35 years of age. Similar numbers are aged 30 and 35, and the remainder are under 30. Over 82,000 are agricultural labourers, 13,000 miners, and 10,000 artisans. The militia are the same class of men as the regulars, and are in camp, :1 month, annually, These, together with the reserves, number 113,000 men. Their chief lack is officers. The yeomanry, the backbone of which is young far- mers, are well officered, often by men retired from the regular cavalry, who, marrying young, settle on their country estates. They number 10,207. All are well mounted on their own horse. Section "D" of the reserve which has been called out consists of men who have completed the term of their original enlistment, and who engage to serve an additional four years. The chief interest in the new cam- paign centres U] the Government’s de- cision to use as volunteer forces the yeomanry and militia. For active service the yeomanry should supply a useful contingent. They, as the Daily Telegraph editorially says, “ like the rest of the volunteers, are drawn from the great middle and lower middle classes in England, Scotland and Wales. They may not possess the me- chanical perfections of drill of the re- gulars, but there are no better crossâ€" oountry riders in the world than the British yeomen.” “The patriotic offers which are be- ing received from the colonies, will, as far as possible be accepted. Preference will be given to offers of mounted con- tingents." “Arrangements are being made, and will shortly be announced, for the emâ€" ployment in South Africa of a strong contingent of carefuily selected volun- teers. "Nine battalions of militia, in addiâ€" tion to the two battalions which have already volunteered for service in Malta and the Channel islands, will be allowed to volunteer for service out- side the United Kingdom, and an equivalent additional number of miliia battalions will be embodied for service at home. “The commander-inâ€"chief in South Africa has been authorized to continue to raise at his discretion local mounted corps. and it is intended to send as well a considerable mounted force from home. “A strong force of volu‘nteats from selected yoemanry regiments will be formed for service in South Africa. "The seventh division, which is be- ing mobilised, will proceed to South Africa without delay, as well as rein- forcements of artillery, including a howitzer brigade. "AB the campaign in Natal-.ia, in the opinion of her Majesty’s Government. likely to require the presence and un- divided attention of General Buller, it has been decided to send Field Mar- shalBaro‘n Roberts of Kandahar and Waterford to the Cape as commander- in-chlef of South Africa, with General Lord Kitchener as chief of staff. “Acting on the advice of the mili- tary authorities, her Majesty’s Gov- ernment has approved the following measures:â€" "All remaining portions of the Army Reserve, including section 'D,’ will be called up. ‘ lA despatch from London sayszâ€"The War Office announcement, which was posted on Saturday night, ran thus :â€" The Hero of Kandahar to Supersede General Buller. Lord Kitchener Will Be His -Chief of Staff-aBalance of the Army Reserve and Volunteers to Proceed to the Cape==Militia Battalions Are Also Called Out. ROBERTS AND KITCHENER. VILLE MARIE BANK CASE. AN ARMY OF 180,000. MANITOBA CROPS. ‘A despiatch from Berlin, says:â€"Dr, Leidy, of PhilradeLphia, who, under the ‘direction of Professor Virchow, has been investigating diseases caused by animal parasites in food, finds that puaraisitical diseases are far more‘ com- mon here than in the United States. He explains that the prevalence of such diseases in Germany is due to the popular habit of eating uncooked meats. Infection through the para- site cysticercus cellulosa, which is inâ€" curable, is much more frequent here than in the United States. in the Banque Ville Marie, case on Monday evening, when Ferdinand Lemieux, the accountant, was arresLâ€" ed on a. charge of stealing $173,000 from the funds of the bank. Came of Prevalence of ansimical Ibis; e i In Gt-rmav In the testimony in the case of Pre- sident Weir, who was convicted of sending a false statement of the bank’s affairs to the Government, it transpirâ€" ed that there was a sum of $175,000 unaccounted for on the bank’s circu- lation, and Lemieux is now charged with stealing fthe amount. BULLER'S LOSSES, 1,097. Gen. Buller reports to the War Ofâ€" fice that his losses in Friday's en- gagement were :â€" Killed. . . . . . . . 82 Wounded. . . . . . . 667 Missing. . . . . . . 348 Bail was fefused, and Lemieux is locked up to awalt appearance before me Police Court. The British shelled the Boers, who were occupying a position at Kam- feens, and{ forced them to retire from excellently constructed earthworks. The British loss was one killed and four wounded. A desp‘atc‘h from Kimberley says :â€" Col. Chamier, with a farm of infantry and cavalry and a. battery, made a re- connaissance northward on Saturday morning. It is said; that if the Victoria Cross were to be granted for every act of conspicuous gallantry on the part of the British troops it would be neces- sary to distribute the decoration by the hundreds. Capt. Roberts was an only son, and had been his father's aide-de-camp since 1895. Such was his display of gallantry on Friday in an attempt to: rescue the guns that he was recom- mended for the Victoria Cross. Capt. Roberts was severely wounded while leading some men in an attempt to rescue the guns. Prof. MacOormac, president of the Royal College of Sur- geons, extracted the bullet; but Capt. Roberts tiled from his wound. Commandant Botha‘s camp is visible from here. The enemy are evidently reservmg their fire, being unwillng to expose their posiLions. Their rifle en- trenchments are clearly visible. Their position is very strong. The road bridge has not yet been destroyed. The Boers who were guard. ing the bridge were temporarily dis- persal by the British shells. COLONEL LONG’S BLUNDER. CAPT. ROBERTS KILLED. Simultaneously with the announce- ment of Lhe appointment of General Roberts, of Candahar, to supreme com- mand? in South Africa comes the an- nounce-mam that his only 50): was a victim; of the CoJenso battle. The Bntish bombarded Colenso on Saturday, but the Boers made no re- ply. though the place is not entirely evacuate l. . The whole British force is now camp‘- ed here, about three miles south of Colenso. ‘ um" do they consider "entrapped" an aeourate word for describing the ac- cident whi h befall {he artillery. They lay stress upon Col. Long’s neglect of ordinary caution in carrying guns along the. river without previous recon- naissance or scouting. .Veterans as- sert that this would not have been done in a sham battle at Aldershot, and that every practical manual on artillery tactics lays lowum as an ele- mentary principle that scouts. and ca- valry must go over the ground first In order to find out whether it is safe for guns to follow. Col. Long is de- scribed as carrying his batteries in a clapâ€"dash manner along the river where! the enemy was known to be in force, and suspected of being concealâ€" ed. Yet he was one of the most ex- perienced officers of the Royal Artilâ€" lery. but their average shooting is lower thig tllat of the regulars. ‘ The Government does not indicate the number of volunteers that will be per- mittei to serve, but Lord Roberts’ grand army will probably reach a total of rather over 180,000 of all arms. ‘BULLER BOMBARDS COLENSO. A despatch from Chieveley, Natal, says:â€"â€"-Major Stuart Wortley has raised and brought here 1,200 stretch- er-bearurs. The men voluntering for this Work are refugees from the Boer Republics. A despatch from London says:â€" Mi itary men do not hold General Bul- ler rgqupsib‘xe for: @he loss of the guns, DUE TO EATING RAW MEATS. Total. SORTIE FROM. KIMBERLEY. . 1,097 Christopher Columbus Beekman, a miser, is dead at. his home in Franklin Park. N. J., leaving: an est-ate worth $500,000. ‘A scheme is on: foot to consolidate all the heat, light power and trans- portation properties in New York. The John P. Squire 00.. of Boston, has failed for $3,000,000; assets $5,000,- The liabilities of the bankrupt Earl of Yarmouth are reported to be small. An anti-trust meeting will be held in Chicago February 12, The total wheat yield in Great Bri- tain for 1899 is estimated at 65,529,325 bushels, as compared with 73,028,656 bushels last year. ( Capt. Spain commanding the Canâ€" adian fisheries protection service, has returned to Ottawa for the winter. He states that little trouble was ex- perienced from the United States fish- ermen this year. Only one cruiser, the Curlew, 15 now out. It is announced that 80 per cent. of the imports into the Yukon this year was Canadian produce. The season practically closed on Dec. lat, and at that time Victoria, had shipped goods to the value of $2,079,000, as com- pared with $1,586,000 last year, and $53,000 in 1897. Edward Perkins, tenant, and Mrs. James Maine, proprietress of the illâ€" iated Webster Hotel, at Montreal, have been acquitted of the charge of man- slaughter in connection with the de- struction of the hotel by fire. The new Cunard Liner Saxonia was Launched in the Clyde, and the new Hamburgâ€"American Liner, Potsdam, was launched at Hamburg. The Duke of Westminster is someâ€" what seriously ill with laryngitis at the Earl of Shaftesbury's country seat in Dorselsfllire. A number of actions for damages have been entered by members of"The Sign of the Cross" Company. and other passengers of the wrecked steamer Scotsman, against the Dominion Line Company. Mr. Lothair Reinhardt of the brew- ing firm of Reinhardt 8; 00., Toronto, is in Montreal, looking for a site on which to establish a branch brewery, for which a $100,000 plant will be in- stalled. Mr. E. F. Hutchings, of \Vinnipeg, has received aninquiry form the War Office asking him for the price at which he could make one thousand saddles and bridles. to be delivered at Southampton, England, within a cer. tam date. Two memuers of the McLaughlin Carriage 00., Oshawa, were in‘ Ganan- oque, looking over the plant? of the de- (unct Thousand Island Calriage Co. The‘ Gauauoque Council is offering’ in- ducament’s to the MoLaughlins to es- tablish there. Some alarm is felt over the mysteri- ous disappearance of a. young Engâ€" liahman named A. F. Downing, who arrived in Winnipeg on the 28th of November, and has since been miss- invg:77»_____A Th6 C. P. R., traffic through Owen Sound this season has shown a treâ€" mendous development. The tonnage of Lhe westbound merchandise will be double that of last year, and the down flour and grain traffic has also largely increased. ‘ ' Liqurdators of the Commercial Bank of Manitoba, have issued checks to shareholders for a third dividend, making a. total of $166 per share re- turned to the shareholders to date. It is announced at Llontraal that there win be a general advance in the offkfial classfiication rates for general freight traffic on the Ameri- can railways at the beginning of the year. Private Ayling is reported to have disappeared from Wolseley Barracks, London, with $150 of the canteen funds belonging to privates and non- oommissioned officers. After sustaining the struggle for seven months, the London, Ont., Trades and Labor Council has declar- ed the strike against the Street Rail- way Co. off. ’The Government has commuted the death sentence passed on Paul Sa- bourin, an lndian, sentenced to be hanged at Edmonton, Dec. 22nd, for the murder of his sister-in-law. The London water-works has had a clear profit of $55,000 during the last Whar. : Burglars cracked the safe in :I‘hos. Lawry & Sons’, warehouse, H‘amnlton, and carried off about $270. Two Chinese officials are at Van- couver to look into the condition of the Celestials in British Columbia. The Perman-Littlehales (fnemical Co. with $50,000 capital, has been incorpor- ated, the headquarters of the concern being in Hamilton, and the works in Syracuse, N.Y. The National Cycle and Automobile Company has definitely decided to lo- cate in Hamilton. Frederick Schaet, a prosperous Ger- man seLtler of the Edmonton district, committed suicide by hanging. Tottenham ratepayers have carried the by~1aw to make a loan to the proâ€" moters of the furniture factory there. Interesting Items About Our Own Country, Great Bxltain, the United States. and All Parts of he Globe. Condensed and Assorted for Easy Reading. THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. Philadelphia Quakers are sending food and clothing to the poor Doukhn- 1301‘s in the Northâ€"west. IHE NEWS UNITED STATES GREAT BRITAIN. UNITED STATES. N A NUISHHl Choice hogs, per cwt. 400 4371-2 Light hogs, per cwt. . 000 400 Heavy hogs, per cwt. 375 400 Toronto, Dec. 19.â€"\Vheatâ€"Western markets were about steady. Local prices were steady and business was quiet. Red and, white Ontario is quoted at Bit 0 660, according to near- ness to the miill. Goose wheat is firm, at 70 1-20, middle freights, 669 1â€"20, north and west Manitcbae, higher ; N0. 1, hard, g.i.t., 77c; and Toronto and west, 760; and track Midland and Owen Sound, 730. Sheep, and lambs were steady, and all sold at firm Tuesday’s figures, and a few choice lambs sold up to 4 1-8 and and 41â€"40, per pound. A few good veal calves are wanted. Hogs are steady and unchanged, With too many fat hogs coming in. “Singers,” scaling from 160 to 200. lbs, are selling at $4.37 1-2 per cwt.; thin hogs sell at $4; and fat hogs $4 per cwt.; stores are not: wanted. We had a fair movement in butcher cattle. for any choice stuff that was here, but sales of? ordinary and com- mon cattle were slow. Stockers, feeders, and export bulls are unchanged». The market was quiet, featureless, and unchanged as far as quotations are concerned. Shippers, per cwt., 4B 400 Butcher, choice, do. . 375 Butcher, med. to good. 300 BuLcher, inferior. . 250 Stockers, per (:wt. . 225 Hogs. Choice hogs, per cwt Light hogs, per cwt. Heavy hogs, per cwt Sheep, per cw; Lambs, per cwt. Bucks, per cwt. Following is the range of current quotations :â€" Cows, each. Calves, each. Toronto, Dec. 19.â€"-\Ve hadwcarloads of receipts here, this morning, compris- ing 2,000 hogs, 900 cattle, 400 sheep and lambs, and a few milkers and calves. “ Throughout the day aconsiderable force of the enemy was pressing my right flank, but was kept back by mounted men under Lord Dundonald MARKETS [IF THE WORLD. Prices of Grain, Cattle, Cheese, &c. in the Leading Marts. "Another most gallant at‘tempt, with three teams, was made by an officer, whose name I will obtain. Of the 18 horses, 13 were killed, and as several drivers were wounded Iwould not alâ€" low another attempt, as it seemed that they would be a shell mark, sacrificâ€" ing life to a gallant attempt to force ‘the passage unsupported by artil- terry .4 “I directed the troops to withdraw, wkiflx they did ip good order. ,,_ °___.,. “The fire, however, was too severe, and only two were saved by Captain Schofield and some drivers, whose names 1 will furnish. "At that moment I heard that the whole artillery I had sent to support the attack, the 14th and 66th Field Batteries and six naval 12-pounder quickâ€"filers, under Colonel Long, had advanced close to the river, in Long’s desire to be within effective range, It proved to be full of the enemy,wh0 suddenly opened a gelling fire at close range, killing all the horses, and the gunners were compelled to stand to their guns. Some of the Waggon teams got shelter lor the troops in a dongu, and desperate efforts were made to bring out the field guns. n nu "1 then ordered General Hildyard to advance, which he did, and his leadâ€" ing Rugiment, the East Surrey occu- pied Colenso Station and the houses near the bridge. “Early 1n the day Isaw that Gen. Hart would not be able to force a passage, and I directed him to with- draw. Ha had, ho\~e.er, attacked with great gallantry, and his leading bat- talion, the Connaught Rangers, I iear, suffered a great deal. Colonel I. G. Brooke was seriously wounded. “My intention was to force one or the other, with one brigade, support- ed by a central brigade. General Hart was to attack the left drift, General Hildyard the right road, and General Lyttleton was to take the centre and to support either. The following is the text of Genâ€" eral Buller’s despatch announcing his reverse :â€"”Buller to Lansdowne. Chie- veley Camp, Dec. 15, 6.20 p.m.â€"I Te- gret to report a serious reverse. 1 moved in full strength from our camp near Chieveley, at 4 this morning. There are two fordable places in the Tngela River, and it was my intenâ€" tion to force a passage through one of them. They are about two miles apart. Galliant Attein pts to Recover the Cannon Were Made, But the British Were Successful in Regaining Only Two of the ThirteenuLo'sses, Both in in- fantry and Artillery, Reported Heavy. BULLER IS DEFEATED. He Loses Eleven Guns on His Attack on Colenso, Natal. 3r cwt. . . 225 Milkel's and Calves. per (:wt. . 225 Sheep and Lambs. Cattle. ‘ 300 $500 450 50 00 10 00 275 300 400 The Paris Journal says that experi-1 ments just finished show that soldiers mounted on stilts can build telegraph lines as quickly as cavalry. Detroit, Dec. 19.â€"Wheatâ€"Closed-â€"- No. 1 white, cash, 703-40; No. 2red. cash and December. 703-4c; May,73 3-40. Chicago, Dec. 19.â€"FIaxseedâ€"â€"Closed â€"-North-Western and South Western, cash, $1.49;8 December, $1.48; May, $1.4334; Duluth, cash, $1.41; May, $1.45. Buffalo, Dee. 19.â€"-Spring wheatâ€" Dull; easier; No. 1 hard, 761-20; No. 1 Northern, 741-20; No. 2 Northern, 720. ~Winter wheat held above buyers’ views; No. 2 red, 701-20; No. lwhite, 701-40. Cornâ€"Strong; N0. 2 yellow. 353-4ac; No. 4 yellow, 35c; No. 300111, 341â€"20; No. 4 corn, 34c. Oatsâ€"Quiet; N0. 2 white, 28 3-40; N0. 3white, 28 to 281-40; No. 4 white, 271-2c; No. 2 mix- ed, 261â€"20; No. 3 mixed, 260. Ryeâ€" Nominvally, 490, in store for No. 2. Flourâ€"Steady, This news, so utterly unexpected. did not reach London until midnight, .and the general public is still in 1g- ‘norance at the present writing. There :is no need tol say that it will startle sand arouse England as nothing has done in recent times. From now on the country will go to war as if the ‘life of the Empire depended on the is. isue» Pretoria has now become as vital ,to the preservation of the British Em- pire as the possession of‘ Bombay, Mel. bourne, or London itself. The struggle iin South Africa will now be treated as is great war, which it is, and not as an expedition. England will mobilize the ‘militia, ani colonial troops, and also ‘call for volunteers, if necessary. She will pour soldiers and guns into South ‘Afrioa without number. Minneapolis, Dec. 19.-â€"-\Vheat -â€"- in storeâ€"No. 1 Northern, December, 63 1-4; May, 66 5-8 to 66 3-40; July, :18 1-8 to 681-40; on track, No. 1 hard, 660; No. lNorthern, 641-2; No. 2- Northern, 621â€"20. Milwaukee, Dec. 19.â€"W'heat-â€"Steady; N0. 1 Northern, 661-2 to 670; No. 2. Northern, 64 to 651-2c. Ryeâ€"Steady; No. 1, 551-2 to 560. B‘arleyâ€"Firmer; No. 2. No; sample, 361-2 to 449. Oatmealâ€"Rolled data, in bags, track, Toronto, $3.25; and in wood, $8.85 per bbl. Buckwhéatâ€"Easy. Car lots, east, 49g asked{ and west, 480 asked. Cornâ€"Dull, No. 2 American, yellow, quoted at 410, Tororto; and mixed, at 40 1-20; Canadian corn dull, at 391â€"2 to 400, track, Toronto. Peasâ€"Steady but quiet. Car lots sold at t57c, north and west, and at 580 elas . . ' . Oatsâ€"Quiet. White oats, 251-20, north and west; 260, middle heights; an_d 261-20, east. Barleyâ€"Quiet and rather easier. Car lots of No. 2, middle freights, sold at 383; anclNo. 1__wa§ quotmi at 400. Ryeâ€"Easy. Sold it 496 west. and 50c east. AfLer midnight the War Offioe au- thorized the statement that arrange- ments would be made for the early de- spalch of the sixth and seventh divi- sions, and for replacing the losses of artillery. COMMISSION EVERY SHIP. lA desp‘atch from London, says:â€"The necessity of England being‘on guard against the machinations of some of the Continental powers is the lesson of the recent setback of. the British in the Transvaal, as seen by the mili- tary expert of the London Post in its issue of Friday, The expert says:- Mimeedâ€"scarca. Bran is quoted at $12 to $12.50: and shorts at $14 to $113.50 westt “The Boer success has exhibited the BriLi'sh Empire in a very unfavourable light. The British cause has no friends in Europe. Ought not the Gov- ernment, in acrisis of this kind, to commission, every ship in» the Queen’s navy? {Foreign intervention is nod: ex- pected, but suppose it comes?" Flourâ€"Dull. Straight roller, in buy- er§’ bags, middle heights, $2.60 bid, w1th $2.70 asked. Same, in wood, for local account, :53 per bbl asked, and $2.90 bidÂ¥foE singteicar lots. ” We have abandoned ten guns and lost one by shell fire. The losses in General Hart’s brigade are, I fear, heavy, although the proportion of se- verely wounded is, I hope, not large. “The 14th and 66th Field Batteries also suffered severe losses. We have re. tired, to our camp at Chieveley." THE NEWS IN LONDON. A despatch) from London, says :â€"The news of the disastrous reverse of Gen- eral Buller’s forces has filled the cup of British bitterness to overflowing. The attack which Englishmen were impatiently awaiting, even demanding, for the relief of Ladysmith, was de- livered Friday morning. If not only failed, but, the British force was com- polled to fall back to its original 905i- tion at Chieveley, after considerable slaughter and the loss of alarge por- tion of its artillery. The story is clearly and briefly bold. in General Ballet’s despatch to the War Office. which is the only information yet at band. i and part of General Barton’s brigade. The day was intensely hot and most trying to the troops, whose conduct was excellent.