Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-26
KITCHENER'S LATEST REPORT
Tells What He Captured in Pur-
 suing Delarey.

suing Delarey.
 His Troops Covered 80 Miles in 24 rs-Representatives of American Tobacco Company Took Important Step To-Day-Queen Alexandra
 Started for Copenhagen To-Day House of Commons Adjourned Until
 After Easter-Young Man Shot His Sweetheart Because He Thought
 She Stole Box.
 London, March 26.-Incomplete re- ports of the result of the combine movement of British columns against General Delarey have enabled Lord Kitchener to announce the capture of about a hundred prisoners, three fif- teen pounders, two pompoms and quan- titles of stock, wagons, etc. General Delarey appears to have successfully evaded Lord Kitchener's cordon at the offset.
 In a dispatch dated from Pretoria, at noon, yesterday, Lord Kitchener says.
 ''At dusk on the evening of March 23 the combined movement against Delarey was undertaken by columns of mounted men, without guns or im- pediments of any sort. The columns started from Commando Drift. on the faal river, and travelled rapidly that night and at dawn, March 24, occupied positions along the line from Con- mando Drift to the Iichtenburg block house line. The troops moved rapidly eastward, keeping a continuous line, With the object of driving the enemy against the blockhouses or forcing an action. The result has not yet been fully reported. KekeWich's column, after the commencement of the action, captured three fifteen pounders, two pompoms, nine prisoners and a hun- dred mules, carts and wagons Gen. eral w. Kitchener's column captured elghty-n1ne prisoners, forty-five carts and wagons and thousand cattle. There are few more prisoners on the bleckhouse line The troops cov- cred eighty miles in twenty-four hours Rochfort's and Rawlinson's columns have not yet reported their results
 Lord Kitchener, in later message, says: "All the reports are now in. The total number of prisoners is 135."
 London, March 26.-The local repre- sentatives of the American Tobacco company took an important step to. day towards gaining the support of the wholesale dealers, practically promis- ing the latter five per cent profit on all deals with them The chairman of the Wholesale Tobacco Dealers asso- ciation says that unless the Imperial Tobacco company meets them in sim liar spirit there will be a bad outlook for the British tobacco trust
 A rumor is again in circulation here to the effect that J. B. Duke, president of the American Tobacco company. is negotiating with the French govern ment with the view of taking over it's tobacco monopoly. The American. It is said, offers to deposit a sum guaran- teeing for five years a profit consider ably in excess of the present returns.
 London, March 26.-Queen AIexan- dra started to-day for Copenhagen to attend the celebration, April s, of the birthday of her father, King christian IA of Denmark, who was born April 8. ISIS.
 London, March 26.-The house of commons, after brief session, to-day adjourned until April for the Easter holidays.
 New York, March 26.-A most pathetic tragedy caused by an unhappy misunderstanding has been revealed ar the coroner's court at Colwyn Bay. says London dispatch to the Herald. On Monday 3 young man, named David Richards missed small box of money belonging to the shop of which he was manager. He asked his sweetheart Lillian Kealy, who was the only one who saw him put the box of money away, to restore it, thinking she had taken it. She denied any Knowledge of the box. He thereupon shot her dead, turned the revolver upon him. self and killed himself too. During the inquest on the two bodies Richardss employer rushed into the court holding up the missing box which had been the cause of the tragedy. It had been found near the place where the un- happy murderer and suicide had said he put it.