The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-04

London, Nov. 4.-4:05 a. m.-There is
very little fresh Intelligence today. but
it is believed that the Delagoa bay
route. if not already restored. speedily
VIII be. thus giving quicker communi-
cation with the Cape. The situation IS
stiIl hopeful.
The accounts that continue to arrive
regarding t. fighting on Farquhar's
farm oniy confirm its serious nature,
and the narrow escape General White
had. On this point the Morning Post
remarks:
Nothing rells such tale Of battle
as the list of the missing. When the
missing exceed the killed. it is almost
safe TO write defeat across the story.
because missing means abandonment
or surrender-'',s
1t now appears as if it were only the
arrival of the naval contingent from
the Powerful which prevented & worse.
disaster. 1t seems that. when it was
eeen that retirement was Imperative.
the Natal cavalrynlen volunteered TO
convey a dispatch across The ROer lines
to Major Adye. ordering him 10 retire,
but the risk was considered too great,
and flag signaling was employed in
stead. The distance was JCO great and
the ground too rough FOR cavalry TO 90
to his assistance.
Build Defensive Works.
According to dispatches filed on Tues
day, defensive works were being con-
structed on the hills around Ladysmith,
and il was expected there that tEe big
naval guns would be mounted the fol-
lowing day. The Beers were threaten
ing to attack the town in force on We'd
nesday and Thursday, and the women,
children and other ccmOatants
We're being sent by train to t1e south.
Ladysmith is pr1vis'oned for Two
months
a dispatch from Colesburg. dated
Nov. l. announces that six police who
We're stationed at COlesburg bridge
We're surrounded and captured. This
is probably the origin Of the story that
the Beers had occupied Colesburg-
Paris and Berlin continue to supply
statements Of British reVerses. the lat
est being that MafeSing mas fallen. The
Paris cores Spcndent of the Daily News
asserts that since the war began the
Boer secret service fund mas Increased
20 el0o00 monthly. and that prO-Boer
Journalistic are-brihed at wholesale
None of these rlifnors is yet cOHirmed,
and little attention IS paid to them
Plans Of the Beers.
The STANDARD publishes a dispatch
from Luxembourg which says: Until
within a few days Or. Leyds has been
in telegraphic communication with
Pretoria. through an Indirect diplo-
matte channel. by means of which ne
has been able to inform the Transvaal
of the supposed British plan to advance
through the Orange Free state. With
view ofanticipatins this, movement, the
Beers viii endeav0r TO capture CT fso-
late Ladysmith. and then press on 70
Durham, where they wOCld be able 20
prevent a. British deoarfSaticn. lille the
main Boer army would hastily retrace
steps to defend the line of the Orange
river
At Plymouth it is rUmOrcd that the
channel squadron will be ordered to the
Cape, where d great naval force Is 70
be concentrated. with view of eStab-
fishing a Gordon from the mouth Of the
Orange river to DelaSoa bay. 10 prevent
the landing of supplies for the enemy.
and with a view. also. if necessary. of
landing guns to assist the British
forces