The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-05
ADMIRAL NEBOGATOFF'S
 SHIPS PASS SINGAPORE
SIX VAR VESSELS AND FOUR
 GOLFERS SIGHTED. .E

Sail By in semi-Darkness and Haze of
 Early AIorniDg-For q Week Have
 Been Enjoying Hospitality of the
 Waters of Japan's Ally--Rojcstycn-
 sky's Fleet struck by Typhoon-
 ships Reported Scattered and to Have
 Been Damaged.
 Singapore, Straits Settlements, May 5. The Russian naval division com manded by Admiral Nebogatoff, passed Singapore in semi-darkness and haze at 5:SO o'clock this morning. Six warships and four colliers were sighted.
 Annoy, China, May IA typhoon which swept over the coast of south China this week is said to have dam aged the Russian second Pacific squad ron considerably. The lighter vessels are reported to have been scattered. Shipping men expected further delay in the execution of Admiral Rojestyen- sky's plans as result of the damage sustained by the squadron.
 Malacca, Straits Settlement, May A. 4:3G D. m.--A Russian division, consist ing of four battleships, an armored cruiser, and a gunboat, accompanied by five colliers, is now passing Malacca, bound south, and into the China sea. cs;,, eso ylara CaftIa,,,oy,t Moxy 4 The British steamer Selangor, which arrived here to-day, reports having passed division of Russian warships off Jugrah, midway Between the Island iof Penang and Singapore, at g o'clock this morning. The division consisted of four battleships, two cruisers, four Icolliers and a hospital ship. It is ex-. pected here that the vessels will pass Singapore at about midnight tonight. Island of Penang, Straits of Malacca, May 1.-The Russian warships sighted by the British steamer Selangor this morning have been identified as the fourth division Commanded by Rear Admiral Nebogatoff) of the Russian second Pacific squadron.
 St, Petersburg, May 1.-The admiralty to-day received from an agent at Singa- pore, Straits Settlements, a report of l the sighting of Rear-Admiral Neboga- toff's division off Jugrah, but the news is unofficial There is the greatest in- tterest here regarding the condition of ithe ships after the voyage across the lIndian ocean. It is estimated that Me- l bogatoff will require ten days in which to join Vice-Admiral Rojestvensky. London May 4.-The Identification of the warships sighted by the steamer Selangor ill the Straits of Malacca this morning as Rear Admiral Nebogatoff's s
 division of Admiral Rojestvensky' squadron Is considered liable to develop an interesting situation. Jugrah, off
 which the division was seen, is a town of the state of Selangor. which is a
 British protectorate, and is not far dis tant from the point where a Russian di- I vision so long ago as April 27. It is not known whether the Russian war; ships are within territorial waters, or
 whether they are obtaining supplies from the neighboring land.
 1 But brief telegram on the subject from Singaport is taken to indicate that
 for a week the Russians have been
 practically enjoying the hospitality of
 the waters of Japan's ally in the same
 manner that Admiral Rojestvensky's ships have utilized French waters in l Cochin- China. l.,
 A cable dispatch received in London this afternoon says that two of Nebo
 gatoff's transports have put into Sa-
 bong on the north coast of the island
 of Sumatra, with their bows stove in,
 evidently having been in collision. Their
 names are given as the Mariechen and
 the Hermine Hessenmuller.