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Toscan Defeats Kenilworth.

NEW YORK. April a2-Aqueduct
racing results:
First race, six furiongs-The Gadhy
won. Gray Lad second, Delcanta third.
Time, IA.
Second race, five furlongs
won. Kenilworth second, Burleigh
third. Time, :59 LIS.
Third race, four and a half furlongs.
Woodhaven stakes-Leonard Joe Hay
man won, Special License second, Rust
third Time. :53 3-5.
Fourth race, one mile. the Queens
County, handicap-St. Valentine won,
Rapid water second, Sister third Time,
1:39 1-5.
Fifth race. one mile-Champlain won.
Pronta second, Arsenal third. Time,
1:40
sixth race, four and a half furlongs-
First Water won. Garcia second, Deux
Temps third. Time. :55
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVED.


SATURDAY. April -.
Seattle Put in 10 finish leading
cent City.
slmr isonita. Preble 60 hours rom San Pc
stmr Ranger Tnton days from Bre-
srrT Aberdeen. Kelly. 60 hours from Asto-
stmr Samoa. Maasen. 10 hours from San
s;inr Montara. Riley. IS hours from s.stt,s
Stmr Arctic Nelson p hours from Eureka
Stfnr san PEDRO. Rasmussen. 20 hours from
stmr Asuncion, Bridget. } days from
Seattle
ETis ": G. Irwip; H.ason: y daye from
schr Advance. osidnessen. 10 days from Co.
schr Aloha. Dasei. 20 days from Kama
pali
schr Ivy. Lunouist days from Eureka.
CLEARED.
s.nr Bonita Preble san Pedro: PacIa,
cozs1 Steamship Company.
ssnr Kvichjak Nelson, Bristol Bay: Alaska
stnr Newport Russell. Ancon. etc; Pacinc
Bark Painlsrz, Rose. Bristol Bay: Alaska
Packers Association.
Bark Himalaya. Thomson, Bristol Bay;
Alaska Packers Association.
Bark ST, Katherine, Saunders. Honolulu;
Wslch & Co.
SAILED.
SATURDAY April %
stmr Columbia. Dorsn. Astoria and Port
land.
strr Newport. Russell Ancon, via Mexican
and Central American ports
strnr Whittier. Dickson. Ventura. with barge
Santa Paula IN TOW.
6tmr Point Arena. Hansen. Mendocino.
stnr ". T. Plant Nelson Coos Bay
Stnr Ar-o, Grim. Port Kenyon.
BT strnr Adato. Stewart Yokohama
Bark Palmyra Rose Bristol Bay
BARK Coaiingas Gunderson Bristol Bay.
Bitn Echo, Larsen. WiilaDa Harbor.
Schr H c. Wright, Nelson Mahukona
Barge Santa Paula. Pelle, Ventura, In tow
of stmr WAittfer.
TELEGRAPHIC.
POINT LOBOS. April p 10 .. m.-weather
foggy. wind northwest; velocity 20 niIes per
hour.
SPOKEN
April 20 on Lucifer lightship-Br ship Msri-
borough Hill, hence Dec 4, for Liverpool.
DOMESTIC PORTS
sEATTLE-Arr.ved April 22-stmr Cottage
City. from SkeEway.
vENTTRA-Arrived April 22-stmr Atlas
With barge 81 from Redondo. in tow.
EUREKA-Arrfved April 22-Stmr Alliance.
from Portland.
sEATTT-E-Arrived April 21-schr compeer.
from san Pedro.
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Belle Meade Stakes for ohiyesa.

NASHVILLE. April 23.-CumberIand
Park racing results:
First race, five and half furlongs-
YO San won. Miss Gun second. Brazil
third Time. 1:12L
Second race, four furlongs-Ossineke
won, Daring second. Joe Coyne third.
Time. :50z.
Third race. one and a sixteenth miles.
handicap-Brancas won, Miss DOYLE
second. Coruscate third Time. 1:52Z.
Fourth race. Belle Meade stakes. four
and half furlOngs-Ohiyesa won, Lady
CaroIe second. Merely Mary Ann third.
Time. :53z.
Fifth race. one and an eighth miles
Jordan won. Brooklyn second. Siloum
third. Time, 1:5815.
Sixth race. five and a half furlongsE
La Pucelle won. Norwood. Ohio, sec
oad, linda third Time, 80.
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George Berry scores Brackets.

ST. LOUIS. April 22.-American
Jockey Club racing results:
First race. six rurlOngS-George
Berry won, Mole B second, Hakim
third. Time. 1:15 1-5.
Second race. one mile-Cataline won,
Banana Cream second, Attila third
Time. 1:42 %.
Third race, six and a half furlonx--
Lady Mercury won. Sister Ruth sec
ond. Leenja third Time. 1.23 %.
Fourth race. five'an a half furIOngs
First Attempt won, DiaphOnous Sec
Ond, HobsOn's Choice third Time.
log.
Fifth race. six furlongs-Parisienn
won. Miss MarcOni second, RemOrse
third. Time. lis 3-5
Sixth race. five and half furlonEs-
LIdwina wen, Jim Ferrin second. Miss
Gould third. Time. 1909 1-5.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23
A Carco fo- HonoIuIu

TIE bark St. Katherine was cleared yesterday
Ter Honolulu with an assorted merchs nd.se
cE-Eo. valued 1T Sls.792 and including the fol-
loving; 80 ctls wheat 1858 ctIs barley 7o0
he.ts hay. 1906 lbs hops. 2513 lbs bread 1881
lbs ham ana bacon. 275o gals wine 200 cs
aimed salmon. 1900 lbs coffee. 46S2 pcs lum-
oer- 25 bdls car springs. S14s lbs soda ash
81 oErs. 10 boiler tubes 20 coils rope 100
cs gasoline 30 c. scap 800 bdls shingles 6
pkgs wagon material. S56I Il hardwood l bale
duck. pkgs dry goods. Is bdis car springs
8 odls paper, os paint. so bars iron. / pkg
pun
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL
FORECAST


The pressure has risen along the coast and
conditions fsVora bic for fair weather IN
Easter day north OF the Tehachapi. SoCth Of
the Tenachap unsettled weather may prevail.
In the Great Valley os California warmer
weather prevails. and afternoon temperatures
range from 15 20 SO degrees. On the coast
strong vest winds prey all ani conditions are
favorable fer fog.
Thunder stornas ere reported IN Arizona.
Forecast made at San Francisco for thirty
hours ending midnight. April %:
California north OF Tehaehapi-Fair Sunday
fresh northwest winds; fog On the coast; warm
in the interior
California socta OF Tehacha pi-Cloudy Sun
day: cooler near Los Angeles: reg in the morn
ing: light north wind, changing TO west
Nevada-C1cCdy Sundsy.
San Francisco and victnity-Fa!r Sunday;
brisk west winds IN the afternoon.
Los Angeles and viein:9g-Cloudy, unsettled
weather sunday: cooler; light north wind; fog
IN the morning.
sacranlento-Fair Sunday. light north wind.
changing to south.
F'resno-Fair Sunday; fresh north wind.
A. G. McADIE. District Forecaster.
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Dwrer Buys Major Daingerfeld.

NEW YORK. April 22.-Major Dain-
gerfield. the winner of many famous
races and the holder of the three-year-
old championship in 1902. was sold to
p. ]. Dwyer az the Fasig-Tipton auc-
ton sales of horses. property of Will
lam Leeds and Andrew Miller, al the
Aqueduct racetrack to-day for $4,000
The stakes won by Major Daingerfield
in the past four seasons were worth
So. .ec5. Coy Maid. a three-year-old
filly by ingston-Bcnnie Girl, sold to
d. Draper for $4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23

NOTE-In the above exposition OF the tides
the early morning tides are given in the left
hand column and the successive tides OF the
day in the order OF occurrence as TO time: the
fourth time column gives the last tide OF the
day except when there are but three tides. as
sometimes occurs The heights given are In
addition TO the soundings of the United States
Coast Survey Charts. except when a minus 81
sign precedes the height. and then the number
given is suhfracted from the depth given by
the charts The plane Of reference Is the mean
OF the lower low waters.
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I hsve found the vessels on the Colum-
| bia River in splendid condition.
NEWS OF THE OCEAN.
Matters of Interest 10 Mariners and
Shining Merchants

The French bark Ia FontaIne Cat PortIand)
IS chartered for lumber. thence 10 L. X.
chartered p-tCT TO arrival; Chilean ship Otheilo.
same business from Puget Sound to west coast
CT South America toHner's ACCOUNT
Tne harkentine I-ngard returns 70 Honolulu
wilh general CARO-.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23
Japanese Ban Tossers in Practice.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY. April %.
The Stanford campus was invaded this
morning by the ball tossers from Wa
seda University of Japan. They came
with a dash. and after they had I'm
ished their first work out on American
soil the members OF the cardinal base
ball squad had ceased TO regard Sat-
urday's game as a joke The little
bronzed athletes from the Flowery
Kingdom can play ball They viii meet
Stanford next Saturday
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

PHILADELPHIA, April 22--Mc-
Cam was caught at the plate in the
eighth inning. He lost his temper and
struck Catcher Abbott, who retaliated
by striking McGann with the ball.
The men were separated by the play
ers or their respective teams. As Nc
Gam walked 10 the bench a number
of spectators threw cushions at him.
He was taunted by the crowd and sew
eral OF the visiting players Threatened
10 go into the pavilion. A youth who
was selling SOFT drinks was struck in
the face by one OF the New York play
ers. After the game crowd followed
the carriages occupied by the cham
pions, hurting bricks and mud after
The members OF the team McGann
and Abbott were placed on the bench.
Attendance, 2Os2OU. Score:
r. H. E.
New York II .
fnliaaelphla ..........-.
Batteries-McGinnity and Bresna-
han; Corridor, Suthoff, Abbott and
Doom. Umpires-Bauswine and Ems
lie.
PITTsBURG. April e2-Pittsburg
tied the score in the seventh inning
by d batting rally against Kellum and
won in the eighth by hitting NeFar-
Ian at Will Attendance, 10000.
Score:
II. n T.
Pittsburg ............... 3
St. Louis. s....4 8 3
Batteries - Lynch, Roberts and
Peitz; Kellum. MeFarlan and Warner.
Umpire-Klem-
BROOKLYN, April 22.-The Brook
lyns played in fine form to-day. At
tendance, 5000. Score:
Brooklyn -.-.....-......- Il
ROSr0n ID
Batteries - Mcintyre and Ritter;
Wilhelm and Needham. Umpire
Johnstone.
CHICAGO, April 22.-Captain Cor
coran's batting won for Cincinnati to-
day. all three OF his hits bringing in
runs after passes and errors had put
men on bases. Evers was injured at
the opening OF the tenth inning in a
collision at first base and was re-
placed by Hoffman. Attendance, 5000.
Score:
r. H. e
Chicago
Batteries3Briggs and Killing; over
all and Phelps. Umpire-O'Day.
AMERICAN LEAGUE. ...
NEW YORK, April 22.-Because Of
the failure TO play yesterdays game
the American League team played to-
day. defeating Washington There was
no charge for admission Attendance,
10000. Score:
r. H. z.
New York
Washington ........... s
Batteries-Clarkson and Mcclure;
Wolf and Kittredge.
BOSTON, April 22.-The Bostons
won their first game OF the season
from Philadelphia Attendance, H.
500- Score:
Boston .-......-.
Batteries-Winter and McGovern;
Henley and Powers
DETROIT. April 22.@Detroit's vic
tory to-day was due to the best all
around playing, the runs resulting
from team batting and base running
Attendance, $500. Score:
R. H. E.
Detrolt --...-.1.-.. 10
Chicago ............... -. 3 2
Batteries-Killian and Sullivan; Att
rock and Mcfarland.
ST. LOUIS. April 22-By timely
hitting Cleveland won to-day's game,
defeating the st. Louis Americans,
to 1. Attendance. $500 Score:
r. H. E.
CicNSidnu
Batteries-Glade and Sugden: Joss
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23

S and Sc gales for seTen days
COOS BAY, April 2s-StTHr Sea Foam, lum-
ber-laden from Astoria. for San Francisco.
collided with schr Del Norte. from San Fran
cisco, for Rogue River. of Coquille River bar.
last night. during heavy fog Del Norte turned
bottom up. No lives lest.
SEATTLE. ArTil 22.-Stmr Cottage City.
from Ska:wsy this port struck Ripple
Rcck. Sc yrnol,r Island Steering gear refused
TO work. Damage not known. VIII be placed
in drydock to-da.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23
Memoranda.

Per stmr Nevadan. from Seattle April 22-
April 16. 9 a m, 10 miles SW Cape Flattery
broke tsil shaft and lost port propeller
Per schr Aloha. from KaanapaI. Aprfl % -
Had a succession OF WSw gales Tor three
days- On April Is carried away the mizzen
sail.
Per brig W c. Irwln-Had succession Of
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23
FROM SEATTLE
Steamer.
rhine BAN.

Time Ball.
Branch photographic Office U. sN. Mer-
chants Exchange. San Francisco. Cal.
April %. 1905.
The Time Ball on the tower Of the Ferry
building was dropped exactly at noon to-day
l. e. at noon Of the 120th meridian or al
D. m Greenwich time J. c. BURNETT
Lieutenant. U. s. n. in charge.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23

Owing to the success of the ''no-tip'
restaurant in Piccadilly. London. other
restaurants are about TO enforce the
no-tip rule. The walters receive wages
and commission
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23

organs sse1 VIII oaF soIloIs AsuIca-ed IL
=TRfCT upEIraAL MEpGAT.QN
,hral crayons quickly cures all drains and dis
charxes Varicocele. Structure. Premature De-
80 enlargement OF Prostate Gland. etc. Spe-
~ssi cure for RUPTURE lat offices only). ons
s-@atnenr weekly for eight weeks no knife no
r5sI9r frum work Guarantee perfect cure
sfo-,sr left In bank Illustrated 1OO-page book
EREE a. OFFICE ONLY tnothing received or
~srr bv mail for the presently. We have the
most successful simple and economical home
cure in the world. Gail to-day. ONCE hours
q 10 D: Sundays. 10 10 l. Vacuum Appllancs
Ca O'Farren ST. San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23
Sun. Moon and Tide

United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Time and Height OF High and Low Waters
at Fort Point. entrance to San Francisco
Bay. Published by official authority or the
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Weak Men and
Rupture Cured.

0 u : perfected
Vacuum at
msnt. etc. viii
quickly DEVELOP
NEW LIFE AND
ENERGY A N ID
FULLY RESTORE
THE FIRE AND
Y I G . R o =
YOUTH Il - also
the only positive
N 9 a n q known
which viii fully
enlarge and COM
pietely develop the
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23
DEL NORTE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN
Weather Report.
12oth Meridian-Pacifc TimeA

San FRANCISCO. .60-52
The following the seasonal rainfalls to
/ date as compared with these OF same date last
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23

Superintendent.
NOTE+The high and low waters Occur at
the city front Mission street wharf} about 20
minutes later than at Fort Points the heiznr
OF tide is the same at both places.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23
QUAKER CITY FANS GIVE
GIANTS \ HOT RECEPTION
Boston Champions Win First Game
From Athletics. While Overall
Pitches Reds TO Victory.

STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
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SUNDAY. APRIL %.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23

BdtlerIes-CIdrksOH anu McGulres
Wolf and Kittredge.
BOSTON, April 22.-The Bostons
won their first game of the season
from Philadelphia Attendance, H.
500. Score:
r. H. E.
Boston ..--.........-. 3 0
Philadelphia .-... 0 S 3
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23

oil ana THelps- CinplTe-O lay
AMERICAN LEAGUE. ..
NEW YORK, April 22.-Because of
the failure TO play yesterdays game
the American League team played to-
day, defeating Washington. There was
no charge for admission. Attendance,
10000. Score:
Mower County transcript., 1905-04-12
HUNDREDS OF VICTIMS
COLLAPSE OF BIG RESERVOIR AT
. MADRID RESULTS IN HEAVY
LOSS OF LIFE.

Madrid, April 8.-Four hundred
persons were killed or injured during
the day by the collapse of a new
water reservoir in course of construc-
tion on the outskirts of this city.
Fifty bodies have already been recov-
cred.
A workman who was injured says
the collapse was so sudden and COM
plete that it was impossible to tell
what happened. The men at work
on the reservoir, however, anticipated
trouble, as q fortnight ago three
arches collapsed and cracks devel-
oped in four Others
An exact" estimate of the casualties
Is still impossible. It is stated that
there were 236 men in the lower part
Of the reservoir, all of whom were
killed.
Mower County transcript., 1905-04-12
NEy lsk0l)NI) b l,BI
=. SseR .tlf::-llffl q ~ y
Tuesday April 4.

4 The Portuguese cortes was formal.
~ opened by King Carlos Monday. /.
;: The New York assembly Monday
night unanimously passed the bill
making the term: of Office Of the may
or of New York four years instead Of
two. s.zs s. ,'3.as ..sssz 81 & i. m z:
President Castro says he is well
satisfied with the turn Of. American
Venezuelan affairs and feels sure
there will be no difficulty between the
two nations. ~ ~ y: ~ > .:* + :,-' .
A cablegram received at the state
department from Minister. Dawson, at
San. Domingo, announces that Prest:a
dent M Morales has issued q. decree put.
ting into imm ediate effect the modus
viyendi relative. 70 the Dominican Gus: !:
TOMS ! 5: 'Ns:% ;}.S :;=::
i: Patrick J. Healy, president. Of the,
pioneer music, firm sof }Ilssyion$z & .Healy:
of Chicago is dead Healy# was
sixty-fve years of age And had been
engaged in the manufacture and sale
of musical Instruments in Chicago
since 1864. -
Wednesday, April 5: y: -:
Bishop Faviar of the I.azarist mis-
sion is dead at Peking. He had re
sided in China for forty years.
M. Bakhmetieff, = the diplomatic
agent of Russia in Bulgaria. has. been
appointed Russian minister at The
Hague.
Frank B. Harper, the breeder and
turfman and owner Of several. famous
horses. is dead at Nantura, KY, aged
eighty-one.
Captain Charles J. Magill, one of
the largest vessel owners on the
Great Lakes, is dead at Chicago. He
was eighty-seven years old.
The Sheffield (Ala.) rolling mills
have broken all records in the Unit
ed States by making $500 pounds of
iron from two coal furnaces.
The pope Tuesday received in pri-
vate audience the Duke and Duchess
of Connaught and their. daughters,
Princesses Margaria and Patricia.
Thursday, April 6.
Fire destroyed the business portion
of Cogswell, N. D.
United States Ambassador Meyer
left Paris Wednesday for st. Peters,
burg.
George w. Goodal, aged eighty
three, an intimate friend of President
Lincoln, is dead at Washington, D. C.
The safe in the State bank at Re-
villo, s. D., was dynamited, by bur.
glars. They failed to get any money
Thomas H. Montgomery, president
of the American Insurance company,
is dead at Philadelphia, aged seventy
five.
Charges of misappropriating city
funds have been filed against Fire
Marshal Geddes of Elgin, Ill. The
amount involved is not known. j
Chris Won der Abe, for many years
prominently connected with the ST..
Louis National League baseball team,
is in a critical condition at st. Louis
from stroke of apoplexy.
Mower County transcript., 1905-04-12
SQUADRON is DIVIDED
ONLY A PORTION OF ROJESTVEN.
skY's FLEET PASSED PORT
OF SINGAPORE.

Singapore, April 10.-Fifty-one ships
Of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky' Sec
ond Pacific squadron passed here Sat
urday. The most important fighting
vessels of the squadron, including the
battleships Kniaz Souvaroff, AlexaN.
der H., Borodino and Orel, with their
complement of cruisers, torpedo boat
destroyers, ETC., did not arrive and
their whereabouts is totally unknown.
The vessels which passed Singapore
were the following: Battleships Sissoi
Veliky and Oleg; cruisers Admiral
Nakhimoff, Dmitri Donskoi, Aurora,
1zuprud, Jemtchug, Almaz, Russ,
Anadyr, Furst Bismarck, Kaiserin
Maria Thresa, Kaiserin Augusta Vic
toria, Kaiser friedrich. Rion, and
seven torpedo boat destroyers, all
sailing under the naval flag. Under
the commercial flag were the volun-
teer steamers Voronez, Kief, Yaroslav,
Tambof, Vladimir and Orel, the Rus:
sian Navigation company's steamers
Meteor, Jupiter and Mercury, the East
Asiatic company's steamers Korea and
Kaitai, the North Baltic companys
steamer XMAS Gortchakoff, one SAL
wage ship and fifteen GOLFERS.
A French steamer arrived here Sun.
day with sailor belonging to the Ad-
miral Nakhimoff who fell overheard
and was picked up of Malacca after
having been twelve hours in the wa
ter.
Mower County transcript., 1905-04-12
Friday, April 7.


The Spanish council of state has
decided in favor of the creation of
free ports in the Canary islands.
An imperial trade just issued at
Constantinople sanctions the conclu,
sion of loan in Germany to pay for
war material.
Rev. H. P. Haylett, well known
Methodist divine, Is dead at Racine,
Wis.,. after several months illness,
aged sixty-three years.
The Mckinley antitrust bill has
passed the lower house Of the Illinois
legislature by q vote of 112 ayes to 9
hays and now goes to the senate.
The authorities of Knox college at
Galesburg, ILL.,, announce a gift of
$4,000 by Andrew Carnegie to that
institution for new science building.
General Frederick Funston has ar.
rived at San Francisco and relieved
General Moore, in command of the
department of California, who retired
from the army at noon Thursday.
Mower County transcript., 1905-04-12
FELL. INTO BOILING TANK.
Three Cattle Feeders ScaIded t.
Death at Pekin, III.

Peoria, Ill, April S.-Julius Hardy,
Joseph Byers and George Wagner,
cattle feeders at the American distil-
lery at Pekin, were, scalded to death
early in. the day. The, men were
working on top of a tank of hot dis
tillery feed when, the boards: gave
way, precipitating them into the boil
ing mass. Hardy and Byers died in.
stantly. Wagner was rescued. but.
died shortly aftsr. =5..=...
Mower County transcript., 1905-04-12
SPOTTED FEVER RAGING.
Dread Disease Claims Hundreds Of
Victims in Germany.

Berlin, April 7.-Spotted fever has
been raging for several months in
epidemic form in Silesia. In the re-
gion around Oppeln about 1900 cases
have been reported, of which fully
one.half resulted in death: Much
alarm exists among the people, espe-
cially the laboring population, and
many have lied from the district. The
disease is beginning to make it's ap-
pearance in other parts of the coun-
try. Seven deaths are reported from
Konitz, West Prussia, and thirty fami-
lies have deserted the place. Several
cases are also announced in the prov
incc. of SaAony.
Mower County transcript., 1905-04-12
ASPHYXiATED BY GAS.

Four Persons Meet Death in a House
in Chicago.
Chicago, April 10.-7Eenry Monroe,
his vile Anna, their eleven-months'-
old child, and a brother of Monroe,
were as, hyx;2:ed !: IS @l nj: in
thei! no.-i@ Z. ..,o -.i~. s.Ict< I..a
body OF the lather ans husband was
found near the door f. h his arms
outstretched as if he haa been trying
to open the door when overcome. The
others were found lying in bed. A
leak in gas pipe in the kitchen was
responsible for the accident.
Mower County transcript., 1905-04-12
RUSSIAN AND JAPANESE. SQUAD
RoNs IN CHINA SEA READY Il,
FOR ENGAGEMENTS >....,s =. T.
.Rojestvensky's Fleet Passes sinsa'
pore, Straits Settlement, Steering in
a NortheasterIy Observation-Disclosures
" Squadron Under Admiral Togo Be.
ileved TO- BE Somewhere. in the vi.
elnity Awaiting the Enemy. =

, -. .-
London, April g The sudden shift
ing Of interest in the war from the
land to. the sea and the apparently
imminent prospects Of q fateful battle
between the Russian sand :5s1ap panese
squadrons in the China sea have re:
vived all the interest shown here in
the earlier developments of the strug-
gle in the Far East. 1t is taken for
granted that Admiral Togo's ships,~ re-
ported to be in the neighborhood OF
SINGAPORE in the middle of March,
are still in that vicinity and the re-
port from Penang, on the west coast
of the Malay peninsula, that twelve
Japanese ships were seen steamiag
ahead of the Russian warships is ill.,
terpreted to mean that the former
are scouts sent out by Togo to get in
touch with the Russians and when
their object is accomplished to retire
on the main body OF the Japanese
squadron.
The reports about the numbers OF
the Russian ships vary, but at any
rate over thirty-fve battleships, cruis-
ers, colliers and torpedo boats have
passed the port of Singapore. The
underwriters here presume from the
northeasterly course they were steer
ing that after passing Singapore the
Russian ships are attempting to reach
the French port Of Saigon, Cochin
China. However, it is pointed out
that a Japanese squadron of twenty
two ships is still off Horstburg Light,
where it was reported March II. The
two naval forces are only about thirty
miles apart and may be in touch at
any moment.