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EARTH PASSES UNSCATHED THROUGH THE TAIL OF HALLEY'S COMEY
EPOCH EVENT IN THE
SCIENCE OF ASTRONOMY
Valuable Knowledge Secured by Observations
Of Comet's Transit Across the Blaz
in^ Face of the Sun
NO UNUSUAL PHENOMENA NOTED
about 15,000.000 miles, provided the tail
was pointing directly opposite the sun.
However, there are strong reasons for
believing that the tail is Jagging be
hind the line directly opposite the sun,
and that instead of being but 2,000,000
miles from us at the nearest point, it
'\u25a0was, perhaps, twice this distance or
more.
The tail at a point 14,000,000 miles
out from the head was very much nar
rower than we expected .and the ex
planation probably lies in the lagging
of the tail, thus increasing its distance
from us. As indicated In our bulletins
of the preceding days, this lagging has
been anticipated. • • . \u25a0
Up to S:3O Pacific standard time,
Wednesday evening, no trace of the
comet's tail or related phenomena have
'been visible. It is probable that the
earth at that hour had not yet entered
the tail. Even if it had, the presence
of the moon would probably prevent
; observations of sky illumination due to
the tail.
Lick Observatory, May IS, 1910.
YERKES OBSERVATORY
TAKES PHOTOGRAPHS
YERKES OBSERVATORY, WIL
LIAMS BAY, Wis., May IS. — As the
world passed through the tall of Hal
ley*B comet astronomers at the Yerkes
observatory tonight secured photo
uiay»hs and accurate records of me
teoric phenomena and varying heaven
ly illumination under atmospheric con- i
ditions nearly perfect for work with
camera and telescope.
Although a spectacular display of
aurora lights, which reached across the
sky from east to west, was observed
here. Professor Frost, in. charge of the
observatory, and Professor Mitchell of I
New York do not connect the phenom- |
ena directly with the comet.
"While th<* glow of the comet's tail
is readily discernible," said Professor
Frost shortly before midnight* "we
have observed little striking positive
phenomena that could be attributed to
Halley's comet. But that does not
lesson the value of negative observa
tions secured."
The pictures and data are consid
ered of unusual value and may develop
sfientific information and theories of
unexpected Importance,
Prof. Edward E. Barnard, one of the
world's greates-t authorities on comets.
van much pleased with the result of
his observations, which. have extended
almost without interruption for 48
hours.
A most painstaking- search was made
through the tail of the comet for spots
where illumination might be lacking.
This lack of illumination, it was Indi
cated, may aid greatly in determining
the substance of the glow that fol
lows the comet's head.
"The passing of the comet." said
Professor Barnard, "will greatly enrich
«=cienoe. I consider the negative phe
nomena observed tonight of as great
va'ue to science as positive phe
nomena."
According to first -computations from
observations .made here, the earth en-,
ter^d the million mile broad tail of the
comet at a speed of slightly niAre than
AX miles per second. At this juncture
the eminent scientists gathered here
agreed that the passage would occupy
a period of little more than five hours.
Sixteen cameras, especially construct- :
ed for photographing the sky, and 14 ;
telescopes were trained from this 'point
on the passage of the comet. Pains
taking care was exercised In the ar
rangement and use of the instruments
to assure complete and accurate data
end picture?. Although they had slept
little on the previous night and were
busy all day with cameras and j tele
scopes, the astronomers spared not a
moment for sleep tonight.
The party at the observatory includ
ed the following scientists:
Prof. S. A. Mitchell, Columbia univer-
Fity, New York; Prof. Edwin B. Frost,
Prof. Sherburne W. Burnham, Prof. Ed
ward A. Barnard; Prof. John A. Park
hurst; Prof. Storre B. Barrett, Prof.
Frederick Rlocum, Oliver J. Lee and
Mary L. Calvert.
The battery of cameras covered every
visible foot' of sky, and hundreds of
plates were exposed. A number of the
cameras were fixed on axles, revolving
with extreme slowness with lenßes con
stantly on the comet's glowing tall.
Although moonlight was a- slight
handicap, the brilliantly clear pky and
favorable atmospheric conditions made
up for it. The photographs secured are
considered invaluable. With the par
ticular object of photographing me
teors. Professors Parkhurst and Barrett
took charge of the Carnegie outdoor
photographic observatory, where a
number of pictures were taken.
Unusufel displays of aurora lights* at
9:30 o'clock toniprht are said by Pro
fessor Mitchell of New York, who is
here to observe the passage of Halley's
comet, to be the direct result of the
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comet. This was the most important
observation obtained so far.
CATCHING TAIL OF
COMET IN BOTTLES
NEW YORK, Majv 18. — From the
four great bridges across the East
river, from the decks of ferry boats, '
from pier ends and wharves, .from the
islands in the harbor, from roof tops
and for entire length of Riverside
drive the people of Manhattan swarmed
and clustered tonight to peer Into the
west for the incandescent tail of the
receding comet. Some prayed and all
waiched.
Nobody carried salt, but a few car
ried bottles in which to seal up the
atmosphere for future analysis. What
these, analyses will show can not be
foretold, but there "were no bodily in
dications of cyanogen gas.
Word received from the west late
today that violent disturbances had
been observed on the face of the sun
added , greatly to the curiosity of the
crowd, who reasoned that if the sun
was susceptible there was cause to be
lieve that the earth might be.
Laymen were not wanting who ar
gued that the showers of the morning
and afternoon were attributable to the
presence of comet dust in the air.
The sky was overcast for the great
; er part of the day and no observations
of the sun "were possible. But even if
they had been, the fact remains that
the greatest university center of the
country is without a first class tele
scope, i
REJOICING SUPPLANTS
TERROR OF MEXICANS
EL PASO, Tex.. May 18.— Hundreds
of Mexicans from the villages along j
the Mexican border- gathered about
crosses erected on the hills tonight,
awaiting the appearance of the fiery
com«t they believe is hurrying to de
str6y the world.
For 10 days the superstitious Mexi
cans have' sought to avert the impend
ing catastrophe with music. Incanta
tions and wierd ceremonies, and'many
have spent day and night in prayer.
Hundreds have sought refuge in
caves and canyons in the mountains.
As the hours passed without catas
trophe, gloom grave way to joy, and
dancing and feasting replaced the re
ligious ceremonies. The Indians also
shared the great fear of the Mexicans.
Comet Promotes Piety
STANFORD, Ky., May 18. — Scores of
negroes professed salvation at all night
services held in their churches here :
last night to prepare themselves for
whatever may happen when the earth
passes through the comet's tail. Fields
are practically denuded of farm hands,
for negroes have refused to Work and
are fleeing to town, j
NEGATIVE RESULTS AT
CARNEGIE OBSERVATORY
PASADENA, May 18.— According to
the computations of Dr. George E. Hale
and his assistants at Carnegie obser
vatory, Halley's comet passed on be
yond the sun at 8:35 o'clock tonight,
and at the same time me earth was in
the midst of the wanderer's tenuous
tail. But not one of the delicate in
struments set to detect suspected phe
nomenon showed the slightest varia
tion.
Doctor Hale mounted an electrometer
to detect any changes in the magnetism
of the earth and a variometer, which
Tvould show any variation in the mag
netic pole.
A tower also was erected on the peak
of Mount Wilson, bearing metal plates
coated with glycerin*-, to catch any of
the dust particles with which the com
et's tall is supposed to be laden, but
the astronomers have found nothing
so far to indicate that natural condi
tions have been affected by the earth's
leap through the comet's tail.
ANNO UNCES DISCO VERY j,
OF ORIGIN OF COMETS
MARE ISLAND. May 18. — Just as the
earth was entering the tail of Halley's
comet today. Professor T. J. J. See. as
tronomer in charge of the naval ob
servatory at Mare island^ announced
that as the outcome of years of re
search in cosmical evolution he had
discovered the origin of comets, which, \u25a0
he said, were some of the primitive"
masses once forming the solar nebula!
and could be popularly described as
immature, undeveloped planets.
Every nebula, he said, is filled with
millions of these small masses In ad
dition to the gases shown' by the spec
troscope. He further said:
In the course of researches made at
Mare Island during the last two years !
on the origin of the solar system I ;
have proved that comets are really
survivals of the outer shell of ancient
nebula from which our system was de
veloped. Most comets are now found
to move In elliptic orbits, and the fact
THE SAN FRANCISCO-.- CALL,- THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1910. >
Diagram showing the path of the earth and how the orbit of Halley's comet crosses it as the great sfo; torch passes
'\'<i ' between our globe and the sun. .'/
that they return to us after long inter
vals shows that they belong to the
solar system and are relics of the outer
parts of the spiral nebula from which
our system Originated. ;.
All the inner parts of the nebula
have been cleared away in producing
sun, planets and satellites, but many
small masses still survive, in the outer
shell of old nebula. ~ These are the
comets. Hence they move in long el
lipses and it was formerly supposed
that their orbits are- nearly all para
bolic. \u25a0 But this- Is a mistake. It is now
known that -the orbits are* usually
elliptic, though the periods are very
long. .v ;--,--'\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0.-.''\u25a0
OBSERVATIONS MADE
WITH AID OF BALLOON
ST. LOUIS, May I 18.— Professor,
George O. James, astronomer at Wash
ington university. accompanied by
John Berry, a veteran pilot, ascended
in the" balloon St.' Louis 111, at 6:SO
o'clock tonight to i make • observations
during the transit of If alley's comet
across the face of the bun.
The pTirpofeo of: the expedition is to
determine if possible, what effect the
passage of the earth through a comet's
tail has on atmospheric conditions and
to observe possible meteorite showers.
The balloon took a northeasterly
course in a light breeze and soon was
out of sight.
In the basket of the balloon, Pro-,
fessor James has provided an aneroid
barometer, a sensltlyfe termometer
and. a finder for his telescope.
Just before the asren&lon. Professor
James' announced that a landing would
be_ attempted about .midnight. , .
Feared a Tidal .JVave
DULUTH, Minn., May 1&. — A tempo
rary general exodus took place today
from Minnesota point," a* long and nar
row strip of land, containing the homes
of several thousand people, located be
tween the finger of Lake Superior and
St. Louis bay, reaching between Duluth
and Superior, Wis. Residents , of the
point district have read with misgiv
ings the reports of theY approach -of
Halley's comet. The more timid de
clare, that the point, situated at. the
apex" of ;Lake Superior," andnotmore
than a dozen feet above sea level,
would easily be submerged "should the
comet drag a tidal wave up the lake
and sweep on into St. Louis bay. :>
Lightning Rods Removed
NEENAII, Win., May . 18.— Fearful
that the rods might attract dangerous
substances that might accompany the
comet, today, many farmers in this vi
cinity removed the lightning rods from
their homes and bartis and took other
extra precautions.
Wi reless Not Affected
SEATTLE, Wash., May 18.— At the lo
cal "headquarters ..' of .the United ; States
army 'signal "corps,' which has charge* of
the government cable to} Alaska and
several*, wireless stations in the "north
ern territory it was. said tonight that
the passage of the earth through;' the
comet's tail -has had no effect on the
operation of the" cable system Or the
Wireless stations.- v .'"\u25a0 "\u25a0*\u2666\u25a0\u25a0 .
The Alaska cable? and the rwlreless
statlons-in. the far north respond read
ily to outside interferencei ';;.\u25a0>> :.."''.""
Last- fall when ..Mars was compara
tively close to the earth Vgreat ; " diffi
culty: was experienced in operating the
cable and the wireless. .Tonight, how
ever, there has' been, no; interruption,
the signals being? clearer/ than . usual.
Wireless Working AMell:^
LOS ANQELES, May 18.— Contrary to
expectations, .the passing of Halley's
comet has not. interfered in the-slight
eat with the" workings of wireless^ tele
graphy up to tonight.*; " .• >v.
Local I stations ' report that the wire
less worked better • than usual last
I night and today. •;.'; Nine* ships reported
| their* 'positions) -and one 'ot tnein^the
big liner Manchuria— was '\u25a0 far -across
I the Pacific. ; ' : .. ; ..r '.'..; -^-V-; J^ : ... t ? ; .: ; .:
: Since, Monday morning, all \ wireless
operators throughbut^the; country ihave
been watching f for/ unusual*; phenomena
lln connection with the comet * at- the
I request of the : hydrogaphicr office ,of
thejgovernment. . . , :O""*-..' : .;\u25a0,;..\u25a0"\u25a0'. ,\u25a0;-.•:\u25a0'.
Scientists expected', electric r magnetic
! disturbances >whlch' would 'affect wire
less : telegraph 'instruments * as: the comet
appeared, . but: these • have not occurred.
Viewed From Skyscraper
[Special Dispatchlto iTlw Call) - '.
;<.:STOCKTON^MayaS.— Members of the
Yosemlte s club f assembled Son" the roof
-garden -of :• the UeightK story M Stockton
Savings and Loan • society, bank building:
tonight' to ; witness ;* Halley's i comet.*; >;
i^Thelcommittee in chargelof arrange-:
ments; fori the •>> cornet^ party/*sent x :out
artistically 'arranged Invitations i : shbw-
Irig^Halley.'sYcometYand-iVenus. gliding
over; the local • flour; mills. The~ inyita
tlon ". '\u0084' ;': ; '^ ', : O\ - : , : -^\'-~ ;"-'^-""- v :0
'.:' Whereas,* in order ;that the 'mem- ''
,' :>,ber&' of < the % Ybsem ite s club * may \u25a0be * "'
- asphyxiated- by< the «i gases'*
>- contained;^ in A the J tail , of V Halley's ib
- 'comet with all due honor, .; the' said* ,?
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members will be pleased to gather
together on the roof garden of the
-Stockton Savings and Loan bank
building the evening of Weclnes- -^
day, the 18th instant, during which
time the earth will be swept by the
tail of the celestial visitant. The
:, festivities 1 commence at 11 o'clock.
Miners Keep Underground
DENVER, . May . 18.— Preferring, the
dangers they know those of which
they are ignorant, many of the foreign
minors employed on the day shifts of
the Lead vi He and Cripple Creek mines
remained underground tonight. "I can
tell what is liable to fall on me un
derground," said- one old "hard rock,"
as he -started - into the Yak tunnel Vat
Leadville,- "but I want 1600 feet of
Leadville granite-between nic and them
comets." * " ' !^y . - "'" ' /•/ • \u25a0 " '
Negroes- Purchase Charms
'\u25a0\u25a0'-, ATLANTA, Ma;tJ18:~- Dealers in "cori
jur" bags "in the negro Sections of the
city carried on a thriving business to
day as the" result of the scheduled trip
of^the earth through Halley's comet to
night. ! Meetings also wero held in the
churches 1 today. ..\u25a0' : •'
Fear Causes Suicide
v ALBUQUERQUE,^ May IS.— Telling
his neighbors that ho - believed the
comet would destroy the earth tonight
and. that he did notj want to see the
spectacle,* AugUßtineiParasise, a wealthy
•ranchman, committed suicide today by
drinking poison. ; .; v
GROUPS OF SPOTS ON
SURFACE OF THE SUN
OBSERVED BY SAVANTS
By Prof. Jerome S. Ricard, S. J. ;. |
Of '. the Ob»eivintory of Santa. Clara
\u25a0 ; • . College
.After nearly two months of rest the
solar surface .is "showing -tv. recrudes
cence of activity well; worth^of a max
imum period. On May 18 at 1 p. m.
there i could be seen a -large intensely
blue 'colored spot.Vconvex to the west- j
ward." concave to the eastward, in shape;
nearly like a half moon. I
As a master spot.lt had a retinue of
14 little ..ones, -or pores, fopowing in |
the rear :On : the ea?t§rn side, led by a
vanguard ofone taller," and bigger than
the ljes t-i: It was about 12 hou rs . east
of the .solar axis. West of the north
and south lino through -the sun, at a
distance of a few degrees, stood, an
other group of three spots, a big. one
and. two small ones. "The first and
larger group is, say, eight degrees
south latitude, './an'd ; the ( second about
10 degrees samo latitude. ) ; . r - '\u25a0\u25a0_.
The largest black spot measures 236,
318 by 78,773 miles.^The smaller group
appeared May * 12 1 and^was single ; then
hecame triple.- The; larger group was
iirst seen May ; 15.0n eastern limb as a
family; of seven/ "then "of nine "May 16,
of eight May 17, finally of 15 MayUS.
• Why this sudden change on the star
of day? Tt may be held, it is
nigh demonstrated' that the rise
and : the wane> of ; sun spots' and
facuiae is due to planetary, influence.
The greatest of the world's long range
forecasters is" going by , the planets'
positions. u '.r go by the sun spots and
faculae. Our dates always agree; There
fore, planets and sun spots are India*
solubly connected. * ,
Halley's "comet may ; be viewed and
ranks as "a formative planet. There
fore it, must have a reactive influence
on .the sun -and .consequently with*; the'
weather. : . ',-.-',. ,-•;-".". . \u25a0\u25a0\u0084
Two slight' and short • seismic mahi
festationsat' 6:30 p. 'm.on the two';ln
«fruments. , . '\u25a0- :v--?': v--? ' . .'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0•.'\u25a0'.• : ;
.< Santa Clara, May 18,,1910., , ; -,-<V
Not ConnectediWith Comet
'' VALLEJO, May 18.— Prof. T. J. J. See
| of the United ( States naval observatory
!at Mare islandl; tonight, referring to
observation ':. of the" sun ' todajP^sald : "\
V "The ; sun spots . wlllf reach the . sun's
central- meridian' in another, day. or two,
and iffjany disturbance; of «the! earth's
j magnetism' isto j occur . from" this cause
i itv is'likely* to co'me'about Friday.' The
'spots inow; seen are not' believed to have
; any connection ; the r comet. ;S The
largest-spot' observed, at Mare /island
was i estimated , to berßCi.OOOi miles , long
and: 3o,ooo; miles'- wide." 7 - ..';'':"^;. : -r
Of Vast Dimension ' \u25a0* '
:;l: ;l ..PASADENA, 'i May;;lß.-^-Wlille ; waitlng
\u25a0 for." any .'manifestations of ithe," comet's
| proximity,^Director s George E.. Hale? of
j the .CarnegieT; observatory, "on
! .Wilson; 1 trained >thelbigv telescope,; and
1 solars" photographing tapparatue- on v the
spotsl: that r now^mark thej sun's i'face.;M"v
; He and his' assistants found one large
group? of v spots « located j approximately
in '* the r cehtei w ?' of ?,the A'sun, j. a'i; smaller
group.'iwhich : Doctor. Hale \ sajrs^ appears
> to-;bd;aßsociated'.wlth'.<the«larger;jand''-a'
single^, small "^ spot v- standings onYftthd
'^dge fof jthe ? Bunr.|-,^-' '-Zi'-Jis "'\u25a0>'\u25a0• '• '•' ':i- : \ -"- '-
yj' Doctor^ Hale g£estlmated:. ; ; the ?' total
length; of itheJlafge group >to' be about
100,000 ':*" miles! .;*"* \u25a0;. .The ; * , penumbra, i> or
shadowy rJm of the spots," he said, were
found to contain three umbras, or black
areas, one of which was larger, than
the other two. The smaller group con
sists of one spot with two umbras and
several smaller spots.
"You can say for me," he, said, "that
there is -not the slightest reason to
suppose the sun spots have any
connection either with recent earth
quakes ;or the comet."
Spots Seen at St. Louis
-ST. LOUIS,' May IS.— Thirty sun
spots, one of .which was estimated to
be 150,000 miles in, diameter, were seen
by Father Martin S. Brennan, astron
omer at Kenrick seminarj* this after
noon. The spots, according to Father
Brennan, indicate- violent solar erup
tions.
\u25a0 V "The spots; on the sun," said Father
Brennan, "were in three groups. . I
saw them, at 2:30 o'clock. Twenty-six
sppts;were in one, three in another and
one in another. It was the lone spot
that^wastKe largest.
"The biggest sun spot ever recorded
was seen by Captain Babis in "August,
1848. It was 182.000 miles in diameter.
The one 'I saw today was the largest I
have ever' se~en. I witnessed it Just
before and while it was breaking. Near
the bottom appeared a large rent as
if the photosphore was torn. . ' . :
"The spots had no connection with
the comet, • because of the 80,000,000
miles the comet is from the sun. \u25a0 The
solar disturbances, I believe, will con
tinue for several days.
/\u25a0The. spots -at this time are quite un
usual," but no uneasiness need be felt.
They are caused, by internal disturb
ances in the sun. The spots, which
were seen by Professor See at Mare
island this afternoon, and which he
said were roughly joined, I believe to
be parts of the largest spot I saw
earlier in the afternoon."
Might Be Due to Corbet
NEW ~ YORK. May' 18.— Doctor H.
Jacoby, professor qf.astronomyat Co
lumbia university, said tonight that the
sun spots reported today from various
observatories in the west might be due
to the passage of the comet across the
face of the sun or they might be merely
fortuitous. . \u25a0..•;\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0' .. .
"The: sun spot observed by Father
Brennan," he said, "is unusually large,
but not the largest recorded, if my
memory, serves me right. .
"I, shall be very much interested to
hear the -detailed -reports of those .ob
servatories that watch: the sun. Colum
bia does s not observe the sun.andwe
have nothing to record here."
POLO PLAYER ENDS HIS
LIFE WITH REVOLVER
Captain Claude Champion de
Crespigny Found Dead
m IiONDON, May 18.-—Captain Claude
Champion > de Crespigny of the Second
Life Guards, .a member <$ .the Hurling
ham club polo team, which, recently
visited the United States, committed
suicide by shooting today.
;Tlie captain was r found, revolver . in
hand, seated at the roadside near Kings
ollffer in Northamptonshire, where he
had been thegruest of Lord Brassey.
• The suicide: is a son of Sir Claude
Champion de Crespigny, and 'was 37
•years old. 'He served -with "the. British
arniyJln South Africa In 1899-1900 and
with: the West; African frontier force in
1903. j" He- was twice wounded and. was
twice recommended ' by' hiß" command
ing \u25a0 officer -for : the Victoria Cross- be
cause :q/: q/ > deeds I of r conspicuous js gal
lantry. - He~ made • many friends in
America during ,the international > polo
contest. r '..":'"\u25a0 \u25a0•''*..•'• \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'.''" '-''/.\u25a0'\u25a0 )". " :: . \u25a0 "
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HUGE SPOTS APPEAR -
ON SURFACE OF SUN
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Treniendous; Disturbances in the Orb of Day
\u25a0\u25a0 Probably Not Caused by Any Influence
• Of the Comet
EXTENT Of MONSTER CAVITIES
SIX TO BE CONSECRATED 2
BISHOPS AT,SAME TIME
Impressive : * Ceremony Takes
Place Today at St. Paul
ST. PAUL. Minn., May 18.— An extraor
dinary ceremony will "take - place
tomorrow morning , In the chapel at
tached to the Catholic Theological
Seminary, where six priests of the ec
clesiastical province of St. Paul will
be consecrated bishops at the sarna
altar.: V* \u25a0\u25a0 : . - "\u25a0'
It will be the first instance in the
history of the church in this country
where ' several priests . have been
raised, to the episcopal dignity before
the I. same altar.
The similar occurrence of record
within a quarter of a century was
when Pius X consecrated several
French bishops in St. Peter's directly
after the separation of church and
state. . . :. : x.
One of the six, Rev. Father John J.
Lawlor, will be . auxiliary bishop of
St.- Paul. The other nominees are the
mitered abbot, Right Rev. Vincent
Wehrle, who became bishop of Bis
marck, N. D.; RighUßev. Patrick Heff
ron.-named for the sen of VVino'na; Rev.
Timothy Corbett. named, for Crookston,
Minn.; Rev. Joseph Busch, who will be
bishop of Lead, S. D.; Rev. James
O"Reill}\ '. named for the diocese of
Fargo, N, T>."
EXCURSION BOAT SINKS,
IMPERILING MANY LIVES
KANSAS CITY, Mo., May IS.— Panic
stricken by the realization that they
were on a sinking steamer, 150 passen
gers — men, women and children — strug
gled and fought madly to escape from
the excursion steamer Uncle Sam when
it struck a sand bar and capsized in
the Missouri river near here this after
noon. Qnly the coolness of the boat's
crew prevented loss of life.
Officers of the government- steamer
Missouri, seeing the plight of the Uncle
Sam, rushed to the rescue. The crew
of the excursion boat found It Impos
sible to use the lifeboats.
In less than 10 minutes after the
boat struck, every passenger was taken
'off safely. , -
Devote Time to Prayer
FORT COLLINS, Colo., May 18.—
Russians and Mexicans, hundreds of
whom are employed In the fields in this
vicinity, were greatly excited tonight
over what they believed was an ap
proaching catastrophe, due to the
earth's transit of the comet's tail.
Children were kept "from school during
the day, and, most of the time was
devoted to, prayers.
Moonlight at Denver
DENVER, May 18.— Bright moonlight
interfered with observations^ of the
comet at the observatory of Denver
university tonight. Professor Howe lo
cated the comet's tail, dimly outlined,
stretching from the western horizon in
the direction of the moon.
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NANKING SITUATION
REPORTED SERIOUS
Disquieting Anti-Foreign Ru*
mors Exist, Says Calhoun
WASHINGTON*. May 13.— United
States Minister Calhoun at Peking re
ports a serious situation •at Nanking.
In a telegram to the state department
he says the consulate at Nanking ad
vises the legation that there are dis
quieting anti-foreign and antl-dynastic
rumors, not unlike those which pre
ceded the Boxer outbreak.
The consular body at Nanking ha 3
presented a memorandum to the vice^_
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the anti-foreign movement.
The minister has telegraphed Rear
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waters, to hold a warship in readiness
to proceed to Nanking in case v' neces
sity. Calhpun adds that the crop out
look is not good and that there is a
great deal of pessimism in Peking.
Fog Prevents Observations
VALLEJO, May 18. — Observations
which Prof. T. J. J. See, in charge of
the government observatory here,
sought to make just before sunset were
prevented by a heavy fog which over
spread the sky. The early evening sky,
watched through the clouds, showed no
unusual phenomena or meteoric dis
plays.
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