The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-19
TRANSIT OF COMETS TAIL
 IS VERY TAME AFFAIR

dreds stood on the Asaph Hall and his fellow astronomers. But the scientists saw no more than the waiting crowds. Every Chinese laundryman in the city
 today is thanking his stars that he can
 still read laundry checks. The sons of ConfuciouS were so sure the world
 were coming to an end last night that
 they locked themselves in their shops
 lighted the punk sticks and prayed to Joss.
 Holy Rollers also spent the night in
 fear and trembling. They gathered in their little church and listened to prayers and eXhortations. Tyler was
 sure the end of the world was at hand but after waiting until daybreak for the catastrophe the meeting broke up Professor Hall at the naval obser- vatory made one discovery, however. | A photograph of the sun. taken yester- day, showed three new sun spots and the astronomers are inclined to attri- 1 bute them to the comet.
 Berlin, May 19-There were no per- ceptible changes in the atmosphere as the earth passed through the comet, according to the concensus of the emi- ists who last night witnessed the phe- | nomenon. Bottled samples of air,
 taken at all levels, have been chemic- ally analysed and found to be abso-
 autely the same as when the earth is
 not in such close proximity to the celestial visitor
 There were no traces of cyanogen gas found. Germany was given up to an all night carnival
 Paris, May 1s.-Keen disappointment is expressed today by the French as- tronomers who spent the entire night searching the sky for Halley's comet
 and its accompanying phenomena Absolutely nothing was seen by the
 scientists that would add to their
 knowledge of the celestial visitor. Some of the comet dining parties end- ed tragically. owing to an over indulg- ence in strong drink and an under in- dulgence in comet sight. Two French | men looking skyward from a roof, lost their balance and fell to the ground, dying instantly.
 Professor Flammarion took several photographs and is studying them carefully.
 Manila. May 19-There is an utter absence of solid matter in the nucelus of Halley's Comet according to the ex- pert astronomers who viewed it at the Jesuit ObservatorieS here and at Anti polo and Baguio. Weather conditions | for viewing the transit across the sun were most favorable There was l light layer of clouds intervening while three natural sun spots shaded the Dr1gnt nsnt ana fac1lltated the search l for solid matter.
 l Professor Calgui, the chief observer, declared that his views indicated abso- | lutely that there could have been no | disaster, even had the head of the comet hit the earth. He made sev- eral observations from which he in tends to prepare statements for the benefit of astronomers. An extreme magnetic current passed over this city | last night affecting the tops of street cars for a short time. This created considerable excitement among the passengers but no harm was done Honolulu. May 19.-The Carnegie Ob- servatory astronomers who came here to view the comet were disappointed,
 all of their observations being of negative character. The weather was clear but the strong rays of the sun
 interfered with the vision. The ex- pertS agree, however. that there is an
 utter absence of solid matter in the
 bead of the comet. They did get a
 good view Of the three sun spots that
 appeared and the observations are ex-
 pected to prove most valuable.
 Pasadena. Gal, May 19-Expert
 comet observers here declare that the
 position of the comets tail today is
 relatively about the same as it was
 yesterday, and they agree with Pro-
 lessor Russell that the curvature was
 sufficient to upset their previous cal
 culations.
 eff we are in the tail at aI" de-
 clared Dr. c. A. F'ath today, i've are
 in all probability just at the edge So
 far we have been unable to note any
 special aurora lights nor have any
 meteors been observed
 New York. May 19-EXTRA, FIX
 IRA! EXTRA It was all in vain
 and will have to be done over again.
 Mother Earth fell down on the lob and
 did not go through the comets tail
 last night If she goes through at all. (Continued on Page 2)