Show NO CHANCE NOW TO VIEW COMET UNTIL Ml NEXT FRIDAY Brilliant Visitor Then Will Appear in the West After Sunset NEW YORK May MaJ 16 There was Vas disappointment this mornin morning for the ibo Ime many thousand Now New Yorkers who rose rosr early in in hopes of seeing halley's comet and of seeing for themselves a chance for a disaster on Wednesday Although the thc sky was cl cJ clear ar no comet t was IS to be seen seeD This Thin was W explained by th the tho Columbia Co CoO lumbia V y observers rs a as duo n to tlc the fact li that t th the 11 did 2 not triad 1 tV f i t dawn JIRa je begun n to redden the sk sky The h comet the they cont continued n l will not greet observers a again nin until May Mar 20 O when it jt wj will occupy a place of honor in tho evening sk sky Its appear appear- auco anco willi bo be heralded by tho the plan planet t Mars and anti the bright stars tars Capella Al Al- and and accompanied by these celestial lights it will sink into the west a little after S 8 0 o'clock dock on the tho evening of May ray 20 According to the latest Columbia calculations cal cal- the tho planet earth will pass through tho ho tail tall of tho the comet at nt 1120 p. p m. m Wednesday the tho earth being in in inthe tho the train of tho the comet cornet about two hours or more Extensive observations will willbe willbe be made ninde hero here with re regard ard to any peculiar pe lC- lC culiar c display which may may then take place in the sk sky but it Is is s unfortunate that the moon will fm bo be above the tho horizon horizon hori hori- zon Zen at the thc time timo and five ho days dars from the full fuJI which occurs on May Mav 23 This rhia will interfere materially with the observations observe observe- tiona of such phenomena as the glow or the display p y of northern lights which tan can an only be bo seen fleen on a moonless 8 ni night ht aud anel away from tho the glare of ot city lights lightn A bulletin today from tram Dr S. S A. A Mitchell professor of ot astronomy at Columbia Columbia Co lumbia on tho the probable effect of the time comets comet's passage of tho the earth and its inhabitants says 8 II Jt It It is very very probable that nothing un unusual usual will be observed when wh we pass through the tho tail of comet The Ther r rarity of matter in in th m comets comet's tail and tho the scarcity of ot cn there thero and time the density o of if our own atmosphere in com corn comparison parison pam make it almost absolutely certain cere tain tale that no DO harmful effects will conic como cometo comoto 1 to us If Ho Tic 0 added d II On On account of its vacuity ity it could have have- no injurious effect upon upon up up- on humanity oven if it were tho the dead Heat t. t of or gases |