100 YEARS AGO

Telegraphic reports about Halley's Comet from several districts say:

In Shanghai the comet was sighted between 4 and 5 o'clock on the morning of the 29th of last month and was visible to the naked eye. The nucleus of the comet makes a diameter of 30,000 miles (48,000 km). The tail extends nearly 3 degrees, which makes a length of 1,800,000 miles (2,880,000 km). The distance of the comet from Earth was estimated at about 34,800,000 miles (55,680,000 km). The Kumamoto Observatory observed the comet at 3:50 a.m. on the 29th of last month.