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. 6 re OPENING WE Coal Strike and Disposition to to Await Bank Statement Made Trading Dull at the ‘The stock market to-day opened dull ‘@nd without any special features. The 4 pacite coal strike and a desire on “the part of operators to await the P y bank statement made tho early “trading stagnant. | Prices at the opening were at abvut Closing tigures of yesterday, but 5 the first filteen minutes of trading (@ general weakness developed and tic ‘whole list went off considerably below The opening. The rumored controversy between the Western Union and the Pennsylvania eaused a drop in the forme at the opening. Later {t w points, to 88 24 ‘The coalers developed a further, we ness later. Reading went off to 60 1 Doint below last night's close, Er fractionally. Trading was ve! the declin ices recovered somewhat during the ning and went up to about the open- dull ‘oward the close the list again weak- ened, and at the end prices were frac- Honally above the low level. The losing was moderately active, The wtal wales of stocks were 335,(0 @hares, and of bonis §! OO The Closing Quotations. en. High. a 104% 1s Ghle,, KR. I. & Pact Chicago & Alton Gol, Fuel & Iron yong pingatnere thera 2d gf. Conbolidatel Gas Del. & Detroit South... Detroit South. pf. Olty Southern Olty Southern pt 2 At} * SEELg Mo., Kan. & Tex. pf RRS Oe South: Raitwas 5 Tenn. Coa! & iron an % i 9% % CURB VERY QUIET. Outside Market Quotations Gen- erally Unchanged. At the opening lof the curb market to- day, quotations were nominally un- , with General Carriage off a fraction, ‘The opening quotations for the active stocks were: Bid. Asked Ta 54 Univ. Tod. 10 Hide & Leather ay Biectric Vehicle pf... 124 —— LONDON MARKET DULL. American Shares Quiet at About New York larity. There was the usual half-holiday quiet in the London stock market to- day. ‘Trading {n all departments was almost At a standstill. The market as dull and At about the York yesterd: The general ton ket was firm. Kio PARIS LOANS AID LONDON. for American #¥ New York Bankers Borrow Aty and Money In Wall street hi week a shiftin which has greatly relieved the banking inst|(utior New York bani borrowers tn Yaleed there to moet 1 the bank sett SHIPPING NEWS, ALALANAG ou “ Bun ree iy Mook q ore Leleud jake Veery ront or anvil OUTGOING BTKAMBNINS Me Tua YOUNG KING ALFONSO XIll. TAKES THRONE OF SPAIN. Swears to Support the Constitution Before Courtiers, Dignitar- es, Officials and Am-: bassadors in the Na- tional Chamber of Deputies — Becomes King in Fact. —— MADRID, May 17.—Alfonso XIIL was crowned King of Spain to: having attained his majority, sixteen years of age, as prescribed by the constitution His mother, Maria Christina, who has been regent during her son's minority, handed over the Government and the sixteen-year-old boy became King in fact as well as in name. | Beautiful weather favored this, the | central day of the coronation fetes. At) an early hour all the bands of music of |the troops composing the garrison |marched through the principal streets. | playing Hvely marches, to the Royal Palace, where they performed beneath the windows of the King’s apartments. ‘The royal procession was formed on the PI mes Un front of the | palace) shorily before 2 P. M., and pro- eded to the Chamber of Deputi where, in the presence of Senators and Deputies, the King took the oath to uphold the Constitution. Magnificent Spectacle. za des | The procession was a spectacle of me- | \d AL magnitice Etght grooms, on | horseback, opened the march. They | were followed by four buglers and cym- 1 the royal stables, whose horses were led by groome on foot; four mae arers on horses with | Ortental trappings, led by hand; two of the kK horves, two of the} Queen Regent's riding horses, ready sad- | dled, led by grooms, and six other royal horses, covered with handsome velvet WiinsG ALPUONSO OF SPA in AND HlS MOTHER. cloths of red, blue. green and yellow,|Vega Armijo, who approached the depth of my heart the necessity of embroidered with armorial bearings in|table on which the Bible rested, then ,expteseing to the Spanish people my yy | gold and silver. Then cam twelve of} sald, amid impressi immense and unchanging gratitude for un principal oat rs, who directly “Senor The 5 by| the proofs of ffection and support ton line f quatnt historical! your august mother, are assembled to | which I have d from all classes y-three in number, em-jreceive from Your Majesty th oath, | of society with armorial bearings, and| which, In accordance with ‘the Constl- “If at that time T foresaw that with- embellished with massive gilt ornamen- you come to take, to maintain |out the loyalty and confidence of the tation stitution and laws people 1 would be unable to fulfl my ‘The coachmen and footmen wore bril-| Senor Armijo then drew near to the| mission, to-day in Yooking — back Mb is XVI. liverles and the trap-| King and held out the Bib! at the] on this perlod, the longest of pings rsemen were of the moat | same tim ng open a book contatr . ae 5, gorgec Iption. The firat vehicle, | ine the of the oath. His Maj- a Bpanlsh yi iexene and) ‘neon! pronea colored) Grawnl Gyo mur blece| (esti, wlaclig (his right ‘hard! von the|veccme tite) bitter st horses, was occupled by four Master-at- | Bible, then uttered the following words: «has spared us, I appreciate those Arms. After it came the so-called | ‘I swear b; hpon the Holy Bible, | Vittues in all thelr magnitude, affirming i that, thanks to them, the nation has pnstitution and laws. If 1 do |to maintain the If so I do may God re h, with six horses haying trappings and manes plated with been able to traverse such a profound crisis under conditions which augur an worsted, occupled by the Court| not may He call me to Chamberlains, and then followed twelve | The Queen Regent, the royal party oe of tranquil well-being for the f ite chariots, whose horses were | and al! others present ed to. the “Therefore, in handing to King Alfonso X11 © powers which I have exercised in hin name, 1 am the Spantards foregoing, standing. King Alfonso then again seated himself on the throne aml the others also reseated themselves. ed with plumes of varled hues, be- vging to grandees of Spain. In them Were seated palace functionartes of high rank Tho President of the Chamber re-|confdent that all The next carriage, ornamented with| turned to the table and from there, ad-|yno are gathering around silver gilt, wile around ite panels were | dressing the King, sald: | [HHL tnaptre him with the con ‘a series of yaluable paintings by old “The Cortes have received the oath % mastors of allegorical subjects, having| Your Mndesty has taken to maintain |Ueuee & si Montitude) meceusney ate six sable horses attached (o tt, was oc- | the Constitution and laws.” AcAAL Chenbons beds in nie, cupled by the Infantas Isabella and] At the same moment the booming of | “That witt ont complete | Bulova, twenty-one guns was again heard, an other, who, Tortolse-Shell Coach, ouncing to the elty that the King had | haying devoted her life to the tale A detachment of Horse Guards sep-|taken the oath. filment of her du begs God to arated ihe foregoing carriages from a| ‘The Kin received an ovation from] protect her Ne SEN jets DES eR tolanealell, (GOREH, the enormous crowds In the Inting the glortes of hin ai which were seated the Prince and P; Where were a number of minor acc sae aa eae se of the Asturjas (Prince and Prin- | gents, > n giving the brother perity to the noble will reign he loess Charles of Bourbon, J whom y and sister of the King) Queen's Letter to Premier, Th en Ure body of this vehicle war veneered | The Queen Regent sept the following a dark tortoise-shel! color except for a|tetter to the Promler, Senor Sagasta & you to make known to all bord of paintings Wlustrating — the “On terminating to-day the Regency, ds this sincere expression of my Story of Solomon. It was drawn by 8X Tip which L was called by the titu- | profound thanks, and the feryent wishes chestnut horses. The tortolae-shell car-| tion at a time of profound sadness and © felicity of our beloved ST, PIERRE NEEDS NO MORE AID, SAYS CONSUL AYME. Official Confirmation of The World’s News that Danger ot Starvation Is Over. GTON, May 17.—Secretary)not certain that he will complete the ewram | journey, but he will go as fi the Hay han recetyed a ot | fe ltrom United States Consal Aymo heat and sulphur furies wil) let him. ———_ at t De France announcing BRITISH SEEK NO FURTHER AID. that the relief supplies now afloat uite suffteient for the Mar- and suggesting |that, while St. Vincent may be in need, the pablic subscriptions in the United States should ceane at KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, May 17. The Governor of St. Vincent says that no immediate assistance need be etary Moody has received the fol-| nt to this island, as other British gram from Commander T.| colonies are extending all the aid re- é Cincennat, dated to- | | quired. A careful estimate indicates that ‘about 5,000 persons will need assist- ance on this island. Most of them are in Kingstown, but some are in Georgetown and other villages in the southern part of the island. The devastated on this island is ten times as great as the region ruined by the Martinique disaster, but the loss of life here {s not neariy so great. The former estimate of “Reports disaster St ery | 2,000 dead is now thought to be com- relieve vole: ons) , serious. 1 believe voycets and. condi-| paratively accurate. tlons of living as bad or worse than) More than 1,500 bodies have been bur- Martinique.” led by the British authorities, who have | been quite active in caring for the llv- ink as well ag the dead. 2 FONTABELLE STARTS WITH MORE SUPPLIES. yola: it Martinique calming down. itute or stary- axclte \Many refuge Ing, but frightened by appalling disaster at St. Plerre and grave but less serious damage in more northern portion of iskand, were leaving estates and sections whith’ had not suftered. j “Many cases of pillaging in those dis-| Government action to; tricts. taking stop it. "In some northern districts many ©: tle may die because of volcanic dust over | vegetation, A few good rains would! cure much of this cond tion, “To-day visited and explored United States and British Consulates at Bt. Plerre. Found some portions charred remains of bodies. Potomac has re-/ turned to Fort de France. ruins! Vincent ie ——_ NO FURTHER FEAR OF STARVATION. FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique, May 17.—With the arrival of the World's steamer, Longfellow, with relief supplies from Porto “ico, and} the Quebec line boat Madiana, with supplies bought by the New York Chamber of Commerce at this port, all danger of starvation on this island will vanish. Both boats are due here to-day, and preparations for distributing the food and clothing have been completed by the French authorities. In the excitement immediately fol- lowing the disaster many persons believed that almost the entire island was destroyed, and the stories of destitution sent out are now known to have been exaggerated. ‘The region that was devastated by the eruption of Mount Pelee was of comparatively small area, and within that area most of the inhabitants Laden with the contributions of New| York to the relief of the Inhabitants of | Martinique, the Quebec Line steamship Fontabelle cast off her lines at noon and started for Fort de France Every cuble foot of freight space was occupied by the unusual cargo of 21,000 | barrels of goods, more than half of which are food stuffs and medical sup- plies contriouted by the associated relief committees, W. R. Corwine, the representative of | the associated relief committees. sailed jon the Fontabelle, with authority to distribute the supplies and investigate the conditions both at Martinique and St, Vincent, Mr, Corwine was shown the state- ments that the work of relief was being overdone, “That is precisely why Iam going to Martinique? he sald. “If T'find that it is belng overdone I will so report Among the passengers on the vessel were Prof, Hellprin, of Philadelphia, a geollgist, who goes’ to make scientific observations; Frank R. Robertson, lec- turer, who 18 accompanied by a photo- grapher; T. T. Chateney, a young. man Whose family Ived in. St. + M. were killed and are therefore be- Baudelet, of ihe French Cable Com: any; W. A. 3 yond the reach of help. Outside of |S". Masvgh at’ cy Graves, Louis that area the country was harmed | Horde. Raoul Saron, Harry Loyd and D. I Mead but Httle, and it has now begun to assume its normal aspect. Thousands of the inhabitants of the interior were stricken with fear when the disaster occurred, and they flocked to this place as if thinking that jhere would be safety in being in a crowd, Refugees Returning. The excitement has now died down, and these refugees are returning to thelr homes, where they are as able to take care of themselves as they have been at any time in years. The banana trees are flourishing and the grass, except in the iamediate Vicinity of the volcano, ts growing as if nothing had happened. The correspondent of The World has WHAT NEW YORK GIVES FOR RELIEF. The total subscriptions in New York City from all sources for the relief of the Martionique sufferers reached $73,- 207.20 this afternoon. Of this amount the National Committee has raised $45,404.20, the Chamber of Commerce Committee $25,443, and the Merchants’ Association $1,360, ae SULTAN CONTRIBUTES TO THE RELIEF FUND, just returned from a two days’ trip acrosa the island. He found the I0-| QoweraNTINOPLE, M. ie A NTI » May 17,—The habitants returning to their homes and] giita, of Turkey has contributed the feeling of terror that had existed a ching of the past Mount Pelee has gradually become quiet, and though smoke still belches forth and fire is seen at night playing about the crater, no further danger is threatened. Ferdinand Clere, who was 20,000 francs (#,00) to the Martinique Relief Fund, PARIS, May 17.—The Colonial Office subscription lst for the rellef of the Martinique sufferers now amounts to 667,400 france ($133,480). Bae erg sarresponent on the| LONDON, May 12.—The_ Manston with The World's correspon .ent on the) WLONPRR. aN eoioe’ rund now trip across the Jelanu, 1s preparing to] amounts to £17,000 ($35,000)... Lord climb the ruins of Mount Pelee to-day] Mount-Stephen has contributed £600 ($2,600) to the fund. MADE COLOR THE ISSUE. for a nearer view of the crater. He i VICTIM OF MEAT TRUST? | — | Dies of Nervous Pros- Negro Says that Prevented Him I Wiihes REE area are Nnniealiete As 1! Opposition to $10,000,000 Washington Market Quota-| Albert | : a aes ry Le : : i FF | rom i d crown. ‘The xold-plated) moulded | Commission.However,Com- tions Showthat Porterhouse trations Bye te: WSFEr | Supreme Court aritioy (eect in of thls carriage were especially , ; > a s ali, for fourteen years a e Pe GRALONE ware OAR | prises Less Than One-Third, Steak Is Selling at 28 Cents albert HE eae Peer A |the Supreme Court of Queens County h | . . | si resident of ? fused to-day to issue a mandamus vammer cloth. a wor | of Shareholders. ; and Sirloin at 22 Cents. \ietim of the Meat ‘Trust. He has |T ‘ noroldery, work, ts vit | = — sec rcted’ & meat market at No, ia) zecting. Archibald! McLaughlin, Jpn: | | sy cue ets West, Hoboken, for ewv- |@a) of the Blate Normal @ohool at King and Mother in Royal Coach,| Next Monday at naw the sharehuld= Whe Th Mt uaibte for}cral yeure and until a month ago was sasnalon. on8 pine Superintendent of rhe Kia and Queen Regent were | er of + the 1 va es for all Meats] prosperous and contented ublic Instruction Skinner to issue @ J side by wide In the royal conch | ock of the Dillon Dy Trust at Wash prance the rae in the price of meat hie apiaee te James ‘A Waters. and were accompanied by the 1 1 Hoboke Tosday'e ruling quotations at inside] pines baa itn down and be has beon| | Waters is 8 Zrenldent of Great Neck Teresa, youngest slate ve boon caled to meet In) stunds are aoe wnree days ago he |&0d 18 twenty-four years old. He is a yo It waa drawn by olahe selon to vote upon the bond atitar ah, 2X0 per Yb; alte i and hie. family doctor taki; neere. and he claims that ‘bis oplor has Klod grays In dark red narncas hay. [conversion plan whieh President Schwab [> sirlow Bae a i inom nervous {prevented his securing a diploma, though saps cimBolnt ae Malan dias lien atu Directors wilh aub vr ie rime nb he haw attended the Normal School for “ora Maton dias |e y np pidiy worse and died t0- | three years, white ontrioh r ed trom | mit to . um ; é p | te a widow and four chil-/ "ree veer eise to the application for a heae , a a Bh: Teh eRNONy a it mandamus was that Waters had failed ftvers of the King'a military | ' eferred 16 " ee to pass the examinations. § a 1 and thr aMnip Var (hd k, and th f mind 1M ff J © Wheat Marke ae ne ae Body Guard parad bonds, § x which are 2 f bs : murket to-day opened tw be sold fF cant 49 te ted by: the eee a Te eat me guvacciose, wore | ONE KILLED IN WRECK, ! . y i a nents and aly cian houses pought a little at the open- iain D A ' i Bee. vs he ‘The outside markets were steady wage Pawn: 7 eadn Cenehed date " 1 Tekholtera will alko vole NON Jena tbe to lee per i A inter went off | ee 5 k with Jo oP. # AN en'-t WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., May 11.—The " \ ‘ y ‘ is At the east-bound flyer on the Philadelphia Za 1a Mtn 0 ' ri por Ws mon) Tregine and Erle division of the Pennsylvania Hauer iteelt ela ‘i ‘ ta She. ber ‘ Wheat July, 803-43 Rullroad ran into the rear end of a re 1 ' n y , — Hart M ces wore; Wheat | grelaht i in one, pule reat of seen " ‘s i . er Chicaxo’ prices were; Wh onda y, ne ner piatiorm, peck anateust voting | st ey Ein JUMP IN BANK RESERVES. Mav. 7 FR Mt er, of ihe passenger train, and fan eaeaiecuiae, iaiidad bail, “e ( ; 27-8 to 7 oe ea tO iy _Anuring Conductor George Kin- wala the bawher were f snour . - remne of BENNO Shown byl Dei MINTO MER are wing Tine ‘pamenwers were uninjured iad a ot Hens a W Hh . vile ore the Weekly Miatemens, Mew Yous yaly ey holyhs Hoot. Win a ther pposinl ony Pie re | The atatemer \esnointed Banke Sort alays Oitabs July els Kept) GERMAN SHIP WRECKED, wmocdialely bo the ¢ tt the week ob au ‘ were: Wheat utpenbhanaly KK of tie patton i ‘ AK Liles Hep 78 whink wae draped wih ted our wb vat i orn July 1%) | ADEN, Arabia, May M.—The German od aren wore bined ' "nde te riba fonds i sieamer Khrenfels, belonsing (9 the t tne 4 benenth a red eas \ { the whar 4 Hunew Lane of Bremen, was lost on May Phe King and Queen Memon whe iy Cigaaee Dave algnitied " . he Co whet # in latitude 12 degrees north, jongitude ered bapother, tool onire aeats, | ' 1 yromlt 4 t Fhe jocal cotton market « & degrees east; while bound to Ham- " “ i . " al Py a thaw oe ady (orday, with prives @ evated Oh the othore Uiited Bfktow bles! Corp fl that suint higher ye tradin arias analad ‘chtmonines 48 the tases. | biel ae et 4. SHIP TRUST DEMANDS DOCKS) \:,; (y',"™! whiten Mile ee por |sleammer and forry ot Pruporee Keheme That Wil Cont ws) wore on bowrd of her Le bewide 1 On enuf of Mie 4 golden crown v ja mompier | Ae the rural warily entered orery ane pieeen| fem and fe UM ee Given Bemwut pte the wore "We weated ie Hing Vokes she nth, ihe spiidre . ‘Phe Heseihbews uh tie Chmmber, tenet | Bi’ a uve ee Wee Chee enn nn Hohe cle & 2,400 GUESTS OF PRINCE. | LONDON Nhe Mrinre ane ‘wr ‘ " vied haw monte enh ohuding tie Men Of ib wll Banding Haapitel to witieee ve all she or fal ur Marluo an Bl the Weal Tweltth wee o the ud M8) woul miehip LeMat ear a with 4 on of nam | fo on i dine i Marlboro, Dock oy idhie rei 1 nd nothing of them hae alnee been ret devale Board ° be,» i da eo oe , hyd a m ber, i Geigver, | ovember 1 |i ianer Lat to 18): Jenuary De ‘the, Chong milous ware r ” ms duly. ty om, June, ‘a bad io, & At the “mideummer dance in apring’’ of the Youns Folue' Charity league, te be given tomorrow night in Arlington Mall, Me, Mt, Marke rere ane “ ie WIRELESS GOSSIP IN MIDOCEAN, Campania, Umbria and Lu- cania Chat with Each Other on High Seas—Liner Has Quick Run to New York. Tho Cunarder Campania, which reached her pier this morning, made & quick run across from Liverpool, only falling about three hours behind best record. She left Liverpool at 8.37 P. M. Saturday last and had Sandy Hook Lightship abeam at 9.90 last might. The run from Daunt's Rock to the Ughtship, the two Uming points, wae nade in five days sixteen hours. Marconi Operator A. H. Ginman made his first trip westward on the Cam- pania, and the first day out from Liver- pool he began calling the Umbria, east- ward bound but not in sight. He caught her reply signals almost immediately, and the two vessels chatted for several hours. A number of the Campania’s passengers sent messages to the Umbria for friends in England, On May 14, when in mifdocean, the Campania got ir communication with the eastward- hound Lucania, which left here last Saturday Among the messages Mr. Gcnman received from the Lucania were reveral from Lord Kelvin to friends in America. Among the passengers on the Catn- pania were the Rev. Mr. A. J. Brown, €apt. D Cook, John Glenny and fam- liy, the Rev. Mr. James McDonald, ©. C. Minzesheimer and family and ‘t Murray Swinyard. ———————=___—. WHITE STAR RATIFIES. Stockholders’ Meeting Have Approved Mo LIVERPOOL, May 17,—The sharehold her |ers of the White Star Line met here 10- day to consider the Morgan Atlantic shipping agreement. ‘The meeting, Which was well attended, was private, but It 1s understood that the agreement was ratified. THE WORLD: SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 17; 1908 aie AWARD BIG TUNNEL CONTRACT The M.T. Gonnelly Company Will Build Power Station and Approaches for the N. Y. and N. J. Railroad. The New York and New Jereey Rafl- road Company, which ts to complete the Hudson River Tunnel, from Morton street to Fifteenth street, J rsey City, has awarded to the M. T. Connelly Con- tractiug Company the contract for bulld- tng the power station and part of the approaches at the Jersey City end of the tunnel. ‘A large force of men was at work to- day at the Jersey City end, The tunnel is to be ready in eighteen months, Stern Bros’ direct attention to their exceptional facilities for the Storage of Fur Garments and Furs of every description in accordance with the most approved methods and with full insurance against damage from moths and fire. Repairs and Remodeling executed during the Spring and Summer months at Very Low Prices West 23d St SUNDAY WORLD WANTS WORK \MONDAY MORNING WONDERS. SUNDAY tiful Parisian Models. Wild Ride with Guided by a Maniac. Death Knife of Greatest Kidnapping Case on Record. End of the Famous Margaret Taylor Abduction Case to Come in a Few Days After a Four Years’ Chase. “Wonders of Electricity I Have Seen and Ex- pect to See.” By LORD KELVIN. An Inter- esting Interview with the Greatest Living Scientist. Made King of Spain by His Mother’s Love. Pretty Story of Alfonso XI, Who Mounts His Country's Throne To-Day. Wonder Puzzl | How a “Wine Agent’’ How a Short Man Look Tall. Advice by Actor Robert Edeson, i} Anti-Consumption Fig TO-MORROW’S A Stronghold of Good Reading, Finel Illustrated, Brightly Presented. Latest Parisian Modes of Hair-Dressing. Queen Alexandra’s New Coiffure and Others Shown by Beau- Thrilling Episode on the Grand Trunk Railway, with the Train PEUUDUD CE CUUU UU U NOD T OCCU IOC OOO nea 600,000 Souls in Fear of the Fate of St. Pierre. Terrible Predicament of the People of the West Indies, Who Dread Another World-Startling Calamity. Awful Work of the Guillotine, Told by Eugene De Grave, a Vellow-Prisoner of Capt. Dreyfus. Old Tom of Central Park Going Crazy. Fits of Frenzy of the Big Elephant, Photographs Taken by The World Photographer, This Week. UCU UUS SUC CU OOO TOTO DTCC OCI O tion in New York, Good Work of the Health Authorities Stamping Out the Most Dreaded of Diseas PI ira A AR COO Marquis in New Vork Seeking Love, Fortune, Title and Revenge, Strange Story of the Marquis Di Cordova Like an Old Romance, WORLD. a Mad Engineer. Devil’s Island. Bret Harte’s ‘Cherokee Sal’ in Real Life. How His Famous Heroine Lives To-Day in the Far West. The Man Who Rode the Goat. A Rapidtoodleum Case in Real Life, Proving that They Really Do HaveGoats forCandidates. Lodge. Room Secrets Aired in Court. Volcanoes and Larth- quakes in the World’s History. Devastation Caused by These Dreadful Forces Told in a Graphic | Way. ~W7~—~—_—_——Oeeeeee ‘The Angel Child, Chollie and Gawge, and All the Other Favorites in the Funny Side. 150 Prizes in the Wonder Supplement. Wonder Games, Wonder Paint-Box and Wonder Pictures with the Dutch Boys and ‘‘Jollywogs.’’ Spends $40,000 a Year Being a Good Fellow in New York. May |New York City in the Earthquake Belt. Facts That Show that Manhat- | tan Island Is Not Entirely Immune | from Serious Shocks, ~ ht Lessening Cousump- \