The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-20

Miss nislnnd's Failure to Stop In Paris May
{ii (. i,Li DefeRt Her m 6 Il 4

I NIwiYoRE, Jan. ls.-The news Of Iii
arrival at Bhndisi on Thursday Of mis-
Bisland, revived interest in the rae,
around tho world In a marked deerle,se,
and yesterday aud last evening the topi,
became ono; Of almost excitement IN III,
clubs and cafes,
1t was not generally known until to.
day that most vigorous efforts were made
on Friday to enable Miss Bisland TO catcl
the French steamer b La 1 Champayne
which was slated .toF leave ,Hayre at {
o'clock a. m. to-day..sR1t was known that
the fast India mail from Brindisi would
reach London al 3 o'clock this afternoon,
The train does ! not stop at Paris, bui
slows down to fFontainbleau, about 90
miles out of the city, ,whero the Paris
passengers, who have been transferred at
Bijou TO a rear cur, are sent on by, a fly.
Ing switch to ahother track and engine.
then taking them into Paris, while tho
last mail continues lis flight 10 Calais. H h
All MONEY no opJEor.
II was impossible 10 communicate
with Miss Bisland on the train from
Brindisl, but il was supposed the young
lady would stop ut; Paris / to ascertain
whether, 1t was not possible to catch La
champagne. fas she'f even then, falling
this, would have had time to get 10
London to catch the fast night mail for
the Sunday steamer at Queenstown. q. A
special train at a cost OF $500 was ordered
TO be In readiness at Paris, and tho
French Steamship c Company..was an.
pealed ito to hold ttho n champagne at
Hayre until the special could bring Miss
Bsland from Paris 10 that port. The
Western Railroad OF France said i thew
could run the distance, JAP miles, In
three hours, and, as Mis- ! Bisland was
due in Paris at 4 o'clock, this meant only
an hours delay to the steamer. s.
The French Steamship Company said
they would hold tho vessel for $1,000,
but they could not do so without the
consent Of the French Minister of Posts.
The price being agreed upon, this Ameri.
can legation i'll Paris was cabted to use
its influence with the French Minister,
Several persons were invited by cable To
accompany Miss EBisland on the special
train, breakfast was provided aud every.
thing satisfactorily arranged Ssii,ss
AN gNroRruNATE MISTAKE E: ri
was the 3astonishment, there.
fore, Of Miss Bislaud's friends, and the
disappointment iof those who bet upon
her arrival before her competitor, when
atnoon, today, q cableeram was received
from Paris to the effect that Miss Bisland
bad not gone to Paris at all, that the
Champagne had waited .at llavre till 10
o'clock a. M, and had then sailed with.
out her, and that she was on her way to
London. Is, b tys IN !. 59s.
al The theory. now advanced is that she
was wrongly persuaded by some person
on the train from Brinlisi to 20 On to
London, MS the Champagne sailed ut O a.
m: from ;lIavre, and take tue Ems from
Southampton sunday; This person-if
such there was-did not calculate on the
chances Of the Champagne being held.
and did not know that the Ems had been
withdrawn. y. ~: tS!.,,;s'is:.
y. 1t seems 10 have been a part OF Miss
Bisland's i'll Sluck, on this, the last por-
ton Of her previously welLinanaged trip,
to&have8 had to: take the4Bothnia, the
slowest VESSEL. OF the modern Cunard
feet. The boat this week should have
been the Etruria; the fastest Of the fleet,
which EsRoaldS have brought her here
next Saturday night or Sunday morning,
but she has been Withdrawn for a trip, sl
y II Miss Bly, does not arrive in San
Francisco on Monday night therejvstill
. fighting chance OF Miss; BlslandB be-
ing the victor. & j$53ifl} :l}