The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-05-24
GEO. FRANCIS TRAIN.
lie Talks of His Trip Around
the World.
HIS MESSAGE TO THE HERALD
He Sends Regards to Old Friends-He WEI
Beat Nellie Bly's Time by
Several Days.

BOISE CITY, Idaho. May 23.-[Special tele-
gram 10 THE HERALD. When the Salt Lake
excursionists arrived in Pocatello at o'clock
inns morning, q rumor spread that George
Erancls Train was quietly reposing in the
sleeper just ahead to which our car was at
tached, the great eccentric being on the COM
pletion Of his tour around the world. from
Tacoma to Tacoma. He will complete his tour
on Sunday at GAO a. m. having been trife
over sixty-four days en- route. Al 4:SO a. m 1
sent IN my card by the son of Erebus who
guarded the door of the vestibule sleeper and
half an hour later something, just what it was
being hardly observable in the early morning
light, stepped off the train as it stopped at
American Falls station. That it was Train
however, there could be but little doubt He
was dressed in a silk pjama suit such as
ahc Chinese wear; on his bare feet were Chinese
wicker slippers, and his grey head was crowned
with massive double-declzer mushroom hat
white as snow. AT that time he was evidently
not in a good humor, possibly owing to the fact
mat ne nad been detained an hour at Pocatello
ana IN response to the greeting of the crowd, he
houigeo IN few vocal pyrotechnicS. during
winch he asserted that the statement that the
world was round was ''all id nonsense He
cordially greeted THE HERALD man. however
and made inquiries concerning several Salt
Lakers with whom he was acquainted. AS the
train moved off he disappeared in his car Later
he sent word TO the newspaper men aboard that
hewould be pleased TO meet them at breakfast
III his dining car. At $50 he entered During
the meal his whole demeanor changed and he
became o>e of the most sociable of hosts, his
rattling talk being interspersed with grim hurnor
and incidents ef his journey. Later or he en-
tertained the Boise excursionists, to whom he
gave the entire freedom of his car by reading
extracts from the speech delivered by himself
at the driving of the last spike on the Pacific
railroads. These he read in a clear firm tone.
and his eyes, although his ageis sixty five, We're
unaided by the use Of spectacles. AT one time
during this reading he asked:
'sHALLI GO oNy'
A chorus of voices answered, "Yes,'' There was
one dissenting vote. Quick as a flash came the
response: 1.-THE man who voted no, gentlemen.
lives in Seattle The fact that George is
booming Tacoma, and Seattle is inclined to be
jealous, caused Que appreciation Of this sally.
He presented each one with miniature copy
of the Tacoma Ledger bearing his autograph in
red and blue pencil, and on one Of these was the
following: Sixty days around the world,
George Francis Train. Kind regards lin the
gravel TO Brigham Smith. Wells, Hooper and
all alive. L send my regards to Brigham IT.,
who came with Hooper. Musser and Cannon to
see me in the To1nbs'
TO THE HERALD
he said: 81 have beaten Nellie BLY,. as I said 7
would: Could have made it in sixty DAYS:
wasted thirty-six hours in New York; VIII make
the Tip around the world, starting in October.
IN fifty days; easy matter. Have learned to
swear since went abroad. am Phineas Forg.
mean that Jules Verne got his idea from
me. The Union Pacific is a great road; the
Northern Pacific no good. 1t made contract
and then broke it, l save twenty-four hours
coming this way. Hurrah for Union Pacific:
the road built Let's see the Monarch of the
Dailies, the Giant of the Rockies Good.
good. Wen. goodbye" and Train shock hands
with himself, as the party separated he 10 20
speeding on to Tacoma, the others to boom
Boise
Train is accompanied on his return by s. w.
WALL Of the Tacoma Ledger, who has been with
him on the entire TT p; ID. F. Kellogg, and W.
A. Hoy, Of the New York San, and w. Il. Beard.
of the New York Central railroad.