Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1890-01-28
ON TIME.
Smart Nelly BLY, Circles the
Globe within the Appointed
Time and Wins Laurels
Thereby.
Herr Most. the Blatant Anarchist,
Booked for Year in Dur
ance Vile.
SHE MADE 1T.
Nelly BIy's 1riumphaIEniry in,oSewyorL

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.--At Ais this
af ernoon the carriages Of Miss Nelly
Bly, and party arrived at the World
Office. There were fully 1900 people
in Park Row cheering end waving
haDdkerchiefs. She consumed ~
days, o hours and II minutes In circl.
ing the earth. The name she uses Is
not her own. She came here from
Pittsburg, where she was known as
Elizabeth Cochran.
With q diminutive hand satcheI for
baggage and without maid or escort
Nelly Bly, started the morning Of
Nov. IA To accomplish what no woman
ever attempted before-the circum-
navigation Of the globe.
1t wpS a bold and in some respects q
b sxa,dous undertaking for q girl.
BIZ I'd ecau.e il was without a parallel
and hszsrdou, because a journey of
25,0O0 miles by variety Of convey
snces through strange lands and in
company with strange people neces-
sarily contained many elements of
danger. The long journey was begun
on the steamer Augusta Victoria, with
Southampton as the first destination,
and II was reached early Nov. %. The
voyage across the Atlantic was tenn
pestuous. OFF the banks Of Fewfound-
land the fog wps almost dense enough
to cut. and up TO the time anchor was
cast there bad teen scarcely day of
smooth selling. Although the vessel
made excellent time under such cir
cumstsnces she IVES too late 10 catch
the fast regular passenger train that
should have been caught to make
connection with the early morning
London trsin. There YVES heavy
msil on board and this the authorities
were anxious to get 10 London expedi.
tiously. A postofiice train was In
waiting at Southampton and on 1t the
traveller secured passage, arriving at
tn metropolis at 5 a. m
After breakfast she took the tidal
train via Folkstone and Boulogne for
Amiens to meet Jules Verne. The
eat novelist and his wife had been
apprised Of her coming and were anx.
iously awaiting her. Miss Bly, stepped
off the train at 4 cock In the after
noon ard received the warmsst sort Of
greeting. Mime. Verne was sur
prised at the visitors youth and could
scarcely believe that she really intend.
ed to make the tour of the world with
out even as much ~ maid.
From Amiens she journeyed to Ca
lais. Miss Bly, bad Travelled to some
extent In her own country and on
rapid trains, too. But she had never
been on such q flyer as the Indian
mail. In the 1900 miles between Ca
lais and the terminal point It stopped
only eleven times and only three
minutes at each station. The train
was on time and Miss Bly, boarded
the steamer Victoria at 2 in the morn
ing of Nov. %. Her route WIS across
the Mediterranean 10 the Suez Canal.
Ismalia was reached Nov. 2s. Then
the route lay through the Red Sea
and on TO Alden. that bare rock at the
southern extremity Of Arabia. The
weather was balmy, almost enervat'
ing In lts delicious softness. but Miss
Nelly did not neglect her diary for g
single hour. From Alden to Colombo
on the island OF CeyIon, the passag
occupied six days, Dec. 2 tos.
Goodbye WAS said TO Colombo Dec,
10. and the r. and o. steamer hesded
for Singapore. an island lying south ID
the Malayan peniusuls. To reach
this the vessel ,assed through the
straits Of Malaccs. Arrived at SinRa
PORE safely and In good health. Dec
Is. She was then just half way around
the world, and about ~ far as che
could get from home, without leaving
the earth altogether. A very short
stay was made at this port. and the
circumnsvagator did not dIsembark,
Anchor was weighed In the afternoon
and of the steamer puffed for Hons
Kong. The voyage was fairly smooth
and pleasant, with one days rainy
weather. The barbor Of the greal
Chinese city was entered the day be
fore Christmas, and Miss Nelly sts
her Christmas dinner there.
There was n delay Of four days In
Hong Kong, and Miss Nelly devoted
the time to wondering at the strange
people and their strange wayr. and %