The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-01-31
MISS sly,s TRIP Around tho Globe.

On Saturday afternoon at precisely Alb
o'clock, Miss Nellie BLY, arrived at the World
Office in New York city, In front OF which
vast crowd had congregated to greet her.
Miss Nellie BLY, Is the winner OF the most
unique il not the most remarkable race on
record. She sailed from New York on Nov.
Ia. Arriving at Liverpool, she proceeded
by rail to London, and then across the Eng
lish Channel from Dover to Calais, going
from there to Amiens, where she visited
Jules Verne. After spending few hours
with the author of "Around the World In
Eighty Days." she went back To Calais and
resumed the journey in which she was to
demonstrate that the earth could be girdled
i'm shorter time than the imagination OF the
distinguished Frenchman had allowed. AT
Calais she took the famous Indian mail train
through France and Italy to Brindisi; thence
she sailed across the Mediterranean Sea to
Port Said, at the mouth of the Suez Canal.
From there she sailed through the canal and
down the Red Sea to Alden, on the Arabian
coast, and thence through the Gulf of Alden
and across the Sea of Bengal to Singapore,
on the Malay Peninsula, and from there
through the China Sea to Hong Kong, on
the Chinese coast from Hong Kong through
the Formosa Channel to Yokohama. on the
eastern side of Japan, and thence directly
across the Pacific to San Francisco, arriving
at the Golden Gate on Tuesday morning.
Thence she proceeded by the fastest trains
to New York, reaching the end Of her jour
ney at 4:15 p. M, Saturday, and completing
her tour i'm 72 days, q hours, 10 minutes and
80 seconds.
Nellie Bly, made this remarkable journey
having no other baggage at all than a small
hand satchel. She left New York with but
one gown and that on her back. In the
satchel were necessary changes of clothing
and $500 in Bank of England notes, besides
her railroad and steamer tickets for the en-
tire trip.
Miss Bly's real name is Elizabeth Coch-
burg, Pa.
Seven hours after Miss BLY, had departed
eastward OIL her journey, Miss Elizabeth
Bisland, of the Cosmopolitan Magazine,
took fast train westward for San Francis
co, in an effort TO beat Miss BLY,. From San
Francisco she took the same route, but i'm
reverse order, as that followed by her COM
petitor, going to Yokohama, Hong Kong,
Singapore, Columbia, Alden, Port Said and
Brisindi. From Brisinda she took the Indi-
an mail train to Calais and crossed to Dover.
Then she went to London by train and
crossed England to Holyhead, took the fer
~ across the Irish Sea to Dublin, caught the
Bothnia at Queenstown and sailed for New
York.
The PROCESS of the fair racers was watch
ed with great interest. On arriving at Bri-
sindi, Miss Bisland learned to her dismay
that the fast German steamer Ems, which
she expected to meet at Southampton for
home, had been taken off. Her New York
managers then arranged to have her take the
French Steamer Champagne at Havre last
Saturday, but it appears that she was not
acquainted with this part of the programme,
and after waiting for her short time the
Champagne sailed without her. The only
thing left for Miss Bisland to do was to take
the first English steamer to New York.
This was the slOw-gong Bothnia, of the Gu
nard line, AS the steamer Champagne had
not arrived in New York Sunday night, ii is
seen that Miss Bly, would have won the race
even if her rival had caught the French boat
but the difference in time would have been
much less than it was between the AZ
rival of Miss Bly, in New York and the ar
rival of the Bothnia which was sighted off
Sandy Hook yesterday morning at 10:30
Miss Bly, is 30 years of age and has been
i'm the service of the New York World as a
special writer for a year or NOR Miss Bis
land is % and has done much admirable
literary work for the Cosmopolitan. She is
of an old New Orleans family and went to
New York four years ago.