The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-01-26
NELLIE BLY'S GREAT FEAT
The Girl Traveller Arrives Safely At
New York, Afer Her Long
Journey.
Around the World in Eight Days
Less than Jules Verne's
Hero.


NEw loaA. Jan. 2a.-M ilj this after
noon the carriages Of Miss Nellie bly, aud
party arrived at the World Office. There
were fully i0,O0a people in Park Row cheer
inc and waving handkerchiefs and stopping
the Immense traffic Of that thoroughiare.
She consumed seyenty-iwo days, six hours
aud eleven minutes in cireling the earth.
! The name she uses is lot her own. She
came 10 New York from Pitt sburg, where
she WAS known rs Elizabeth Cochran
With u diminuiiYe hand salchel for bag
gage and without maid or escort Nellie Bly
started the morning OF Nov. "a. 1889, 10 ac-
compish what no woman had ever attempted
before-the circumnayigaiion Of the globe.
| II WIS a bold and ia SOME respects la2
ardous undertaking for . girl. Bold be-
cnusc il WIS without a parallel and hazard-
GUS because n journey Of over 2i,0n miles
by q varietyof conveyance through strange
lands md IN company with strange people
necessarily continued many elements of
danger. When jules Verne brought forth
those delightful creations, phincas Fogg
and Jean pRssepariout. with attention TO
detail that rivalled Dean Swiff's most in
genous efforts. readers were amused and
delighted with the authors skill in fornu-
lating schedule that permitted his heroes
TO circlo the earth IN exactly eighty days.
but u0 one OF them Tor an instant believed
that The oharmingly told tale had single
stone of fact in its foundation.
Now comes a womau-n very young
wOmnn-vho not only demonstrates the
possibility of such 4 trip being completed in
such time, but who beats the time of
Neme's hero 10y six days.
/ The long journey was begun ON the
steamer Augusta Victoria. with Southamp-
ton as the iirst destination. and IL WAS
reached early the morning of Nov. 30. The
voyage across the Atlantic was tempestu-
ous on the banks Oi Newfoundland the
fog was almost dense enough 10 cut, and up
10 the time anchcr was east there had been
scarcely daV of smooth sailing. Although
the vessel made excellent time under such
circumstances she was too late 10 catch the
fas, regular passenger train that should
have been caught 10 make connection with
the early morning London train. There
was heavy mail on board, and this the
authorities were anxious to get 10 London
eyI ilpusly, A postoiiice train was IN
waiting 81 Southampton. nnd on IL the
traveller succeeded in securing a passage.
The mail train was whirled through 10 the
metropolis arriving there nj > O'Clock in
the morning.
After breakfast she took the tidal train
via Folksione and Boulogne for Ainiens 10
iueei Jules Verne. The great novelist and
his wife had been apprsed OF her coming
and were anxiously awaiting her. Miss BY
steppad off the train al o'clock in the af-
ieInoon and received the warnest sort of n
greeting Mime. Verne was surprised Ht the
visitors youth and could scarcely believe
that she really intended To make the tour of
the globe without even as much m maid
From Amiens SHE iourneyed to Calais.
Miss Bly, hRd travelled io some extent IN bcr
own country and ON rapid trains. too. But
she never Ind been on such "ilNcr' M The
Indian mail. In the "a" miles between
Calais and the terminal point il stopped
only eleven times and only three minutes
nj each station. The train was On time.
and Miss BLY, boarded the steamer Victoria.
OF the peninsular and Oriental line. at =
O'Clock on the morning of Nov. -. Her
route was across lthe Mediterranean 10 the
Suez canal. lsninlia wac renched Nov. ~.
Then the route lay through the Red Sea,
and on To Alden. that bare rock at the south
ern extremity Ot Arabia, The weather WAS
balmy. almost cnervating in its delicious
suftness, hut Miss Nellie did moi neglt ct
her diary for II single hour. From Alden TO
Colombo, on the island of Ceylon. the pass
age occupied six dnys-Dec.2 - 10 Dec. \
Good-by WAS said to Colombo Dec. 10.
and the 4. and q. steamer headed for Sim
gapore. AN island lying south of the Mllayan
peninsula. 10 reach this the v, ssel pnssed
through the Straits of Malacca. Arrived at
Singapore safely and in good health Dec.
~. She WAS then just half way round the
world, and about AS far as she could gel
from home. without leaving the earth alto
gether. very snort STAY was made nj this
port and the circumnavigHtor did not dis
embark. Anchor was weighed in the after
noon, aud of the steamer pulled for Honu
Kong. The voyage was fairly smooth and
pleasant, with one DAVIS rainy weather.
The haTbor uf the great Chinese city was
entered the dnv before Christmas. and Miss
Nellie ate her Christmas dinner there.
There was DELAY OF fonr days in Hong
Kong, and Miss Nellie devoted the time "a
wondering ~ the strange people aud their
strange ways. and 80 shopping. This vaca
tion was quickly over and three DAYS after
Christmas, Will the thermometer standing
az G0 degrecs. Miss bly, set sail for iOk0ha.
mn, arriving there Jan. =. Then came an.
other wait of five days for the mail steam
ship Oceanic. and whilO the traveller must
have felt iiitle anxious about tho result Of
the two delays. There was no help for II.
Then camo The last and longest irir
by water-deross the Pacific oceAu-
Too nautical miles 70 San Francisco
: The Oceanic sailed Jan. with
! Miss bly, OIL board in good health
and spirits arriving ~ san Francisco Jan.
n. Miss Nellie bly, WIS taken OF by n tug
as soOu ns the steamer entered the harbor
= and WAS taken ni ouce 20 Oakland. where
she boarded special train which was in
waiting. and started on the overland Jour
ney win The Southern Pacific and Atlantic
IN Pacific routes, arriving nt New York
yesterday afternoon, making the trip IN
I seycniy-iwo days. Miss BIS isa handsome
girl, Hnd the only mark she shows of hel
long journey h u skin tanned by eastern
suns.
The day Miss Bly left New York Tor Liy-
crpDOl Mis- Ijisland started for San Fran.
cisco from the same city. her intention
being 10 oncrcle The globe from west "a
east Her journey WIS AS successful ns Mis-.
Bys until she reached France. where she
waa delayed, and TINS missed the fast
steumer which would have brought her Ia
New York not later than Sunday. As IL is
she will moi rcnch New York before
Wednesday.
! Cattle MnDin Trouble.
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