The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-19
ROUND-THE-WORLD TRAIN.
CITIZEN q. ~ II GETS HERE WITH
uuOLE DAY TO SPARE

citizen. George Francis Train came In on the
Ttruria yesterday morning 60 days from Ia
coma Washington. on his trip around the
world. lie has beaten all globe circllnR
rerords so soundly that he thought he could
afford TO take day Off in town yesterday. He
will resume his Journey at O'Clock tonight
NV tho Now York Central route to Chicago.
whore ho will take the Chicago and North
western railroad TO Tacomh He expects to
rcncl Tacoma which was his starting point,
next saturday at noon, thus completing the
circle of tho globe in Gjl days. The citizen is
looking brown and noarty and is greatly olated
over his achievement. He calls himself Phil
eas Fogg, and says that In beating the time OF
Jules Ncrne's hero he Is now having his re-
yonge out of tho n velist for having stolen
from him tho idea oil the novel Around the
World IN Eighty Days"
That was my id"H.' said he. " ! went round
the world IN 1870 in eighty days, and Jules
Verne caught up the idea and made fiction
of without giving mo credit. But where's
his eighty days now {"
Tho citizen thsn went up town to his usual
hcaiIuarters. the Continental HOTEL and
registered himself in blue pencil thus:
George Francis Train. Around the world
in 81 days. Special $4,000 train four days"
The clork assigned him to room SO. in honor
Of his achievement. and this pleased the Citizen
greatly.
Citizen Train is travelling around the world
Mt the expense of tho husting young city OF
Tacoma, which Is enjoying a boom Just at
present. and hopes to attract attention BY
Trains exploits.
The idea was the Citizens. He wrote from
Boston proposing 1t. and Tacoma raised $4,000
to start hum oil s. W. Wall. editor of the
Tacoma L"dgpr. accompanied him.
They left Tacoma March IL ut 9 in the morn
A
siuia to Yokohama. arriving there in sixteen
days. Train expected 10 take the North Ger
man liOyd steamer cen NcrGer at that pont
for HON. Kong but 1t had sailed, Citizen
stopped n ,nobc, 800 miles south. The agent
went to Toxic. where he secured passports for
him elf and Mr. Wal from the American Min
lister It.. Wen ny tran to he1 don where et the
the nick OF nm" for tho day after they started
was d holilay.and the next day the Government
took possession OF the railroad to transport
troops rho Gen. Werder encountered a
ter,in storm in the Jaran Sea, and lost day
on the way to Hong Kong At Hong Kong the
Citizen caught the North German Lloyd
steamer Ir"uesen to, Colombo, where he in;
mail steamer Arcadia to Port Said. But here
u new oNig"ncy arose. The Arcadia did not
intend to start Tor ighteen hours, and Citizen
day There appeared 10 be nothing 10 do but
to charter the Preussen TO go, on with him;
the Prcussen took him through the Suez Canal
But here the Arcadia. which was a faster
steamer. overlook them. and the Citizen and
his companion boarded her. and in four days
more found themselves in BTindisi.
At this point Train became fearful that IL he
depended upon schedul ed trains aud steamers
as originally intended. he would reach Queens
town too late TO take the Etruria. The Citizen
London. A special India mail train took him
TO Calais in 1lty-two hours. and q special
loss OF an hour. The regular trains took him
to London and Queenstown, where he found
On the passage over the Atlantic, Citizen
Train made himself very interesting ,5 to the
aps 6 and on tie back Of one
them he had made an illustrated chart Of his
trip. The chart needed great deal of ,ex:.
occupation. A Zig circle. was the. central
figure in the eh9r and Of hotels
pasted ali over it. In the centre of the circle
was this announcement
sH3S Ef$e nm ~
Ni DfeSm. R siane2i '"'A"''
After breakfast every morning Citizen Train
went up on deck. spread out his chart and be-
gan to explain 1t. lie was at once surrounded
would stop explaining long enough to eat the
scanty vegetable repasts on which he main
often varied by learned diRresslons upon many
subjects. which entertained his heaters might
lily. occasionally ne WOulu uoNOte u low hours
to talking specially to the ladies in the cabin:
but whether to men or women. Citizen Train
talked to some one every minute no wasn't
story cork helmet, which looked like n big
mushroom or little circus tent It was white.
on the front The lettering on the top story OF
the helmet spoiled out the Citizens full name.
word In sixty days" Underneath this nam
moth helmet he wore red foz the unexpected
Whnn In removed tho helmet
the !rgrS was met oGook ysstsrdag
Among them were Milton G. Roach. General
Eastern Passenger Agent q the New York
ger Agent of the Chicago and Northwestern |
road; L, D. Iarrp2GtogHIt tassemEer Agent OF the
Tacoma. and some SUN reporters. They had n |
permit TO take the Citizen Off r. and they got him
%ben h Eg Of nr He lis
huge helmet and shouted to his friends that he |
WASN'T going to stay in town an hour and that
With him at once. 4 good many pqssengers
leaned over the steamers, rail and shouted
9od.by 20 him as he climbed down the side
Tery th9HuEhtfu,r said the Citizen
on Of the party that met him. . Half tho
Pr" hats an4 strInEs This is great ed for
! he tug and the big stramer came up the
harhor toGetheE but the tug landed her pas
AT eight minutes Of I o'clock. and insisted on
taking al his friends TO breakfast at the Astor
House. lie said he'd learned to swear while he
was away lie had found Travellers so
damned slow OF COMPREHENSION" when he
talked hat he was forced into habit which he
admitted WAS low and vulgar, He said that
next October he was going round the world In
An days. He produced his chart and exhib-
ited this programme for the proposed exploit:
DIBS
Tacoma 10 OK OnhtnA llbp
Yokohama TO Hong Kong ...,......,.... 81
Long hGEto Stmgabofe S's
bnkapore 10 ,oumpo
SoIntnbo 10 Nuen ~
Alden to SueL Az
EueE to Port Said
Port Said to 2i5
bouttampl IN 70 New
Nc" 10TH W Tacoma
'obal ...'..','t2bv
1T is no novelty to me TO circle the earth"
said the Citizen. i've been round before
Wall opened his eyes when he heard me talk
the language ofeyery country we went through
speak twenty different languages"
Train rehearsed his adventures to crowds of
Interested listeners at tho Continental Hotel
Ia uhn 81. |