St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-23

with no other baggage than small
hand satchel. She left New York with
put one gown, and that upon her back.
LII the Satcnel we're necessary changes
OF clothing, five copies of the New York
World of that day, and $500 in Bank of
England notes, besides her railroad and
steamer tickets for the entire journey.
Miss Bly, arrived at Calais i'll ample
time to take the Brindisi mail train.
The train, commonly called the Indian
mail, is one of the famous trains of the
world. She arrived at BrindIsi ON
time and took the steamer Victoria of
the Peninsula and Oriental line, from
that point. She left Brindisi at a. m,
Nov. 25. crossed the Mediterranean,
and sailed
THROUGH THE SUEZ CANAL,
arriving at lsmaila Nov. IS. From Is
malta her journey lay through the Red
sea. Across the Arabian sea the Vic
toria sped with its plucky little pasSen-
ger, and arrived at Colombo. on the
Island of Ceylon, Dec. 8. Here the
Worlds globegirdler left the Victoria
to take another steamer for Hong Kong.
She was two days ahead of her timer
ary, but was obliged to spend those
two days in Ceylon. Dec. Is Mel
lie BLY,, after passing through the
halfway round the world. Her eight
days ride through the Indian ocean car
ried her over the ruins of cities buried
Tor long centuries beneath its tossing
floods. She remained in the P. d o.
steamer, which stopped at Singapore
only long enough to permit the mails
and its cargo to be handled, and Dec. "a,
Christmas Eve, reached Hong Kong, on
the southwest coast of China. She had
her Christmas dinner in the Chinese
city. The first available means
of transportation across the Pa
cific ocean was the fast steamer
Oceanic of the Occidental and Oriental
line. This steamer was scheduled to
leave Hong Kong for San Francisco
Dec. %, and that day Nellie Bly, babe
adieu to the Celestial empire. Five
days later she was at Yokohama, Japan,
where she arrived Jan. 2. The Oceanic
carries Chinese and japanese mails to
the United States. 1t had to wait until
Jan. at Yokohama for the mail. This
made another
FIVE DAYS DELAY.
At daylight yesterday the Oceanic ar
rived in San Francisco. Nellie BLY, had
nine hours the start of Miss Bisland,
but 1t looked for long time as though
the latter would arrive in New York
first. Crossing the Indian ocean, how
ever, Miss Bisland was much annoyed
to learn that the fast German steamer
Ems, which she expected to meet at
Southampton for home, had been
taken Off. Otherwise she would
have been sure that her voyage
would be success. The BOthnia
at Queenstown was the only boat avail
able, and it is slow one, and will bring
her to New York too late. Miss BiSland
cables that she has had no adventures,
and there has been no eXciting incidents.
The utmost kindness was displayed
everywhere by everybody. The news of
the arrival at Brindisi Thursday of
Miss Bisland revived interest in the
race around the world in a
marked degree. Vigorous efforts were
made Friday to enable Miss Bis
land to catch the French steamer La
Champagne, which was slated to leave
Hayre at a. m. Saturday. 1t was
known that the fast India mail train
from Briudisi would reach London at
3 p. m. that day. The train does not
stop at Paris, but slows down at Fon-
tainebleau, about twenty miles out of
the city, where the Paris passengers,
who have been transferred at DIXON to
q rear car, are sent on
BY A FLYING SWITCH
to another track, and the engine then
takes them into Paris. 1t was impossi-
BILE to communicate with Miss Bisland
on the train from Brindisi, but it was
supposed that the young lady would
stop at Paris to ascertain whether it was
not possible to catch the Champagne,
then failing this, she would have had
time to get to London to catch the fast
night mail for the Sunday steam
er at Queenstown A SDecial train
at cost of $500 was Or
dered to be in readiness at Paris, and
the French Steamship company was ap-
pealed to hold the Champagne at Havre
until this special could bring Miss Bis
land from Paris to that port. What was
the establishment of Miss Bisland's
friends and the disappointment of those
who had bet upon her arrival before
her competitor when a cable from Paris
was received to the effect that Miss Bis
land had not gone to Paris at all, that
the Champagne had waited at Havre
till 10 a. m, and had then sailed with
out her.