Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-25
ROUND WENT NELLY
With Only Single Suit Of
Clothes.
THE LADY GLoBE-GIRDLERs FEAT


Flying Trip Across the Continent as
wind-Up of Her Voyage Around the
Worid-Juies verne's Phiueas Foge
Knocked Ont of Time Lightning Run
ming on American Railways.
CHICAGO, Jan. IS Miss Nellie Bly,, the
young lady who is making a flying tour
around the world, reached Chicago on her
way home at sos yesterday morning, and
left for New York at 1880 She will mako
the trip 10 seventy thras days. barring
accidents
Some two months ago The Now York
World concluded that it was tins for some
great sensation, aud casting about for sub
lect bethougbt it OF the fictitious trip OF
Phineas Fogg around the world in eighty
days, as recounted in one OF Jules Verne.
delightful works. A beaten record was al
ways good news item Why would it not
do to try and beat the record of the famous
Fogg. Especially if a woman was the trav.
eler. No sooner said than done. Miss mel
lie Bly,, which name, so far as really being
the genuine ali-wool and a yard wide cogno
men of the lady selected, is all in your eye
1t being her nom de plume, was willing to
undertake the trip-as who wouldnts-and
SO she started
A Rival for Honors.
At the same time that Miss BLY, took up
her journey east, Miss Elizabeth Bisland
was sent west by another New York paper,
her purpose being to beat The World CORE
spondept. This wasn't fair in one particular,
because Miss Bly, had no knowledge that
she was running a race with real live
woman instead of a flctictious man. Miss
Bisland would probably have put The
World in a hole by producing bigger SEN
sation than The Worlds if she had not met
with bad luck. She expected TO take a fast
Atlantic lines when she reached the Atlantic
ocean, but the said liner was taken off before
the lady reached port; and now she is
somewhere on the Atlantic aboard of the
slow going Bothnia and undoubtedly hope
lessly beaten.
Novel but Not Extraordinary.
The trips these two young ladies took were
novel, inasmuch as they went alone with but
one suit of clothes each-and that not like
McGinty's, their best-and carrying small
handbags for baggage. To beat Phineas
Foggs time, barring accidents, is not a
great feat. as the facilities are undoubtedly
greater now than when he made his famous
voyage The most exciting part of the trip
for Miss Bly, was that across the American
continent, which W as made in unprecedented
time by the help of special trains and with
the assistance of ali the railways on the
route.
The Arrival In Chicago.
As stated in the first paragraph Miss Bly,
arrived in Chicago yesterday To meet her
party of newspaper men left on the Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe road at 4 O'Clock
yesterday morning for Joliet, where the
special train that had borne her all the way
from San Francisco was due about o'clock.
The trip was made all right, and Miss Bly's
train arrived in due time 1t came on like
a cannon ball, and the Chicago reporters
car was coupled on and the run to Chicago
begun, the newspaper men meantime invad-
ing the parlor car in which the lady had
made the trip.
Miss Globe Girdler Appears.
The cheer of welcome had awakened Miss
BY, and when a few miles had been passed
the door of her state-room opened and into
the aisle stepped young lady of medium
height, her slender, willowy figure clothed
In perfect fitting ulster of light check, but
toned from neck to toe. A jaunty, half
jockey travelling cap sat gracefully on her
head. Her coal-black hair was coiled in be-
coming fashion and her sparkling eyes and
her cheeks richly colored with the glow of
perfect health, showed bow keenly she was
enjoying her battle with time In one of
her hands, neatly gloved in Snede, she car
ried dainty whip, which proved to be the
dried tail of monkey, in the head of which
was imbedded bright ruby from Colan-
The other she extended 10 her fellow news.
paper workers as she called them, giving
each cordial, hearty shake as Mr.. O'Neill
The Worlds Chicago correspondent, made
the introductions
Americans Scarce Abroad.
Miss Bly, spoke with an English accent
and when this mentioned, Il did not know
1t, she replied. mo, am an American, {"
she continued, striking her ulster with her
be1eweled whip, land never more so than
since my return. lam not surprised, however,
that have little English accent, for from
the time babe farewell to The Worlds
London correspondent in Dover, did not
see an American until reached Yokohama
and not see the stars and stripes until saw
them waving over our consula house al
Hong Kong tell you the old flag looked
grand.
The Ail-PervsdIng Briton.
But though Americans were scarce ths
English were plentiful, and from London to
San Francisco there were always a few of
that nation among my fellow passengers.
SO suppose / got my accent from them.
But I'll soon get over it
"Am tiredf No, not bit. Why, the
journey has been one great delight. If any
body wants vacation trip, can think of
no more pleasant way TO take it than to tiy
around the world"
The Inevitable Question.
hAnd what do you think of American
lueried a reporter who had been accustomed
to interviewing, in New York, fresh arrivals
from Europe
"Abl you should have asked me that when
landed. Miss Bly, replied But it is not
necessary for me to say it is the best coun-
.ry of all. And especially for travelling"
Flying Across Continent.
"Why, see" she said, glancing at Rus
ian bracelet in which was set a watch; ait
Is now O'Clock on the morning Of the 24th,
md but sixty nine hours ago was Just start
ng from San Francisco / have been in the
,ar all the way, except part of the time
when on the Atlantic and Pacific road, which
s part of the Santa Fe system rode in tho
'ngine How we fiewl The scenery in the
was grand. l held the throt-
lie and pulled it out as far as it would 60.
}oing down grade / managed the air brake.
)ne Of the surprising things along the Jour
ley was the crowds that gathered at the sta
ions TO meet me-
Had to Please the Populace
u had 10 appear on the platform and bow
o them and answer lots Of questions. The
women seemed particularly interested in my
ireS and were very anxious to know If /
taken only one with me. That fact
semed more wonderful in their eyes than
Inything else.
"As one OF the stations q man yelled from
he crowd IN Lpoxv IL I had ,,3l -, 80, -. olo