The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-13
GOING AFTER LEM
JACOB EHIOK GOING AROUND THE
WORLD AWHEEL
With = Companion He Started From Chi
lis Not Attempting to Make Phenome-
nal Time, But is Going it Slowly at First
Intends to Dodge Armenia, Where
LEM Met HIS Desth-He Reports Kan
sas Roads to be the Best He Has Seen
on His Trip,
on His Trip.

Last evening Mr.. Jacob Shick of
Chicago arrived in this city upon his
| wheel, enroute for San Francisco, Cal.
But Frisco is not really his final des-
| tination. He intends to go TO Chicago
by continuing to travel westward. In
company with c. f. Ward, he started
from Chicago August 18th. intending TO
go first to New York City and from
there to start upon a circumnavigating ng
tour around the globe. The riders went
| first TO Dayton, O., where Ward step
ped out of the trip, leaving Shick to go
it alone.
He left Dayton September "a and went
to Cincinnati, which place he left Octo-
Der 8, arriving in st. Louis October 10.
He has not been attempting to make
any phenomenal time, but has Travelled
slowly, in order that ne may complete
the journey, instead of breaking down
upon the road, and being compelled 70
give up his task. He carries creden-
tals from Mayor Swift Of Chicago,
which bears the seal Of the city, and
other letters of introduction.
Mr.. Shick is young man who ap-
pears to fully realize the size of his un-
dertaking. He has not acquired the
lean, hungry look, so prevalent among
those who have attempted long rides.
But evidently he is saving his strength
as much as possible for the time when
he will need it more than he does now.
From st. Louis to Springfield, Mo, he
reports the roads in very bad condition,
and between these places ne found it
necessary to wade three rivers. But
from Springfield they began TO i'm
prove. Kansas roads, he says, are the
best he has encountered anywhere, be-
ing able to make far better time on
them than before. He left Springfield
November g. and although he has not
made phenomenal time, it is very much
better than made before. He in
tends to travel over the route of Frank
LenZ, the noted cyclist who was mur
dered in Armenia while making a tour
around the world. He intends to leave
San Francisco for Japan, and then pro-
ceed across the Asiatic continent upon
the route taken by LenZ until near the
western part of the continent, where
he intends to trend southwark, to Je-
rusalem, then to cross the isthmus of
Suez, and take in Cairo, part of the
nile country, the pyramids, and then
cross the Mediterranean TO Europe,
skirting along the southern part to
France, thence straight across to Lon
don. where he will take ship for New
York, and thence to Chicago.
He has no definite time set in which
to make the trip, but will use his time
just as he sees fit. By his tour down
through Egypt, he intends 10 miss Tur-
key altogether. thus avoiding that part
of the country which was so fatal to
Lenz. 1t will be remembered by a great
many that Lenz disappeared in central
Armenia, and a man was sent there TO
look into hte cause of his disappearance
He found parts of his bicycle here and
there. and every evidence of his having
been murdered, but owing to the great
sluggishness of the gray matter within
the skull Of the Great Grover nothing
whatever was done by the department
in the way Of even inquiring into the
matter to any extent, let alone demand
ing indemnity. 1t is supposed that
Lenz was murdered by high officials in
the army of the Sultan, and for this
reason the matter was lodged.
Mr.. Shick will remain in this city for
Gay or two, when he will go on west
ward upon his long journey.