Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-04-13
MASS Of JUNK ALL
LEFT OF MAJOR
WEEDS WHEEL
REMARKABLE TRAVELLER
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
Run Down by Train; Veteran
Journalist and Globe Trotter
Nearly Exhausted by New
Mexico Winds,

TORN ana twisted a of junk,
,tth not a whole part left to tell the
,alo is the present condition of the
hfoycle of Major Edward a. Weed, tho
,oteran globe trotter lecturer ana
sock hicvclist, who was overtaken BY
.roin ON n low trestle tWenty-seven
,afIos north of here near A~lgodones yes
,nrdav morning. If the train whistled
,he major didn't rear it until it was
,,a,rly mon him when he leaped Oft
INTO the arroyo some twelve feet try
mo "a mil the wheel with him. tn
latter. however, was ground d the
,.boels and the traveller brought tn.
romains in on the California limited.
Nearly broke my heart said TIN
,,ainr That bicycle has carried me
noarlv 5000 miles in ten months and
,,,s like an old friend. 1t was one OF
tho hest wheels ever made and all tin,
oouinment that went with it was to-
ta1lv destroyed. There isn't a whole
smoke left in it. The most perfect
wreck | ever saw.
On spite of the fact that | am AZ
sound as a dollar and hard as nails a,
nc age of sixty-eight. the last few
DAYS in New Mexico on my trip from
ocean to ocean have nearly exhaust
ed me- said the major.
pay before yesterday the high
winds on the plains north nearly
noored me and 1t was the hardest
Going | have ever encountered. mao.
five and a half miles on Sunday IN
seven hours which IS almost standlnA
sin and worked like n section hama
"a make that progress. ! viii remain
here a week or 50 TO r%ecupcrate an"
yet n new wheel and may deliver a
lecture while | am here"
\ Wonderful Career.
Major Weed is a remarkable man,
4 perfect physical specimen at nearly
seventy years who has devoted his life
to wheeling over the surface of the
Garth. He is the oldest international
cycle tourist and was for years en-
gagged in journalism, a pursuit which
he still keeps up in a free lance way,
doing much writing about his obser
yations on his travels. He was born
in Derby. Conn, in 1871. on this
present trip he started May %. 1909
from New York City, and rode LOO
miles through the New England states
to Portland. Ne, and then westward
toward the Pacific. He has now pass
ed through twenty-three states ana
territories, covering 5,955 miles. II
the past decade he has ridden 49.73a
in seventeen American II
twenty Mexican states, Cuba ana Can
ada and his experiences would fill a
library,
He enlisted April %. 1S6l-ten dav-
the first gun vas fired on Fort
'umpter-in the Fourth Connecticut
infantry, afterwards the First Con-
heavy artillery, then on de-
ached service IN staff duty. and serV-
d with distinction all through the
'ivil war, participating in fourteen,
'attles. He was shot through the right
VAR in Castle Thunder and Libby pris
in. Richmond. Va. and earned honor
lble promotion After the war he was
assistant town clerk at New Haven.
lotary public. commissioner superior
curt. deputy sheriff. United States
marshal and United States de-
ectiye.
He went to California in 1914. pass
d a successful examination as teach 4
r taught school for a year, then en-
aged In the newspaper business, own
ne SIX different papers in that state.
nd was connected with the press o!
alifornia and Oregon until 1891. Dun
~ that period Major Weed delivered
undreds of public addresses for the
publican party as well as Memorial