Globe Circling Record

GLOBE CIRCLING RECORD.

New York Man Girdles the Earth In Fifty-four Days.

Henry Frederick, a publisher who left New York on July 2 on the steamer Deutschland for a tour around the world, with the hope of breaking the record for the shortest time consumed in encircling the globe, returned to New York on the New York Central railroad, says the New York Times. Mr. Frederick had been successful in his endeavor, having made the entire circuit in fifty-four days, seven hours and twenty minutes.

"My object in making the trip," he said, "was to see what was the quickest time a man could go around the world in comfortably. The train ride from Paris to Dalny, China, consumed eighteen days- two days across the Yellow sea, two days by rail across beautiful Japan. At Yokohama I missed my steamer by ten hours and lost seven days, as I was compelled to take a slow boat two days later, which spent sixteen days on the Pacific. I landed at Victoria and made the American continent in a little over four days. This with the Deutschland's fast time of six days across the Atlantic made my record of fifty-four days. During that time I slept in but one hotel, and that in Yokohama. Every other night was spent either on a train or steamer, and I presume it will be many days before I will miss in my ears the click-click of the rails or cease to feel the motion of the boat.''