| Show WALKING MILES P G alti as a greek touring ohp world afoot IS S A C FAMOUS EXPLORER mr attlas who represents three geographical societies oriel and clivon newspapers in r europe drope arrived in i salt lake yesterday Yeste iday having arft twenty months ago ABO itty fifty kincs zincs IL lay day easy tor for him E employs in four assistants assistor ts lost two faithful friends in utah P 0 attlas a ODIOUS famous young greek explorer geographer scholar linguist and journal lit and who is now engaged on OIL ills his third pedestrian tout tour of 0 tile the world wa aked into inlo salt lake from tho the last early yesterday morning it if mr air allies walks walk miles mound the earth mathin three years tl alie ie london sporting club pays him lie he regards this as inertly a side bide issue however tor for he be docs not need the money and Is making the tour it in the interests of tho ilia eleven european news newspapers rs and the three geographical societies which he represents lie he started on ills his long tramp from cadiz spain on OIL january 1 1898 and has been walking ever since except of 0 course when lie he has been obliged to travel by water As td walk ai k 01 miles in a straight course around the earth would require considerable more than ihan one circuit mr attlas has bait alg about som hat grid and ills present journey has taken hl him through spain france holland switzerland italy austila hun 0 t O N I 1 V V I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 tv 1 I 4 I 1 m I 1 I 1 1 to I 1 t 1 i t 1 I 4 1 1 T N 01 T 11 0 o I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 F i r X k I 1 I 1 1 1 14 ti I 1 A 11 t f 0 P G adlias the greek traveler who Is walking around the world gory cary bulgaria anki sweden norway denmark russia and well across tho the united states from salt lake the traveler goes cacs to san francisco cisco and his further itinerary will include the philippines japan china india australia and south america his tour ending at aden which he Is confident of reaching before january 1 1901 the time set tor for the completion of tho the journey he estimates that he has already covered 20 maw S miles by isad more than halt of his proposed distance and has journeyed about miles by water since leaving cadiz HIS 1118 GREATEST misfortune what ho he regards as his greatest misfortune on the trip so far befell bf tall him on the desert between grand junction and helper ills his two st bernard dogs cerver t erow and hector which had been his const constant a nt and faithful companions tor for more than three years yeara were overcome by thirst said and heat on the desert ono died and lie he was obliged to shoot the other oilier some two hours later to put it out ot of its misery he valued the animals ery cry highly find and had refused for one in new york ile he hurled buried the last one to die at a point about eighty eight miles east of oc helper and put up u laboard a boad with fill art an inscription his name the names of the doss dogs lad and tile the date dace air attla Is a medium sized young nia anan i of about 27 yeats he Is of fair complexion and handsome As might be expected from his bis present occupation he Is as hard as iron and says lie ho does riot not know what fatigue means lie he does not travel without purse or as his monthly payroll runs up to about 1100 lie ha has th lee advance men who malce make arrangements fur its his accommodation at the various places choro ho be stops and has a secretary albo ho travels walh fill him the secretary walks about halt half the distance ll his employer dous does and travels the remainder kema inder r by train this Is not surprising in mew jew of odthe the tact fat t that mr A attlas figures fifty mil miles e as an average da days ys walk and on 0 occasions c e stretches this to sixty live nv 11 ho travels entirely by compass othe ignoring the railway lines hla big long ex perien e u aa a a an r t explorer in different countries s r making na k i ng ex him independent of really many of fit the adjuncts of ile he cahrles a revolver and knife and weapons of service on ano no or two occasions in this country alen he be has conic come in contact with ho boes boca during the warm weather lie ho does docs hla file walking at night AN A N al AI RICAN EXPLORER mr attlas affnan was fit at the he head nd of prince Zaino runis aft afcan loan elpe expedition which spent the iho years front from 1802 to in central africa lie ho has nine decora llona from various european rulers and bas autographs of more re than tham prominent foist pi and american per pc r sauaga boita sou aga a among them en are letters from president Irest dunC I 1 mckinley gov roosevelt mayor van byck of new york as well as aa numerous other pi eminent prominent ent men in the different parts of at the ilia country he be it haa q sited ire ile speaks fluently aluc antly twelve twilva languages lang ages iges and la Is consequently seldom at AL a loss lomg for something to nay may ile he has haa flipped interviews in almont every 1 language an printed Is a member of tile tho london cairo and I 1 anre jai re geographical 8 and Is regarded ais aa tho the tore fore most exploder of hs its nation As aa has been stated hla his principal mis pion blon on this tour tone la is to study the manners nac ra and cu of tile the various poe plea with ho be comes in contact lip corresponds regularly with the nu no morelia capels on ills his string and Is collecting data from a stand polut for his cock ties the feet fact that lie ho una as graduated at the lyceum in fix paris ind and hii has had the degree daree of geographer conferred on film by geneve geneva coupled xyth fill hi him wide makes him ucil vall fitted to be In trusted till 0 a mahlon of this kind I 1 OPINION OF AMERICANS AMERI CANS tie ile says say tile A mexicans me ricans arft are great peole aie to 10 husolo around und and do business but be h regards them as an sadly a d alic ir t in hospitality a and nil sociability lie he says they are arc far below tho the european standard I 1 in n these letter le particulars ho he Is not e to have a laborer or artisan charge him for services rendered but Is greatly amazed when lie Is introduced trod trad to slime nome a a pro feeS ional man sa a b u siness man or somo some other and I 1 then h n h ha as them chaw him for nhat ho he gets cois ile he claims that it if they are introduced to him it implies that thai they are arc till hie c equals and in ills his cc unity country 0 gentleman gentle m an ever chiurco another for services rendered lie he has ac I 1 cepter tho the american interpretation of i a gentleman cent leman but has riot not yet fully figi fei I 1 ared it out ile he believes the amerl I 1 can axe are ming to bo be the hardest i proposition to treat that he has eni countered on his journey but he says i he Is much interested in ili thorn them and ad iron the habit they hane hae ot of getting geltin fc 1 up and doing things in a 0 hurry mr attlas says that this trip will III i end e nd life wanderings after completing miles he intends to return to his villo on etke ake lugano I bugano in switzerland it marry anar a nice alil ho he knows ond and attle lei t donw down ile ho leaves this morning for E san francisco l accompanied by ills see tary ernest hla his advance men an fn aro already aart ady in san francisco where they have engaged apartments for him t arranged s eom details of hla his corre spond enco a and ioda spent pet t pai t of their share i of tho the 1100 a month payroll j |
