Show distinguished GERMAN EXPLORER lieutenant ehlers who has taken the longest horseback rids on record during the past few months hundreds of the worlds famous people have passed through ogden either east or westbound barely a day passes but one or a number of these important personages through and yesterday was not an off day this time the distinguished man was lieutenant otto E enters the famous german explorer alio first climbed the lofty mountain of kilimanjaro and who saved all that part of east africa to tho german empire lie is just returning after some years in the strange wild countries beyond the pacific and what he lias to say is of extraordinary interest he went to india after his arrival in germany from africa primarily to get a number of tame elephants with which to subjugate the wild ones of the dark continent but this led him into many other explorations it was in 1885 that he went out to africa it was the time that fierce wars were draginc he explored kilimanjaro feet high being the first white man to set foot upon its crest he also accompanied major the german commissioner in africa against tho arabs and was with him on several other expeditions in these exploits lieutenant ehlers had many narrow escapes and his face is scarred by conflicts on battlefields battle fields and in jungles in 1887 lie took a number of african chiefs from kilimanjaro to germany and what was told of them and the unknown land from whence they came was read everywhere with interest after that hewak sent by the german emperor as special commissioner to east africa and it was not until after the anglo german agreement was reached that he lett that region he was the first european who when stanley and almin pasha had been lost to view for ft long period learned that they were yet alive lieutenant was then in papua forty days march from the coast by the time the anglo german agreement had been reached the explorer was suffering from long exposure with fever and general ill health he went to germany and remained there until lie recuperated 1 I then went to the himalayas in cashmere to explore that fine country he said and there and elsewhere in the orient I 1 have been ever since from cashmere I 1 marched to tonquin and to alie afrikan frontier and thence through the himalayas to assam from I 1 accompanied alio british expedition in the campaign thence parched I to to the loae eta northern siam and the shan states which lie between biam british tonquin and china 1 I made the entire trip of about miles on the back of one pony a native of the himalayas it was presented to me by the macajah of cashmere and was a marvelously good pony tough as iron from tonquin I 1 went to china mongolia and through corea to siberia I 1 spent the winter in japan where I 1 hive been writing a book about my travels and I 1 am now going to germany to have it printed the main reason for my return home is to prepare a new expedition to the interior of africa or thabet the lieutenant left for the east over the union pacific he will visit chicago where lie will remain a few dagg and alien go to new york he will remain there a week and then sail for germany and at once busy with his book and hia new expedition to thabet |