The short story title "In the Year 2889" has no relation to the plot of this film.
In the Year 2889 is the English translation of the French science fiction short story "À l'année 2889" (1889) by Michel Verne, son of Jules Verne. Verne senior later revised the story and published it under his own name, with the new title "La journée d'un journaliste américain en 2890" (1890).