New-York tribune., 1900-04-15
London. March %.

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v- met in q long time is Bishop Hartzell Of |
! ',-.A,7ist Episcopal Church He arrived in
Ok saturday after d protracted mission cir
~ british Dutch and Portuguese South ,
ca .ts faIfe on the return voyage in West /
-. - 7 iberia. Madeira and elsewhere. He /
- i,f, che Methodist Bishop in India the /
H-.5,r -f having something like a per- /
- Jurisdiction and field Of labor; and it is |
- ,r,,Igh 20 satisfy the most energetic tin !
=. bjsson He has been Up and down the |
/ :. and West coasts of Africa and he has gone |
=, +ae Interior establishing great centre |
- ~+si,,,arv work al TmtaE. in Rhodesia, on I
nc NJ he projected Cape to Cairo railway !
/ = .as .er-ief into a vast Geld Of labor all the
/ -ss n American energy. and he has looked
/ - .t,e terrible catastrophe Of war with cheer
=, ,,,f-1isrn and unclouded faith as blessing
-.---,fss have already cabled a summary
- views respecting the justice and righteous
- NJ TIE British cause but am anxious TO
| Il fa- Details ah1ut his work and his i'm
- NJ +fa -reud If events in South Africa
p.ssap l5ar-zeu was born in Illinois. was edu-
-, fs- the Methodist ministry, and. after a
| = -.st7rste ii that state. was transferred
-s-o 70 Neu-0rleans. where he remained
,,,. -veve years He became Interested in
/ =. sa,.bern Educational Society, first as
l -. corresponding secretary and finally as
/ .e secretary. and made special study Of the
| ,,,rs side IF the race question. In 1896 he
- elected Bishop af The Methodist Episcopal
/ -. and in the Glowing year went out 10
.,.b Africa stopping 8n the way at stations
-ea West Coast AscertainiuE that the
--,,n5 in Cape Colony was adequately covered
~ English Wesleyan missions he went north
---,,pb Mafekaue Sd Salisbury, in Rhodesia
- s,+ze1uert-v visited Bioemfontein. Johan-
] --sburg ana Pretoria and returned to Rhodesia
- v.y II De-aEaa Bay ana Beira- He says
-. q-b47 he appointment cf missionary bishop
-. ,r4r.5 70 him NE seemed to have sudden
.;,,sa NJ a great centre Of work IN nid-Africa
/ : mo lines Of railway transit by which the con
ss+fone of the Dark Continent would be trans
! mod THAI dream mas already been fulfilled
!. rmtaH. whore the foundations Of a great
-tvs5onary establishment have been laid
COMING To AMERICA
r.sb,n T4s-+z-U VIII attend The Ecumenical
vissf7n Conf renee. which IS 70 meet in New
YORK during the last week IF April; and during
Nay he Viu 20 20 Chicago, where the quadren-
nal general conference # the Methodist Episco-
-el church VIII hs held. and viii report the re-
| .-l-s If his work IN Africa during four years.
| Efs report VII show a large advance in work
/ -- Liberia ana Angola on the West Coast, and
i slso in Portuguese East Africa and Mashona-
/ ana The most notable event Of the four years
-.elrd mas been the opening Of a great indus
.-al missionary station for natives IN Ma
Boualand The British Chartered Company
| made = concession Of thirteen thousand acres
= land on which were several substantial
| +1Idings worth al d low estimate 100000. This
zgs gift from Ear Grey Mr.. Cecil Rhodes
/ nd other directors 5f The British Chartered
| -7Dpany This mission Is ten miles from I'M
i I'll which Les twenty degrees south Of the
1 s7uaior near the Portuguese border Umtali is
| - miles from The Indian Ocean and IS ap-
rsached 10y railway from Beira- It lies IN a
/ t.lthfuL. ul5unta. nous region. with valleys
500 feel above the seq. Two rivers run
/ --9ugh the estate. and near by there are sew
al gold mines The Jranscontinental tele-
-auh iina from Cape Town TO Cairo passes
--ougb the estate, with al office the mission
I -mpus
T Tss Ane-tean Methodist mission centre
l. .15er the British nag has been organized on
/ rund business principles The British South
+ s=rra Company. for reasons connected with
1 lie railway system and the mining resources OF
/ -s district. decided TO remove the township OF
/ -ut4L into q valley Ten miles further east L
/ MD oyer $4,000 in compensation. and when
/ LIE transfer was made It had on is hands a
L ..znshiD Of one thousand acres. with the com
/ -gazse" adjoining, which included twelve
/ tJusand acres This property with a series
l 1Hangs in excellent order. was handed Ova
1 d the Bishop tree 1f cost; and he has beer
/ zZ1led To establish a large missionary station
II Z Central Africa Ear Grey II confirming The