New-York tribune., 1902-01-27
NEW WIRELESS SEA RECORD.
JTAIBRIA AND ETRURIA EXCHANGE
MARCONI MESSAGES OVER ONE
HUNDRED AND TEN MILES.

Tho s+espsbins ITubria and La Champagne
which arrived yesterday, were forced 10 take
the long route In order to avoid icebergs. ms
route is used from the middle of January TO the
middle of August The Umbria and Etrurla
talked with each other by wireless teleSraphy
for four hours on Wednesday. The operator on
the Unbria caught the Etrura's call at II 40
a. m, the longitude being then about 39 The
two ships exchanged messages till $40 p. M
The minimum distance that separated the TWO
vessels was thirty-two miles. The final message
was transmitted over 40 nautical miles. The
best previous record for these two ships has
been 100 nautical miles. The Umbria sent
messages for five of her passengers to the
Etruria for transmission to friends In England.
Nothing was heard from the Philadelphla, ana
no efforts were made TO find her. as the operator
of the Umbria did not know that the Philadel-
phia had wireless plant.
One of the passengers on the Umbria was the
Right Rev. L. ]. Coppin, who took charge of
the Fourteenth Episcopal Diocese of the Ameri-
can Methodist Episcopal Church in South Africa
about year ago. He is the first Bishop to this
diocese. which lies south of the Zambesi River
and comprises two conference.-the South Afri-
can and the Transvaal.
IT found plenty of work awaiting me when L
got out there" he said yesterday. THE two
conferences were mapped out but were not or
ganzed and only a start had been made in
their development. We now have between forty
and fifty churches established with oven one
hundred travelling ministers, who are doing
grand work all over the field We have recently
bought large building in Cape Town. where IN
February next we Will open school 10 prepare
students for a collegiate course. We propose 10
make this of high standard and to graduate
our students fitted for matriculation at any
English or American college This is an entirely
new enterprise. and l hope while in this country
TO enlist the interest of all our people In it. We
are also hoping soon TO start an Industrial and
the same general plan the school at Tus-
kegee-Booker Washingtons pet enterprise. we
are seriously handicapped in this project by the
unsettled condition of the country on account or
the war. There seems little hope of the terrible
war cloud lifting. You cannot conceive the con-
dition of affairs over there. The Beers are
gradually being wiped off the earth. 1t is no
longer war but a process of slow determination.
England will never listen to any arbitration
publics and the Beers will accept OF no other
settlement. Just so long as they are able to
keep up this guerilla method OF warfare they
can notwithstanding the smallneSs or their
numbers keep thousands of soldiers In the field
busy watching them and trying 10 head them
off"
Bishop Coppin goes from here to Philadelphia.
where he will remain for two months. incident
ally preparing a report on his work for publica-
ton in the official church paper He VIII re-
turn to South Africa early in April.
Among the other passengers was Hugo Barring,
OF the firm of Barring Brothers. who brought
with him his cousin. Lady Constance Mackenzie
She IS nineteen years old and under the guard
ianship OF her uncle. the Duke OF sutherland.