The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-12-25

me lOlGOu iil.iSS CON.il.i:S tic Ic-
ceipt of a message by wire.ess te!e-
gr2phy from Marccli at Cape Breton,
X. 5.
The tex os Tho wireless message
from the Times correspondent, which
w2s transmitted frc-. Glace Bay, y.
c.. to Boldhu. Cornwall. is as follows:
"Bei%G present at its transmission in
Sigaor Marconi's Canadian station,
Times. the inventors first wireless
transatlantic message Of greeting to
E-siald and Italy"
Ottawa. Ont. Spec:al.-The following
message, received by Lord MiHto. gov
ernor general CT Canada. from MarcoGi
SHOWS that wireless transatlantic
tc!egraphy has been Success:
"Glaca Bay. n. s. Dec. 81.
TO His EXcsllency, the Governor Gen
eral. Government House:
Have the honor to inform YoIr e.:
callency that your message has now
been transmitted by ne from CAPE
Breton TO Cornwall, by wireless tei2-
gTaphy and k2s beeI forwarded TO rs
destination.
(Sienod) MAROON"
Loll Minto telegraphed Marcoai as
follows: Delighted at your message
just received. Warmest congratulations
ca your -Dlendid success.
(Sisnedj "MINTO."
!!cn. ". S. Fielding sent telegram
Of conc"arvlltion 10 Marcoli and Sir
Richard Cartwright, acting Premier,
G&s ca6led 10 England corGratClat!ng
the LTit:2h people between the tive
countries.
HISTORY OF MARCONI'S INVEN-
TION.
Halifax. y. S., Spec!al.-After eight
experiments conducted with the great
est secrecy. Marconi announces that
he has solved the problem Of wireless
trars-oceanic communication and has
successfully transmitted wireless mes.
sages from the shores of Canada 10 the
coast Of England. The formal an
nouncement of this achievement was
made by the inventor himself, today
when he stated that the wireless mes
sages had been successfully transmit
ted and forwarded from the Governor
General of Canada to King Edward
VII, of Great Britain, and to the King
Of Italy. DR.. Geo. R. Parkin, principal
of the Upper Canada College, trustee
of Rhodes scholarships, was present
when one of the successful tests was
made. Prior to December, 1901, the
greatest distance covered by wireless
telegraphy scarcely exceeded 100 miles.
Early in that year Marconi visited
New England and from Signal Hill
commenced experimenting with Corn
wall and on December II and Is, OF
that year, faint signals Of the letter "S''
repeated several times were caught by
ear only with the aid Of telephones.
Later on, Marconi, on board Of the
steamship Philadelphia, bound for
America, succeesed in establishing
communication with Cornwall, dis
tance of 2,100 miles. Trans-oceanic
messages also were received on beard
the Italian warship Carlo Alberto,
while the vessel lag at anchor in Sgd
ney harbor, on October 81, and since
then Marconi has been perfecting the
apparatus at Table Head. He met with
innumerable difficulties there, but at
lest has succeeded in sending trans
oceanic wireless message from Canada
to Cornwall. a distonce OF $500 miles.
The Carlo Alberto some days ago was
ordered to proceed to Venezuela, but as
immediate departure would seriously
retard Marconi's operations, the order
was modified and she was held at Sgd
ney until transatlantic communica-
tion was successfully accomplished.
She has sailed for Venezuela to take
part in blockade operations.