Review of reviews and world's work . Labor, for contempt of court in the BucksStove case. November 3.—Henry Farman wins theMichelin cup at Mourmelon, covering about 144miles in 4 hours, 6 minutes, 25 seconds, thusbreaking all aeroplane records for duration .The National Geographic Societyat Washington approves the records of Com-mander Robert E. Peary and votes him a .The Carnegie Hero Fund Commissiondistributes $33,000, and awards fifty medals foracts of bravery. November 4.—The United States battleshipNorth Dakota proves herself the fastest battle-ship of the Drea
Review of reviews and world's work . Labor, for contempt of court in the BucksStove case. November 3.—Henry Farman wins theMichelin cup at Mourmelon, covering about 144miles in 4 hours, 6 minutes, 25 seconds, thusbreaking all aeroplane records for duration .The National Geographic Societyat Washington approves the records of Com-mander Robert E. Peary and votes him a .The Carnegie Hero Fund Commissiondistributes $33,000, and awards fifty medals foracts of bravery. November 4.—The United States battleshipNorth Dakota proves herself the fastest battle-ship of the Dreadnought type afloat; she de-velops knots and 35,150 horsepower. November 5.—The will of John Stewart Ken-nedy, of New York, disposes of nearly $60,000,-000, half of which goes to public institutions. November 6.—The University of Copenhagendeclines to accept the proposal of the NationalGeographic Society to be represented by a com-mittee when Dr. Cooks Polar records are .Col. G. R. Colton is inaugurated as. YASUYA UCHIDA, THE NEW JAPANESE AM-BASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES. (Baron Uchida, who succeeds Baron Takahira atWashington, comes to us from the Japanese embassyin Vienna. He is not, as was generally believedwhen we went to press with this Review last month,the Japanese diplomat of the same name who wasformerly consul-general at New York and who earlyin September was promoted to the rank of minister.) Governor of Porto .Senator Aldrich, ofRhode Island, speaks in Chicago, outlining thework and purposes of the National .The New Theatre, in NewYork City, is formally dedicated and opened. November 8.—At the convention of theAmerican Federation of Labor, in Toronto,President Samuel Gompers defends his defianceof the courts. November 10.—President Taft arrives inWashington, completing his journey of 13, .Fourteen persons were killed and seveninjured by a collision on the British ColumbiaElectric Railway
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