The King has conferred a baronetcy on Sir Percy Vincent, the Lord Mayor of London.
Sir Henry Wellcome, the medicine manufacturer, left £2,000,000. He Lequeathed the residue of the estate for research work on medicine and for a pharmacy for allied purposes.
The signatures of eighteen coun-{sles were appended to an Intern anal Convention for the uso broadcasting in the cause of peace at Geneva on Sept. 24.
After protracted negotiations, an agreement has been reached between the British and Norwegian Governments upon the measures to. be taken during the fortitcoming whale Ing season to prevent excessive Me roads into the stock of whales, President Roosevelt has announced the recess appointment, as Secretary of War, of Mr. Harry Woodring, formerly Assistant Seeretary, who will temporarily All the vacancy caused by the death of Mr.
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