The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-12-21
NE " S-GATHERERS
TO WORK HARD IN
HOLIDAY WEEK
All Regular Events Off the
Program
PAUSE AT WASHINGTON
Several Murder Trials in Progress
Abe Ruef to Be Sentenced on
Thursday.

New York, Dec. 21-The week opens
with the prospect that most OF its
news will be spontaneous, majority
OF the fixed and scheduled events in
this country having gone over until
after the holidays" Congress has
adjourned until January 4, and the live
ly developments which have been so
numerous during the past fortnight or
more at the national capital seem like
ly to suffer a pause during the last
days Of 1908.
The battleship feet will be in the
Indian ocean on its way from Ceylon,
where it has for several days been
coaling in the harbOr of Colombo.
Meanwhile the Pacific cruiser squad
ron continues to Chilli The two fleets
are due to arrive again in North Amer
lean waters on the same day (Febru-
airy 23) at opposite sides of the contin-
ent, and the battleships at Hampton
Roads, and the cruiser squadron at
Panama.
The new Turkish Parliament, mark.
ing the epoch Of departure from the
centuries Of unmitigated despotsm in
that country continues its session Of
unknown possibilities. The Japanese
national legislature opens at Toxic on
Tuesday.
Al Santiago de Chile on the day be
fore Christmas will be held the pre-
limmary session Of the Pan-American
scientific congress. This gathering is
expected to contribute much to the
progress OF science in South America
and 10 add materially to the good re-
lations of the nations concerned.
Venezuela continues in the curious
posture Of being at the point Of war
with Holland while her absentee Pres
ident Castro is a center OF wondering
interest, as the stories alternately pic.
ture him first as a seeker after skill
ed medical attention, and second, as
a distinguished visitor in Europe
At home much Of the Christmas
week forecast must concern itself with
criminal trials Thornton jenkins
Hams will resume tomorrow his place
as defendant in the court at Flush
ing. where he is under trial as an al.
legged principal with his brother, Cap
tain Peter c. Hams, Jr., in the muir.
der of William E. Annis the boy Ha-
eel az Toledo. is nearing the end OF
his trial for the murder of his mother
Whan Crang, the Korean, is in a like
position at San Francisco. charged
with killing Durham White Stevens;
and the group Of alleged murderous
" night riders" are before Judge and
Jury for the lynching OF Captain Quen
tin Rankin at Reilfoot Lake, In Ten
nessce last October.
Sentence is expected to be passed
on Thursday on Abraham Ruef, re-
Gently convicted IN his fourth trial
for bribery in connection with the
tranction franchise bribery scandals
| IN san Francisco.
John Mantasanna is sentenced to
die by electricity this week at Trenton
n. j., for murder. This is the case in
which Il is said to be proposed to at.
tempt to revive the man after the ply.
slcians pronounce him dead. The
prison authorities announced later,
however that no such experiment
would be permitted.
Andrew Carnegie has been subpoe.
naed TO appear this week before the
ways and means committee OF the
House OF Representatives TO testify In
regard to his published arguments in
favor Of the abolition Of the tarih on
steel and iron products.
Taft and Bryan will both figure this
week In the dispatches; the judge In
his vacation at Augusta. Ga. whore
he must continue his preparations for
his Inauguration In March; Mr. Bry.
an In a series Of public addresses in
Pennsylvania. the most interesting
perhaps being that to be made Tues
day night at a dollar dinner" at TN
iontown.
Nearly everybody knows DeWltta