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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-14
4WLLVE TEAMS REMAIN.
Six-Day Bicycle Grind Goes On--A se-
 rious Spill.

New York, Dec. 13.-TWelve teams, three of which have been reconstruct ed, still remain in the six-day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden up to midnight tonight A bad accident oc cured early in the day, in which eleven of the thirteen riders went down in a heap on what has come to be known as "headers" curve. Carle Vanoni, of the French team, and c. F. Hollister, of the Salt Lake team, were so seriously injured that they were forced to with draw from the race, Breton and Sam uelson, their respective teammates, doubling up and continuing as team, with the loss of one lap. Calvin and Wiley lost three laps through an acci- dent, and Walthour and Bedell are still recorded one lap behind the lead CTS.
 Desperate efforts were repeatedly made by Walthour and Bedell to-day and tonight to make up the distance separating them from the nine leading teams. Several times the distance was almost made up, when some one of the leaders would fall and the rule against counting lap gained by reason of an accident was enforced Falls also oc- cured when other riders had almost gained a lap until the crfowd shouted it's suspicious that the accidents were Intentionally timed to prevent any rid CT gaining an advantage over the oth- CTS.
 At a. m. the nine leaders had 1.G70 miles laps; Walthour and Bedell and Breton and Samuelson were a lap be- hind and Calvin and Wiley had scored 1870 miles.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-14
SEPARATION IN FRANCE MARKED BY QUIETNESS
ABSENCE OF DRAMATIC INCL DENTS ANCIPIPATED IN
 ALARMIST QUARTERS

Unusually Large Congregations at Masses--Authorities Confine Action to Noting Attractions of Law---Many
 Parishes File Declarations According
 to Law-Cabinet Preparing Measures
 for Parliament TO-day--Clergy Win
 Lose 3s,3OO Pensions.
 N Paris, Dec. 13.-There was a total ab- sence to-day of any of the sensational
 pr dramatic incidents anticipated in
 alarmist quarters in connection with
 the execution of the law of separation
 The parish priests everywhere celebrat-
 ed mass in the presence of unusually
 large congregations, but the actions of
 the authorities were confined to noting Attractions of the law and citing the priests and vicars to appear before jus
 tices of the peace.
 Everywhere legal notices have been
 served for the evacuation of the eccle-
 siastical residences, the seminaries, etc. Several of these buildings were aban- 1oned without further ado, but ma ority of the prelates, while fully pre- pared to go, announced that they would not depart except under duress In many parishes in Paris and the interior Catholic laymen came forward .o-day and spontaneously filed declara- ions for the holding of services in the designated churches during the coming year. If this practice is generally fol- lowed it will be distinct victory for
 the government, relieving it of the pos sibility of the necessity of closing the churches and throwing on the clergy he responsibility for the discontinu- lnce of public worship.
 In the meantime the cabinet Is pre- oaring measures to be introduced be- lore parliament tomorrow.
 The net result of the uncompromising ettitude assumed by the vatican in this ontlict with the French government eems to be that the clergy will lose ts pensions, $500 of which have been ranted and gazetted since the begin ling of this year; that all aspirants to he priesthood will be compelled to per- orm military service, and that the talk ng over of the Episcopal mansions, ectories, seminaries, etc., by the state apartment and the communes will oc- ur immediately instead of in Decem- er, 1907.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-14
LISKMAN FOR POLICE DEPT.
Board of Finance Enables Commission
 CTS to Get One.


 CTS to Get One.
 The hoarf of finance last evening granted Q request of Police Commits sioners Ullman and Joseph Kelly for permission to transfer $1000 from the salary account to use as pay for a line man wanted by the service. Conse- quently the police department will be short one of the new men asked for this year, for whose salaries the board had previously appropriated.
 The sealer, of weights and measures presented request for up-to-date equipment for testing apothecaries' scales. He set the cost at $500, The matter was held over for investigation by Controller Rowe.
 The police commissioners asked for a transfer of s1 ,0oO from the pay roll ac- count to the account of buying horses. Tabled for investigation.
 A request of the same board for $335 for repair of buildings was granted. The controller was authorized to ad- vertise for bids to insure public school boilers. There are thirtyseven of these and the cost is figured at $500 to $7OO. The public works department asked for a transfer of $500 from contingent account to account of street cleaning. Granted,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-14
RElcHsTAG IS DISSOLVED
ENDS LEGfSLA-
 THE BODY,S EXISTENCE.

Bill for Supplementary Appropriation
 to Support Troops in Africa-ActiOn
 Took House by Surprise Although In-
 timated BefOrehand--Direct Attack
 Upon Clerical Party by This Act
 Tension Growing Since December 3.
 Berlin, Dec. 19.-The existence of the Reichstag was terminated suddenly this afternoon, amid scenes of considerable excitement, upon the defeat of the gov ernment's bill for a supplementary ap- propriation to support the troops in German Southwest Africa.
 This action on the part of the gov ernment, although foreshadowed sever al days ago took the house by surprise, as dissolution means direct attack upon the clerical party, which has grown into such intimate relations with the government that it frequently has been characterized as the governing party. The tension between the gov ernment and the clericals has been growing since Director of the Colonial Office Dernburg, on December 3, at- tackled the leader of the center party, Herr Roeren, in the Reichstag, and showed that he had attempted unduly to influence the governments admin istratiye measures in the colonies.
 The socialist leaders believe their party enters the campaign under un- usually favorable circumstances; they intend making the fight chiefly on the scarcity of meat, in the belief that the laboring classes care little or nothing about the governments colonial ven- lures.
 The Poles are equally confident of making a successful fight for seats in the new chamber, owing to the school troubles in Poland.
 The clericals outwardly profess con k 'fidence that they will be ableto hold their own, but many unprejudieed ob- servers, both inside and outside the party believe that the political auspices are unfavorable to the clericals, who have been placed in an awkward posi-. tion through this unexpected energy or the part of the government.
 The last dissolution of the Reichstag occurred in 1893, over a bill increasing the peace footing of the army.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-14
Dies With Woman in New York
 Boarding House.

Dies With Woman in New York
 Boarding House.
 Atlantic Highlands, N, J., Dec. 13,- Father c. s. Quinn, who is supposed to have been the man who in company with a woman was found dead from gas in a New York boarding house today, was formerly assistant pastor of St. Agnes R. c. church in this place. He was dismissed from his charge about three weeks ago by Bish- op McFaul of Trenton. As soon as he was notified of his dismissal the priest left here and did not return. The housekeeper at the rectory left town about week ago. Father Quinn came here last June. His former place of residence Is not known,
 There has been much scandal here concerning Father Quinn and the name of the housekeeper was involv- ed. Scandals of a financial nature were also in circulation concerning the priest. Finally committee of the church visited Bishop McFaul at Tren- ton and the representations they made to the bishop resulted in the dismissal of Father Quinn.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-14
FEMALE SUFFR4GiSTS FIGHT
Another Attempt Made to storm British
 House of Commons.

London, Dec. 13-The female suffra- glsts made another attempt this even- ing to hold meeting within the pre- cinets of the house of commons, and as a result five women and one man were arrested after an exciting fight with the police. The gathering was arrang- ed by the women workers of Manches- ter and East London, who assembled in strong force. The police were taken unawares, and some women got within the entrance to the house before their object was detected, When the police finally barred the entrances the women tried to hold their meeting in the pal ace yard. A force of constables was then summoned to eject them The women fought wildly, scratching and kicking the officers, but they were eventually compelled to give way. Those who persisted in resisting were carried screaming to the nearest police station. They were charged under the old law against attempting to hold a meeting within mile of the house of parliament while the commons is in session.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-14
DIR. BARTON OFF FOR CHINA.
Leaves Boston for Ten Months' Inspec-
 tfOn.

Boston, Dec. 12.-Rev. Dr. James IL. Barton, foreign secretary of the Amer ican board of commissioners for foreign missions, left here to-day for ten months inspection tour of the four board missions in China, Dr. aBrton will sail from San Francisco for Yoko- hama about the middle of January. He will be joined in China by Professor E. c. Moore, and Dr. Lucien c. Warren who have been appointed by the board to cooperate with pr. Barton in shap- ing the future policy of the boards work in China.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-14
MORE HoHENLoHE MEMOIRS
Pope Leo XIII. Wanted s1OO,OOO Gift
 From Kaiser William.

Berlin, Dec. 14.-The National Zei- tung this morning publishes an extract from a certain hitherto unpublished portion of the von Hohenlohe memoirs which declares that Pope Leo XIII. at one time expressed the desire of a gift of $100,O00 from the Emperor of Ger many in connection with a bill which was before the reichstag in 1893 for the increase of the peace footing of the army, Prince von Hohenlohe, whose opinion in this matter was asked, agreed thereto, but he advised with holding the money until the bill had been passed, but to at once inform the pope that it would be given. In the meantime the pope was to be presented with jewel of value.
 The explanation of this reported in- cident is that the clerical party was opposed to the passage of the bill in question, and the $1OO,OOO presumably were intended to secure it's favorable votes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-14
CIVIo FEDERATION ADJouRNS.
Belmont Elected President and Gompers
 First Vice at Annual Session.

First Vice at Annual Session.
 New York, Dec. 13.-The National Civic Federation closed it's fifth annual meeting to-day, after a two-days' dis cussion of questions of public interest, such as an income tax, an inheritance tax, child labor and Government by injunction" Income and inheritance taxes occupied the attention of the speakers at to-day's session. Among those who took part in the discussion were William D. Guthrie, Andrew Car negie, Professor Seligman, of Columbia university; George E. Foster, of Can- ada; N. w. Meagher, former Governor Prince, of New Mexico, and Rev. pr. J. l.. Denniston, of Pennsylvania.
 August Belmont was reelected pres ident and Samuel Gompers was again named first president. N. J.. Bachelder, of New Hampshire, presi- dent of the National Grange, succeeds oscar S. straus as second vice-presi- dent, the latter declining reelection. Isaac N. Seligman, of, New York, was reelected treasurer.
 The heads of the various departments were reelected.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-14
NEW HooE TRIAL DENIED.
Negro Convicted of Perjury in Hartie
 Trial Fined $50.

Pittsburg, Dec. 1S-Clifford Mooe, the negro coachman convicted of perjury in connection with a deposition made by him before the Hartje divorce trial, to-day was refused new trial and sentenced by Judge Robert s. Frazer to pay fine of $50 and the costs of the court trial and to imprisonment of six years in the Western Penitentiary of Pennsylvania An appeal will be taken. Augustus Hartje, the libellant in the divorce case, said that he was not sur- prised at the sentence.
 Attorneys for Augustus Hartje will at once take up the matter of an appeal to the supreme court, which meets here in April, from the decision handed down by Judge Frazer yesterday in which divorce was refused him. The appeal will be based on the fact that the letters which figured in the suit were not proved forgeries and therefore must be genuine.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-14
KING OSCAR'S CONDITION
Swedish People Alarmed by Symptoms
 of Heart Weakness.

Stockholm, Dec. 3,-Considerable alarm was occasioned the Swedish peo- pie to-day by statement that the health of King oscar was causing much anxiety, that all the members of the royal family had assembled at the pal ace, and that the crown prince, Gusta- vus Alophus, had been hurriedly sum- moned from Berlin.
 It appears that King Oscar has been ailing for some days. His indisposition was not regarded as serious until Wednesday, when he developed symp- toms of serious heart weakness. His majesty's heart has been more or less affected for the past three years, and, in the fear that because of his great age the present attack might prove fla tai, four doctors have been In attend ance upon the king.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-14
NEW MILFORD IMPROVEMENTS
Hallway Central Station Between
 Pittsfield and New York.

New Milford, Dec. 1S.-In connection with the new route between Danbury and Greenwich the New Haven railroad purposes making great improvements at this place with the object of estab- fishing halfway central station be- tween New York and Pittsfeld. Within the past year the company has pur- chased great amount of property ad- jacent to the railroad tracks, which in- clude about ten buildings and twenty acres of meadow land, at cost of about $2OO,OO0. This property lies to the west of the railroad tracks and runs to the Housatonic river about an eighth of mile away, and part of it is now being improved.
 Among the contemplated buildings is large freight station west of the track, the present one to be torn down to make room for a new passenger sta ton.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-14
Trolley Cars in Smash.

Hartford, Dec. A.-A rear end col lision on the South Manchester and Hartford trolley line tonight, between an extra and a regular car Hartford bound, resulted in injury to the con- ductor and motorman of the extra, a severe shaking up for the twenty-five passengers in the regular and the smashing in of the front of the extra together with some damage to the rear platform of the regular.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-14
MGR. MoNTAGNINI TALKe.
DecIares Unhappy Situation in France
 Result of Free Masonry.


 Rome, Dec. 18.-The Osservatore Ro- '9ano this evening, referring to the arr I Gle published in the Journal des De- ats of Paris, repeats that the circular bsued by M. Briand, the French min gter of public worship, is the sole Ause of the present deadlock in
 rance.
 I The Giornale D'Italia to-day pub 8shes all article in which Mgr. Mon agnini, referring to his expulsion from France, is quoted as follows: \ My expulsion was painful, but not Unexpected. France is going through Unhappy hours. The present situation $ due to Freemasonry, which succeed d in getting the upper hand through he indolence of the French middle Although deeply catholic, these are unorganized.
 q am the humble agent of the pope Ind I only did his will. Nobody can lay what the consequences of what is ranspiring in France will be, but Gods will will be done. Upon returning to Rome I placed myself at the orders of he pope; these 1 will execute Loyalty, Ao matter what the outcome may be-"
 The Giornale D'Italia publishes also ] rep5rt that M. Pichon, the French minister of foreign affairs, is about to ake stems for the preservation intact Df the papal archives seized in Paris. The paper says this action is due to energetic protests lodged by several of he ambassadors in Paris, who objected o these diplomatic documents being examined by outsiders.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-14
VANDERB1LT,sN MARROW ESCAPE
.W. K. Jr., Hurled From His Auto Into
 Lake.

New York, Dec. 1S.-W. K. Wander sbilt, jr., had a narrow escape from
 death to-day. With his chauffeur he was speeding his sixty horse power
 racing automobile on the shore of Lake Success, Long Island, when the Front axle snapped and the car skidded
 3 zig-zag course. IA moment later a
 wheel became detached and the body
 pf the car struck the ground and tore Slp the road for fifteen feet or more. The jar hurled MT. Vanderbilt from anis seat over the machine into the
 ake, we'll away from the shore. He sank through the thin ice, but rose inn
 nediately and swan to shore. The Force with which Mir. Vanderbilt was thrown from the automobile was such that, had he met with any obstacle, Enc must have been instantly killed. fThe chauffeur clung to his seat and was not seriously injured.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-14
HOSPITAL SITE NOT
 FOR THE TWELFTH WARD
AADERMANIC COMMITTEE CITES THE PETJT1ONERsLE LEAVE
 TO WITHDRAW.

Opposition Hearing Lasted Three and
 one-Half HOurs-Ex-Alderman Ee1,-
 ChillingwOrth Says the Need os co
 tasious Disease Hospital Does Not
 warrant the Expcnse-CharIes Cav
 Makes Exhaustive Presentation os
 Arguments-Rev. pr. Sheath and
 Father Baker Among Opposition.
 The proposition to place a conta- gious disease hospital in the Twelfth ward has been defeated by the oyer- Whelming opposition of Fair Hayeners. The Investigating committee went in- to executive session at 11:45 o'clock last night after listening for three and one-half hours to arguments in opposi- tion. The executive session was very short and when it was over the chair man stated that the petitioners for the hospital would be given leave to with draw. This report will come befora the board of aldermen next Monday night, and will doubtless be accepted. The decision of the committee was not unanimous and the chairman would not state how the vote stood. The committee consists of Aldermen Fran cis s. Hamilton, chairman; Marlowe. Homan, Woodford and Courtney. The whole of this hearing, which was postponed from Monday night. was given to the opposition with tho exception of twenty minutes allowed at the close to Prof. J. e. Tracy and Dr. c. J. Foote to refute arguments. and few moments allowed Prof. Tracy to make corrections on his map.
 As had been agreed upon Charles Gay took the floor when the hearing began, but he stated that if the chair man of the committee did not object he would yield the floor to ex-Alder- man Felix Chillingworth, because that gentleman desired to leave early.
 MT Chillingworth said that the city lieS1 'SuNSu PtoyuVV III punlpOuulS Lll6 building of the hospital. He favored Springside as against any section that was or might become thickly inhabit- ed. ~In case Springside was impossible he favored some arrangement with the existing hospitals because the number of cases to be treated would not warrant the expense.
 Charles Gay then renewed his speech for the Twelfth warders He took a few moments to make reply to crit icisms that had been cast upon him and he gave the committee to under stand that Hon. Eli Whitney, Rev. pr. Newman Smyth, Rev. Dr. Watson l.. Phillips and Dr. Henry Fleischner were not so disinterested in their posi- tion as they would have people under stand.
 Continuing, he said in part:
 If the hospital is erected on Clinton avenue, and maintained there 1t win cost large sum of money simply to keep the building clean and particu- larly the windows, owing to the soot, smoke and cinders.
 "Now. gentlemen, I warn you that if hospital is erected on the site se, lected, that the board of health will hay to abandon it, and If cansby any
 (Continued on Second Page.)
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-14
WARNER GOING TO CARLISLE.
Cornell Loses It's Football and Baseball
 Coach.

Ithaca, N. r., Dec 1S.-Glenn S. Warner, for the past three years coach of the football and baseball teams at Cornell university announced tonight that he had accepted an offer as gen eral athletic director of the Carlisle In dian school. MT. Warmers contract with Cornell expired with the Thanks giving day football game at Philadel- phia.
 Coach Warner graduated from Cornell in 1894, He was captain of the football team in his senior year, and played left guard during his college course.
 He came to Cornell as coach in 1904 at reputed salary of $3,000 year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-14
Shining News.

Pannrnia, Naples, etc. Sailed: Steam- CTS PeninsuIar, Lisbon; La Bretagne, Havre; Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, ,Ham- burg via Plymouth and Cherbourg.
 Havre, Dec. Is. a. m.-Arrived: Steamer La Lorraine, New York.
 London, Dec. 19.-Arrived: Steamer Mesaba, New York.
 Naples, Dec. S.-Arrived: Steamer Sofia Hohenberg, New York. for Plume and Venice.
 NaplSs, Dec. 12.-Arrived: Steamer Cedric, New York via St. Michaels.
 Queenstown, Dec 13-3:40 p. m.- Sailed: Steamer Majestic, (from LiYer- pooD, New York.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-14
Carnegie's Telegraph Teacher Dead.

Washington, Dec 19.-John Howard Uarcombe, eight5-six years old, a vet eran employe of the pension office, and the man who taught Andrew Carnegie telegraphy, died at BellsvilIe, Md, near this city yesterday When he re- tired from office some months ago Mir. Carnegie gave him pension of $1OO 8 month for life.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-14
Escape from MlddIetoMn.

Middletown, Dec. 1S.-Sedgwick Bar roughs, escaped from the asylum for the insane here tonight. He was com mitted from Fairfield about three years ago. Burroughs is about fifty-fve years old, has a graw mustache and beard. He is said to be slightly deaf
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-14
Lad Arrested for Theft.

Pasouale Mascona, an Italian lad of thirteen, was arrested last evening by Detective Ward on a charge of theft of trinkets from the F. w. Woolworth company's store on Chapel street. He was with group of lads hanging around the store,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-14
FIRE IN HARTFORD.
Block Owned by the Heubleir Brothers
 Gutted.

Hartford. Dec 13,-The large block S5, S7 and SS Pratt street, owned by the Heublein Brothers and occupied on the ground floor by J. E. Griffith, jeweler, and N. A. Sperry dealer in phono- graphs and records, is on fire. The upper part of the building is given over to offices. It is expected that the fire will be confined to the first floor. It is supposed to have started in the boiler room under the Sperry store The dam age. is not estimated.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-14
Sheldon a Princeton Trustee.

Princeton, Dec. 18,-At a regular meeting of the trustees of Princeton university to-day Edward Wright shel- don. of New York, was elected a life trustee. MT. Sheldon was graduated from Princeton in 1879. He is presi- dent of the United States Trust com DanV
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-14
Bishop Mccnbe Slightly Improved.

New York, Dec. 1S.-Bishop C. c. Me Cabe, of the Methodist Episcopal church of Philadelphia, who is ill at the New York hospital, suffering from a stroke of apoplexy. was reported at the hospital tonight as slightly i'm proved since yesterday,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-14
Princeton Defeated in Hockey.

New York, Dec. 1S.-By a score of ' to 1 Princeton university met defeat at the hands of the hockey club of New York at the St. Nicholas rink tonight. The disc was in Princeton's territory during most of the game,