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The Washington times., 1905-12-19
DR.. G0rdOn'S Position
Not Entirely Clear
"My Reasons for ResiqnnQ" Will Not Be
Given Out at present-May Expect
Clever Coup d'Etat"

My Reasons for Resigning.' which Is
the title of "A short STORY by Rev. DR..
John Gordon. president of Howard Uni
versity. is likely 10 prove highly in
teresting bit of reading matter as soon
as it is given out by the board Of trus-
tees at its next meeting.
Many expected TO hear Or. Gordon s
side of TIE question Thursday, but word
was passed around last night that Dr.
Teunis s. Hamlin. president of the
board OF trustees, had decided 10 with
draw the call for meeting this week
and shat no action will therefore yv
taken until the next call is issued. 1t
is felt in some quarters that DIR. Cor
don is preparing to make coup d'etat"
that may mean his retention in office
or a Congressional investigation which
will eventually mean his vindication and
recall.
Gordon Is Reticent.
When asked for a statement about
his motives for resigning DR. Gordon
declined 20 talk further than to make
this statement: My reasons for resign
ing are stated i'm my letter of resigna-
ton. which is in the hands OF DR.. Ham
lin. and will be handed to the board Of
trustees OF the university at its next
meeting-whenever that will be held.
1t is expressed openly by some mem
bers of the Howard faculty that Dr.
GoTdon's departure at this time ana
under present conditions will injure the
university. Dr. Robert Reyburn. dean
of the medical department, which has
230 students. spoke highly of DR.. Gordon
this morning. saying: The president
Of the university has taken a great in
terest in our department, and We see
no reason. as far as our department is
concerned why we should accept his
resignation. We hope he will be re-
tained-"
Another man. however, although ap-
p3rently friendly TO DR. Gordon. stated
that he had made too many enemies TO
retain his position. except after an up
Eeaval that will possibly shake the uni
versity TO it's center. when DR. Cor
don came here" he said he found a
rather loose way of conducting uni
ve-sity affairs. He instituted what he
considered reforms.
The Washington times., 1905-12-19
WOULD RETURN TO
FORMER SYSTEM
Citizens Say Streets Should
Be Renamed.
PETITIONS ClRCULET ED
Measure Will Be introduced in Congress
But Chances for It's Passage
Are Dubious.

Petitions are being widely circulated
In Mt. Pleasant and other northwest
sections of the city to support a bill
which will be introduced in the House
and Senate in the near future TO reneal
the act of Congress which authorized
the District Commissioners TO change
the names of many streets in the north
west section of Washington.
The object of the dissatisfied citizens
is to have the streets given their old
names. They claim that the new system.
OF names. which has been in force for
over a year. is a source of constant
confusion and annoyance to all people
who live on the streets with the changed
names.
1t is probable that the bill to be in
troduced will not only repeal the author
ity the Commissioners had for renam-
ing the streets but will also provide
in specific terms that the streets re-
ferred 10 shall resume their old names
Chances Are Dubious.
The chances of the measure being put
through are now considered dubious II
is argued that to again change the
names of the streets would be but 70
make confusion worse confounded.
The advocates of the bill claim that
this is not the case. One man who lives
on a street with a new name says that.
when he ordered his Thanksgiving tur-
KEY. il reached him at 10 O'Clock az
night Another has been told by his
grocer that IL would take the grocer
several wears TO learn where his Gus
toners live on the newly named thor
oughfare.
Another says that. when he orders
his marketing. he has to say. for IN
stance:
''Nunite&r Jones street. formerly
number Smith street"
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Alexandria, Va, Want Ad Branch.

r. l.. Carne & Co. 703 King street.
Alexandria. Va. will accept Want Ad-
yertisements for The Evening and sun
day Times at regular office rates.
The Washington times., 1905-12-19
DISTRICT PHARMACY BILL.

Representative Babcock has introduced
in the House the District Commission
ers' bill tn regulate the practice OF
pharmacy in the District OF Columbia
The Washington times., 1905-12-19
FOURTH-CLASS MEN
TOLD TO TESTIFY
Senior MiddieS Remove Fear
of Punishment.
AUTHORITIES DETERMINED
Younger Men Must Give Information or
Accept Dement'S and Probable
Dismissal

ANNAPOLIS Dec. 19.-The most sig
nifcant indication OF the effect that the
present investigation Of hazing and
fighting ordered by Superintendent
Sands is having became known yester-
day when the word was passed from
the first class that the fourth-elass men
who were called were TO tell every
thing they knew before the board of in
vestigation.
Heretofore the fourth-class men had
been threatened with the most direful
consequences II they told the names of
any upper-class men who hazed them.
Surrender to Authorities.
This Is practical confession that
there is no use standing out against the
authorities when they arc pursuing the
present line. II only one or two wit
nesses were called TO testify the upper
class men could watch their chance and
make such examples of them that sub
sequent witnesses would rather leave
the academy than say a word which In
criminated anyone
This was attempted in Kimbroughs S
case. he being one OF the earliest wit
nesses.
The members or the fourth class are
now being called in such numbers that
it would be impossible TO personally
deal with each one.
The board OF investigation resumed it's
session yeterday morning In Brancroft
Hall. and II is likely, it IS officially an
nounced. 10 continue its work for sew
eraT weeks.
The midshipmen are answering the
questions Of the members OF the board
without reserve. 1t is understood that
they are informed that If they refuse
TO answer they Will be assigned a large
number OF demerits and recalled the
next dav. and assigned more II they re-
fuse again.
The Washington times., 1905-12-19
LAND PURCHASED
FOR JEWISH COLLEGE

CINCINNATI. Ohio, Dec Bland for
the site of a new college TO take the
place Of the various Hebrew colleges
throughout the country was purchased
in Clifton, suburb, today. The out
lay will be more than 500, coo
It's a Safe and Profitable Investment
To deposit your funds in banking dept
OF Union Trust Co. 1914 r st. 2 per cent
per annum paid on all accounts.
The Washington times., 1905-12-19

discharged teachers are said TO have
written to New England politicians 20
the effect that DIR. Gordon had refused
10 pay them the salaries that Congress
had provided.
In the manual training department DR.
Gordons reforms proved no less dis
tasteful. His friends say that he grew
quite interested in the number of car
riages that drove up 10 the Manual
Training School. The teachers are said
TO have been the occupants Of the car
riages.
Dr. Gordon decided that this carriage
business had TO stop and il was not
long before new teachers were appointed
who remained at the institution soon
afterward. however. the cry was raised
that the Western president was trying
20 degrade the standing OF the univer-
sity, turning ii from school OF higher
standard to manual training school.
Or. Gordon is said to have maintained,
however. that If manual training was
to be taught it ought to be taught
thoroughly.
In the meantime there is considerable
talk as to who is TO get DR.. Gordon :
place if he steps out.
Need White Men.
1t is said. however. that the next
president will have a great task before
him IL ne takes stand that the board
of trustees is to run the university and
not cliques of students or others 1t has
been suggested by men who heve watch
ed the affairs of the school for some
years that the placing of a few good
Southern white men on the board might
do much in helping that body under
stand the proper way OF handling many
OF the problems that affect the cOlored
people. IL is argued that the Southern
ers understand the negro race better
than the men from any other section OF
the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-18
WITH MIIITARYHONORS
REMAINS OF CAPT. STANTON
PLACED IN ARLINGTON.

The funeral Of the late Capt Clark STAN
ton took place at o'clock this afternoon
from the chapel of Speare's undertaking
establishment, go + street northwest The
services Were extremely simple. but i'm
pressive. and were conducted. by Chaplain
James H. Bradford of the Loyal Legion.
The burial was al Arlington with military
honors, a firing squad and bugler to sound
taps" being furnished from the cavalry
force al Fort Myer
Among the floral tributes were handsome
pieces from the Loyal Legion and Almas
Temple. Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine, de-
ceased having been an honored member of
both organizations
Besides Masonic representatives there
were present al the funeral the following
members OF the official committee of the
Loyal Legion, named for the occasion by
lain James II. Bradford, Col. Oliver d.
Kinsman Mai Eminel p. Halstead and
Lieut.. jefferson RI. Jennings
Capt. Clark Stanton died Thursday after
noon at his home, 262i 14th street
northwest. He was a special examiner in
the pension bureau and a native of Yates
county. New York, where he was born in
1887
AT the outbreak of the civil war he en-
listed as private in the noted Lincoln
Cavalry officially known as the ist New
York Cavalry. He entered the service as
"a private in Company b, August -. 1861.
and the records of the War Department
show that his enlistment was for three
years. lie was appointed corporal April
L. iSts2. quartermaster sergeant December
II, 1867. Te-enliSted as a veteran volunteer
January l, 1864; mustered second lieu
tenant 10 date April 10, 1864; as first lieu
tenant To date from December -, 1864; as
captain, to date from June 3, 1865, and mus
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-18
LIMIT SALE OF OIL.
Fire Marshal Requests Minars Be Pro-
hibited Buying Petroleum..

Fire Marshal Nicholson today for yarded
to the Commissioners a series of sugges-
lions for certain of the police regulations
which bear upon the storage and sale or
highly infammabie oils within the District
Three of the proposed amendments come
under section of the regulations. the fire
marshal stating objections to articles 2, D
and 6. To article g, 1t is asked. be append
ed clause restricting the storage of petro-
ieum or any Of its products, or any other
infammable oil, in any one premises to
quantity not to exceed five gallons. unless
a license to that effect be secured, and,
further, that any dealer making a sale of
kerosene shall label the vessel in which the
oil is carried.
The amendment to article 6. if adopted,
will make 1t compulsory for dealers to
allow the fire marshal or his representa-
tive to collect samples of oils The sug-
gested amendments to article provide for
forbdding the sale of gasoline to children
under the age of sixteen years; for allow
ing only one gallon to be sold at one time,
and for restricting sale of such oil TO day
light hours. The fire marshal also would
have transferred to his office the work of
passing upon and issuing permits for loca-
ton of tanks for the storage and sale of
gasoline.
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Making the Streets Attractive.

From Leslies Weekly.
We shall need to bestir ourselves more
than we have done If we ever catch up
with some of the cities in Europe, not
only In the matter of good municipal gov
eminent, but also in the less important.
though none the less valuable, particular
of municipal adornment. France and Bel
GUM are far in advance of us in laws and
regulations affecting bill posting and other
forms of public advertising, and also in
the encoura cement offered in various ways
to private citizens to cooperate in the
work of identifying streets. parks, resi-
dences and public buildings. An annual
prize has been granted by the Paris NUM-
cipal council for some years past for the
most artistcally designed house front, and
recently a competition has been opened in
Paris under the same auspices for the most
artistic sign-boards the prizes offered being
sufficient to stimulate the efforts of the
best living French artists. The possibilities
lying in this direction of adding to the
beauty and attractiveness of business
streets are obviously very great.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-18
FUNERAL OF FIREMAN MceINNIs.
Services Attended by Large Gathering
of Friends

Requiem mass was said at st. Stephens
Catholic Church at 10 o'clock this morning
for the repose of the soul of Joseph f. Nc
Ginnis. member of the fire department,
who was killed Wednesday by falling be-
meath the l.eavy wheels of the engine which
he was driving at high speed in response
TO fire alarm. Rev. T. C. Srnyth assistant
pastor of st. Stephens, offcated. and fol-
lowing the celebration of mass, delivered a
eulogy on the deceased, his life and charac-
ter. lnterment was in Holy Rood cemetery.
The pallbearers, who were selected from
McGinnis' close personal friends and asso-
ciates in the fire department, We're: Capt.
Tom O'ConnOr of No. 1, Lieut.. Ed OCon-
nor of No. /, Driver John Trodden who
succeeded to McGinnis' place as driver of
No. /. Engineer Mosby Wooster of No l.
Driver John Carter of No. and jeremiah
Mccarthy of truck f. AS an honorary es-
cort from the church to the grave there
were forty uniformed members of the fire
department. There was no special detail
but there was a large representation from
each company in the department On
either side of the hearse which conveyed
the remains to the cemetery We're fastened
the firemans insignia and helmet. The
church was filled to overlooking and hun
dreds who were denied the privilege of en-
tering stood outside. The members of the
immediate family and the members of the
fire department occupied prominent pews in
front.
The vested choir sang a beautiful song
service, and following Immediately came
the celebration of mass. Rev. Father
Smyth paid an eloquent tribute to the dead
firemans memory, and admonlshed his
hearers to draw a lesson from his life
We were called together this morning be-
fore the altar of God to pay a last tribute
of love and respect to a devoted friend and
brother" he said. The tragic circum-
stances of this sad death is fraught with
tremendous lesson, and we should profit by
its teaching. Life is so uncertain. He was
taken away in the bloom of manhood and
at the time of his death held undisputed
sway over his fellows.
HE fell suddenly in the line of his duty.
and surely God will be nlerciful. You know
what a good. kind fellow he was-he was
everybody's friend and everybody liked and
loved him"
McGinnis was one of the most popular
members in the department and his death
wednesday came as a shock to those who
knew him and who learned TO love him for
his courage and self-sacrificing devotion to
duty.
McGinnis was a member of the Firemens
Mutual Relief Association and his family
has received $1,000 from that source. Nc
Ginnis' aged mother. who was Frustrated
with GRIEF when the news of his death
reached her, was reported to be dangerously
III this morning
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the type of canal have no absolute power
over the commission. Their duties are
simply advisory. They get 1900 a year and
The total number of laborers that VIII
be needed before the canal Is completed
will probably be $4,000 There are now
vance of 5000 over the time when Chief En-
gineer Wallace quit his Job. 1t may be
remarked that of this large number there
Is now a sick list of only IS per 1;00e which
Is considered very good showing by the
authorities yellow fever has been fought
almost to standstili. and last month there
were only three cases. Malaria is slower
to yield, but even this Is said to be inn
proving.
Improvement in Health Conditions.
This improvement in health conditions Is
due to the hard work of the sanitary
corps under Col. Gorgas The city of Pan
anna has been given a new water supply
from the old and partly completed reservoir
left by the French This Is the first time
that the city has e<er had an adequate
water supply in 800 years. The streets
are also being paved with view to
keeping them clean, and the house-to- house
system of cleaning has been extended at
happy, lazy and dirty natives do not like
the trouble of being cleaned UP, but they
enjoy the sensation afterward. and they
are now happy under the new regime.
ter for the towns between 1t and Panama
On the Pacific side, but there are new
reservoirs being constructed to supply
Colon. Culebra. Bias Obispo and Empire on
the Atlantic slope. The sewer system of
Panama. which was unheard of till Amer
lean energy took hold is half completed.
and the whole canal zone is being cleared
of underground and cleaned W. from end
to end All this work is slow and takes
a great deal of time and money. but it has
been proved absolutely necessary to allow
ub RI work in thp climate of the
iSthmus, and ii is mentioned to account in
some degree for the apparent siowness of
the work up to date The French tried to
do the work without the pre!iHinaries and
failed The American engineers have found
it advantageous to make haste slowly. and
this has been done in spite of the frequent
appeal from the public to make the dirt
fly"
The actual work of digging the canal can
proceed quickly and easily from now on.
There are already twenty steam shovels on
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the ground and sixty more have been or
dered. There will be In AL between $50 and
900 miles Of railroad track when all il COM
pIeted. and much of the time Of both Mr..
Wallace and Mr.. Stevens have been de-
voted to this work. There have been long
side tracks laid from the Culebra cut down
to the tracks OF the Panama railroad. and
the excayated material will he taken away
and used for filling in the swamps and for
making breakwaters and the like at each
end Of the canal. All OF the excavated ma
teriai must be carried all the way from a
few yards to fifteen miles. and the great
fear is that II will be easier to excavate 1t
than to get It out Of the way.
1t will be comparatively easy to do the
work of excavating with drills. explosives
and steam shovels, but II will tax human
ingenuity to get rid Of the material as fast
as IL accumulates.
Material Accumulated.
Some idea of the immense amount of ma
terial that has been accumulated is given
by the following list, showing the heavier
freight that has been already accumulated
on the spot or ordered for immediate use
81 steam shovels, 1900 fiat cars. II rapid
unloaders, % unloading plows. Is earth
spreaders, :24 dump cars, IL hoisting en-
gines. 120 locomotives, 5000 tons of steel
rails. 123GO0 crossties. 1900 pieces of pill
Ing, IA air-eompressng machines, cranes,
152 rock drills, 3O,000.000 feet lumber Zap
proximately), 2 dipper dredges. 646,OOO
pOuHuS piaStlnS pOHutf, ott,.UU POUNDS Qy-
Mantle. 100000 paving brick. 3.5e0000
building brick, 100000 square feet roofing
tile. $4,000 barrels cement approximately,
steel water tanks and towers and Il
standpipes.
The Panama railroad on it's own account
has also purchased during the last six
months 500 box cars, 40-ton II caboose
cars. 10 refrigerator cars, 6 passenger
coaches, "a locomotives, = wrecking cranes.
1 locomotive crane / pile driver 8 track
scales, 10O-ton; 1 modern coal-hoistlng plant
and 1 cantilever crane for coal-hoisting
plant.
Nearly all of this material has to be
knocked down and boxed and then set up
again after its arrival. SO that there is rea-
son for the congestion of freight that has
been frightening some of the advocates of
the canal Tor some months past. But things
are getting reduced to a system and are
now working with less friction, and the list
shows that there Is big preparation made
Tor getting the actual work we'll under way.
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PROFILE THE LEVEL CANAL.
eNshna hkMaazn

this condition is improving with the I'M
provement OF the road and the clearing
away from the ports of much Of the pre-.
liminary material that it was necessary to
transport to the interior. 80 that the road
soon will be available and in better shape
than ever before for the transportation OF
private freight, and 1t is thought by the
War Department that even this improve
continental freights before the canal itself
Is completed.
Commission Now at Work.
1t will be recoliected the interest that
was caused by the removal of the old Pana-
ma canal commission by executive order
and the almost equal furry that attended
the resignation of Chief Engineer Wallace
and the substitution for him of Chief En-
is now doing the work consists of the chair
man, T. P. Shonts: Judge Magoon, governor
of the canal zone and now also minister to
Panama without salary; Chief Engineer
John +. Stevens, long experienced in rail-
road matters, and four distinguished en-
gineers. The engineers are Cen Haines, u.
s. A.. who was formerly on the isthmus,
and devoted much time and attention to the
preliminary work; Col. Ernst, also of the
army, and a member Of former canal COM
mission: Admiral Endicott of the bureau
of yards and docks in the navy. and Ben
jamin Harrod, formerly member of the
Mississippi river commission.
The salaries of some OF the higher MEM
bers of the canal force are a matter of
general interest There are two purchasing
gents, David Ross and E. 8. Benson,
both experienced in the purchasing
departments of railroads. They receive
$4,000 each year. Mr.. Shonts himself
gets 100000. and the job is said to be worth
all it pays for the abuse that has been
melted out to the chairman of the commits
sion for not getting on faster with the work
Mr.. Stevens, the chief engineer gets SO. 900
a year. the same salary that Mr.. Wallace
quit to take $e5, 600 and berth in the United
States. Gov. Magoon gets $4,000 for his
work as governor, and he cannot draw
two salaries under the government he has
to give his services as minister to Panama
gratis. By this reorganization the chief
salaries are not more of a drain on the
canal fund than those of the old commits
sion. The work is better done, the COM
mission is more wieldy. The consulting en-
gineers who have rendered the decision on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-18
GET ROSY
The Tardy Explanation
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Greasy, the historian. had finished his
Fifteen Decisive Battles, with the excep-
tion of the concluding portion, and was
looking out of the window of his library
with an expression of impotence and an
noyance on his face when there came q
sharp ring at the telephone.
Well" he said, placing the phone 10
his ear.
rs this Mr.. Greasy" asked somebody at
the other end of the wire.
Yes he answered, recognizing the voice
of his publisher. What do you want
now"
The printers are bowling for copy.
Haven't you got that last chapter finished
yet?'
MOT he Numbered. How do you expect
me to wind up this history before l hear
how the series between the Giants and
the Athletics comes out?"
But they referred him to his contract.
and threa tened legal proceedings, with the
result that he was compelled to send TO
press the crude and incomplete work with
which we are all familiar.