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His story varied in no particular from
Hildebrands. He told of seeing the signal
at Silver Spring and not seeing one at Ia
koma. He was a more ready witness than
either Of the other railroad men who have
been on the stand. He insisted that the fog
on the night of the wreck was very thick
and that they could not see the rear lights
He said that he had never been disci-
plined or suspended, but that he had been
"carpeted' once for saying what he should
not say. in the Office He brought out the
a regular signal at Silver Spring. He
said that 1t would not be the right signal
for Silver Spring Ito give trains If the
block to Takoma was clear, and the Ia
koma Office open, but that as matter of
fact it was the regular signal that trains
got at Silver Spring after $50. when the
Takoma office was supposed to be closed
Yesterday Afternoons Proceedings.
After TIE Stars report closed yesterday
Engineer Harry Hildebrand, the engineer
of the dead-head equipment train 2l2O, was
put on the stand. He was the most i'm
portant witness of the day. as it was his
train that did the wrecking. and he is the
man on whom the railroad officials seem in
clined to place the responsibility for the
wreck.
Hildebrand said that he had been In the
employ of the Baltimore and Ohio for eigh-
teen years, and that at present he was an
extra passenger engineer. In going over
his record he admitted, after some hesita-
ton that he had been disciplined three
times. once for running past torpedo sig
nal, once for letting water run low on his
engine, and again for running through a
switch He said that he occasionally took
drink while off duty, but that on the day
of the wreck he had had nothing to drink
at all. He admitted that during the forty
eight hours preceding the wreck he had had
but eight hours sleep, but said that he felt
Washington he was wide awake.
He said that nearing Washington on
the home run he was met by the double
green at Silver Spring. This was notice
that work train or an extra was using
the block. and to look out for the cross
over. AS there was no cross-over till be-
yond Takoma, and that station was sup
posed to close at $50. he concluded that Ia
koma was dead" If 1t were not he said
that Takoma would have been the proper
place for him to get the cross-over signal.
Approaching TakOma, he said that he saw
no light and that he blew for the station
and the crossing, but got no signal in re-
Spouse.
Hidebrand says that at Silver Spring he
was going about eighteen miles an hour,
but that he had increased this to twenty
two miles when passing Takoma. He tried
the air at Stotts, and found it was in good
working order. He knew that 66, the local
passenger was in front of him, but having
had no notice to the contrary, supposed she
was up with her schedule, which would
have put her in Washington at the time the
wreck occurred. He said that she was
behind time it was the duty of the conduc-
tor of the local to have sent back a flag
man or placed torpedoeS to warn him at
Stotts Station.
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Cant. Reichmann's Explanation.

The chief of staff has received letter
from Capt Carl Reichmann, 18th Infantry,
at Havana explaining that he was not In
any way responsible for the publication of
the statement that he had been discrim-
mated against in the army because of his
German birth. He said the letter he wrote
on the subject was a private communica-
ton to friend. and was not intended for
repetition or publication. AS a fact, the
publication was matter of keen personal
regret to him. 1t is said at the War De-
partment that Capt Reichmann's explans-
ton is accepted as satisfactory, but that
the officers may be advised to be more
cautious in the future.
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SHIP MAY BE LOST
LIFE RATS FROM THE PANAMA
WASHED ASHORE.

SAN FRANCISCO, January 5.-The fate
of the Pacific Mail liner City of Panama
which sailed from here Monday last for
southern ports, continues unknown. Ac-
cording to telephone message received
from Pascadero last night two life RATS
came ashore at Wardell beach. sixteen miles
south of Pascadero Friday morning. There
were on the RATS oars boat hooks, a barrel
Of water and a box of crackers. Later in
the day two more RATS came ashore two
and half miles below Wardell beach, SINH
larly equipped, while offshore a large guam
tity of wreckage was seen floating. Both
of these RATS, it is said, were marked City
of Panama.
1t is known that the steamer upon leaving
here on Monday In the teeth of a heavy
northwest gale had some trouble on the bar
she was stopped there for time before
proceeding on her way south.
The City of Panama, one of the oldest YES
sells on the Pacific Mail fleet. was COM
manded by Capt. A. w. Nelson, who has
man. He formerly was in command OF the
company's steamer San Jose.
A Crew of Fifty-Six.
The vessel carried. besides the captain,
the first officer, Pillsbury, formerly COM
mander of the Manchura. when she went
ashore on Rabbit Island near Honolulu;
two other officers, a freight clerk and store
keeper, with a crew of twelve; fifteen men
in the engineers department and eight In
the stewards department. In all, the crew
numbered fifty-six.
There were fifty-six passengers on board
Fifteen occupied the first cabin and fifteen
were in the steerage The other twenty-six
were Chinese.
Had the City of Panama continued unin-
terruptedly her way she would have
been due yesterday at Mazatlan Mexico
her first port of call. The Pacific mail boats
take the outer course from San Francisco
down, generally keeping outside the Santa
Barbara Channel Islands, and standing
well offshore until they reach the end of the
peninsula of lower California. There they
turn in to anchor off the Bay of Mazatlan
which is on the mainland shore, almost OPP
posite Cape San Lucas, the extreme lower
end of Baja. Cal.
The beach is now being patrolled for
miles, watching for bodies which may drift
ashore
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ORDER APPROVEDTODAY
WAGES INCREASED IN WASHING
TON NAVY YARD.

Secretary Metcalf has approved the in
crBlsed scale of wages for the employees of
the Washington navy yard, as recommend
ed by the naval wage board and heretofore
published in The Star. 1t is expected that
an official statement on the subject will be
made late this afternoon.
This order affects upward of 1900 en-
ployes of the navy yard, and there was
rejoicing there this afternoon when the
good news was communicated. especially
as a report had been in circulation to the
effect that the Secretary of the Navy had
non oncurred in the recommendation of
the wage board for a general increase of
the salaries of the workmen. The increase
in the pay of machinists, first class, is
from 1886 to 1915 per day; of second class.
from $312 to 1852; third class, from 2.SS
to SO IS; pattern makers, first class, raised
to 81; second class to $500 the general
helpers received an increase of "a cents
per day; blacksmiths about ~ per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-05
The Value of Charcoal.
FEW PEOPLE KNOW HOW USEFUL 1T IS IN
PRESERVING HEALTH AND BEAUTY.
COSTS NOTHING TO TRY.

Nearly everybody knows that charcoal is the
safest and most efficient dsinfectant and purifier
in nature but few realize its value when taken
into the human system for the same cleansing pur-
pose.
Charcoal is remedy that the more you take Of
II the better; 1t "a drug at all. but simply
absorbs the gases and impurities always present
in the stomach and intest.nes and carries them
out OF the system.
Charcoal sweetens the breath after smoking
drinking after eating onions and other odorous
vegetables.
Charcoal efectually clears and improves the
complexion It whitens the teeth ard further acts
as natural and emnently safe cnthartic.
1t absorbs the injurious gases which collect in
the stomach and bowels; Il disinfects the mouth
and throat from the poison of catarrh
All druggists sell charcoal In form or
other but probably the best charcoal and the most
for the money is in Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges;
they are composed Of the finest powdered Willow
charcoal and other harmless antiseptics, in tablet
form, or rather in the form of large, pleasant
tasting lozenges. the charcoal being mixed with
honey
The daily use Of these lozenges will tell in
A much improved condition of the general health,
better complexion. sweeter breath and purer
blood and the beauty Of It is that no possible
harm can result from their continued use, but, on
the contrary, great benefit
Buffalo physician, in speaking OF the benefits
Of charcoal, says: II advise Stuart's Charcoal
Iozenges TO all patients suffering from gas in
stomach and bowels, and to clear the complexion
and purify the breath, mouth and throat; also
believe the liver is greatly benefited by the daily
use of them; they cost but twenty five cents a
box at drug stores and although in some sense
patent preparation, yet l believe l get and
better charcoal in Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges than
In any Of the ordinary charcoal tablets"
Send your name and address today for a free
trial package and see for yourself. f. A. Stuart
Co.. Sc Stuart Bldg, Marshall, Mich
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ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
PLANS FOR OBSERVANCE OF GEN.
LEES BIRTHDAY.


ALEXANDRIA, Va, January 8. 1907.
Arrangements are being made by the
members of R. E. Lee Camp. Confederate
Veterans, for the proper observance OF
Gen. R. E. Lees birthday January 10.
The committee having charge of the affair
will secure a number of speakers. During
the evening banquet will be served. The
affair will be held at Lee Camp Hall,
Prince street.
Lees birthday will also be observed by
the public schools throughout the city, in
accordance with a request of the state
superintendent Of public instruction. Two
hours will be devoted to the exercises, and
the patrons of the school will be invited to
be present.
Mrs Eliza f. Fendall, widow of Town
send D. Fendall. died yesterday afternoon
at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. John
F. Tackett 211 South st. Asaph street. The
deceased was about eighty years of age.
Mrs. Fendall was a daughter of the late
Joseph Esches, a former mayor of this
city. Three children, Mrs. John F. Tackett
and Mr.. William E. Fendall of this city,
and Mr. Benjamin T. Fendall, city engineer
of Baltimore, survive her.
Right Rev. Bishop O'Gorman of Sierra
Leone, West Africa, will be the celebrant
Catholic Church tomorrow morning, and he
will also preach a sermon. Bishop OGor-
man will also conduct the vesper services
at 1870 o'clock in the evening and preach.
A civil service examination was held at
the post Office building this morning by
the local board of examiners for the posi-
ton of clerk and carrier at the city post
office. Six applicants presented themselves
for examination. OF the number four were
female and two We're male, one of the last
named being colored The examination was
conducted by Mr.. Norman L. Williamson,
secretary of the local board
The Ladies' Auxiliary, Ancient Order Of
Hibernians, has chosen officers for the en-
suing year as follows: Mrs. L. Woolls,
president; Miss D. Lannon. vice president;
Miss NJ Bashford, recording secretary;
Miss L. Nugent, financial secretary; Mrs.
W. Priest, treasurer; Miss l.. Woolls, SEN
tinel; Mrs. r. Baggett, sergeant-at-arms;
Mrs Roland chairman of standing COM
mittee; Mrs. NJ. Breen, county president.
Robert II. Dawson died this morning at
his home, 100 Wilkes street, after brief
Illness The deceased was fifty-one years
of age.
The funeral of Mrs. Dodgridge Pitt Lee oc-
CURED at o'clock this afternoon from her
home near old Pohick Church, Fairfax
county The services were conducted by
Rev Everard Meade. rector of old Pohick
Church The interment was in Pohick
cemetery.
The recently elected officers of Potomac
Lodge No 80, Odd Fellows, We're last
evening duly installed by District Deputy
Grand Master yohn T. Watkins.
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Collision at Sea.

NEW YORK, January 5.-News of a col
lision between the Cunard line steamer
Ultonia, inward bound from Trieste, with
the schooner Joel Cook, outward bound, In
the lower bay last night was brought here
today by the Ultonla The Cook struck the
steamer on the port side. damaging her
forward sail and fore rigging. The schoo-
ners bowsprit was broken and she was
obliged to put back for repairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-05
WORK OF THE RED CROSS.
Secretary Taft, the society's Presi-
dent. Sends Report to Congress.


The annual report of the American Ma
tional Red Cross for 1906 has been trans
mitted to Congress by Secretary Taft. 1t
shows that five times during the year the
organization was called upon to give aid
to stricken communities, as follows:
Philippine yphoon-Receipts, $1,15O; dis
bursements, 1850 Japanese famine-Re-
ccipts, $246,249; disbursements, $245.S65.
California relief-Receipts, $1,000, 204; dis
bursements, $71S0S3. Valparaiso relief
Receipts, $S943; disbursements, $s,943.
Gulf storm-Receipts, $667; disbursements,
$667.
The total membership is stated to be
9,262 The number of doctors enrolled is
1873, and the number of nurses enrolled
is 12l.
The receipts from all sources were 3d.
373.237, and the disbursements, 1891 .9O3,
leaving a balance "sss of 81: $2,ssl 'Ss4. ,,o -.
nurses and medical officers have been
enrolled by the branch societies, but it is
stated that this his, part of to- the erop work
tons for active and efficient service. both
for war and at times of national calamity.
require great further development. and
that to this work much attention will be
given during the coming year. The view
is expressed that the treasury of the Red
Cross should have in it's emergency fund
such an amount that in cases of minor
calamities, such as that Of the late gulf
storm, relief could be provided without the
Issuing of public appeals.
The report closes as follows: IAN ener-
getic propaganda in the interest Of the
Red Cross, its aims and purposes, must
be undertaken, and all Of its members
should unite in the effort to bring our
American National Red Cross up to the
efficiency Of the European and Japanese
organizations. with a treasury worthy OF
the generosity of our people and mem
bership commensurate with the size. i'm
portance and population Of the United
Statas
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Insurance for Army Men.

CHICAGO. ILL.,, January 5.-Speaking at a
banquet held by the Life Underwriters As
ISOLATION of Chicago last night Gen. w. III.
Carter, commanding the Department of the
Lakes, said the great insurance compa-
MES should permit the officers of the
United States army to take out policies
that would insure their relatives against
want. Gen. Carter said the statistics would
show that the list Of fatalities among the
officers OF the army was not greater than
that of the employees of railroads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-05
No Request for a Warship.

Officials of the Navy Department say
they have no knowledge of any request
having been made or about to be made for
the dispatch of a war vessel to Nicaragua
to protect American interests there in con-
nection with the disposition of the Emory
concession.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-05
Heart Pains

Are relieved, and palpitation, tiut-
tering, and irregular pulse over
come by using DIR. Miles Heart
Cure. 1t makes the heart nerves
and muscles strong. 50 the heart is
able to do its work easily. This re-
lieves the strain which causes the
distress. Sold by all druggists.
''Dr. Miles Heart Cure cured me when several
doctors failed. My bad had difficulty
in getting my breath, my heart beat so fast at
times that | thought il impossible TO live without
relief the pain very severe in my left side,
and my nerves were all unstrung. ! am sure /
would not have been cured II ! had not taken the
Heart Cure
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II first bottle falls to benefit, money back.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
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The Silver Spring Signal.

Hildebrand was the first witness on the
stand His examination was continued from
yesterday, but much of his testimony was
repeated.
He said he got the double green signal at
Silver Spring. The night was very foggy
and he had whistled for the station as near
as he could judge, in the vicinity of the
whlstling board. He did not see the whist
ling board on account of the fog but he
and his fireman both thought they were
about quarter of a mile from the station.
Hfldebrand. like most of the railroad
men on the stand, did not make good i'm
preston as a witness. He had apparently
made up his mind to two facts. First, that
he saw the double green at Silver Spring
and that he saw no signal at all at Tako-
ma. From these two statements 1T was
difficult to drag him. and he remained I'M
varying on cross-questioning He said
that when he passed Takoma there was
white platform lantern burning. 1t was
the sort they usually had around a station
and that might or might not be put out
when the station operator went home He
said that he saw this light and the bottom
of the signal post. He could not see the
top OF the post on account of the fog and
smoke, but he was sure there was no light
on it. He could not the semaphore
arms.
Attorney Wilson, for the railroad, asked
him if he had not told Superintendent Gal
loway on the night of the wreck that he had
seen the Semaphore arms tied down, but
Hildebrand insisted that he had not said so
He said that the night was very foggy
and that 1t got worse as they went down
grade to Terra Gotta He blew for Stotts
Lamonde and Terra Gotta, but as he had
seen fagman and got no torpedo or
fusee at Stotts he decided that there was
no train using the crossoVer, and proceeded
on the theory that he had clear track
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-05
Piles Cured in 6 to IA Days.

PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any casa
of Itching Blind Bleeding or Protruding Piles In
6 to IA days or money refunded. SOC.
oc2- tu&sa.6ct
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Apart From Dwellings.

IhlS Dill further provides that no aDat-
toir or packing house shall be located with
in 800 feet of private dwellings without
a written consent of the owners therein,
and all Strengthening shall be done between
certain hours in the day and night not yet
provided for.
Accompanying this proposed bill the Com
missioners transmitted a letter to Chairman
Babcock of the District committee of the
House, in which they strongly advocated
this legislation and recommended favor
able action thereon. The Commissioners
letter is as follows: Prior to the recent
enactment of the federal meat inspection
law. live stock killed in abattoirs and
Slaughterhouses in adjacent states was sub
ject to no inspection whatsoever, while live
stock killed within the District was. I'M
der such conditions live stock liable to
be condemned if brought in the District for
Strengthening, was taken into adjacent states
to be killed. and the carcasses We're pre-
sumably returned to the District in such
a form as would preclude the discovery of
the diseased condition of the animal from
which the meat came. There was, there
fore, no urgent reason for undertaking to
strengthen the live stock inspection service
in the District. since to have done so would
have been merely to have increased the
number of animals slaughtered without
any inspection whatsoever in adjacent
states for consumption in the District
Necessity for Rigid Law.
The enactment of the federal meat inspec-
ton law and the establishment of a sys-
TEN of rigid inspection of animals slaugh
tered in adjacent states for consumption
in the District of Columbia will lead, it is
believed, to the bringing into the District
for slaughter of animals that are not In
condition to pass the federal inspection, and
to the slaughtering of such animals here for
local consumption. 1t is necessary, there
fore, that our local system of inspection
be made as rigid as is the inspection main
tanned by the federal government for pur-
poses of interstate commerce.
THE Commissioners are advised by the
corporation counsel that it is doubtful
whether they have authority to regulate
the subject under the general power given
TONS
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The Fireman Examil
q 81 III Z. a LII 4 n

/. c. McClelland. Hidebrands fireman.
was the other witness of the morning. He
is a boyish-looking fellow, but said he
had been in the employ of the road for
three years today. He had come up from
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RESUMED THE INQUIRY
Wreck Investigation by Inter-
state Commission.
HILDEBRAND AGAIN HEARD
Events Preceding the Terra Gotta
Disaster.
PRACTICE ABOUT THE SIGNALS
Double Green Was Customary at Silver
Spring After $50 and Practi-
cally Meant "Clear."
PRACTICE ABOUT THE SIGNALS

The interstate commerce commissions in
vestigation into the recent Terra Gotta rail-
way disaster changed today from the char
acter 1t had officially at the start of gen.
eral investigation of the block signal sys-
tenn, into almost a direct coroner's inquest
into the particular wreck. There were only
two witnesses on the stand at the morning
session. Engineer Hildebrand of the train
2120. which ran into the train ahead Of
him, and his fireman. 1t was understood
that at the afternoon session the operators
at Takoma and Silver Spring would be
called
The attendance was larger than at the
first day of the hearing, and Special At
torney Walters continued to do the ques-
toning, for the interstate commerce COM
mission while Assistant General Attorney
Wilson represented the interests of the
Baltimore and Ohio. There was a marked
inclination on the part of the railroad at
torney to make Engineer Hildebrand and
his fireman responsible for the wreck On
the first day Mr.. Wilson had been mark
eddy the attorney for the defense. and by
leading questions had Strengthened out the
evidence of Train Dispatcher Dent.
Today he became the attorney for Inc
prosecution. and his cross-examination of
Engineer Hildebrand and his fireman, Nc
Clelland, was anything but friendly
Several important points were brought
out In the investigation, showing laxness
on the part of the railroad in handling the
block signal system. Engineer Hide
brand testified that he compared watches
with the conductor and found that their
time agreed. But he said that standard
clocks were not furnished by the railroad
so that the engineers could compare their
watches with them at the beginning of
each run. He said that watches We're in
spected by the official jeweler of the road
once in six months, but further than that
he never knew of any regular method of
correcting them.
The most important point brought out
was that the allowance for difference in
time of clocks and watches had been abol-
ished by the railroad and that the double
green signal at Silver Spring was the Gus
tomary signal there after $50 pm This
signal was put up regularly at that time
and the trainmen We're accustomed to see
ing it and taking 1t to mean that the sta
ton at Takoma was closed. Technically it
meant that a work train or an extra might
be in the block, but practically it was the
signal for a clear block.
This explained the attitude of the engineer
and fireman. who, after claiming that they
saw no signal of any kind at Takoma and
no flagman nor torpedo at Stott's, were pro-
ceeding on the theory that the block was
clear as far as University.