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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-26
Sleep VIII Keep Women Young and Beautiful
Mental and Physical Exer-
cises Which Should Cure
Insomnia-CorrectPosi .
tionsto sleepin-Nar-
cotics Should Not
be Taken.
BY KATHERINE MORTON.
fcopyrloht 1eoa.)

The best cosmetic In the world is sleep
No woman can be beautiful, or as beau
y,f,,1 as she should he, who does not gel
- - ,a,s+ .,ch,
her luli aiio""'ice VI S'eep i's's. 20
hours out OF the twentS-1o"r. Ne''iie' u
face tint nor skin whitener, com
nleyion brush nor a tonic is needed by
Tho woman who can sleep
All the massage and beauty baths and
physical culture In the world cannot keep
4 f.rped checks. hollow eyes and blanched
faces at a distance. II sleep Is neglected.
Therefore. II woman would be radiant
and lovely. woman must know how to
sleep or learn how to do so.
DO you suffer from insonnia7 You
must set about cure at once.
Many are the devices for conquering
this trouble. One is to concentrate the
thoughts on some unreal, intangible SUB
/, iect, such as y dream or fancy, ana 10
carefully avoid thinking OF anything 70
do with actual OH concrete life. AnotheF
device is TO count imaginary sheep us
they jump over hypotheticni wall or
pigs as they push under gate.
To count backward by threes, slAes v.
mines Is still another way % se.s.me
sleep; or open your eSes as w. ~, 10 III
sioie ana stare s.,aisn. wy ap,, a. .his ,v,ll
ING. ne "ea' mss ,..oatrn +n inpuI.
,,,,,sJo az tbe ,innle OF n distant
I i,'is n,us n,nn1arfu, hyi,notlc
iieer Gun CIV ''"s
3 eieot 49,. ,s - t,ro ont the muycu-
.Nl..-.e,,, ~ Isarjcs Of exercises cor
u. la - ~, -, ,,ad
VIII f,ca down ratsc IN the head and
y 90 -. tar "a nossihIc. 30 not bend tho
800 hut rost tho weight or tho alb
san,i,,,, MUSCLES md curve the splno In
,,aa. +re movement ind continue until
-, zeal weary.
nothor exercise IL to lilo fuco UP. rest
,no, m tho head md heels only, Without
to,,chinr the back. This Is called tho
s"wrestlar,s back" for until both shout
t1ors of a wrestler Gro mnde to touch the
ground ut once, he has not been thrown
The effort to maintain this position, even
for tho brlcfest time, helps 10 WOO inc
goddess OF slumber
AZ Getting up and taking Walk arou''u
the room may put one 10 sieep'
Another exercise is TO Kneei upon Wv
floor, and, holding the hands aooVe VIZ
head. slowly rock backward ana lor"hru,
MS far as possible. Again, pace PACK anu
forth, with the hands clasped aooVe Tue
head. and think OF flowers and music,
,nurmuring fountains and ripping orooKs'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-26
Art Photographers,
3O7 Broad Street.

and he withheld nothing in the express
sion of his gratitude Fully two months
had passed, and one beautiful spring
morning was riding up the road and as
turned the bend leading to the village
and could see over the Hill the ca biz, ga bio
/ met large crowd of colored people roi-R
lowing small one-horse wagon. over
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-26

which was laid white sheet. / ,mme-
dlately asked who was dead, and when +
learned thae 1t was ''Unc Bob" / turned
my horse, and with a number of others
OF the cSmmunity We followed in the pro-
cesslon TO the graveyard. and laid him be.
side Judy to await the resurrection mogSaS
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-25
MEN FOR COMMISSIONS
IN VOLUNTEER ARMY.
Leading Cities of the Country to
Examine National Guard.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Washington. Dec. N.-The General Staff,
in pursuance Of provision Of the Lick
bill. is preparing to establish a list Of
persons who would be qualified In the
event Of war for commissions In the vol
unteer army.
To that end q board OF officers will soon
be convened in each Of the leading cities
Of the country to examine members Of
the National Guard, civilians and also
young men who have graduated from pri-
yate military schools in the various
States.
Applicants from these classes win be
examined regarding their fitness for COM
missions in the volunteer forces Of the
United States In case Of war, and the
names thus certified viii 60 on an eligible
register, there to remain until removed by
the operation Of age Nmit
The examinations will be held semi
annually. Each applicant will name not
only the branch. but the grade for which
he desires to be examined.
The move Is an outgrowth Of experience
obtained in the Spanish war, when
through the ignorance of many volunteer
officers in the field regarding matters of
sanitation and the care OF soldiers, more
men died from disease many fold than
from actual war.
Officers and enlisted men of tho Ma
tional Guard who desire to take any of
these examinations must make formal ap-
plicatfon to the Adjutant General here
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-25
ELKS PLAN BIG CRUSADE
AGAINST HUNGER AND WANT

According to an annual custom, the
Elks Of st. Louis will to-day spread hap
piness among tho poor Of the city by CIV
ing literally to each of 200 St. Louis fam
lilies all the things necessary for Yuletide
feasts.
At 6 o'clock this morning fifteen large
stake wagons will start from the north
east corner Of Twelfth and Pine streets
and tour the citv which has been divided
into as many districts.
Each wagon will be manned by two or
more Elks, all Of whom will be plentifully
supplied with money to relieve whatever
their respective districts.
Every family visited will be provided
with twenty-three articles Of foodstufrs.
A twenty-four pound sack OF flour will
be the largest staple carried. though good
amounts OF coffee, tea. bread, candies
fruits and nuts will be distributed, as we'll
as turkeys.
It is the aim Of the Elks to give to those
VINO are absolutely worthy. their list be-
ton, the st. Vincent de Paul Society and
the Hebrew Relief Association. =.
Many orders for coal are to BE- carried,
and should sickness or death be found
everything possible will be done to relieve
pain and dispense sorrow.
Precticing physicians, who are active
Elks, have volunteered to treat all cases
free to-day. and the order has agreed to
assume responsibility for all drug bills.
the charitable work: John H. Holmes,
chairman; Alfred NJ. Baker, Doctor A. j.
Miller, Charles Seymour, Alfred NJ. Roth.
Frederick Freund and W. c. Manahan.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-25
First Claims to Be Oliver E. Tuft,
Who Killed Man in
Denver.
HIS ASSERTION DIsPRoVED.
Dresses as Gentleman at Times,
and Again as a Tramp
Mentions Another
Tragedy.

The police are puzzled regarding the
identity Of a man held at the Fifth Dis
trict Police Station. who gives the name
OF Kern Hayden, and who travels at times
under the alias of Oliver E. Tuft, and who
is under arrest for supposed knowledge Of
a Denver crime.
Hayden. before his arrest, represented
himself to be Oliver E. Tuft, former
agent of the Humane Society. who killed
a man named Haynes in Denver for cru
city to animals.
In the Fifth District Police Station yes.
terday he told Of being in the house at No
1855 Larremer street, Denver, at the time
of the murder Of woman named Cora By
Claire Dean. According to his story, Dean
afterwards committed suicide.
Special officers Greedy and Degnan OF
the Fifth District, while going through
the follower at the Four Courts. found
Hayden locked in a cell on the charge OF
peddling jewelry without a license.
The detectives claim to have recognized
the prisoner as the man described BY
Henry Mersmann Of No. $50 North Broad.
way, and who had, in the saloon where
Mersmann worked talked Of a Denver
crime.
Hayden was transferred to the Fifth
District under the belief that he was Tuft
The Republic brought the answer tina,
Tuft had killed man named Haynes
had been tried for his offense. had been
exonerated. and was in Denver yesterday
AT the Fifth District he voluntarily told
the officers Of the Dean suicide and muir.
der In Denver. A telegram was sent to
Denver by Chief Kiely inquirirg whether
Hayden was implicated in the crime.
Hayden for several months lived a.
Broadway and Benton street. He was q
character around the neighborhood, and
spent most Of the time he was not work
ing at his trade. that Of a polisher, in the
saloon of Fred Warner at Broadway and
Benton street.
There he spent money freely and showed
a bank book with more than 81, 200 on de-
post. At times he appeared roughly
dressed and acted as II he were in poor
circumstances. Ho has but one leg, and
at such times wore a peg leg"
At other times he was clad in a full
dress suit. wore a. modern cork leg, and
hard drinker, and one night, in a fit of
drunkenness, WAS taken to his room BY
Charles p. Smith, a bystander in the
saloon.
There he showed to Smith many tele-
grams and letters and clipping from a
saloon Hayden had often represented him
self to be Tuft, and appeared to be sor-
rowing over his action in killing HAYNES.
The prisoner admits having been in
Denver. admits knowledge of the details
Of the Tuft-Haynes affair, and talks free
entertained that he carried the Clipping
telling Of the Haynes affair, and repre-
scented himself to be Tuft, In order that
he might, II arrested, point to the clip
ping and say that he had been exonerated.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-25
WORLDS FAIR WORKERS
EXCHANGE HOLIDAY GIFTS.

Secretary Walter B. Stevens Of the
Worlds Fair yesterday distributed about
LIS crisp. new 81 bills among the mes
senger boys, janitors and lesser clerks at
the Administration building. The money
was given by Mr.. Stevens personally and
on his own account
Chief Engineer Richard H. P. Phillips
received a cut-glass punch bowl with a
ladle and glasses from his assistants. This
presentation was a formal one, and was
followed by collation.. H. R. F'ardweIl,
Mr.. Phillipps's chief assistant, received
from his fellow-engineers a handsome
Knight Templar Jewel.
w. H. Clancy, Chief Superintendent of
the Exposition Grounds. received a dia-
mond ring. costing over 800. from the
laborers under him.. Presents were ex-
changed In nearly all the departmental
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-25

Miss Caroline l. Bryant. who resigned
after being thirty-eight years principal Of
that school, received a set of resolutions
from committee selected from the prin-
cipals of the various schools.
This committee was composed of Assist
ant Superintendent Ben Blewett. Anna s.
Grant. NJ. w. Miller, L. W. Teutenberg
and f. e. Cook. Resolutions were also
presented to Miss Bryant by members Of
the patrons association. Miss Bryant
will depart for Los Angeles. Cal. next
week, to make her home.
The Christmas number of the Pope
School Sentinel has just been issued. 1t
contains an article on the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition by Fred Mueller. pupil
in room 2, grade T.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-25
GUESTS FORSAKE HOTELS
DURING HOLIDAY. SEASON.

The small guest list at the leading hotels
was the subject OF general comment in
hotel circles yesterday.
Everybody has gone home for Christ
mas" said hotel clerk. Even the old
confirmed jewellers at hotels seem to take
a few days off at this time Of the year
and Ngo back to the town that they came
from I know Of at least dozen that
have gone back to the scenes of their
childhood, that will ask the aunt or cousin
that they are visiting for the key to their
room, II there is any mail for them, to
send up pitcher of ice water. and why
the towels were not changed yesterday"
The registers OF the various hotels
showed very few names. Had it not been
at this season of the year. each manager
would have thought that his house had
suffered loss OF popularity. ALI profess
to believe. however. that the familiar
faces will return within a week. to ask
how the clerk has been since they have
been gone, whether there is any mall, and
to stay for another year.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-25
ALMOST TOUCHED
FOURTEEN CENTS,
Cotton Quotations in New York
Highest Since War
TimeA
mus1Ic SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York, Dec. M-The prediction
credited to Daniel j. sully, the bull lead
er. that cotton would sell at 1lc In this
market before Christmas Day, was about
fulfilled this afternoon, when the July
option rose to 1891, and all options were
advanced from Is to So points. The quo
tations made are the highest since war
tines
Tho session was one Of the most active
OF the week. Very heavy fluctuations oc-
CURED. as the bears made the most de-
termined fight against the rising price
level that has been witnessed in some
time. suI1y had to take enormous Of
ferinss. which came from commission
houses and floor traders. Under the
weight them prices broke frequently
and quickly 10 to Is points.
The strain on the cotton brokers ia h.
coming tremendous and many OF them are
on the verge Of collapse. They all wei
come the triple holiday which begins to.
night For several weeks clerks have No.,
slaylng at their onices the greater part or
town hotels and go home only at the end
of the week. eiu
The demand for rooms at the lodotnv
places below Park Row is almost as r1eaf
as in 1g0l, when the great bull movement
In stocks was on and employees of com
mT MISSION, Gus spent many nights in
since the days of the Civil War has cot
ton sold above 14c. This is reRan,ied es
famine price. 90
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-25
HOLIDAY GIFTS
FOR EMPLOYEES.
st. Louis Financial and Industrial
Concerns Arrange for Substan-
tial Remembrance.
GIVE PER CENT OF PROFITS.
Bank of Commerce Clerks Will
Share in participation Fund"
Shoe Company Provides
Clothing and Turkeys.

That the last year has been a prosperous
one for the business houses of st. Louis:
that trade has been good and that better
conditions are expected, Is shown by the
fact that almost all the leading manufac-
turers and dealers have made substantial
Christmas allowances to their employees
and representatives.
This Is not the first time in St. Louis
that this has been done, but never before
have the allowances been SO large or the
gifts 80 numerous. They will range from
a 2-per-cent bonus, added to the employees
salary. to fat turkey.
The amount and manner OF giving the
allowance is, in most cases, discretionary
with the employer, but in several in
stances there Is prevailing method of
sharing the profits with the employee over
and above certain amount, and after
other demands have been complied with.
The Bank of Commerce, Broadway and
Olive street, has what is known to the
officials of the bank as the participation
fund. which. in some particulars, resem-
bles the Rochdale idea.
After the yearly dividend is made to the
stockholders of the bank. and bad debts
have been deducted from the remainder.
one-tenth of that sum is set aside as a
pension and participation fund. Six-tenths
Of the one-tenth is deposited in the PEN
sion fund, which goes TO retired employees.
and the remaining four-tenths is divided
among the men,
The Mercantile Trust Company has an
established custom of giving 2-per-cent
bonus over and above the usual salary to
its employees. Thus, II man receives
800 month, his Christmas gift from the
company win be SIS. This applies to en-
ployes only, the officials not being in
eluded.
Governor Murphy Of New Jersey has
telegraphed to the representatives of the
Murphy Varnish Company of this city, of
which he Is the president, to give to each
employee q present of 5 per cent Of his
annual salary as Christmas present.
Each employe of the retail store Of the
Simmons Hardware Company, at Broad
way and St Charles street. will receive
at the end Of the year, after stock has
been taken. a share Of the profits, which
will average from to per cent OF their
salaries.
The Crane Company, which has It's
Headquarters in Chicago, will divide
gresate $4,000, which will be. divided be-
tween the company's factories and It's
sixteen branch stores. The amount that
each employee will receive will be equal to
10 per cent of q years salary.
The Banner Buggy Company OF No. 80
South Broadway, Of which Russell Card
ner is the proprietor, will give cash pres
ents to its employees and several firms,
among them the Brown Shoe Company.
will make their employees presents OF
clothing and Christmas turkeys.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-25
WENNEGEN SAYS cHINAMAN
CH0KED HIM WITH QUEUE
Sam YenE, YenS Yang and Lang He
Charged With AssaultinE q Gus
TONER Over Laundry Ticket.

-Four Cinnamon made life miserable for
John s. Wennegen Of No. $3.50 Olive strsee
yesterday afternoon until Policeman Nam
ming arrived and put stop to tho hos
tilities.
The battle royal took place IN the laun-
dry at No. zoos Olive street and was al
caused by 8 dispute over laundry. nckst.
Wennegen appeared At thu laundry
shortly after noon and presented ticked
bearing scratches which were worse than
"al1 Greek to him.
Long LAi looked at thu ticket and
'.Notee light ticket
Whats the matter with itr. asked
Ticket notice good. replied the Co
Wennegen declared that he had received
the ticket at the laundry for a package of
laundry week before. :
Long. Lai stuck to his statement that
the ticket was not issued at his laundry
He was Joined by Sam Yeng, Yeng Yang
and Lung Ho, who added their protests
against the ticket presented by Wennegen.
insisted that the ticket was genuine. One
word brought on another and blows fol-
lowed.
When tho trouble was all over and Pa
trotman Manning was leading the Celes-
ttais and Wennegen to tho Eighth District
Police Station Wennegen declared that
one Chinaman tried to choke him to death
oy winding his queue around bis neck. an
other stamped on him with his felt shoes
and another tried to get an Opening 10
use a fat Iron. Wennegen was mot badly
hurt.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-25
GIFTS FOR CITY OFFICIALS.
Clerks Remember Heads at NUM-
cipal Departments.

At the City Hall yesterday many evil
dences Of friendship and good feeling
passed between clerks and heads OF de-
partments. Boxes Of cigars and bottles
Of liquids. such as are generally used to
toast many returns of the Yuletide sea-
son, were much in evidence.
Frank Scharwitz. Assessor and Col
lector Of Water Rates, received a cut
glass punch bowl from the clerks Of his
Office
T. F. Almon, Chief of the Fire
Alarm Service, received a silver loving
cup from employees in his department.
A gold shield was presented to Thomas
Carter. superintendent Of City Lighting;
q like gift was received by Joseph G..
Branch. Inspector of Boilers and Eleva-
tors. Both gifts were from office as
James A. Smith. Assistant Building
Commissioner, was the recipient OF gold
shield, also. The gift is from associates
in the Building Commissioner office and
admirers In the Twenty-seventh Ward.
Supply Commissioner John P. Boyce
from now on will take life easier. A COM
Portable Morris chair was sent to his resi-
dence yesterday. gift from the clerks
Of his office.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-25

theory is that the stakes Of the side of the
car were weak and gave way under the
tension when the car rounded the curve.
Mr.. Irwin says there is no truth in the
rurnor that train wreckers derailed the
train.
STEWARDS HERoISM.
A story of courage and heroism seldom
eQualed is told OF Benjamin Nichols, stew
ard In the dining car. When the terrible
slide Of the engine dragged the train
whirlfng sidewise along the road Nichols
was in the dining car. He was battered
from one side to another of the car. Be-
fore the car had made its last lurch Mich
OILS had leaped and was running toward
the smoker, which was reduced to a mat
ter Of twisted iron and splinters. The
crash had torn the escape valve from the
top of the engine and the steam was shoot
Ing in the car upon the struggling mass
OF smoking humanity.
Escaping steam was the first thing that
attracted the pluclky steward. Taking of
his coat. he ripped and tore the garment
plugged up tho pipe. and shut off the
steam. Temporary relief was thus given
LEAPS INTO CAR
DOW, Nichols leaped into the dark car.
The hot. suffocating steam filled the car.
The screams Of the injured made 1t con-
fhI ,ssI what snI to DO PICKING hsg up the frs.
out In the open. Placing the injured VIC
tim on the frozen ground, Nichols once
moro entered the car. By this time other
rescuers had arrived. One after another
were handed out until i've were rescued
AZ this point tho steward was compelled
to leap to the ground. being exhausted
and overcome by the heat and steam.
Other employees entered the car and con-
tinued the work Of rescue. They were
soon rejoined by Nichols. who once more
had recovered
When seen to-day after he had received
e full report of the accident. William C.
Loree, general superintendent of the Bal
dmore and Ohio Railroad, said:
while the accident was deplorable In
tho extreme, yet 1t is consolation to me-
speaking as an official Of the company,
TO know that 1t cannot be attributed to
negligence of any of our employees A
wreck Of this character Is liable to hap
pen on any railroad having double track.
While 1t was lumber that fell from a
westbound freight train that caused the
accident, yet any obstruction OF a similar
character would have produced the same
terrible result
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-25
HOLIDAY GIFTS DIVORCES.
Seven Wives Obtain DEGREES Of
Separation Christmas Eve.

Jane B. Price. who obtained a divorce
yesterday. told Circuit Judge Hough that
when she and her husband, Orren II.
Price, were married. October Is, 1897, they
went to Rolla, Mo-. to have the ceremony
performed. because he did not want his
employers to know that he was married,
He was employed by q club, she said,
and was afraid that It would be regarded
that his salary was not large enough to
support g. wife, and that he might be Sus-
pected OF being dishonest.
She alleged that he abused her Whilo
boarding at 1850 Olive street In 1900. they
were forced to leave on account Of his
treatment OF her, she said He also rer,-
resented himself as q single man sha
averred. Her former name, Campbali.
was restored.
Beuiah Clements, whose suit for divorce
against Joseph Clements was laid over
last Wednesday by Judge Hough because
OF her falling on the Courthouse stairWay
and tnjurfng her feet, was able to attend
court yesterday and obtained a divorce.
Judge Hough also granted a divorce yes-
terday to Susie Woods Adams from Daniel
G: Verdenburg, alias Adams; to Katie
O'Brten from Thomas O'Brien; to Eliza
beth CANCEL from Frank CANCEL: to Ean-
ME Guton from Frederick Guion; to ida
Scoheld from A. Scoheld; to Mary n.
Mayer from Emil Mayer; to Julia A. Hill
from John M Hill. and to Ann Brockrnau
from Louis Brockman.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-25
GIFTS FOR CIRCUIT JUDGES;
DESMOND PRESENTS PIPES

John ]. Burke. Thomas p. Stanton,
James H. Berry and Hubert Cradock,
deputies in the Office Of John J. Manton,
Clerk of the Court of Criminal Correction,
presented diamond ring to him yester-
day. Judge Hiram N. Moore made the
presentation speech
Judge Daniel G. Taylor, who is fond of
smoking pipe, will get considerable en-
joyment for some time to come out of a
handsome meerschaum which was pre-
sented to him by the attaches of his court,
Chief OF Detectives William Desmond
remembered the newspaper reporters, who
are assigned to the Four Courts, last
evening. distributing among them gold
holders.