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A VICTIM OF MORPHINE.
Jack Shea, an Ex-Convict, Dies In tn,
City Prison,

Jack Shea, an Ex-Convict, Dies In the
City Prison.
Jack Shea, an ex-convict died in the City
Prison yesterday morning and his body
was taken to the Morgue He was arrested
on Sixth street Friday morning for being
drunk. Some hours later he blamed feI-
low-prisonerf for stealing his hat and struck
him in the face, drawing blood from his
nose, Clerk Sullivan of Judge Lows court
saw the blow struck and preferred charge
of battery against Shea.
Shea was q years of age and addicted to
the use of morphine and cocaine, which
had reduced him to a mere skeleton.
About o'clock yesterday morning one of
the "trusties" noticed that Shea was rest
less and twenty minutes afterward discov-
cred that he was dead.
Shea had been several times arrested,
and IN 1888 he was sentenced to five years
in San Quentin for robbery. His brother
James, about fifteen years ago, was shot
dead by Policeman Presho, now deceased.
at the Potrero, and another brother,
named Patsey, was sentenced to twelve
years in Folsom Penitentiary. While serv-
ing his time he was Sent to an insane
asylum.
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! Both boys tried to Jump overheard in
mldocean. The captain, who was not after
all such bad fellow as sea-captains go.
was touched at last at the sufferings of the
! two landsmen.
/ Giving the boys little attention at last
the captain learned of the circumstances
under which they had shipped observed
that they were boys of good families and
well brought up and felt himself in a d.
lemma.
The boys were given comfortable quar-
ters at last, and received medical aid,
Bert was worn to shadow of his former
pump and rosy self, and the lines in his
face would have wrung his mothers heart
II she had seen them.
Walter was badly injured, and in his de-
hnum he raved of the home he had left.
or babbled happily OF other times and
places.
Sing to me, Bert" he would call out in
quickW
And Bert not knowing how else to quiet
ms friend, would choke back his sobs to
sing the old songs they both loved now
One night Walter was more quiet, and
aiter long sleep he remem bered every
Bert" he said in weak voice. Bert
90 you think we shall ever go home
again?'
Bert thought it extremely doubtful, but
ms spirit rose to the occasion.
Nv by, yes he answered 81 wouldn't
be bit surprised if we should start home
tomorrow.
DO you remember that New Years
sermon L got so mad at the governor
about?
well, I've thought about that and
thoqght about it, nights and days too.
Il believe | could repeat the whole
thing, word for word
and wasn't it a great lecture?
Klse at Z when the bell rings-iollv
good breakfast and school, the governors
Once, dinner, stay with mother and the
glrlsIsay, how would you like chance to
do all that?"
There were tears in Bert's voice anv-
way and the sick boy opposite coughed
Its all my fault any way, for getting
you into this scrape.
Neither OF us would ever have acted so
alohe-Why IS it that when two fellows
agree to do thing it never seems wrong
I'LL afterward, and then most likely it
seems worse than anything you could
nave thought OF by yourself?" The two
lonely boys talked themselves to sleep at
last, and for a time their troubles were
forgotten.
COnCI1ded merit 1DeeE
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mas time Santa Claus had brought him
something that only big boys had in those
days.
know you are anxious to learn what it
was. Well, 1t was a beautiful slate-oh!
so big and black and smooth, with white
pine frame, upon which were marked all
the letters of the alphabet, besides Won
derful pictures of animals and ships.
Around the edge of the frame was strip
of bright red felt, held in place by a piece
of cord, which was twisted in and out of
the little holes which had been bored all
along the edge of the frame.
The little boy took strong piece of
tWlne, to one end of which he tied soft
sponge, then, after passing the cord
through one of the holes, he tied nicely
sharpened slatepencil to the other end
then he was fixed. My, how anxious he
was Tor school to open, so that he could
show all the other boys how much better
his wonderful slate was than their old
scratchy tin ones.
When the day came he was so excited he
could hardly wait for his mother to get
him ready and fix him his nice lunch, but
at last he started with his new slate slung
over one shoulder
At first he walked along quietly enough,
but when he came in sight of the little
schoolhouse and saw the boys running to
meet him, eager to find out what Santa
Claus had given him, he kicked up his
heels and commenced to run, too Alack!
Alack! The first time he lifted up his
sturdy little heels one of them struck his
adored slate behind his back and there
was crash, while pieces of broken slate
flew In all directions. The poor disap-
pointed little boy looked for moment in
dlsmay at the empty frame, and then sat
down by the roadside bemoaning the loss
OF his treasure, surrounded by his sym
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monial on the Christmas day and the night
WEAVER rs ENDORSED.
The Associated Charities Pass ResOIu-
tions DepIoring the Efforts Being
Made to Remove Him.

The friends of Superintendent Weaver
of the Almshouse are rallying to his sup
port and striving to stave off the threat
ened change which is expected to take
place at the next meeting of the Board of
Health The Associated Charities have
always taken an active interest in the
welfare of the establishment, and have
nothing but good words to say for the
superintendent and Mrs. Weaver.
At meeting of the organization held
yesterday the following preamble and
resolution indorslng the present manage
ment and deploring the efforts that are
being made to bring about a change were
adopted:
WHEREAS 1t has been publicly stated that
Governor James H. Budd has recommended
that the Board of Health OF san Francisco re-
move the present superintendent OF the san
francisco Almshouse; and whereas, the man.
agement of the San Francisco Almshouse, I'M
der the superintendency of Mr.. Weaver, has
been credit to this City at home and abroad,
ranking second in efficiency and excellence in
all the United States; and whereas, 1t is with
In the knowledge of the Associated Charities
of San Francisco that under Mr.. Weayer's man
agement this public charity has been con-
Quoted in manner to most benefit the poor
and unfor tunate who were obliged to seek its
shelter; and whereas never before in the his
Tory OF this City and State has the Almshouse
OF San Francisco been drawn into partisan
poitics and treated part and parcel of the
spolIs system; therefore be it
Res0tged, That we, the Associated Charities
OF san Francisco, do deplore this attempt to de-
grade the government of this City by turning
its charitable institutions over to the control
OF politicians, and then in the sacred name of
charity and in the best interests of the CITY
we do petition the gentlemen composing the
Board OF Health of San Francisco to be true to
the regulations they have always borne in this
community and to refuse to imperil the inter-
ests OF this City and the welfare OF the unfor-
Inmates in the Almshouse by removing an
been established by years of successful work.
Be it further,
ResOJUed, That the secretary is hereby in.
structed TO transmit copy of these resolutions
to the Board of Health.
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teacher says they are exceedingly naughty,
and very silly besides. But when two
nations make up their minds to go to war
everybody waves a flag, and even the
schoolma ans seem to think it is a grand
time.
Quarreling and killing are not tie only
bad things IN the world, though they are
the most dreadful.
Somebody says we should have COM
mandment against lying, and it would
make all the rest unnecessary. And surely
If everybody told the truth and nobody
cheated the New Year would seem pretty
clean and bright.
Only-there's something else to learn
first.
It's love.
SELF"
If everybody told the truth some people
would be very angry with others. and
would say to those they treated kindly.
go away-you are so bad do not want to
see you"
But then we're not to love only our good
neighpors and those that never did wrong,
The sunshine and the rain fall on everV-
body alike, and that advice about Your
neighbors sounds as if love were meant to
do the same thing.
1t might be little hard, too, if every
body were to begin to be good the same
day and little tiresome if everybody got
good exactly alike.
Perhaps, after all, the dear old, STUN
bling SHINING world that God made is best,
and the New Year that comes to us bet
ter one than we could make for ourselves.
Two Runaway Mariners.
You are to turn over new leaf, young
man."
Bert's father shook an admonishing
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trip in four days. Whenever necessary
she will stop at salmon canneries between
Astoria and Portland for cargo.
On her first southern trip she has ff-
teen passengers and full cargo of general
freight. The passenger business between
San Francisco and Portland will be con-
fined to the regular large steamers of the
Oregon Company.
AS frei ghts on the way-port steamer are
low, 1t is believed that this new competitor
will cause a rate war with the opposition
steamers, and the results will be awaited
with much interest by shippers all along
the coast.
The situation with regard to Southern
Pacific competition to Portland remains
unchanged.
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RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS.
1t viii Be Ushered In To-Day at st
Basil's Cathedral With Grand
Vesper SerVice.

Christmas bells will ring out merrily at
the Cathedral OF st. Basil the Great on
Powell street, where the vigil of the Ma
tivity of Christ or Christmas will be ush-
cred in by grand vesper service at 7
O'Clock this evening.
At that hour Right Rev. DR.. Nicholas,
Bishop of Alaska and the Aleutian Isles,
assisted by the resident clergy of the Rus
sian church, will officiate, vested in all the
Oriental splendor characteristic of the
Gr@co-Russian Orthodox Catholic church.
On January of the Gregorian calendar
occurs the Christmas day of all in COM
munion with the Russian church At 10
O'Clock Monday the liturgy OF St. Basil the
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There will be errands for you to do, and
they will keep you out of mischief until
alnner-time: At dinner l wish to see YOU
freshly washed and brushed, quiet and
polite.
After dinner you can make yourself
agreeable to your mother and sisters. II
they wish you to do so you may escort
them abroad; if not, you may perhaps
read aloud or sing with Ruth and Jo-
sephine.
In any event you will retire at 10
O'Clock, unless it suits your mothers con-
venlence to keep you with her.
That Is all, sir, for to-day, and 1 wish
you Happy New Year"
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He langhs and Eicks his uttLe heels In raptur.
Hurrah for a brand-new year! I

uI4 al lOI q DIdHu-uGW year!
Wouldn't it be Jolly if everybody in the
world should take q fresh start and not do
one single more naughty thing? 1t would
be easy enough, too, ii everybody began al
the same time.
a shrill little voice over there in the
corner pipes up to say that everybody ex-
cept the children is good already.
Now, Brighteyes, it's very kind of you
10 think that, and I am going to reward
You by telling you a secret.
1t isn't true-that Is, that only children
are naughty.
And here is another secret. There are
some very wise and kind men, with gray
hairs in their heads, who believe that chill
dren are not naughty at ali.
Here are some OF the things that some
of the grown-ups will have to do to make
thai best kind Of a New Year.
The Sultan of Turkey-well, what can
be done with him?
Ii you children read the newspapers on
weekdays which | almost hone Won don'1
you already know that the Sultan is
making his soldiers kill people Just as if it
was the incest kind OF game to kill
hundreds OF people Just for fun.
Ii Turkey and Armenia are too far awav
for little folks to worry about, you might
feel sorry because the verv bad Apache
Indians are killing settlers right over here
in Arizona again.
Besides that, English people and Ameri-
cans, who ought to be busy sending ships
full OF good things and good thoughts to
all the poor benighted heather nations.
are taking time to call each other bad
names.
It's funny about these things.
l. two boys get to fighting at school and
really 20 TO work 10 hurt each other. the
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FIGHTING FOR FREIGHTs
The Oregon Company's Competition for
Way-Port Business May Precipitate
Another Rate War.


Another Rate War.
The Oregon Railway and Navigation
Company having settled the subject of
passenger rates, for the present at least, is
concentrating its energies on freight bust
ness between San Francisco and Portland.
1t intends that no business that can be Sc
cured by attention to interests of shippers
shall 60 to competitors, and in following
out this policy the company will hereafter
take and deliver freight, and passengers,
too, at way ports.
To make this possible the South Coast, a
steamer smaller than the company's regu-
lar vessels, has been put into service The
South Coast is expected to arrive in this
port to-day on her first round trip. D. c.
O'Reilly. assistant general freight agent of
the corporation, is on board, coming to
San Francisco for the purpose of inducing
shippers to patronize his line.
Being small steamer, the South Coast
can enter way ports and steam from one
wharf to another here and in Portland to
discharge and receive freight. She will
carry passengers to and from Arcata,
Eureka, Marshfield, Empire City, Astoria,
Portland and San Francisco, making the
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and you are to present yourself in the
spection-shoes BACKED, clothes brus he'd
finger nails in order.
after breakfast you are to look over
your lessons for half an hour and then YOU
may walk to school. Thereby you will
save both carfare and health At school
you are to apply yourself. and when study
hours are over you may come to my office.
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Concluded iaert aceek.
DONALD sERIES-NO. <.
FOR TINY BOYS.

FOX TINY BOYS.
Here is story which was told to Donald
not long ago, and l am sure all the tiny
boys Will enjoy it just as much as he did.
once upon time, a long while ago,
there hYed great big, big boy, five years
ola. "Oh!' q think l hear you say "a
BOY i've years old isn't a big, big boy"
NO, he was not very tall DO Y, and not an
oid boy, but he felt as if he were as big as
the biggest giant that Jack the Giant
KILLER had ever met; because at Christ
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''Booh

On afternoons, when baby boy has had splendid
And sits like any monarch his throne, in nurses
lap,
In some such wise my handkerchief hold before
my face
And cautiously and quietly I move about the
place:
Then, with cry, suddenly expose my face to
view,
And you should hear him laugh and crow when 1
say Boon"
Sometimes the rascal tries make believe that he
is scared,
And really when I first began, he stared, and
stared, and stared;
And then his underIip came out and farther out ii
came,
TIL mamma and the nurse agreed it was a "cruel
shame
But now what does that same wee, toddling, lisp
ing baby 90
But laugh and kick his little heels when I say
Boob"
He laughs and kicks his little heels in rapturous
glee, and then
In shrill. deSpotic treble bids "do it all aden :"
And I-of course I do IL; Tor. his progenitor,
1t is h pretty, pleasant play as this that am
for,
And it is, oh, such fun! and that we shall
rue
The time when we are both too old to play the
game of "BoOh,"
EUGENE FIELD, Live Songs Of Childhood.
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pathizing schoolmates, over whom he had
expected to "crow" that very day.
And so, after ALL the little boy had to
use his old tin slate all that year just the
same as the other boys.
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125, 127. 1919, 131 Kearny Street
BRANCH sTORE-742 and 744 Market
Street.
The evening times., 1896-10-08
CHASED BY ANGRY LABORERS
Two Vicious C0lored Men Narrowly
Missed Being Maltreated.
Threw Stones at Their Former En-
ployer and His Men Pursued
Them a Long Distance.

1t was lucky for Theodore Wilson and
Charles Thomas. burIy coIored nen, that
they were not caught by their pursuers last
evening, otherwise they would have been
occupying co.'s in a hospital today Instead
OF prison cells
Wilson and Thomas had been employed
with the gang of laborers working on Mas
sachusetts avenue. extended, but on Mon
day they were discharged for cause by the
foreman. Nelson EHgstron, stocky Scotch
Irishman.
The men swore vengeance against the!r
former employer. and last evening they
asoended TO precipItous hill. directly over
Engstron and his workmen.
Arming themselves with cobbiestones, the
discharged laborers bonbardcd the fore
man, who ha da narrow escape from being
struck by the flying missiles.
There were about $50 Iaborers in Mr.
Engstron's gang and as soon & the ydscover-
ed that their boss was being stoucd the
men climbed up the hill after lis assailauts,
Ar exciting pursuit followed. over ra-
vines, down hill and up, across fences and
through thckets, went the flying Wilson
and Thomas, while behind them We're the
determined workInen, shouting. Catch
them X III tie oowartist'' and other cries.
1t Was like fox hunt, said Policeman
Bradley this morning. land If tie fellows
had been caught they would have been
beaten nearly To death, for tie laborers
think great deal of Their foreman.
BY dint of hard running Wilson and Thorn
Us managed 10 oat-distance the angry crowd,
but last night Policeman Bradley arrested
th:m near Georgetown. Ia the police court
this morning they were both sent to the
chain gan 2.
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NAME FOR THE SCHOOL.
New Educational structure Born In
the Northeastern Suburbs.

New Educational structure Born In
the Northeastern Suburbs.
Today ground W ill be broken for a six
Room school building near Langdon. The
session of the Northeastern Suburban
Citizens Association. last evening was
largely devoted to its discussion.
An entertainment committee of nine
members, With an auxiliary Committee OF
five ladies, was directed appointed by the
president to arrange for dedIcatory exer-
cises, at a date to be fixed hereafter.
George McCauley Was indorsed for theoffice
of janitor.
On the proposition to name the school, the
secretary Vas directed TO forward to the
Commissioners. as the desire of the associa-
tion, the following names: Celebar, Hinton,
Sutton, Prescott and Lowell.
The transportation committee vas di-
reoted to endeavor to secure the stopping
of the 5:10 p. m. express at the Langdon
station.
r. E. George and A. E. Berry were placed
on the committee on streets, to ill vacancies
caused by the resignation OF II. s. Sutton
and death of W. T. Mills. On motion of Mr..
Simpson. the COMMISSIONERS were requested
to place the names OF the respective streets
on the lamPposts recently erected.
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He Knew Them

An old gentleman, meeting his grand
son said to him in an impressive tone of
voice:
My dear boy, / hear some very dis
couraging reports about you. They say
that you go behind the scenes and are
very much gone ON Miss Topsie Liftoe.
Is that so?''
Yes. grandpa, to some extent
drop them, my boy. know them, my
son. They are bad lot"
But, graudpa, the actresses of the
present day are different from what they
were when you were a young man, nfty
years ago
Not much. my boy. They are mostly the
same identical actresses, Why, 1 was en-
gagged once to Miss Topsie Liftoe myself"
Chicago Times Herald
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n MoNG tue names which appear on the

y MoNG the names which appear on the
registration of the st. James is that
of Harry Brand TewksbUry, OF l.iv-
erpool. England. He is pharmacists and
conducts in his city one of the largest retail
drug stores in the United Kingdom.
In Il conversation yesterday. Mr.. Tewks-
bury remarked upon bin now before the
English Parlia ment, providing for the early
closing of all retail csta blishments. Mer-
chants over there are divided in their
opinion o the subject.
Some hail the movement as promising lie
!iverance from practical slavery, while
others denounce il as threatening the ruin
of their business, arguing that their best
trade is done within the hours which the
new In would require heir esta hl!shmcn
to be closed. These latter. however, seem
to be in very small minority
The druggists advocate the passage OF
mis- tdii They claim that they and their
assistants need Ielief from the excessive
llipr which they are required TO perform
by the pubic.
1t is conducive, they argue, to the inter
ests Of their customers, as Well as to the
dispensers OF drugs themselves, that the
latter srould ic kept in such health and
comfort as will enable them to give their
best service To the public.
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JAPAN'S NEW MIN ISTRY.
Expenditures Must he Curtaiied by
Extending Military Expansion


Toxic. Japan, Sept % Correspondence
of the United Associated Presses The
ministerial crisis in Japan has at length
been terminated by the appointment Of
a new cabinet under the presidency %;
Count Matsukata. Nearly three weeks were
required to recast the ministry.
As for the policy of the new ministry,
Count MatSukata has 10 choose between
ausuIentin. the revenue by additional tax
alton or diminishing the expenditures. AT
present heinclines toward the latter altrrna-
tive, his plan being to extend from seven
to ten years the completion OF the program
of military expansion approved by the Diet
last session The increase of the army TO
half a million men by the year 1902 is in
some respects a sentimental measure For
a long time to come Japan cannot be in n
position to utilize such 4 force abrOad d, and
She has no apparent need of il at home.
Bnt the Dation's statesmen evidently feel
a romantic reluctance TO bestow upon the
navy more fostering care than upon the
army. though the former certainly needs
such attention more than the hitter. Hence.
If Count Matsukata can carry out the mod
ification he contemplates the country's
belligerent capacity will not be impaired
and the financial strain will be senslbly
relieved. But he has to anticipate much
opposition and will probably see has pru-
posals peeativcd by a large ma jority in the
diet at the close of the year.
There VIII lie DO alternative except an
appeal to the country, and If the new diet
maintains a dissentient attitude, as may
be confidently expected, the ministry must
resign for its leading spirit, Count OEuma,
is irrevccably pledged to the system OF
party catinets and cannot, with any
semtiance of consistency. hold office in
defiance Of hostile ma iority in the lower
house. Thus the life of the new cabinet
ma be recknped at some eight months.