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16 THE MORNING OBEGONIAN, SATURDAY, MARCH -14, 1903; APOSTLE IS IN JAIL Dn J. E. Collinge. of Vancou ver, B. C. Arrested. A WOMAN MAKES COMPLAINT Xectnrer of Psychic VIbraI4n, Who Addresses "Women Only la Iocal Meihodint Church, Get Into Trouble Protests Innocence. Dr. J. E. Collinge, a resident of Vancou ver, B. C, who has been in Portland for Bome weeks, lecturing on psychic vibra tion and similar unintelligible subjects, was arrested last night, and now lies In the County Jail under 52000 bonds. The complaint was sworn to by Maud llarsells, a young woman, who is now an inmate of the Goo3 Samaritan Hospital, and who alleges that Dr. Collinge is the lather of her child, born at the institution two weeks ago. Hiss Marsells fl'Jms that Collinge, after she had told him of her condition, induced her to leave Vancouver, where he has a wife and family, by giving her 54 and promising that he would send her more from time to time. She went flrst to Se attle, and then, not having received any answer to her letters, came to Portland and entered the hospital. Not suspecting that Miss Marsells might be in Portland, Dr. Collinge arrived here in the latter part of February and opened his campaign of mystic massage by en gaging the Marquam Grand for a lecture, which he delivered on Sunday afternoon, March 1. to a large and curious audience. This address was followed by a lecture in the A. O. U. "W. Hall, and then, that the apparent indorsement of a respectable church might be obtained for the apostle of psychic vibration and his prurient dis ciples, the parlors of the Taylor-Street Methodist Church wore engaged for a lec ture to women only, at which, so ran the -advertisement, the doctor would "ruthless ly tear aside the veil of modesty" that hangs over the matrimonial relation. On the date set the church parlors were packed with inquisitive females, who de sired to see the veil of modesty vibrated until nothing but the tattered shreds re mained. Tore Anldo the Veil of Modesty. And from the reports which from that time to this have been reaching the ears of the diffident pastor and the astounded committee which permitted the apostle to use the church, the inquisitive females had their desires completely gratified. "I went to hear the lecture." said Mrs. James Edwards, a well-known Sunday echool worker, "because I knew some thing of the man's record In Vancouver and wished to hear for myself if the re ports of his work were correct. The lec ture was roost Improper. It was an insult to men.. To speak plainly, the address was suggestive In some places, and In others" positively obscene." "The fact that the lecture was held in the Methodist Church." said Mrs. R. I. Jenkins, who lives at 2S4 Main street, "led Trie to think that it would be a good lec ture, and I attended it. The speaker said eome things I liked and some things that I did not like. There were a number of good people there." Another woman who attended the lec ture stated, before she heard of the vlbra tlonlst's arrest, that his lecture was "per fectly sublime." Her name is withheld becauso her family has some hopes that ehe will recover her sanity. MIm aiarsellN SkeptlcnI. On Thursday night Miss Marsells, lying In a cot in the Good Samaritan Hospital, happened to see one of the pamphlets which announced with many hysterical adjectives that Dr. Collinge. the healer of ills which physicians could not cure, was in the city; that he would lecture to women only on "Superb Womanhood," that he would instruct private classes of women in the mysteries of vibration for 53 apiece, and that he would give private Instruction in his suite of offices to those female seekers after truth who would be satisfied with nothing but an entrance into the innermost holy of holies of the now cult. Miss Marsells had apparently sounded these enticing mysteries, and her awe of the vibration system had vanished. She had no further respect for the thrifty apostle who had sent her, according to her tale, from her home to face an un kind world with M and his fervid blessing. And accordingly she swore out a com plaint in which her grievance wis set forth ,ln the cold and unfeeling verbiage of the law. Dr. Colllnjce Arrested. Before 7 o'clock last night a policeman waited on Dr. Collinge at his offices In the Ablngton building, and the lecturer whoso words of wisdom were good for women only walked, in all the glory of a Bilk hat and flowing raglan. to police headquarters. "I do not know the woman." said the doctor to an Oregonlan reporter at the station. And, like a more celebrated and less questionable apostle of earlier date, ho denied her thrice. But there was nothing psychic about the vibration of his knees. Five minutes later, the doctor's mem ory recovered somewhat of its strength. "I remember her now," he siid. "But I treated her for a disease, only that and nothing more." And there was more vibration in his voice. "It is blackmail." pursued the apostle, us he became acclimated to the cheerless surroundings. Then, as he reflected on the fickleness of women, he announced Sn tones of the slncerost resignation that "he had done all ho could for her. "I in structed her fully in our doctrines," he concluded. A heartless Justice of the Peace, un initiated In psychology, had marked the eaddening words upon the warrant. "Ball, $3000." Dr. Collinge vibrated his' pockets thoroughly, but the amount required was not forthcoming. "I suppose I will have to spend the night in Jail." said he. The pregnant mourning in his tone touched the heart of the Chief of Police, and he ordered the lecturer taken to the county Jail, where the In sectivorous inhabitants of the cells are comparatively few. m Miis Marsells Tells Her Story. "I was suffering from a trouble not un common among young girls. said Miss Marsells, yesterday, "and Dr. Collinge. who advertised that he could readily cure all such diseases, told me thit a short course of vibration was what I needed. I xnake the complaint as much with the idea of .saving other girls from the allure ments of psychic vibration as with any thought that the man should be punished for having led me astray. "After Dr. Collinge found thit I was in a delicate condition he told me not to worry, that he would take good care of me, and later he sent me to a doctor to be electrically treated. He said that this would do me more ,good even than any further vibration. After a month or so I became very much alarmed, as I was liv ing with my people, and Dr. Collinge- told me I should leave Vancouver at once. He1 rave mo 54. and from that time until I saw the advertisement of bis lecture on Thursday last I have not seen or heard of him." nOW THE CHCItCII WAS ODTAIXKD. The Pastor and the Committee Dis claim Responsibility. Apparently no one gave Mr. Collinge permission to use the church. That Js, no one will now admit that such permission was given. W. Y. Masters. Dr. E. C. Brown and George Birrell form the com mittee that uave charge of the church building, and the committee. excuses Itself by saying that every matter of this sort is referred to the pastor, Bev. H. J. Talbott. Against this manner of shifting the re sponsibility, however. Dr. Talbott protests vigorously, and says that he leaves the entire matter In the hands of the commit tee. "It looks to me," said Dr. Brown, "as If any one could get the Mse of the church. No one seems to have given permission, yet the man had the church all risht. I think our system is very bad." Dr. Brown was the first man accosted with the proposal made by D. B. Hall, a local business man, who was acting as manager for Dr. Collinge. "I was very busy at the time," said Dr., Brown, and I referred the matter to Mr." Masters, who is a member of the commit tee and usually looks after matters of PORTLAND IN LEAD Has Important Advantages for Packing-Houses. IS MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED Command Snnply'of Livestock and Market -for Cared Prodmcts Muck of This PBget Sonnd Cannot Handle at Advantage. Nearly half the livestock packed and consumed at Puget Sound passes through Portland. All the livestock available for Puget Sound can (reach Portland at least as easily. And two-thirds of the Portland DR. J. E. COLLINGE, OF VANCOUVER, B. C. WHO DESCniDES HIMSELF AS AX APOSTLE OF PSYCHIC VI BRATION, AXD WHO WAS ARRESTED LAST NIGHT. that kind." Whereupon the doctor heaved a sigh of relief and seemed to feel that the burden had passed entirely from his shoulders. . "I never pass on a matter of that kind," said Mr. Masters. "It Is true that our committee has charge of the use of the church, but we do not have time to look into the. merits of every proposition that Is suggested. We refer them to the pas tor, and, if he is willing, we give our con sent. I told the agent when he spoko to me to see the pastor, and If no objection was offered he could hive the church for $15." Now Mr. Masters had vindicated him self. He didn't know anything about the lecture, had not heard any one say any thing concerning: it, but of course it was evident that if there was anything ques tionable about the character of the dis course no ono was to blame except the pastor, whose duty it was to Investigate matters of this kind. "I do not think the members of the committee are to bo censured for allow ing the lecture to be held In the church," said Rev. J. H. Talbott, the pastor, never seeming to tolerate a suggestion that some blame could be pointed toward him self. "I am convinced that the members of the committee did not know the char acter of the man or of his lecture. Oh, no, no, no! I had nothing to do with It. I never havo anything to say about what the church shall be used for. That is entirely in the hands of the com mittee. Everything is referred to them. "The only time anything was said to me about the matter," continued the pas tor, "was over the telephone. Some one, I do not know whom, called me up and asked if the church could be used for the lecture. I told them I had nothing to say about the matter, and that it was entirely in the hands of the committee." The emphasis was on the word "en tirely." "I really think.", said Dr. Talbott, after the situation had been made clear to him, "that the man deceived us all. No one looked into the character of his lecture, and we were willing to lay the responsibil ity on some one else. After the agent had made the rounds and found that no one wftuld attempt to Oppose him, he must liavo gone to the janitor and told him that he had our consent (1 mean the consent of the committee). The Janitor, Newton Drew, who is also financial secre tary of the church, was then In a posi tion to take the man's money and allow him to use the church." supply cannot reach Puget Sound without paying additional freight charges. AH the market that Is open for Seattle and Tacoma i9 equally open to Portland, except the local Puget Sound consumption. And Portland commands a large field that cannot be reached from Puget Sound ex cept at added cost. . These facts are at the foundation of the 'success Of the meat-packing Industry in the Pacific Northwest. They practically, determine where any large plant must be located any plant large enough not to be governed by the purely local demand for meat and meat products. Of course, the local consumption must bo met, regard less of cost, regardless of the location of the sources of supply or the conditions of the general market; but this does not gov ern the larger business which comes In competition with the whole world. That must largely Ignore the purely local inci dents and take Into account the factors that are of general application. Oregon Is today one of the greatest live stock sections of the United States, per haps the greatest. Our cattle go by the tralnload to finish In the feeding pens of Kansas and Nebraska, or on the ranges of Montana and Dakota. In the past it was the custom of Oregon cattle-growers to send all their stock to be finished else where, but there is now a strong tendency to finish at home. The number of animals thus finished at home for the block has more than doubled in the past two years. Most of these find market in the large cit ies of the Coast, but a few go East. In the production of "hogs, which are the chief packing-house animals, the North west has not attained to the position It occupies In regard to cattle and sheep. But the power of production is here. Western Oregon ia well suited to hog-growing, and it already produces a large num- "WHY JOHN LUND VANISHED Misxlne Man Is Charged With Em bezzlement in San Franclnco. A telegram received by Chief of Police Hunt explains the mysterious disappear ance of John Lund. He is charged with J embezzling money in San Francisco, and is now thought to be evading the officers of the law. Edward Kvarney was a friend of Lund. He says that Lund gave him no clew as to where he was going. Kvarney first in formed the local police that his friend was missing. He said that he had seen Lund for the last time at the Victoria dock Are. and feared that some violence had happened him. From this it is thought that Kvarney did not know Lund was a fugitive from Justice. Lund Is said to have led a gay life while, in Portland, spending money right and left. I G. F. S-rrift, head qf Swift Pack- I I have used Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy for a number of years, and have no hesitancy in saying that it is' the best remedy lor coughs, colds and croup I have ever used in my family. I have not words to express ray confidence in this remedy. Mr. J. A. Moore. North Star. Mich. For sale by all druggists. Insist on having Just what jrou call for when you so to buy Hood's Barsaparilla. ber. East of the- Cascades the hog coun try Is limited to those sections that are within reach of the transportation lines, with Umatilla, Union and Wallowa Coun ties In Oregon, the Walla Walla and Pa- louse Valleys in Washington, and the Clearwater Valley in Idaho as the leaders. The Yakima, Kittitas and Klickitat Val leys of Washington produce all kinds of livestock. In all these sections the grow ing of swine is fast Increasing, because it Is found to be the most profitable feature of the farm. . v A glance at the map tells the story. The Ladies' Neckwear New, stylish Neckwear priced to go quickly Quantity sufficient for very active selling In fact we haye never before purchased quite so liber ally in Ladies' Neckwear but it's been your appre ciation in seasons gone by that caused it. Ladies' Collar and Cuff Sets in white and colors, prettiest styles, the regular 50-cent values today at the low price of, set HflC Ladies' Lace Collars are to be very popular for Spring and Summer wear Today we offer a great lot of pretty ones, regular $1.25 value, for, each "JC Novelty Wash Stocks in white and black combinations with tab effects. The regular 50-cent values for the low jo price of, each OOC 2000 white embroidery Turnovers, neat styles, excep tional value at, each OC Glove Sale We'll let the Gloves, do the talking They're too good for the price About 600 pairs all told We can't promiscyou how long they'll last Three lots to choose from. P. K. Suedes in gray, tan and modes; the Overseam Suede in white only; P. K. Mocha in brown, mode and gray All sizes Desirable styles, $1.50 values 95 c Pair The new Spring styles in "Perrin's" famous" real French Kid Gloves now ready $1.50 to $3.00 pair. New Spring styles in Men's and Children's Gloves. New Spring Ribbons, all the finest qualities in plain colors and fancies Largest and best ribbon assortment in the city. Meier, b Frank Company Store open tonight until 9:30 Usual concert Meier Frank Company Store open tonight until. 9:30 Usual concert Artistic Picture Framing to your order Largest and best line of Moldings Orders promptly executed. New arrivals in White Wool Skirt Fabrics Etamines, wire cloths, mohairs, hopsackings, flake effects. Japanese Wash Silks 200 styles in plain and corded effects A superior quality at 50c yard. Ladies' Hosiery The Spring and Summer Hosiery display is at its best. "Onyx," the standard of the world and a sure guar antee for fast color, satisfactory ser vice and best style "Onyx" Hosiery, thousands of pairs in plain black, beautiful lace effects and fancies. An assortment so large, both in quality and style, that there isn't a fancy but what we can quickly please. 50c to $3.00 pair "Veiling Day" Another Saturday of remarkable value in Ladies' Veils. The very newest styles and best qualities at a big reduction from the regular selling price. Magnificent chiffon veils with handsome borders, fancy ends suit able for -hat drapes or face wear. Black and white and white and black. Large variety of styles to select from. $1.25 values, today 95c each $ 1 .50 values, today $ 1 .29 each $1.75 values, today $1.39 each $2.00 values, today $1.69 each $2.25 values, today $1.89 each Boys' Clothing Spring styles in Boys' 3d Youth's fine clothing now ready, Sailors, Nor folks, two and three-piece styles in all the best ma terials. Our Boys' Clothing is unequaled in wearing quality or workmanship, the product of the best factories in the land, makers whose specialty is the making of serviceable and stylish clothes for little men. You'll find our assort ment complete and prices 25 per cent lower than you are asked for equal grades at the exclusive store. "Peter Thompson" coats for boys and girls, more popular than ever before. Second floor. Men's Furnishing Specials A short-but attractive list of bargains in men's furnishings for today. Economical buyers will recognize at a glance that we can save them money. IP'- All our men's $1.50 colored bosom shirts in neat stripes hgures. Best colorings, all sizes, $1.50 value, for today only, each.. . Men's fancy half hose, good patterns and colorings, all sfzes, great value, for today per pair Men's Bat Wing Ties, a special lot in desirable styles 25c to 50c value, today, each Men's derby ribbed Underwear pink and flesh color, finished, fine quality, all sizes in shirts and & i drawers, $2.00 value at, garment tp I Men's fine quality French Flannelette Night Shirts t3 1 neat patterns, best colors, $1.50 value, each "Hawes" Hats for Spring, new models, always each &. W." and " Cluett" Collars, all the latest shapes, 25c each Sc silk Saturday Millinery Our popular-priced Dress Hats at $2.98, $3.98 and $4.98 are already commencing to find great favor with scores of women. An immense showing at these prices. There's quality and style in them not to be found elsewhere at equal prices. These creations come from some of the largest and best-makers in the land Many are also the product of our own workrooms. Children's millinery in superb assortment The most becoming shapes, plain or elaborately trimmed, all prices. Second Floor. 1 qt C. & B. malt vinegar. 25c 1 lb Baker's unsweetened choco late ; 33c 1 lb Baker's sweetened chocolate. ..23c 1 can Baker's cocoa 50c can Baker's cocoa ?. 25c Bottle "Blue Label", catsup 20c Bottle Columbia catsup, only 20c Jello, 3 packages for 25c Grape Nuts, 2 packages for 25c Babbitt's lye, 3 packages for 23c I gal log cabin ma'plesyrup 51.25 IS lbs Western dry sugar vfor 51.00 Postum cereal, per package 20c 1 qt C. & B. oil for '. 65c 2 bottles Snyder's catsup for 35c 3 cans tomatoes for 25c Meier & Frank Company Meier & Frank Company Meier & Frank Company Meier & Frank Company whole Columbia Basin drains f naturally into Portland. No part of It is more ac cessible from Puget Sound. The best that Seattle and Tacoma packers can do Is to get equal rates with Portland for ship ments from points In Eastern Washing ton. It must pay more than Portland to J get shipments from Eastern Oregon and : the Willamette Valley. At no point does Portland receive less favorable terms than Puget Sound, and at most of the producing J points Portland has a material advantage. In dollars and cents, over her northern competitors. The same map shows Portland's advan tages in the matter of distributing the cured products of packerles. All markets (except the purely local Puget Sound) are reached from Portland at least as easily as from Seattle or Tacoma. And the heavy demand of Eastern Oregon. South ern Idaho, the Willamette Valley, South ern Oregon, the Lower Columbia and the Oregon coast cannot be supplied from Pu get Sound except by the payment of addi tional freight charges. This difference is so great that it effectually binds all this great trade territory to Portland. Portland can command both the sources of livestock supply and the market of he whole Pacific Northwest; Puget Sound can get into part of this field on equal terms with Portland: in two-thirds of the field Puget Sound packers are at a material dis advantage, both as to getting the animals and marketing the product. Extent of the Beslnens. Portland imports annually about .325 car loads of hams and bacon. 3,000,000 pounds, worth 51.250.000, and 3.000.000 pounds of lard, worth 5425.000: all this In addition to the products of 45.000 hogs packed locally. The available market for local packing-houses comprises, besides the 12.000.000 pounds of lard, hams, and bacon distributed in the state, 36,000,000 pounds of the same prod ucts that Chicago, Kansas City and Oma ha arc sending to Puget Sound and Alaska. Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington can send to Portland this year 1,000,000 hogs if the facilities ror packing them shall be provided here. The hog-feeding possibilities of all that vast wheatraislng territory are unknown and impossible in the cornraislng and feeding states of the East. Scores of Eastern Oregon wheat growers have given it as their experience that every 160-acre wheat farm can pro duce 50 hogs that will weigh 250 pounds each when ten months old without a dol lar's worth of merchantable wheat having been put Into them. These farmers last year sent to market carload after carload of fat hogs that had spent their entire life upon the fields of volunteer rye. wheat and barley, and on the stubble fields. Such men. by boring wells and fencing to re strain the hogs, have solved the problem of saving the waste which modern meth ods of wheat harvesting entails. This ex perience means that the many millions of acres of wheat land immediately tributary to Portland may in the near future send 2.000.000 hogs to this market, even though every bushel of merchantable wheat be. also sold. But sections of wheat country that are a long distance from a railroad are already increasing the hog output by feeding good wheat. Experience has shown many wheatralsers that when hogs are worth 4 cents a pound wheat can be marketed through those animals for 75 cents a bushel. It is estimated that Portland could get annually from the region east of the Cas cades 2,500,000 hogs and from the Willam ette Valley 1.000.00Q- These would yield about 700.000.000 pounds of pork products, of the value of about 5S7.500.000. No In dustry In the Northwest will compare with W. Q. SMITH & CO. Third Floor Washington Building, Are the Leading Wedding and Visiting Card Engravers AND STATIONERS and ! 15 Good Groceries A considerable saving in every purchase, no matter how small Pure foods of every description at wholesale prices. Phone Private Exchange 4 Pacific Coast matches, 6 for 25c Poppy cream, 3 cans for...... 25c Seeded raisins, 3 packages for.. ..25c Durkee's salad dressing, 10c and . 25c Bon Ami, the magic cleaner 3 for..23c 1 lb shrimps for I0c 2 cans La Rochelle sardines 25c 2 packages Malta Vita 25c 2 cans peaches for 25c 1 gal Puritan maple syrup 90c Lea & Pcrrins sauce 25c, 50c, 85c 3 1-lb cans cove oysters for 25c 2 cans R. & H. asparagus 45c 1 lb Royal baking powder 45c 1 lb ground chocolate 25c 200 Other Speclnl Prices this in Its possibilities. -The market for all this is now waiting. Present activity toward occupying this field promises substantial results. The Co lumbia Packing Company, recently Incor porated in Portland with capital of $500, 000. Is now represented here by Messrs. Ward and Kamerer. who are conducting negotiations for establishing a meat-packing plant to cost about 5400,000. J. C. Ains worth, Charles E. Ladd and J. Thorburn Rosa, as a committee of the Board of Trade, are dealing with, these gentlemen. It is Bald that a definite proposal has been made by the packing people, and that some conclusion as to the terms the en terprise can get and accept from Portland people will he made the coming week. Swift & Co. are also In this field looking into the conditions as they bear upon the meat-packing Industry, with a view to es tablishing a large plant here, Louis F. Swift, vice-president of the corporation, went through Portland Wednesday, pass ing to Puget Sound and thence East. Gus- tion and its leading spirit, is expected to visit this country soon. Swift & Co. have a capital of 125.000,000, and the stock is distributed among 3656 people, chiefly employes. This company has large packing-houses at Chicago, New York, Kansas CItyr South Omaha, East St. Louis, South St. Joseph and South St Paul.