THE MORNIXG OREGOyiAN", aroyPAT. SEPTEMBER 27, 1003.
TALES
By
Thugs, Drug, Hypnotism and
Robbery Cited by Hotel
man in His Story.
MADISON MYSTERY DEEP
St. John Bridegroom Picked rp.
Battered, on Jefrerson Near ar
tilla, Gives Strange Accounts
of Plight Will Recover.
The mysterlou assault upon Matt J.
Madison, the hotel man of St. John, who
was found, dazed and bleeding, at the
corner, of Jefferson and NartlUa treetl
by William Morrow, of 275 Iartila
street. Saturday night, rivals the mys
terious assault upon toe F. Brackett
et Fourteenth and Yamhill streets last
July. But the stories told by Brackett
seem to be wells of truth compared
with evident highly improbable tales
told by Madison to explain his plight on
his wedding day.
Two mysterious men. knockout drops,
hypnotic influence, black masks and
robbery go to make up the settings for
Madison's disappearance and rturn
Upon being found by Mr. Morrow the
injured man said he had been robbed
of $500. a diamond pm. a gold watch
and a ring. On being taken Into the
home at 275 Xartllla street he proceed
ed, according to Mr. Morrow, to relate
his storv. unsolicited. He said he had
come to town with 1500 to pay a con
tractor on his wedding day, and that he
had gone into a down-town saloon and
taken a drink of soda water. Then, re
bunted Madison, he had been taken by
back of the
men Into llie oruau
a . ,i there robbed. When
asked how he had met hi. 'f'1?""'
Madison said when he came out of the
saloon on Morrison street h. had met
two men who seemed to exert a strange
Influence over him and by their very
presence compelled him to go where
Lover they wished. He said I they took
Mm up the Canyon road, where they
put on black masks and robbed him.
He said he thouKht he would be able to
recognize one of the men.
Morrow states that Madison seemed
rational while telling his Strang e tale.
He produced his marriage license he
obtained Friday evening and gave his
telephone number and home address,
cautioning Morrow not to telephone to
his home, as his aged mother was sick
and he did not wish to alarm her. In
stead he directed that a taxicab be or
dered. Morrow gave the chauffeur the
address and Madison was then taken
home.
He's Out of Danger.
Madison is out of danger. Practically
the only injury received by him Saturday
was a severe blow on the top of the
head, from which no bad results are ex
tooiJ. Uonver. he still suffer, from
the effects of blows about the head and
body received in the assault of last Tues
day night. Then, he stated, he had been
robbwi of JIM. Later developments ac
count for all of this sum but a0.
Miss Esther Olive Moe, who was to have
become Madison's wife, states that, while
the wedding waa necessarily postponed on
account of Madison's disappearance, the
ceremony will be performed as soon as
Madison recovers from the effects of the
two alleged assaults. Madison also de
clare that the wedding will take place
as soon as he is able to be up and about.
Miss Moe scouts the Idea of Madison
ever having been previously engaged, and
states that, while he may have had for
mer sweethearts, the report is prepos
terous that a woman had ever threatened
him In any way. She has implicit faith
in he stories told by Madison.
Madison was able to talk freely yes
terday. He declared he was unable to
account for any reason for his double
beating. He says both attacks on him
were made by the same men. He states
he left St. John and visited a friend at
Kast Third and East Burnslde streets,
going from there to the First National
Bank, where he drew X. expecting to
use it in paying a deposit on a home he
is building in Piedmont. After leaving
the bank, he said, he made some pur
chases at Roberts Bros." store, and start
ed for the office of A. G. Herald, who is
building his home.
Soda Sought In Saloon.
Becoming thirsty, he related, he went
into a saloon he thinks It is on Morrison
street, between Third and Fourth Btreets
and ordered a glass of soda water. He
is positive he did not know the bartender,
and states that he drank the soda at
once, declaring If It were drugged be
has no idea how the poison could have
been put In the liquid.
Falling to tell anything of meeting two
men with hypnotic Influence, Madison
said he remembers nothing after leaving
the saloon until he found himself stag
gering along upper Jefferson street, dased.
wounded, without a cent and with his
valuables gone. He says someone took
him Into a house, washed his fare. and.
finding out where he lived, called a taxi
cab and sent him home. He cannot lo
cate the saloon where he received the
soda. and. except for a hasy vision of a
watering-trough and two men urging him
along, says he has no Idea what took
place.
Madison states there is no reason to
believe he was attacked by the brothers
of an old sweetheart, and does not be
lieve she made threats against him.
When asked why he. who never drank or
smoked, went Into a saloon for a glass
of soda, he answered it was a custom of
his, as he liked the kind of soda served
in a saloon.
Residents of St. John state positively
that Madison was not only not addicted
to the use of liquor, but that he had
never been known to drink at all. His
father declares Ms son does not even
. know the taste of liquor. The assaults
of Saturday and Tuesday are not the
only affairs of the kind in which Madison
has figured since his engagement to Miss
Moe. He was attacked and robbed of -US
a year ago last August, shortly after he
became engaged to Miss Moe.
POOR PAY FOR PREACHERS
Because They Shun Billy Sunday's
Methods, Sajs Writer.
PORTLAND. Sept. 25. (To the Editor.)
The Oregonlan's editorial regarding the
low salaries paid to Methodist ministers
furnishes food for much thought but is
the "money making spirit of the age"
entirely responsible?
Contrast, If you please, the income
of the Rev. "Billy" Sunday, the base
ball evangelist, who it is authoritatively
stated, has purchased a ranch at Hood
River and is the owner of farms in
other localities, and whose Income, ac
cording to the "Chicago Inter-Ocean." is
at the rate of $64,000 per annum. The
amount of money available for church
purpose Immediately after a Billy Sua-
QUEER
TOLD
ARE
MADISON
I day revival in any city la nil. and there
! can be no question that the enormous
sums raised by and for him materially
diminish the amount wnicn ouier...-.
would be contributed for such uses.
Mr. Sunday la very businesss-like In
his methods. He has an up-to-date ad
vance agent who knows the importance
of advertising. This advance agent se
lects a city and makes all arrangements
with the local clergy, who agree to close
their churches, giving Mr. Sunday a
monopoly of audiences for the occasion.
He exacts a guarantee that a taberna
cle will be built according to his own
designs the cost of which Is obtained
from subscriptions at the early meet
ings. It would seem that ministers who
combine to bring competition, and es
pecially competition of. such a nature.
Into their own field, should not complain
If the amount of money taken away by
Mr Sunday and his kind Is deducted from
the sum' which goes to their support.
The young men of talent and self
respect who might otherwise enter the
ministry cannot be blamed If they refrain
from doing ao. when they see the manner
in which its rewards are distributed. It
Is not merely a question of money. To
preach the gospel earnestly and respect
fully to a small audience, or to man
handle the word of God with current
slang, the argot of thieves, and crass
vulgarity, to an enormous and appar
ently sympathetic audience, is an alter
native few would choose. A public who
will encourage a 'Billy" Sunday and his
ilk to the extent of contributing enor
mous sums for their personal benefit,
cannot escape some part of the blame
for the beggarly salaries paid to decent
ministers of the gospel who refuse to
mi-r with d rtv pontics,
sades, and the' like.
G. B. F.
UNDERTAKERS TO MEET
OREGOX AXD WASHINGTON
ORGANIZATION HERE TODAY.
National Convention to Follow Wed
nesday Special Trains Coming.
Tatt May Address Them.
Funeral directors from all parts of Ore
gon and Washington will meet In conven
tion this morning at the Masonic Tem
ple, to be followed Wednesday morning
by ' the annual convention here of the
National Funeral Directors' Association.
Two or three special trains from the
East will bring delegates to the National
convention. One of these will come by
way of the Canadian Pacific, and will
carry 106 delegates from Chicago and
points east of that city.
One of the more important subjects to
be considered by the National conven
tion will be the passage of a law oppos
ing burials at sea. Nearly all modern
vessels carry men who are able to em
balm, and it is desired by the funeral di
rectors that all bodies should be brought
ashore for burial.
Another feature of the convention will
be an effort to get lower rates for ship
ping bodies across the country. Now
two first-class fares are required for each
body shipped. This Is deemed excessive
by the undertakers.
The National convention will be in ses
sion next Saturday when President Taft
arrives, and. an effort is being made to
have him speak at the afternoon session.
A request to this effect has been made,
but as yet no definite reply has been re
ceived. Those who are making the prep
arations for the convention have been
informed that President Taft will have
Saturday afternoon free from any other
engagements, and it Is believed he will
accept the invitation to appear at the con
vention. Several subjects of local Interest will
be taken up at the Oregon and Wash
ington convention, which opens -today.
One of these is the formulation of a law
that will require all embalmers to have
licenses in this stata. E. E. Erlcson,
president of the Oregon Association,
stated yesterday that Idaho and Oregon
are the only states In the Union that do
not require embalmers to procure li
censes. The railroad companies, how
ever, have a rule that prohibits them
from accepting bodies for shipment un
less they have been prepared by licensed
embalmers, and this, in a way, has re
placed the law.
Various delegates to the local conven
tion arrived in Portland yesterday from
distant points in Oregon and Washington.
Christ's Fe of Wine.
PORTLAND, Sept, 25. (To the Edi
tor.) According to newspaper reports,
the members of the Ministerial Associa
tion have pledged themselves to support
Prohibition and Pr. Broupher, Dr. Luther
R. Dyott. Dr. Hiram W. Foulkes. Dr.
Benjamin Young and W. Reagor are the
committee to assist in making Oregon
dry In 1910.
What I wish to know Is. how nan Chris
tian ministers stand for prohibition? Can
they Ignore the acts of Jesus at the wed
ding feast? If Jesus wanted the guests
to drink water, be would never have
turned, the water into wine. Are the
ministers greater authority on what .Is
good for man. than Jesus? If we can Ig
nore the lesson at the wedding feast, why
not ignore the sermon on the Mount?
JOHN A. GOLDRAINER.
Detroit to Play Double-Header.
NEW TORK. Sept 26. Detroit and
New York will play two games here
tomorrow, permission to pull Tuesday's
contest forward having been granted by
President Johnson, of the American
League. The change Is made so as not
to conflict with the Hudson-Fulton his
torical parade.
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National Counsel Addresses
Local Harbor.
STRONG UNION FAVORED
Masters, Mates and Pilots Are Urged
to Put Forth United Effort
for Revision of Ship
ping Statutes.
Captain Luther B. Dow. National coun
sel of the American Association of Mast
ers. Mates and Pilots, addressed an open
meeting of the local harbor yesterday
afternoon, in the office of the Columbia
River Pilots' Association. Masters, pilots
and- engineers were represented in the
gathering and listened with interest to
the two hours' talk of the representa
tive of the grand harbor. Captain Dow
was Introduced by Captain Harry Emken,
of Willamette Harbor No. 33,
Captain Dow's talk led along the line
of the duty of the licensed man to him
self and his family and toward a united
effort on the part of the master marin
ers for reconstruction of the shipping
laws of the United States. The speaker
laid great stress on the alleged injustice
of the imprisonment of the master of
the ill-fated steamship General Slocum,
the burning of which cost 1000 lives and
for which the captain was given ten
years in prison. He also laid stress on
the position of the shipmaster, showing
by several illustrations how he was
placed between the owners and inspec
tors. While Captain Dow Is a firm advocate
of the organization of licensed officers
of steamships, he declares for an open
shop. "'Let the masters organise and
then the owners can hire union or non
union help as they see fit," he said. "It
is the organisation of the officers and
the weight that can be brought to bear
that will effect a reconstruction of the
shipping laws."
C. J. MILLIS .VISITS PORTLAND
General Manager of Coos Bay Line
Arrives on Breakwater.
C. J. Millis. general manager of the
Coos Bay Steamship Company, arrived in
Portland last night on the steamship
Breakwater from Marshfleld. Mr. Millis
was accompanied by Mrs. Millis. He Is
here on business connected with the com
pany. The Breakwater reached the AInsworth
dock at 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
She brought 71 passengers and 356 tons
of freight, the largest cargo for several
trips. The. manifest of the Breakwater
shows 100 tons of coal, 20 tons butter and
.jheese. ten 'tons fish; 46 tons of apples,
165 tons Government supplies and 16 tons
of general cargo.
Selja Arrives From Orient.
With 900 tons of general merchandise
and 760 tons of sulphur for Portland, the
steamship Selja, of the Portland & Asia
tic Steamship Company, arrived up yes
tordfiv afternoon. The vessel came from
the Orient by way of San Francisco. At
fh California port she discharged 3160
tons of cargo. 1200 tons of which was
for Eastern cities. The Felja made the
run across the Pacific In 20 days! Afull
cargo of flour and lumber will be taken
for the outward trip.
Explosion on Delia Injures Captain.
ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 26. (Special.).
As the gasoline schooner Delia was
crossing the Nestucca Bar last Thurs
day her engine broke down. Captain
Tabell, master of the craft was assist
ing in repairing the machinery, when he
was knocked down by an explosion of
gas and was unconscious for nearly an
hour. He was not badly burned, how
ever, and later assumed charge of the
vessel. ' -
New Boat for Nehalem Run.
ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 26. (Special.)
Captain Latham left here today for Coos
Bay and will bring back the new gaso
lino . schooner Oehkosh. which was re
cently built at that place for the Ne
halem Transportation Company to run
between the Columbia River and coast
points. The craft' Is equipped with two
100-horsepower gasoline engines.
Marine Notes.
The steamship Hoquiam will begin dis
charging scrap iron at Columbia No. 1
this morning. '
With general cargo from San Francisco
the steam schooner Yellowstone arrived
up last night.
From San Pedro and way ports the
steamship Geo. W. Elder arrived yes
terday morning.
The steam schooner Thos. L. Wand ar
rived up last night with a full cargo
from Ban Francisco.
The steamship Kansa City Is due to
arrive tonight from San Francisco with
passengers and freight-
Arrivals and Departures.
PORTLAND. 6ept.
werlan steamship' Sella,
26. Arrived Nor-
from Hongkong and
w a y: steamship Tellowatone,
om fcan
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San Francisco; steamship Breakwater j om
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6an Pedre and way ?".,,.,, at
the
mouthofth. river .tSP.M, no-th:
northwest; weather, clear. Arriba at o
A M and left up at 8 A. M. Norwegian
steamer" "Selja, from Hoko, and way
... Arrived at 6:80 and left up at
earner lT.llow.ton. from
Arrived at 7 and left up at 8 -Steamer
Thomas " Wand from San Fra nclsco.
Arrived at 9:30 and left up at 10.10 A. M.
Steam.r Breakwater, from Coos Bay. Ar-
12:30 P M.-Brl.l.h bark Howard
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MEamf.ror
Failed yesterday Schooner C. A. Thay.r.
t0reanaFraPn.co. Bept 36 -BalLdat 5 last
night Steamer Northland: at S Steamer
S'.i.an Poulsen: at 1 P. M. Steamer Rain
ier; at B P. M- Steamer Catania, all for
PORte'dSn,do. Cal.. Sept. 46. Arrived Steam
ship Yoeemlta. from Columbia River.
San Francisco. Sept. 2 Sailed Steamer
Falcon, for Portland. Arrived Sj earner
Jennl. from Port Graham; steamer Gov
err.or from Seattle: steamer AUtak. from
Chlgnlk; at.am.r, Wellealey. from Astoria,
st.amar B. L. Drake, from Seattle.
Tides at Astoria Monday.
High. Low.
11:25 A. M ...81 footln:02 A. M 01 foot
11:20 P. M 8T fret!5:30 P. M 1.9 feet
Harris Trunk Co. for trunks and bags,
IS TO SURPASS SIMILAR EVENTS OF FAST
ill If?-- I ..v4'. m
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REAL
TO COMPLETE OUR SALES FORCE
' We want men that are making or know they can make
$500 to $1000 per month men that are proven salesmen no
matter what their previous line men of reputation, character
and indomitable and everlasting energy.
To three such men we offer the opportunity to earn $500 to
, $1000 each per month, with opportunities for higher positions
in the company's service in the future. In earning this amount
6ach man will do only what our other salesmen have already
accomplished. Our lowest man has averaged $500 per month,
and our best men over $1000. The men we select will be given a
suitable guarantee.
This is neither selling stock, bonds, nor helping to 'promote
a mine. It is a strictly legitimate business proposition, backed by
a strong company.
In answering, write fully, giving age, residence, present occu
pation, references, and also any other information that will assist
us in selecting our men.
All communications will be held strictly confidential. Address
414, Oregonian.
FINE HORSES TURN OUT
MANY GO THROUGH PACES FOB
OCTOBER SHOW.
CJassy Portland Studs Are Taken to
Seattle, Where They Will Be
Exhibited This Week.
Riders and drivers who will participate
In-the Portland horse show to be held
October 7, 8 end 9, turned out in large
numbers at the Von Oilman School of
Riding and Driving; in the Oriental Build
in on the Lewis and Clark Exposition
grounds, where the show will be held.
A large number of the finest steeds in
Portland were put through their paces
in the show ring yesterday and the in
formal exhibit in horsemanship was well
worth seeing.
With the practice given by two former
horse shows here, the thoroughbreds
owned in Portland have become accus
tomed to exhibiting their fine points
MEN
WANTED
in the shew ring and the various animals
went through their paces yesterday as
well as could be desired had the big
building been packed with critical spec
tators. The show ring at the Oriental
building is 210 feet long by 100 feet wide,
giving ample room for the riders and
drivers to show off their horses to best
advantage.
Some of the finest Portland horses were
shipped Saturday to Seattle, where they
will be exhibited this week In a big horse
show to be held in the Puget Sound city.
The j3W-
A New Novel of X ' LA
Love and Victory ''" rf'JS
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By Rex leach
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DASHING with breathless interest to an un
expected and triumphant climax, this new
Rex Beach novel from the first page to tie last
has all the sheer power of The Spoil and
afl the quick humor and human sympathy of The
Barrier. The background, superb in As robast
romance, is Alaska, not the Alaska of the mines,
but another phase altogether the Alaska ivhere
red blood rans in the veins of men-j-yes, and of
women. The hero is a young dvI-engineer, in
love with the daughter of a financier. In
search of a fortune, he has faced all forms of
hardship in Alaska. When he has almost
given up hope, he meets
the Cherry of The
and grit and tenderness, and the two join
forces. Their battle with fate is a page
from life itself intense, powerful, pas
sionately true.
Illustrated.
The same steeds will later be exhibited in
the Portland show and It Is expected
that they will bring several blue ribbons
with them on their return. Many
of the Northern horses that are to
be exhibited In Seattle will also be
brought to Portland.
United States land areas still unappro
priated and unreserved In 1!rS were iS4.
8H5.0O0 acres, of which 36S.O22.0O0 acrs
were In Alaska. 61.1"7.nf0 In Nevada. 4IV
582,000 In Montana, 44.778.000 In New Mex
ico and 42.7rt.00 In Arizona
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