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12 TITE OltEG OK . DAILY J OUItNAL, ; PORTLAKP, TUESDAY . EVENIKO, MAlT flV.lobi'""'" 5E ORGANIZED FOR MURDERING SecretlService Men Unearth .Grimes of the Mafia ; New York City Strange in " (Journal Special Service.) WASHINCTON, Wny 5. While solv X for Police Inspector McClusky the iiywtery. of the barrel murder. William ' Mynn. who In In churKe "f the Secret "rvice. detective In this part of the "untry, reyesled pome remarkable facts onoernlng the workings at tho eeret rganizntlons whicJi Blrlly known hv Mafia and Naples cans the Camorra. . le told of member of these oath-bound organisations who had been put to death oecause they had refused to commit a rime or for the reason that they were pec ted of furnishing Information to -.He government officers. He told how 'ther members had engaged tn counter-' ' -itlng; how they had levied blackmail: w they had Issued orders even from i hind prison bars, and how these orders were obeyed to the letter. The stories were accompanied by names, dates, street numbers and other details,' Tbey came from a roan whose experience as a detective had extended over many countries and among all classes a man who has landed more counterfeiters In prison than any other officer. Whose detective career is even more remarkable than that of Sherlock Holmes. Flynn seldom talks about his own business, and he would not have talked at this time If It had not been for the fact that he desired to aid the local police In running down the mur derers of the man found in the barrel. If another police officer had said that he knew It to be a fact that at least three murders ' committed right here In ! New Tork. within the past yenr were i the work of these oath-bound societies I folks: might have doubts, but coming ; from the government's leading detective the statement . carries weight wjw.A -Straafa KfAes,-J:fJ-r,. , One of the cases cited was that of An tonio Flacomlo, - who was stabbed to i death near Cooper Union on the night i of October 14. 1888. Secret Service men ! had tracked a gang- of counterfeiters to j New Tork In the spring of 1884. and had learned that they met In a restaurant In ' St. Mark's Place, known as La Trlnaorla. This place was the headquarters of a JTafla band.-- Flacomlo was often seen In the company of members of the Mafia, and the counterfeiters. On April 8. 1884. several members of the- gang paid a ylsit to Staten Island. Klaeomio and Valerlo Lasiorottt. a South street barber, left the other and started for the ferry to return to New Tork. Before they reached the ferry another memberof the band was found dead near the .Richmond turnpike, having been (tabbed through the heart with a sword cane. The cane was Icund near the body, , 4.;; The dead man was identified as Car meli o Farrachl, whose home was In Brooklyn.. Falcomlo and the , barber were .. arrested and charged with the crime. They proved that they were not near Farrachl at the time he was mur dered and both were released. About this ..me the Mafia band of rMerfelfr had learned that one of their .members had betrayed some of titnr aecrets. Falcomlo and Farrachl were suspected and marked to die. Fear ing that the band would kill him In the same manner they killed Farrachl. Fla comlo fled from the city. He remained In New Orleans until 1888. when he re turned here and renewed his friendship with the band at the St Mark s Place restaurant On Saturday, October IS, 1888, at a se cret meeting of the Mafia held in the restaurant the death of Flacomlo was resolved upon. ' Two men were selected to kill him. One of them weakened and told Flacomlo about It. This man was known as Vlnoenslo Carasello. He ex plained that he would rather kill himself than carry out the order of the Mafia. , Unrdered In the Street, At t O'clock on the following night Flacomlo was seen to leave the restau rant, walking arm In arm with another Italian. When they neared the corner of Eighth street the other Italian produced long knire such as bakers use and topping Flacomlo for a minute, turned and plunged the knife into his heart Flacomlo fell dead on the sidewalk and passers-by did not know what had hap pened until the murderer had disappear ed around the corner. . The poHce , arrested several of the restaurant patrons and got one of them to admit that the knife with which the killing had been done belonged in the restaurant Among the men arrested was Stefano Bono, who had a barber shop at J7 East Twenty-second street He was counterfeiter and an ex-convict. He had often ylstted Flacomlo at the tatter's lodgings at . 607 Third avenue. But all of the :men' arrested managed to' escape punishment and Flacomlo's death has never been avenged by the law. On the night that Flacomlo was mur dered, half an hour after the crime had been committed, two Italians called at the New England Hotel, at SO Bowery, and one of them paid for a room for his friend. The friend proved to be Vincen Blo Carasello. who had refused to carry QUt the Mana s order to kill Flacomlo. , The next morning when the hotel clerk went to call carasello the latter was found dead In bed and the gas was turn ad on. It was evident that he had com mitted suicide. ',.'. " ' Police Mystified. The cases cited show how the Mafia of America works. The police were not at that time familiar with all of the facts. Tbey 414 know, however, that a Mafia counterfeiting band had killed Flacomlo. and were responsible for the deaths of the other men referred to. The branches of the Mafia today in New Tork City and those of the Camorra have for. their chief purpose tlrt commit ting of crime In defiance of ttsVlaw. The members are oath bound and murder for elf-protection against theoffloers whose auty.it is to ferret out criminals. They are in no way descended from the political societies of Southern Italy. which prevailed during th last century. They are not related to the brigands who terrorised the villages i the foot of Mount Vesuvius.- They are composed 9f cut-throats from Sicily aid Naples Who came here and have settled in all walks of life. 5 Some nave become bankers in the Ital ian settlements. Others are to be found In the barber shops about town. Some are engaged in the grocery business'. The pushcart vender who sells bananas dur ing the day may be found at night at a g-atherlng place jor the Maria or the Camorra.. The' -'Neapolitans who have joined the Camorra here are the blackmailers. They work IB Ne York. New Orleans, Boston and Chicago. They lure young men Into their fold by telling them they are really a band of Anarchists organised o over throw king and princes. In consequei ee of this the men of the Secret Service office have found mem bus of the t'an.orra sitting shoulder to shoulder with Anarchists or one partic ular group one night arid with Socialists tn one particular club tho following night. While following up the Anar chists they have stumbled upon hests of counterfeiters, and while hunting counterfeiters they have stumbled across nw groups oi Anarcmsis. ut above their anarcnisuo irim stands out that of the ramorra extor tion. 11 through the game tne strong oppressSjhe weak. tirades of Oamorrlsta. There aV three grades of the lamor- rists here, according to the best authori ties. First ctynes the ruling power, known as the Camorrlsta; then the executioner of the Camorra. which class Is known as the "Picoiotto dl sgarro." snd the lads of bad life, or "garsone dl mala vita." The fellows who are elected to the grade of executioners hope some day to rise to be Camorrlsta. and at council meetings when some person Is sentenced to death one of them usually steps for ward and asks the special privilege of committing the murder. He prides him self on his daring. It is often the case, according to the secret service detectives, that there are so many- volunteers that It becomes necessary to draw by lots to see which shall have the privilege of doing the kill ing. The' murderer, of "picclotto" then receives an Introduction to the council, one of the "Capi" saying in Italian "Re cognise the man" (Rlsonoscete l'uomo). In the oath which follows the "pic clotto" declares that he will have no re lations whatever with the police force, -ir41l'--rtMr;-IMr-WfcWilWsavS'Vwm betray none of their secrets and will not denounce any of his -companions who break the law. The man who takes the oath takes it on crossed knives with some of his own blood on his hands. He knows that if he violates the oath he will be promptly assassinated. The word Mafia was coined among the prisoners In an Italian jail. It was made use of publicly by a Sicilian dramatist who wrote a comedy on prison life along in 1860. It was also made use or Dy the bands of thieves In Southern Italy who had established a murderous secret society there, but It has no relation to the "Mtffli" of two oenturlea ago. It was taken up here when the Italian counterfeiters began to organise in bands all over the eountry. i It connected these bands like the links of a chain, and they began to acknowledge a certain ill-denned obedience to their chiefs or influential members. Italian Clubs. There are several bands or branches of these in New Tork.. Some are known under the names of social and political Italian clubs. Others are simply groups of men who have became acquainted in a wine shop or cafe. They have learned to take one another Into confidence, and later have drifted Into, the oath winding part of it They swear to oppose force by force when Interfered with. If a member of one band complains that some Inoffensive Italian has become a witness against '.ilm in a court of law the witness Is sum moned before the council or lured to the meeting places and plainly told that he must leave town or take the chances of losing his life. In other cases , men have been forced to take the oath of allegiance at times when the band feared the outsider knew too much about the criminal records of Individual members. . So. fear has been the means of greatly aiding the Mafia in gaining a stronghold in this, city and in other cities of the United States. Cases are known to the secret service detectives in which a victim was led into a council meeting and directed to take the oath then and there under penalty of death If he refused. Some men have hesitated and asked for time to consider the matter, declaring that on account of their religious beliefs they could not take the oath, and they have thereupon been frightened by the members, who have tied them down and passed knives across their throats, threatening to kill them In stantly. In some cases the point of the knife has been allowed to penetrate the skin to force the victim into a confession. and later the man so tortured has been murdered. The vengeance of New York's Mafia, according to the secret service men has frequently fallen In cases where a mem ber of a band has been dunned for a debt Such a case was that of the Hebrew pedier, Welsbard. whose body was found in a trunlr over on South street. The Mafia left its mark on his throat, several wounds made with stil ettos of different sizes. The Seca Murder. On the night of February 2, 1899, Raphael Reca, who had Incurred the enmity of the Mafia, was murdered in a room in an Italian boarding house at 170th street and Railroad avenue. An autopsy revealed the fact that he had been stabbed through the heart, under the heart and in the side with a sliaiD- pointed Instrument which left a hole no bigger than might be made by a shoe maker a needle, (several men Were ar rested at the time, but they were re leased. On the same night Alfonso Sllvestro of 148 bulllvan street, came out of Nlcolo Gerardo's cafe at 1T5 Thompson street. A mun who was apparently a stranger' to lilm. also a Sicilian, stopped and said something to him about counterfeit five- do.'iar bills. The next moment the stranger drew a revolver and shot him through the left eye. The bullet entered his brain. The stranger was arrested and sent to prison, claiming that he did the shooting lri self defense. On May 12 of the same year shortlv before 1 o'clock In the morning Fran cesca Michaell of 43 Oliver street wag followed out of a cigar street at South and Roosevelt streets, where a band of counterfeiters were in the habit of meet ing. When he reached the sidtwulk the Italian following him attacked him with a knife, stabbing him five times. Ho died a tr hours later in the hospital, but refused to say anything relating to the stabbing. ; Tile murderer, who was arrested, de scribed himself as Pasquaiu Kamsoalo of 21 Orchard street He refused to say anything about the etabbiog excepting that he did . it Ik self-defense. At his trial In court a doren memher.i ot the New York Mafia-appeared and t stifled In Ills In-half, saving" him from the deata penalty. . Byrnes' Crusade. Byrnes, who was Chief of Police about this time, regan a crusade against the various Italian secret societies and the members found It necessary to refrain from working in this city. They did not stop murdering delinquents, though In stead of killing them In New Tork they lured them out of town, taking them to places a few miles from the city. wjre they found they could work without far of diectlon. 1 The secret service men in the mean time kept on the track of the cpunter feltefs and from time to time succeeded In landing entlre,bends of them in prison. But the societies continued to grow as the leaders were continually taking Id new members, and almost as rapidly as a band was landed In prison a new band was organlted by the men who were custodians of the cutthroat oath. Now and then, when the gang found an Informer, they put him out of the way. Finally, about September. 1884, while the officers of the law were follow ing up a gang that had com to New York's Little Italy from Philadelphia, their work led them to a house In Bay ard street. Night and day they watched this house. They noticed that members of the gang made frequent trips to Patemon. and they followed them there. -The roemlTS of the gang soon lea mod that they were belu'g watched. Among the persons who frequented the HnvMrit ne. l house was a man named Halvatore d'Klla. lie was suspected of being In communication with the police, o be wu invited to move to Paterson. lie undoubtedly knew that It would mean death to him to refuse the lnvlta tlon. so he went to Paterson. to reside in a tenement In Uadlson street. On September I of that year d'Ella was found dead In the cellar of the house. He had been stabbed through the heart with a stiletto. The police arrested Paolo Forenxo and five other Italians, whom thev charaed with tne muroer. Forensu resided in the house. Claimed Mistake. When the men were arraigned in court thev were renresented by counsel, who declared that the police pad raaae a ini take in arresting them. The lawyer add ed that a woman had committed the prime and was on her way to Italy. On further Investigation they found tne name of unstina rorenso on u vm- senver list of an outgoing steamer. Although the ponce were toio iim mi woman really sanea ior u-urwiw, mc did not believe It and declared that they would succeed In convicting the six nrlauners who were under arrest. A stiletto made from an old file was found In Foreuxo's apartments. When the announcement was made. week later, that the police had enough evidence to convict Forenso, at last the wife appeared and declared that she had murdered d'Ella oyid had thrown tne knife away. She told a tale to the effect .that-ataerhad gone Into th -rtii(r1r it some" wood and stabbed d Ella because he made van Insulting remark to' her while there. When asked where she had Drocured the knife so aulckly, she de clared that she had it In a pocket of her skirt for self-protection. No con vlction was secured on account of d'Elia's murder. Among the others who were frequently seen at the house on Bayard street was "S Till aBJSBBBBBBBBBSBBBJBSBBBlSBSBMHM Ministers Will Try to Makelt So- Not Only Saloons' but Ice Cream Parlors Most Close on Sundays. Joseph Fernando, an Italian living at 71 Mulberry street, and a companion who worked with him on the railroad between Port Jefferson and Wading River, L. 1. Both these men were followed by mem bers of the secret society and had told their friends about It. Finally on September 21 they were found on the railroad track, both having been stabbed In half a doxen places. Fernando was unconscious. His com panion was dead. The authorities started an investiga tion at Port Jefferson, believing that the man hod been placed on the railroad track after being stabbed. Fernando recovered consciousness and ' told how they had been attacked by three strange Italians whom they, had seen following them from time to time. The three men had drawn stilettos and made the at tack. Although both Fernando and the other man had forty or fifty dollars In their pockets the money was not taken by the murderers. Mafia at Work. From that time on the various branches of the Mafia kept at work. They have been followed by the secret service men who have attacked them from one city to another, now and then discover ing a counterfeiting den and sending a batch of counterfeiters to Jail. These criminals seemed to predominate In Boston for a while and then at New Orleans and later at Chicago, finally re turning here to establish central head quarters. Again Mere was an era of assassination. From time to time the secret service men tipped on the police as to the murd ers. W hen arrests were made there'were plenty of men ready to come Into court and swear that the accused were Inno cent. In trials where the police made out a strong cape the prisoners pleaded gunty to manslaughter or pleaded self defense and thre-w themselves on the mercy of the court. Neither Judges nor Jurors were easy to convince that Die murderers were the work of men bound together for the pur pose of committing murder. When the name of "Mafia" was mentioned the offi cials who were not familiar with the inside iacts r. '-tiled the Idea that It CNlsted In the I'nlted States. Thev re called the fact that the Mafia of old times In Italy was simply a secret society which contained many good citizens. They could not be convinced that a Mafia existed here composed principally of counterfeiters and murderers. They seemed to think that It was all romance. However, the facts in the possession of the agents of the lTnited States Govern ment. If made public today, would cer tainly prove- startling. But the men In the secret service do little talking, and if it had not been for the fact that they had been dogging the footsteps of the man who on Tuesday last was found dead In the barrel over on the East Side probably they would have not told as much as they did tell about organised assassination In New York City. (Journal Special Service.) WALLA WALLA. Witfch. May 6. June 1 is the date set by the Walla Walla Ministerial I nlon as the last day or gruce to violators! the Hominy -closing law. A meeting of the union was held recently at which' only members were present and the result made public, last evening. The data set la. also, the day on which sambllna must cease In the State of Washington. The Ministerial L'ntun has held several secret meetings lately but till last evening none of the findings have been made public. An active crusade against saloons. Sunday baseball, lea cream parlors, bil liard halls, etc., will be made. The' op position to the movement has not com menced to act. but it "is almost certain. despite the fact that, they are violating the law, an obstinate resistance win oe encountered. f' It Is a notorious fact that Walla Walla saloon men pay absolutely no attention to the Sunday-closing law, to such an extent that the city has earned the repu tation of being "wlda open" In its broad est meaning. Back floors are not used and "family en tnees hare been closed. The thirsty man enteri through the front door and soma ot the saloons have commenced to leave these wide open. Three large gambling Joints are fun In open defiance to- the Sunday law. and no effort Is being mads to suppress them. This Is known to all of the officials and as a result tne Ministerial I nion naa de cided to enter city politics in the next election and support candidates who will keep their oaths of office and enforce the law to their best ability." ""- It Is expected that the (mUooo. nen. will Immediately form- a Ting" for the pur pose of keeping their candidates In the field nt the next election. The fight will be between the "thtrstles" and the "dry" and no attention will be paid to other issues of the campaign. The present condition of affairs Is said by the Ministerial Union to have com menced when the new county officials assumed office. ', nil LAWYER KILLED FOR DOING DUTY Mail orders Filled Promptly. 144-146 Third Street OF ALL GREAT SALES DOWN 0 o I i Big -price reductions on standard makes of cotton goods. Well know brands, the selling price of which you know as well as we do, during this sale at: less than merchants usually pay for them EVERY LINE OFFERED IS ABSOLUTELY RELIABLE ! Heavy bleached Crash, 18-Inch Brown Linen Crash, 20-Inch ... Regular Special Price. Price. ....12c 10 o ....15 Shot in the Shadow of a Kentucky Courthouse. (Journal Special Service.) LEXINGTON. Ky., ilay 6. At the entrance to the court house at Jackson, Ky.. yesterday afternoon James B. Markham. a prominent attorney of this city, was shot and killed by an unknown man who escaped. The murder was the outcome of the bitter feeling in certain election contest cases that Mr. Markham had been flght- ng. He had" been warned to cease his legal connection with the cases, but persisted. For 72 days he had been practically a prisoner W his own home. his family and friend.- prevailing upon mm not to tempt rate by going out. Yesterday, however, against the advice of his friends, he went to Jackson and filed briefs in the election contests. As he emerged from the court house a man uddenly fired a rifle shot from a win dow in the temple of Justice. Mark ham died Instantly. 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UNION ack Bine of Billings, Montana, the V.c:im. BAXrXMOXB CITY ELECTION. (Journal Special Service.) BALTIMORE. Md., May 6. The battle for control of the government of this city, an Important preliminary to the state contest, is being-fought out at the polls today. The chances appear to favor the Democrats, although Congressman Frank Wachter, Republican nominee for the Mayoralty, who vanquished the en tire party organization in the primary contest. Is Immensely popular. Robert M. McLane. Democratic nomi nee,, has behind him not only the strength of a united organization, but also the support of a majority of the independent Democrats. The negro issue has been made, the most important in the cam palgn by the Democratic managers. HELENA. Mont.. .May 8. Jack Bain, one of the. proprietors of the Topic Theatre In Billings, was shot and prob ably fatally wounded last night by' S. Thompson, a Northern Pacific dining car cook. ' Thompson had bef-n In the place all day and was drinking. He claimed to have been "short-changed" "-and demand ed that Ba.n make guod his alleged losses, but without giving' the latter a chance lo remonstrate, opened fire. Thompson Is 40 years old and a resident Of Chicago. He fired three shots, one bullet entering the kidneys, which it is believed will prove fatal. TWO SETS Of (III OfM Queer Condition in Ana conda, Mont. The Purest LARD THAT'S MADE Comes from the MEAT COMPANY'S PLANT Your grocer may offer you "Something Just as Good," but if you Insist upon It you will will get ours. IT COSTS NO MORE THAN THE OTHER KIND Phoenix! Iron Works ENGINEERS Manufacturers of Marine, Mining, Logging and Saw Mill Machinery. PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO REPAIR WORK. Phono East 29. KAWVKOBSra AYBHTO AS9 EAST TBXB9 8TBZXV. The Socialists Elected Their Entire Ticket but Neglected to . Qualify. AGAINST FOREST RESERVE. p. m. Baseball Tomorrow. Butte vs. Portland, Game called 3:30 National Park. East Klghth and Hawthorne avenue. See your old friend. Max Muller. See "Peggy" Ward. See Grim's New hired men. Baseball tomorrow. National " Park, East Eighth and Hawthorne- avenue. OOinff to M. Souls? If so. learn about the new tourist sarv. ice Inauaurated by the O. R. A N . vi. Denver and Kansas City. City tlckut at. M.,A T1 Vi ( .-,4 hnH tVaeklnAi. f GRANT'S PABS. Or.. May 8. There is a strong opposition to the establish merit of the great forest reserve In West ern and Southern Josephine County and Curry County, as is being -planned by the Government. It is . believed the establishment of this reserve will re tard the advancement and development of this section. Jt will be especially detrimental to Curry as nearly half of mat county, pranicaH-v soeakina. Is em braced in the reserve and Will be with drawn from use for any purpose. - The citizens of that section also claim ,that the argument for the establishment of the reserve that Die streams, are dry ing up because of the removal of the timber is not well founded. As a mat ter of fact, but llttla timber has been removed from that section not enough by any means to have any effect on the flow of the streams. Petitions, urging the tracts not to be set aside, are be ing circulated in Josephine and Curry Counties and are being liberally signed. SOW SATE OQBUr TKZF. O. B. ft V. Makes Big Inducement to At tend the Presbvterlaa Assembly. Those who expect to attend the Prea byterian General Assembly at leos An geles May 23 to June SV will b Inter- i m announcement ny tne-u, . ronianu u passage. T feteamshtp Elder, sailing May It, and for the steamship Columbia, sailing May 17, limited for steamships sailing from San Francisco not later than Julr 15. For particulars ask at O - a V attv ticket office, third and Washington, Portland. i4ow round trip rate from ty steamship of $38. eabln rickets will, be folq for the Banfield-Veysey Fuel Go. SLAB WOOD Cat year ortftrt fa sty mi tfv your wood chaacM 4ry. Office: No. 80 THIRD STREET Ora. Phone, fraln J53; Columbia 373. PORTLAND, OREGON - i (Journal Special Service.) I HELENA, Mont., May 5. Anaconda 1 has a double set of city official and as neither will yield, the matter will prob ably have to be settled by the courts. At the recent municipal election, the I SoclaljMs elected their entire ticket, but j 1 as they failed to qualify within 10 days i thereafter as required by law, the Re publican incumbents refused to step ! down and out when Socialists presented fna H.,M A i r t- - themselves at the city haii iast night to Une Hayiies-Apperson, 10-horse power. take enargejor tne city s government. The Socialists held a meeting in an other room and declared tne acts of tha Republican hold-overs Invalid. This is the first instance on record where So cialists elected' - municipal officers in Montana. . The Republican Councilmen will elect the Mayor from among uielr own num ber at- their next meeting. - liftinftttS' TURKS ROUTED. (Journal Special Service.) LONDON, May . Advices from Sa- lonloa Indicate mat the Turkish garrison was surprised by the rebels in the re cent disastrous defeat of the Sultan's force at that point. Bombs were thrown by the insurgents. Over 100 Turks were killed. . The Sultan has given' orders that the most stringent measures be taken against the rebels or their sym pathisers. , PRESIDENT AT M'MINNVILLE (Journal Special Service.) M'MINNVIIXE. May . Prof. A. M. Brumback has been unanimously elected president of McMlnnvllle College. He has been professor of sciences at eouege for soma time. AUTOMOBILES One Oldsmobile, 4-horse power. FTOi? SAl p? TTaed about one' year and JA.-,fc3r ta flrrt.oia,, condition. WILLAMETTE TENT AND AWNING COMPANY PORTLAND, OR. - GRANTS PASS LIBRARY. GRANTS PASS, Or., May 6. The ladles of the Grant's Pass Woman's Club are meeting with success in the matter ot securing interest In the Carnegie iDrary lor mis city. Petitions to the City Council asking that an additional ta levy be made sufficient to cover the $600 annually to maintain the library have been circulated by the ladles and have been liberally signed by taxpayers "' oi me city. ah. with a very few ex ceptlons. are nearlly in favor of estab lishing a library here. Thews petitions will be presented to the Council at 'Its neit regular meeting., Thursday evening, at which time the ladies of thefWonuu' Club will atteha.the Council lnr a body and present, the matter -of the -library. Things are very favorable for the estab lishment of tm library Mr. Carnegie has promised a donation of f 6,000; it only remains -for the ctUiens ta pledge the IB00 annually to. Tt'ntfln It. - HISTORICAL DATA. George- H. Himes, secretary of th Oregon Historical Society, 1s now en gaged in gathering data of tne first di rect expedition' overland Into the State of Washington, originally a part of tha Oregon country. Mr. Himes was a member of that party. Only about 20 ot his comrades on that trip are alive today. - The first settlement was made on Puget Sound. An emigrant train had started for Oregon, witn Portland, Ore gon .City, or tho Willamette Valley an rts aestlnatloa; "On -reaching the Co lumbia 'River, above the Cascades, ac quaintances were met who had .been over in the Sound country, and It' was. decided to go there Instead. The party numbered about 120V- Mr. Himes has succeeded In securing the names of $0 of them. This data, will be Interesting as . a part' of the records of the early set tlement of in Oregon, country, hitherto neglected.