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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-02-16
L'Bg(ise CatholjQue au TransYaal
Nous lisons dams la "Sen

! Nous lisons dams la "Semain
Religieuse", de Montreal.
Nous avons d6]a public une 6tu
de tres complete sur la situation
de l'Eglise catholique au Trans
vaal. A nos correspondents d.,
chercher les renseignements quill
desirent. Tout CO que nous pou
vons faire aujourd'hui, c'est d'ex
traire de cette 6tude, a leur profit
les quelques statistiques qui sui
vent
II y a des 6gllses catholiquet
avec des pretres residents a Pr6to.
ria, johannesburg, Potcheftroom
Klerksdorp, Barberton, Vleichfon
tein ct Lyndenburg.
Les F14res ont, a Johannesburg
un college qui compte de cinq q
six cents el4ves, ct dams la meme
vile, il y a tro1s 6coles catholiques
de files dirig6es par les Soeurs de
la Sainte Famille. Les Peres
Oblats poss6dent un college q Pre-
toria, ct Ia, CONNIE a d'autres pla-
ces encore, il y a des 6coles diri-
gees par les S@urs. A Vleischfon-
tein, il y a une 6cole industrielle
pour les indigenes.
En- these g6n6rale d'ailleurs, on
peut afirmer que nos missionnai-
res sont r6pandus sur toute la sur
face du globe terrestre, ct que par
tout lEglise catholique obtient
des progress des plus en- plus accen-
tues.
Nos derniers echanges nous
fournissent de cette assertion plu-
sieurs preuves don't l'une Sc pre-
sente avec un curieux caractere
d d'originalit6.
VOLTA, en- effet, qui nest pas ba-
nal! Et l'institution fonctionne q
la satisfaction generate, satisfac-
ton d'autant plus grande que, sans
les Capucins, il est probable que
le service des postes en- CO pays ne
serait pas fait du tout.
C'est de lAbyssinie quill s'agit,
ct le journal de la colonie francai-
SO, de Djibouti, f6licite ces coura-
geux missionaries ode ne pas SO
contenter de r6pandre la fol ct de
donner rexemple de toutes les YER
tus: mais encore de srendre des
services d'ordre la1que"-comme
de faire eux-m6mes lie service des
postes-qui leur dome des droits
3 la reconnaissance de tous les ha-
bitants, surtout des Francais.
Sill faut en- croire un journal po-
lonais, les negotiations depuis
longtemps enhances entire la Rus
sic ct lie Vatican, pour 6tablir en-
tre ces deux puissances des rap
ports diplomatiques, seraient
maintenant sur le point d'aboutir.
LIE futur nonce q Saint Peters
bourg serait meme d6ja d6sign6,
on parle de Mgr Tarnassl, qui ar
riverait a Saint Petersburg vers
le milieu de ce mois. Sill en- est
ainsi, Peuvre de Punion des Egli-
ses, 81 ch4res a Leon XIII. aurait
fait un grand pas.
La R6publique d'Ha1ti, qai de-
puts assez longtemps, n'avait plus
de rapports oficiels avec le Saint
Siege, Went de les renouer par
lenvoi q Rome dun nouveau mi
nistre.
C'est encore un success de la po-
litique de Leon XIII ct de pEgli-
sc catholique.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-02-16

Les bons chr6tiens qui travail
lent q sauver leur anne sont tou-
jours contents; lis jouissent par
avance dr bonheur du ciel, ct lis
seront heureux pendant toute p6-
ternit6. Tandis que les mauvais
chretiens qui Sc damnent sont tou-
jours a Sc plaindre; lis murmurent,
lis sont tristes, lis sont malheureux,
ct ills le seront pendant toute re-
ternit6 Quelle difference!
LIE CURE AIRS.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-02-16

100 entetes de lettres ct 100 en-
velopp impr;m6es pour 81. q nos
ateliers.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-02-16

fotte. Get Advertisement compren
draft 6 cuirass6s de combat, 5 croi
seurs cuirass6s, 29 contre- -torpil
leurs ct 26 vaisseaux submersibles
! II demande en- outre l40,O00.90(
de francs ($28, ,000,000) pour ls
d6sense des c6tes, y compris 38,
100000 de francs ($7, ,600,00O pour
la defense de Bizor, en- Tunisie.
Un autre projet de loi demande
des credits pour la pose dun cable
entire la France ct ses colonies
Les d6penses totales s'6l4veront q
9OO,000,000 de francs (SI80,000,-
00O).
-D'apres le "Catholic Directo:
Try" d'Angleter1e, pour l'ann6e 1900
le nembre des sanctuaires catholi-
ques en- Angleterre, dams lie Pays
de GALES ct en- Ecosse est aumen-
to de 36 depuis Fan dernier.
LIE chiffre des pretres qui 6tait
alors de 1922, s'est 6lev6 a 3,271.
Dams ce nombre les religieux fgu-
rent pour 985 membres.
Berlin-A propos de la tentati-
We de la diplomatic ct des journa-
listes franeais de d6cider pAllema-
gne prendre part un movement
contre l'Angleterre en- Egypte, un
des principaux attaches du minis
tore des affaires 6trangeres fait
la declaration suivsnte:
"L'Allemagne ne prendra pas
part a un movement dams le but
de raviver la question 6gypt1enne.
sans vouloir METRE en- doute phon-
netet6 des intentions de Ia France
ct de la Russie, l'Allemagne est
davis quill serait d6loyal de prof.
ter du moment Oh PAngleterre est
embarrass6e ailleurs pour agir
contre elle.' 4
-Une d6peche de Paris dit que
NJ. D6roul4de annonce quill Went
d'obtenir la preuve 6vidente que
M. Loubet etc impliqu6 dams le
scandale du Panama. Ces preuves,
dit M. D6roul6de, seront publi6es
dams une brochure ct obligeront le
president a donner So d6mission.
Berlin-De tous les points du
centre ct de Pest de PAllemagne
on signale des d6gats causes par
des tempetes de neige.
j. Dams quelques endroits des
montagnes, la neige a atteint une
6paisseur de plusieurs metres. Les
transports, surtout sur les lignes
de chemins de fer subissent un
grand retard.
Berlin-La "Gazette de la Bour-
Sc" assure que pon demandera au
reichstag d'augmenter la liste ci-
vile de pempereur, qui etc re-
connue insufsante.
La "Gazette Lib6ral' fait re-
que la liste civile du SOU
verain etc augment6e de pres
Pun million de dollors, lorsque
GuilIaume II est devenu roi de
Prusse en- 1889, ct une nouvelle
augmentation semble n6cessaire.
1900 sera une grande aimee
pour Paris, qui Sc pare splendide-
ment pour la magnifque Exposi-
tion Oh tous les peuples front dams
quelques mois.
Des batisses f6eriques s'ach6-
vent sur le terrain de lExposition;
ct le grand "vernissage' est pr6pa-
re avec une tres grande activit6.
Paris-Cinq associations indus
trielles entendues devant la ccm-
mission des douanes ont d6nonc6
Ie trait6 franco-am6ricain projet6.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-02-16

La joie que dome un int6rieur
soigne, ayant toutes chooses classees,
retrouvables ct utilis6es, que ces
chooses soient en- petit ou en- grand
nombre, est plus complete qu'on
ne croft pour tous les hommes,
fussent-ils d6sordonn6s eux-memes.
II y a Ia une muvre qui ma rien
d'inf6rieur, CONNIE beaucoup de
femmes Sc limaginent, ct Pune de
mes fert6s toujours etc d'etre ce
qu'on appelle en- France: "Une
femme de m6nage.'
JULIETTE ADAMS.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-02-16

lie c6lebre voyageur anglais
Stanley, racontra naguere au cen
tire de pAfrique, Sun roi idolatre
qui lui dit: 'Enseignez-moi unt
priere.' y lie c6lebre geographic lu
apprit lie D6caloque, les dix com
mandements de Dieu.
Charm6 de savoir CO quill appe.
lait une pri6re, le roi africaiu dit
an fills d'Albion: "Reste avec moi
enseigne cette priere a mon peu.
pie, ct quand mes trois millions de
sujets "connaitront ct pratique-
ront'' cette priere, je serai lie pre-
mier roi du monde.
A Charlotte, Caroline du nord
on a pendu un2 n9gre nomm6
Truesdale qui await assassin6 sa
tiancee il y a un an. Jusqu>au der
nier moment, Truesdale protest6
de son innocence; il 6tait telle-
ment paralys6 par la peur quill a
fallu le porter sur P6chafaud
-Si le projet actuellement SOU
mis- au conseil municipal de Cle-
veland, 0. est adopt6, on va ms
taller des crachoirs dams les rues
de cette vile, a une distance de
200 pieds les uns des autres. Ce
projet pour but.de tenir propres
toutes les rues de la Vile.
CONNIE r6sultat de la grove
dies syndicats de CONSTRUCTORS, a
Chicago, un homme 6t6 tue ct
plusieurs ont etc bless6s par les
gr6vistes. Les 6meutiers Sc recru-
talent en- grand nombre parmi les
de le Newman Piano Go
La police op6r6 plusieurs arres-
tations.
"A la demande des peres de fa-
mile de Little Falls, New York,
le chef de la police de vile don
ne a ses agents ,l'ordre d'arreter
tous les jeunes gems ages de moins
de l6 ans qui fument des cigaret-
tes dams la rue.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-02-16

La ma1tresse - CONNIE il nv
await pas d'imprimerie quand
Dieu donna la loi a Noise, COM
ment a-t-elle pu etre connue du
peuple2
Tommy (apr6s r6dexion Par
l'alphabet des sourds-Muets, ma
dame.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-02-16

I La greve des ouvriers en- .ba-
timent a Chicago prend des pro-
portions inqui6tantes; pres de
5000 hommes ont quite les chan
tiers.
Les d6penses du gouverne-
ment americans, caus6es par la
guerre espagnol ct la rebellion
philippine, SO sont 6lev6es a $685.
100000 jusqu'a date.
! En- travaillant un 6got1t, 4
City Island, un ouvrier ramend
avec sa pioche un obus qui pro-
Went croit-on, de la guerre de la
Revolution. L'obus 6clat6 sous
le choc ct Iouvrier Gu Peil EN-.
porte.
Arthur Sewall, qui fut le can
didat d6mocratique a la vice-pr6-
sidence en- 1895, a declare quill
6tait en- favour de conserver les
Philippines, que Mckinley sera
renomm6 ct r66lu, que Bryan
seTa aussl romlS en- nomination
mais quill ne sera pas 6lu.
QUAINT a lui-meme, il n'aspire q au-
cune candidature.
Seattle Wash. Des nouvel1es de
Dawson portent a 2l,O00,00O la
production de For au Klondyke,
pendant cette saison.
Il fait depuis quelque temps un
froid de 40 a. 81 degrees au-dessous
de zero.
Environ 5000 mineurs de cette
vile SO proposent de SO rendre au
cap Nome le printemps proclaim.
La poste de Boston Went de-
tre inform6e qu'une maison de
Puerto Rico a envoy6 q un n6go-
Giant de Boston des mandats-poste
pour la valeur de 100000. CONNIE
les mandats-postes pour l'int6rieur
des Etats- Unis ct leurs colonies ne
doivent pas d6passer 500, la mai
son de Puerto Rico d1 prendre
500 mandats-poste ct payer $l92
de frals.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-02-16

Les pilules du DR. jacques sont
en- vente chez Voegeli Faeres, 2 ct
4 Washington Ave s., coin de Pa
venue Hennepin.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-02-16
NUMERO 40
TARIF DES ANNONCB

Avis -Chaque insertion 10 cts par ligna
Tariff SPECIAL pour les annonces au moie
ct 8 l'annee.
Demandes d'emploi-demandes de do
mestiques ou employes-annonceap pour
chambre ou pension-annonces pour OBJ
Jets perdus ou trouves.
Au taux de UN CENTIN par mot
Nous enverrons un numero du journa
3 foute personne qul en- fera Ia demaa-
de.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-02-16
Priere Pour la France.

NOEL l899
Sous ce e M FRANCOIS Copp6e public dams Gaulo Get
el touchant Divn Enfant de la creche:
Deu des Chr6ens, Dieu v6ritabe
En- qu tres humblement Je cros
Dieu du Calvaire ct de rEtable,
Dieu de la Creche ct de la Croix
Dieu des souffrants ne sur la paille,
Et mort gibet afreux
Regarde La France d6fallle,
Et sommes ben malheureux
On vent de discorde d6sole
Ce pays douces sa1sons
4Ou lie bon grain de ia parole
Jadis donna tant de moissons
Ou dams simple tillette,
Ia puissance r6v6a
Ont fait reculer Attila;
Ou-merveile encor plus 6trange!
Tu pretas, contre Iennemi,
LIE glaive enfamm6 de larchange
A la VERGE de Domr6my
H6las! La France qui fut tienne
Depuis trop ongtemps fut ia lol;
Mais atAa tou]ours chr6henne
Dams pangosse revent vers tot.
Oui les dalles de ton 6gise
Nous les userons genoux !....
Mais notre patrie agonise.
Sauvenous Seigneur, sauve-nous!
Vols Tous les occurs sont lourds de haine
On respire odeur de sang,
lit la catastrophe est prOchalne.
Piti6 Piti6, Deu tout puissant
Gu 'un soudain eclair de ia oudre,
Pendant quill est temps encor,
Jete a terre ct reduis poudre
Lidoe nfame lie Veau dor
Calme le pauvre plein denvie
Qui gronde portes du festin.
Et dome aux heureux de la vie
LIE du Bon Samaritan
Cee noble France tu laimes;
Ellie fait ton geste souvent
ProtAge-nous contre memes.
Fas miracle, Dieu vvant
Rends-nous vraiment 6gaux ct fr4res,
Sous ciel pacifque ct doux:
Et 81 c'est Forage des queries
Qui menace, Jesus, rends nous
La fol du soldat catholque
A qui le tr6pas semble beau
Sill volt ton Parads myshque
A travers les trous du drapeau!
Arrete- bord du goufre
Pour Noel, divin nouveau-n6,
Dis-nous que peuple qui SQUIRE,
Par toi nest pas abandonn6.
Car, cette mutt Fills de Marie
Tel qui pretend ne croire rien
Malgr6 ui sent son qui pre
Et Sc retrouve peu chr6ten.
Vols dams heures menacanes
Les pauvres meres toutes peurs
Joindre les deux mains nnocentes
Dun petit enfant sous les leurs
Et vers les clart6s sid6rales.
Et les ab1mes effrayants,
Toutes vieilles cath6drales
Teindre leurs clochers suppliants!
"a d6cembre 1899. FRANCOIS COPPEE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-04
The NEXT STEP
In the Porto Rican Tariff Mat
ter VIII Be a Conference.

Washington, April 4.-The course to be
pursued on the Porto Rico tariff bill was
the subject of much Informal conference
among house leaders today. but no ex-
act line of action was announced.
Chairman Payne, of the ways and
means committee to which the bill had
been referred, said it would be futile at
this early stage to say what course the
committee would adopt. He conferrd
committee would adopt. He conferred
made as to any probable line of action. 1t
is understood a plan which has received
some consideration and support is for the
substitution of the house plan of terri
torial government for the senate plan;
non-concurrence in the senate amend
ments on the tariff section; a debate in
the house probably under rule; and the
submission of the whole subject to a con-
terence committee of the two houses I'M
der the conditions mentioned
II this plan were adopted the territorial
question and the differences between the
senate and house on the tariff would be
the chief matters to be adjusted in con-
ference. As stated, however, this plan
was only tentatively considered and those
in authority said no exact line of action
was determined upon. The next regular
meeting OF the ways and means commit
tee VIII be on next Wednesday, but in
view of the Importance of this measure a.
special meeting of the committee will be
held within a day two, probably to-
morrow, to consider the bill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-04
KANSAS IS AL R1aHT.

IFrom the Chicago Chronicle1
It will be fifty years in 1904 since the
territory of Kansas was organized and
the citizens of that booming common
wealth are preparing for a big exposi-
ton TO mark the half century's growth.
The Topeka Commercial club and sim
liar bodies throughout the state have
taken the matter up and it is likely that
a central committee, named by the state
executive council, viii soon give prac-
teal shape to the enterprise. It Is pro-
posed to hold an exhibition of every
thing that is produced in Kansas.
The exhibit will necessarily be hetero-
geneous. Though fifty years, according
to the calendar. will represent the life
time of Kansas, first as territory and
then as state, we must not forget that
this is equivalent to about 500 years in
the life Of slower and less enterprising
commonwealth. Let US hope the Kan
sans win be thorough in arranging the
exhibit Of the products of their state
Unfortunately, some of the Kansas spe-
cialties can not be reproduced for mere
show purposes at SO cents per head.
AS the stormy petrol Of the political
world Kansas has never had five con-
secutive years of peace since the days
bizarre legislative methods have won
her a certain sort of fame. What COM
monwealth but Kansas could usher
upon the national stage in a single de-
pade the iridescent Ingalls,, the long
whisl1ered PETER and Mary Ellen Least?
These are but types. The others are still
ID Kansas And what other common
wealth could have evolved a Sheldon
out OF everyday clerical ruck? Some
thing startling is due to happen in kan
sas every few months and Sheldon was
the latest.
And Yet this happy nursing ground of
Billiards, grasshoppers. sunflowers and
whiskered statesmen is distinctly
all right It has survived one boom and
IL now industriously working up an
other one. 1t has gridironed its wealth
Of prairie with railroads. Tt has been
on the verge of bankruptcy. become
more than solvent again, paid its farm
debts and rolled up large SURPRISES to
lend to eastern banks. It has grown the
biggest corn crops on earth and INDUCED
in more politics Of the delirium tremens
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-04
NOVEL FIGHT ON SALOONS.
Aurora May Subscribe the Amount
Paid in License and Danish Them.

Aurora, Ill, April 4.-The temperance
people of Aurora have framed a plan
which they think will rid the city of the
saloons. Heretofore it has been impos
sible to get a majority vote in favor of
no license, partly because Of the large
sum, from $4,000 to s40,0 900, which the
saloons pay into the city treasury each
year.
The new scheme, which has received
the Endorsement of the local Associa-
ton of Evangelical Ministers.is to raise
a fund equal to the amount of saloon
license for one year, with which to re-
imburse the city for the loss of the Ii
cense if the saloons should be abolish
ed. With this understanding the ques-
ton will be submitted to popular vote
at the annual city election in 1901 This
will give a year in which to raise the
money and to work up public senti-
ment.
Aurora at present has 81 saloons, con-
fined to the business district and paying
a license tax of 81, 900 each.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-04
IT DOESN'T APPLY.
Constitution Follows the Flag
Only by Act of Congress.

Washington, April 4.-solieitor Cen
eral Richards of the department of
justice has filed brief in the supreme
court which fixes the attitude of this
government on the question of whether
the constitution extends to the new
possessions of the United States. The
department Of justice says it does not
without act of congress.
The case is that of Ramon Baese, a.
native-born inhabitant of Porto Rico,
who applies for leave to file a petition
for writs of habeas corpus and certi-
orari to secure his release from further
Imprisonment under a judgment of the
United States provisional court Of
Porto Rico
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-04
FAVORS REVISION.
Bishop Vincent of Topeka Fa-
vOrs Revision of Creeds and
Bible.

Paterson, N. J., April 4.-Bishop Vim
cent, who presides over the Newark Meth
odist Episcopal conference, made an ad-
dress last evening at the Market Street
church His subject was Tomorrow, a
Study of the Church of the Future"
Bishop Vincent expressed himself in
favor of church progress and of revision
He pointed out that it took thousands of
years for the writing of the Scriptures
and thousands more to bring forth from
them the nuggets of truth.
He expressed favor for further revision,
both of creeds and of the bible. 1t was
his belief that the prophecies throw open
to the research of the country where
Christ lived and taught and wherever the
scriptures were written will lead to a full
Ter knowledge that must make the SUBJ
sequent revision of the bible a most i'm
pOrtant one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-04
Beers ACCUSED.
British Suspect Them of Try
ing to XIII the Prince.

London, April 4.-The news of the at
tempt on the life of the Prince of Wales
spread with marvellous rapidity in all
parts of London and created the most
intense excitement and bitter indigna-
ton among all classes. The fact that
the attempted assassination occurred in
a city where DR.. Leyds. diplomatic
agent of the Transvaal makes his head
quarters, was generally taken to indi-
cate that the assassin was a Boer sym
pathizer, and this so infiamed passions,
that most bitter inyectives were hurled
against the Beers and everything con-
nected with them.
The government was wholly ignorant
of the attempt on the life of the Prince
of Wales until the press dispatches on
the subject were communicated to the
foreign office
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-04
TEDDY DISCUSSED.
David Starr Jordan Relates
Conversation on Mckinley.

Logansport, Ind, April AT the
teachers convention Which met here,
President David Starr Jordan of Lee
land Stanford university was the star
attraction. After the lecture he was the
center of a group of listeners, with
whom he discussed current politics free
ly. He very much opposed the Filipino
war and declared that he would vote
for Bryan now, although he did not in
1896. He was asked:
rs it Bryan's or McKinley's view that
is gaining among the people?"
after all this talk, do you ask what
I think?'' he replied. Let me quote you
Roosevelt on that. He said to me last
week: Jordan, I wish to God that we
were out of the Philippines and had
them off our hands, and many Repub.i-
cans are thinking the same. 1 am free
to quote Roosevelt because 1 consider
him in many respects one of the greatest
men in the Republican party
How do you size up Mckinley"
Let me quote you Roosevelt again.
He said: Mckinley has about as much
backbone as a toy chocolate man that
you see on the confectiOner's stand; he
is a dreadful disappointment "
What do you think of President
Shurman's report on the Philippines"
''Schurman is a good man, but he is
essentially an aTistocrat, and an aris-
tocrat can not make a government for
the Masses
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-04
FOR COUNTERFEITING.
U. s. Government VIII Severely Pun
ish Archibald Buchanan.

Chicago, April IA test is to be made
by the treasury department in the case
of-Archibald D. Buchanan, who was ar
rested by government officers yesterday
on the charge Of having in his posses
sion plates and dies and counterfeit
stamps of foreign countries. The arrest
was made on instructions from Wash
ington and on investigation furnished
by the officials at Detroit where Chas-
Clarke was recently taken in custody
for selling similar stamps as geneuine
At a hearing before United States Com
missioner Humphrey. Buchanan was
held to the federal grand jury in $1,000
bonds.
Buchanan was arrested by Secret
Service Agent Porter and Postoffice In
spectors Farrell and Towlson. A trunk,
which was to be sent to Clark were
seized by the officers and a complete
outfit and hundreds of stamps, bogus
and genuine, We're conf1scated. The
counterfeit stamps were Of all denomi-
nations and there were many rare is
sues in the lot. The originals of some
of these are valued at SIS each and
there were others almost as costly.
There were also electrotype cuts for
printing stamps and postmarks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-04
A MISSING GIRL.
Case Is Puzzling the Chicago Detec-
tive Force.

tive Force.
Chicago, April 4.-The Tribune says:
Police Inspector Heidelneier and the
police of the East Chicago avenue police
station are investigating what they as
sert are peculiar circumstances sur
rounding the disappearance of Mellina
Kuehn, the 15-year-old daughter of
Otto Kuehn, 125 Wells street.
Kuehn is a baker and lives with his
wife at the address given.
The girl disappeared three weeks ago
and it is asserted that her absence from
home was not reported to the police un-
til a week later. The first Inspector
Heidelmeier heard of the disappearance,
he says, waSfPom neighDors of the fam
lily. He started an investigation and
few hours later Kuehn appeared at the
station and said he believed his daugh-
ter had run away.
Kuehn told the police that the girl
was his daughter and that she had come
to America from Germany only a few
years ago NeighborS assert that the
girl worked hard, was of a retiring dis
position and not strong. The inspector,
so far has been unable to find any one
Who>saw the girl leave the house and he
has detailed detectives to work exclus-
lively on She case. I'VE have found some
peculiar tvidence," said the inspector
last night, %and I am not sure what the
outcome of or investigation will be.
home We win investigate the matter
and find out. The fact that the girl has
been missing for so long a time, in adj
dition to the evidence we have secured,
leads me to fear that she may have
come to harm"