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Show Diocese of fittwef! ELIZABETH KELLY, Correspondent. T he liuei mountain and Colorado Catholic is placed on . sale. at. the, James Clarke church goods house, b- TO OUR PATRONS. Mi as Jot 1 ni? Cos-grove, our agent and canvasser, is in Denver and will call up.ii nur old friends and patrons and endeavor to make new fiiends for the I luiermountain Catholic. CITY OF DENVER. Severe Denunciation of Scandalous I Reports in a Local Newspaper. In justice to Mr. and Mm Yolney M. 'Williamson of ihe cathedral parish, vho weYo married in this city Nov. and ck-icnding his position in having! MTf,nnT'd the -i-rcmony which united the two, Bishop N. C. Malz. head of the lio,-..- ,f Denver, published a stale-m- iit giving the facts' in ihe case and had it read in all the churches on Sunday Sun-day last. )ne day last week a. local newspaper jointed a sensational article, slating at some length that when Mr. Williamson William-son married Miss Cotter, who conies of Jin old and highly respected Denver family: the groom had a it living in Spokaii-. "Wash., from when he was divorced. The publication created a, f -andal in the city and explanations on tin- part of other newspapers eould not undo the cruel story. Bishop Matz could not make his voice heard above the unnult. for he had been quoted in the original story as having "threatened "threat-ened the anathema, of excommunic-a-ikm" upon Mrs. Williamson, and. i n j fact. up"i) every one who had participated partici-pated in the service, including about r-ight attendants, who. it was said, had connived at the base deception that had been practiced upon the head of the diocese. ' ' . It was asserted 1hat Williamson de liberately told a falsehood to Bishop Matz. and that his wife had boon oon-hciniis oon-hciniis f it. Press reports1 from Washington Wash-ington the next day brought the news that the first Mrs. Williamson is dead, and that Williamson had not paid attentions at-tentions 10 the pretty Miss Cotter until long after his divorced wife's demise. Mr. Williamson was a widower at the time he became engaged to the Denver woman, and even in the eyes of the 'atholie church he was free to marry v hom he wished. Death, the only dissolution dis-solution to the marriage bonds, had severed him from the woman he had vowed to cherish and protect, and it was for him to plan his future. The publication of the story that a divorced wife was still living in Spokane Spo-kane created a great scandal. Persons not understanding the circumstance? I but familiar with the fact that the t-nets of the Catholic church forbid the niarriaee of a. divorced person, were I loud in their denunciation of the gross deception to which they alleged Bishop Matz had been made victim: but the statement made public by him Sunday s. ts at re at all further gossip. It follows: fol-lows: "Many of you, no doubt, have been shoc ked by the sensational reports circulated cir-culated in the press? about my assisting . at the marriage of Volney Williamson j to Miss- Mabel Cotter on the "Id of Xo- j vembor last. " I "Two weeks after the marriage ru-n ru-n rs were circulated to the effect that Mr. Williamson was a divorcee and had a wife living in Spokane, Wash. In my own de fense, as well as that of Mr. Williamson. 1 wrote last Sunday to ihe Key. A. Verhagen. pastor of Our Lady of Bourdes church. Washington. fT information. On Wednesday last 1 received a dispatch from this reverend ge; Hb-n-.an. which says: 'Williamson secured a divorce eight years ago; for-' for-' m... h if,, is doad. Clark (a prominent Catholic of Spokane) says reputation of Williamson excellent." This telegram s- Is a; rest forever the ouestion of di--, ,:,-.. ev-n before the church, since it ! l-avcs Mr, Williamson free to marry Hom the moment his wife died. "If Miss Mabel r..tter had not been a Catholic, absolutely no notice would have been taken of this marriage, ex-j ex-j eepting. perhaps, to congratulate her ! for contracting puoh a union: but the chance ,,f slabbing1 the church and her reprc .entali e through Mrs. Williamson i was tn'i good to let pass: hence this j scandalous episode, which brought the 1 blush of shame on thousands of Cath- ! olios throughout the state, j "1 hepe this will be a lesson which j the Catholics of Colorado will not so .1 '11111 forget. How deplorable that our I generation should be cursed with such andalous publications! But who is to Maine for such a condition of things? The public themselves. No one seems to realize the infamy of such fabrications fabrica-tions until he becomes himself the victim vic-tim of such venomous expectorations. "Bet for once every man who possesses pos-sesses l spark of principle and self-respec self-respec iurn his countenance against such lil ;y publications and banish them ffji i their homes sr they may not I defile their firesides, and there will he. j once for all. an end to fuoh scandalous sensations. "Bet, therefore. Catholics beware, and rot take for granted all they may read in the sensational report" of the press; thf.y will thus save theniHehes many a hea't-burning shame and be led to safeguard the reputation of others as ihev would like to see their own repu-1 repu-1 : taiion safeguarded bv iheir neighbors. ' "X. C. MATZ, "Bishop of Denver, Cvloraao." i The Queen's Daughters. An enthusiastic meeting of the Daughters of the Queen was held on Saturday last at the rr-id"'iiee of Mrs. S. J. Sullivan. 1C73 York street. While the attendance was a trifle smaller than usual on account of the inclem-h inclem-h I int weather, there was a good sized t g.-iihering and considerable business J was accomplished. The motion to close I the membership list, which came be- i fore a previous meeting, was discussed J again, and it was decided to take no I .action at present until the organiza- I Tion is even stronger. Accordingly ap- I plications for membership will he" con - I t-idered the same as before. Miss Wini- I fred MacKinnon, the president, was in the chair and expressed her pleasure -I that the question was finally disposed i..f. Miss Schlaoks' sang in a charming charm-ing manner and altogether the meeting meet-ing was delightful. The work for the winter season has not been definitely j planned, but it will be the aim of the members to bring cheer into desolate and poverty-stricken homes whenever . such cases are brought to their atte-n- the honorary members are manifest - j log qui'.e as keen an interest in the affairs of the society as are the girls I ihemselves and have planned delight- ful surprises in a social way for the I young women while they are engaged I in their charitable work. In a few I weeks a card party at the Woman's club will be given by the honorary I members complimentary to the QueenV; 1 Daughters, and the Knights of Co- , lumbus will give a grand reception and i ball some time in January in honor of ! Hie society. The latest plan of the Queen's I "Daughters is to have a Christmas tree I for poor children, and each member . has been askd to give the matter se- l rious thought. o that in case it H cieenicd practicable woik can be be". I sun immediately after the next meet- t in. sr. which takes place on iVc. 17, That will give a week in which to put 1in- ! isbmg touches 10 it. and at Die nxt I meeting the place for holdin-r tin- j 1 celebration will he decided upon. Th$ winter will witness some ex- l cellent work on the part of the nwlv : ' organized Queens Daughters. Bvery .n of the 125 members has entered : irto the spirit of the organization, ami as a result much good is bound to j come of it. The next meeting will be held at the residence of Mrs. Thomas E. McKenna, 1065 Josephine street. At present the society, is one of. the strongest organizations of, women in the diocese and the work which it expects ex-pects to accomplish is broad in its scope. The full membership v to date is at follows: ' . Honorary Mrs. Joseph W: Benson. Mrs. John J. Mullen, Mrs. John F. Campion. Mrs- William H. Andrew. Mrs. William P. Horan, Mrs. S. John Sullivan, sr., Mrs. Charles J. Dunn, Mrs. James J. Brown, Mrs. Caldwell Teaman, Mrs. Charles M. Ford. Mrs. Thomas K. McKenna, Mrs. John C. Martin. Mrs. John I. Mullins. Mrs. Philip F. A. Kyan and Miss Georgia Hughes. The active members are: President. Miss Winifred MacKinnon; first vice president. Mis Cora E. McCabe; second sec-ond vice president. Miss Lillian Fielding:' Field-ing:' third vice president. Miss Margaret Mar-garet King: corresponding secretary. Miss Letitia Kirkpatrick: recording secretary. Miss Anna O'.Xeill; . treasurer. treas-urer. Miss Nell Finnerty; auditor. Miss Mary Sullivan; chaplain. Miss Grace Wagner: historian. Miss Genrose While; and Misses Eugenia Allen. Julia Ju-lia Allen, Xora Brophy. Adelaide Bro-phy. Bro-phy. Winifred Bucher, Minnie Bremer. Annabel Brady. Helen Brady. Inez Brown. Mabel Crean. Gertrude Crcan. Ida Callahan, Katherine Callahan, Carrie Car-rie Cecchini. Anna Connors. Ella Cur-ran, Cur-ran, Anna Curran, Julia Clifford, Minnie1 Min-nie1 Connors. Emma Corbet, Kate Davoren. Clara D'Arcy, Ellen Dolan. Margaret Dolan. May Dunphy. Mollie Davis, Anna Daly. May Egan, Kate Floyd, Katherine--Fisher, Cecelia Ford, Kate Fielding, Wanda Gotteeleben, Helen Glendenning. Gertrude Glenden-ning. Glenden-ning. Agnes Geraghty. May Gannon. Mae Gavin, Maggie Gavin. Angela Gil-more, Gil-more, Viola Henry, Irene Howard. Stella Stel-la Howard, Anna Hartley, Mary Hens-gen. Hens-gen. Ethel Henry. Anna Hickey, Irene Home. Blanche Home, Clara Hedekin. May Joyce. Elizabeth Johnson, Isabel Jacobs, Anna Jacobs. Helen Kane, Margaret King, Elizabeth Kelly, Mamie Kennedy, Louise Kerwin. Mog-11011 Mog-11011 Langan, Tusella-Lakas, Essie McCabe. Mc-Cabe. Anna May MacKinnon. Valeria McFeely. Margaret MeGill, Elsie Mc-Bride. Mc-Bride. Helen McCurdy. Margaret Mc-I Mc-I Carthy, Mary McCrudden, Bessie Mc-Oarron. Mc-Oarron. Maggie Maloney, May Mullen, Katherine Mullen, Edith Mullen, Clara Matty, Mary Mulroony, Florence Mullen. Mul-len. Helen Marso, Columbia Malso. Ella El-la Newmeyer, Anna O'Xeill, Florence O'Connor. Kate Kyan, Jeanette liob-erls. liob-erls. Alice Kyan, Maude Kyan, Margaret Mar-garet Schlacks, Edith Sadler, Edith Stephens, Georgia Shevnin, Josephine Shevnin. Grace Wagner, Iiosite Wagner. Wag-ner. Gertrude Walsh, Eva Walsh. Ida Weick, Helen Weick, Florence White-house. White-house. Josephine Woeber, Clara Woe-ber. Woe-ber. Katherine Waterman and Xellie Wilkins. The Jin tormoun tain Catholic contains con-tains the full and authorized reports of the meetings of the Queen's Daughters Daugh-ters every two weeks. In these columns col-umns will be found the official announcements an-nouncements and notices of the society. The Year Book. As a Christmas gift to the Catholics of the Diocese of Denver the new and enlarged edition of the diocesan year book will be distributed on Sunday, Dec. 25. Five thousand copies will go to Denver alone, and if a copy is especially espe-cially desired it would be well to make a request of the various pastors in advance. ad-vance. ... f The book is the first work from the press of the Cuddy Publishing company, com-pany, of which James Phelan Cuddy is manager. Mr. Cuddy compiled the year book and expended much time and' thought in making it a credit to the diocese of Denver. The first edition, which fell far short of meeting the demand de-mand on the part of the Catholic population popu-lation of Denver, was distributed in June.but the enlarged book is a decided improvement upon it, containing1 a ,di-rcc ,di-rcc iory of all Catholic fraternal organization organi-zation and sodalities, as well as valuable val-uable -contributions from the nen of I Bishop X. C. Matz and priests of the diocese. One especially interesting story will be a review of the history of the Catholic church in Colorado, contributed con-tributed by Rev. "William J. Howlett. He deals with the life of the Minted apostle of the Rockies. Right Rev. J. P. Machebeuf, the first bishop of the diocese of Denver. Father Howlett was formerly stationed in Denver, and at present is pastor of the church of St. Ignatius at Pueblo. Another special feature of the year book aside from what it contained in its first edition, is the chapters devoted de-voted to the -various churches of the city, each one being treated at length, with accompanying illustrations. There are 12t pages in all. and the work has been personally supervised bv Mr. Cuddy. Michael Walsh. Dead. After an eventful life, exending over a period of fifty-eight years, Michael Walsh passed away at his home, .2713 Williams street. .Monday afternoon.' lie had suffered for months, and death came as a relief to him. although bringing much sorrow to those to whom his warm generous nature had endeared him. Mr. Walsh was ihe brother of the well-known mining man, Thomas F. Walsh, now residing in Washington, He was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, and came to this country 111 1n04. He enlisted in the United States army at Worcester, Mass., and was assigned as-signed to service in the west, being actively engaged in Colorado, Wyoming Wyom-ing and Montana, where the Indians 'were conducting a troublesome siege. When he was released from the army he came to this state to make his home and has remained here ever since. He engaged in mining in Central City and Lcadville, and later turned his atten-i-tion to the cattle business in the San Luis valley. In 1S79 he moved to Lead-ville Lead-ville and there married. His wife and one daughter survive. Mist Margaret Walsh is popular in the young social set. The funeral of Mr. Walsh took P'ace from the Sacred Heart church Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, solemn sol-emn high mass of requiem being sung by Father Barry, S. J. "Well Attended Tridium. The triduum in preparation for the feast of the Immaculate Conception which was held in the Logan Avenue c hapel Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Wednes-day of this week was well attended, and many took advantage of the services serv-ices to complete the jubilee ordered last July. The evening services were especially espe-cially well attended. Sacred Heart College Notes. An open debate on the subject, "Ke-solved, "Ke-solved, That Governor J. H. Peabody was Justified in sending troopes to the Cripple Creek district," was the main feature of the third regular weekly meeting of the Loyola Literary and Debating De-bating society on Saturday last. Many very interesting points were brought out for both the negative and affirmative, affirma-tive, but unfortunately time was not given for the hearing of several arguments, argu-ments, and the debate will be continued contin-ued at the next meeting. The Rev. Jiugene Montell, S. -J., of the college, who has been on the sick list for fomc time, is up and around again and is doing nicely. He has resumed re-sumed his class work. I Probably one of the most successful and gratifying 'retreats in the annals of the college was given for three dayi l;:st week under the instruction of the Rev. Edward Barry, S. J.. pastor of the Sacred Heart church. Father Barry's Bar-ry's sermons were much appreciated, and at the end of the third day the papal pa-pal blessing, with a plenary Indulgence, was given to the students. Strict silence si-lence was kept by all for the three da). , |