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Show Diocese of BeSr I ELIZABETH KELLY, Correspondent. i . The Intermountain and Colorado Catholic is placed on sale at the James Clarke church goods house, 64 California street. Denver. y -' r , ;r Converts' Club. There is n movement on foot to or- panize a. converts' club in the cathedral ! parish to keep alive the interest of per sons who have adopted the Catholic faith after reaching manhood or womanhood. wo-manhood. The plane for the formation 1 of the club are Ftlil indefinite, but Fa ther H. L. McMenamin, to whose efforts ef-forts is- due the fact that so many ha'j recently come into The church, has written to New York for literature concerning: con-cerning: the club there, its mode of operation, op-eration, and has asked whether or not it is a success. The cathedral parish has received a poodly number of converts, and the club is destined to unify the interests of these people and to bring- them together to-gether on the ground of a common ause. Church Notes. Miss Marie Mathilde Gaudot. a recent re-cent convert to the Catholic faith, was baptized by Father McMenamin :n I.n-pan I.n-pan avenue Chanel last Sunday. .She is a charminp young: woman ami will be a valued acquisition to the church sncietieR to which th ynungr women of the cathedral parish belong. ' Father Raymond Wunderlich arrived ar-rived early this week from France, where for ten years he lias done parish vork. Father Wunderlich will W a leg-ular member of the diocese of Denver, Den-ver, and Bishop Matz has already es-hipned es-hipned him to a charge at Coma and Kree kenridge. He w ill do there the work that Father Joseph Dubbid did until his recent illness. Father Dubbel has gone to California to visit his brother until he entirely recuperates from the sickViess he suffered in Mercy ' hospital. ! Father Deatcher. assistant to Father "William O'Ryan of St. Io's parish, is still ill at Mercy hospital. He is apparently ap-parently improving. ' Father John Relzer, assistant pastor 1 of the pro-cathedral, who ra operated I on at Mercy hospital for appendicitis I two weeks ago. is recovering, but will I rot be able to return to his duties for I n fortnight yet. 1 I Father P. A. Phillips, chancellor of the diocc:- of Denver and pastor of the I , cathedra, has been indisposed for over J a week. I I The Holy Name society received holy I communion in a body at the 8 o'clock I mass in Logan S venue chapel last oun- iay. The attendance was large. Thoi I junior branch held its meeting: after mass in the school hall above the I chapel. Father .7. M. Walsh, chaplain nt Mercy hospital, will not be able to use . his eye.s for a month, although the at tack of iritis has practically left him. 5C J( 3C Bishop X. C. Matz, who has been on the Pacific coast for, some weeks, expects ex-pects to return to Denver about April 1. It is probable that the announcement announce-ment of the resumption of work on the m-w cathedral will follow his arrival in I Denver. He is considerably rested and I enjoying splendid health. I Fister Irenea. superioress of Immac-j j nlate Conception school, has resumed i I l.cr duties at the school after an at-j 1 tack of pneumonia, that for a time' I threatened serious results. She has re- I pained her strength rapidly, and the I students of the parochial school are de- 1 lighted to have her again Jn their I midst. I . !' 1 A deliphtful and interesting feature I j of the monthly meeting of the Holy 1 Xame society held Thursday evening, It March 19. in Immaculate Concept'm I school, was the question box. A box I was prepared for the receipt of ques- I ' lions propounded by the members on subjects pertaining to the religion and a general discussion of each was in or-dr. or-dr. So successful was the Initial test ' "f the question box that it will be a permanent feature of the meetings. Fa-iher Fa-iher J. F. McDonough presided last .1 week in the absence of Father Belzer, I the spiritual director, regret over whose illness was expressed by the members in suitable resolutions. Albert Ross, formerly Janitor at Immaculate Im-maculate Conception school, and said 1 to be demented, frightened the school children and sisters one day last week by stretching himself on the floor of the chapel Jn the form of a cross. He was arrested on complaint of the pas-I pas-I tor. Rev. P. A. Phillips, and locked In j the insane ward of the county hospital. ! He was subsequently released, being declared by the county physician to be in no danger of doing violence to anyone. any-one. Ross has a sister in Alsace-Lorraine, from which place he came to America, and she will be communicated with in the hone that she will take Ross and care for him. He talks coherently co-herently on 811 except religious matters, mat-ters, and quotes the scriptures and the fathers of the church for hours at a time. His arrest caused considerable excitement in the parish, and led to the printing of stories of anarchy. Requiem Mass for Father Leo. On Monday, March 23, the solemn requiem mas of the month's mind for the repose of the soul of Father Leo. O. F. M., the martyred pastor of St. Elizabeth's church, was t?ung in St. Elizabeth's church, where a throng of the men and women who knew and loved Father Leo gathered to Join their prayers with those of the monks. The I choir sang the chant, and the mass was I celebrated by Father Eusebius, acting I pastor of the church. I Father Eusebius Returns. I From the long, sad Journey to Pater- snn. N. J., where he took the body of I Father Leo for interment. Father Eu- I Febius returned last week. He was I greeted at the train by Father Wul- stan and a committee of parishioners from St. Elizabeth's church, including Peter Carpen and Edward J. Qulgley. Mr. Qulgley Is the man who captured the assassin of Father Leo, the morning morn-ing the shot was fired in St. Eliza-I Eliza-I beth's. ( Father Eusebius was absent a little 'ess than three weeks, spending most ' of his time at the home of the provin cial of the Franciscan order in Pater-ton, Pater-ton, where he helped compile an au- Ithentic report of tie murder of Father Leo for transmission to Rome. Father Eusebtus returned to Denver convinced that the assassin of Father Leo had been delegated to accomplish the death of the priest by an anarchistic body, 1 members of which had been offended at I utterances made by Father Leo from I the pulpit of the -church at Paterson, I where he used to preach. It developed I that a woman by the name of Woebcr, whose daughter attended the school kept by the Franciscan sisters in P?J erson. had been told by Giuseppe Alia last fall that in six months she would hear of a crime which would shock the world. The woman believed that Aliai had reference to his determination to kill the priest, but was unwilling to throw any particular light on Alia's movements, being evidently afraid of results. She showed a postal card picture pic-ture of the Sicilian which established his identity. Father Eusebius thought a good deal about the statement of Mrs. Woeber, but was entirely convinced con-vinced that she was right when he reached Chicago on the return trip and visited Father Vitalis, O. F. M., a Franciscan father, who entertained Father Leo last year as the latter passed through the Windy City on h;s way to Denver. Father Vitalis told the Denver priest that Father Leo on that occasion remarked to him that he was bothered about a number of anonymous anon-ymous letters he had received while at Paterson from persons who objected to his anti-socialistic sermons. He said that his life had been threatened by anarchists. All of this convinced Father Eusebius Euse-bius that there was really a plot to lake the life of the Franciscan, although al-though no evidence of help for Alia during the trial was given, and no voice was raised when he was condemned to die for the murder. Father Eusebius says that in New-York New-York the priests are terrorized on account ac-count of the Denver occurrance, and that they are being clgsely guarded by the police. He says that they feel there that an organization was back of the dastardly crime of Feb. 23 in St. Elizabeth's church, Denver. Father Eusebius says he will not succeed Father Fa-ther Leo as pastor of the German church here, and that another priest will arrive soon to take up Father Leo's work. In the meantime Father Eusebius is managing parish affairs. St. Patrick's Day Card Party. It is estimated that at least $100 was cleared by the St. Patrick's day card party given at Da Pron hall by the Sacred Heart Ladies' Aid society. The hall was artistically and appropriately decorated In shamrocks and streamers of green. The prizes were w on by Miss May Gillis, first? a cut glass bowl; second sec-ond prize, a cut glass sugar and creamer, Mrs. Harry Geier; third prize, a cut glass olive dish, Mrs. John A. Keefe. The general prize fell to the lot of Mrs. W. C. Weldon, and was a handsome burnt wood tabourette. SfC 5C SjC The Queen of Heaven association held a large and enthusiastic meeting Tuesday afternoon, March 24, at the home of Mrs. Eliza M. Du Bois, 2059 Emerson street. St. Joseph's New School. When the fall school term opens in September the children of St. Joseph's parish will be able to take up their studies in the splendid new parochial school building, upon which work was commenced last week. The new school is located on Sixth avenue and Fox street, and will be two stories in hejght. There will be eight rooms, with accommodations for 240 pupils. At present classes are held in the basement base-ment of the church, and are in charge of the Sisters of Mercy. St. Joseph's is one of the most flourishing parochial schools of Denver. Obituary. Mr. Daniel Callaghan, for many years a devout member of the cathedral cathe-dral parish, passed away Wednesday afternoon, March IS, at the family home, 433 Twenty-third street. For four months Mr. Callaghan had been a patient sufferer from a complication of dropsy and liver trouble, but his last moments were calm and peaceful, and the end came as wife and children were kneeling at his bedside reciting the litany lit-any for the dying. The funeral took place Friday morning from Logan avenue ave-nue chapel, where high requiem mass was sung by Rev H. L. McMenamin. The junior choir furnished the music. At the close of mass Father McMenamin McMena-min spoke words of consolation to the bereaved family, reminding them 'of the truly Catholic life of their loved one, and exhorting all to emulate his many virtues. The floral tributes were many and beautiful. Burial was in Mount Olivet cemetery. Mr. Callaghan 1 survived by his widow and three children. The funeral of Charles Burns, who came here recently from Pittsburg, was held Friday afternoon from Logan avenue ave-nue chapel, Rev. J. F. McDonough officiating. offi-ciating. Miss Fannie Klos, vice president of the Denver Trades assembly, and prominent in the work of the Colorado State Federation of Labor, died at St Anthony's hospital on Wednesday, March 18, after a short illness of typhoid fever. Miss Klos, though but 30 yearn of age, had in that short time done more to assist her fellow- workers than many who live to a ripe old age, and the 5,000 men and women who assembled as-sembled Sunday afternoon at St. Leo's church to pay a last tribute of respect to the remarkable woman, were mourners mourn-ers in the true sense of the word. The church was far too small to accommodate accommo-date the throng, so hundreds waited outside until the end of the service, then sorrowfully followed the body to its last resting place in Fairmount cemetery. The service at St. Leo's church was conducted by the pastor, Rev. William O'Ryan, who also preached the sermon, which was an eloquent el-oquent tribute to the departed young woman. All the trades unions of the city were in the funeral procession, as were also delegations from Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Lafayette, Fort Collins Col-lins and other towns in the state. The pall-bearers were George McLachlan, president of the Denver Trades assembly; assem-bly; August Koester, Nicholas Bannock, Ban-nock, Charles O'Connor, Edward Phillips Phil-lips and W. D. Haywood, secretary of the Western Federation of Miners. The honorary pall-bearers were chosen from the Garment Workers union, which was organized by Miss Klos. They were Miss Elizabeth Duncanson, Miss Grace Bucks. Miss Alice Carey and Miss Lil-lie Lil-lie Reimers. The floral offerings were magnificent, and were tributes of love from thousands of workingmen and women. Services at the grave were conducted by the Daughters of Liberty. Lib-erty. Philip Foley, who met with an accidental acci-dental death early Monday morning, March 16, was buried Friday with requiem mass at St. Patrick's church. Burial was in Mount Olivet cemetery. Much sympathy is felt for the stricken widow and three small children, who were robbed of a kind and loving protector pro-tector by a cruel mistake on the part of an officer. The body of Mrs. Anna, Fields, who died at IJrbana, O., on Jan. 23, was brought to Denver and interred in Mount Olivet cemetery . on Tuesday afternoon, March 24. Mrs. Fields was formerly Miss Anna Giltinan of Denver. Den-ver. Joseph A. Schwelger, formerly of this city but later of Victor, Colo., died tt the last mentioned place on Wed- Prehistoric Ruins of Teotihuacan. (See descriptive article on page 1.) nesday, March 18, and the body was brought to this city for burial in the family lot in Mount Olivet cemetery. The funeral was held Tuesday morning from the home of Mr. Schweiger's sister, sis-ter, Mrs. Charles Wagner, 1116 South Twelfth street." Requiem mass was sung at St. Elizabeth's church. Mrs. Anna Corcoran, wife of John Corcoran, died on Sunday. March 22, at her home, 2761 Arapahoe street, after aft-er a short illness. Her funeral took place Tuesday morning from Sacred Heart church, where requiem mass was attended by hundreds of sorrowing friends. Interment was in Mount Olivet Ol-ivet cemetery. Mrs. Elizabeth Sullivan, wife of John J. Sullivan, residing at 922 Tenth street, drank carbolic acid last week while suffering from an attack of dementia, and died in the hospital half an hour latfcr. Mrs. Sullivan was one of the best-loved members of St. Leo's parish, par-ish, and the fear that 'she had lost her mind was entertained for some tithe before her death by those who knew her best. A constant watch was kept over her. She eluded it one morning last week and made for a drug store a few blocks away. Later she was found in a dying condition. The funeral was held Friday morning from St. Leo's church, where Father O'Ryan officiated. officiat-ed. Mrs. Sullivan is survived by her husband and 6-months-old baby. Interment In-terment was in Mount Olivet cemetery. cem-etery. Personal. Miss Ethel Kearns, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George T. Kearns. who underwent un-derwent an operation for appendicitis at St. Anthony's hospital two weeks ago, is recovering rapidly and was moved early this week to her home, 1S35 Williams street. Miss May Gillis. after an absence of six months in the east, has returned to her home in Denver, very much improved im-proved in health. She, however, will not resume her duties as school teacher teach-er for some time. Mrs. C. M. Brown and daughter, Miss Agnes Brown, left last week for Key West, Fla., where they expect to remain re-main a month, going from there by water wa-ter to New York for an extended stay. Mrs. Brown's daughter. Mrs. "Albert Stenger of Johnstown, Pa., will prob-ablv prob-ablv join her mother and sister in New York. Mis? Hilda Gottesleben and sister, Miss Wanda Gottesleben,. leave this week for New York, whence they sail early next month for a prolonged stay abroad. The many friends of John A. Flynn will be pleased to hear that his health has been already greatly benefited by a change of climate. He is now at his old home in Princeton, N. J. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McDonald will leave soon for an engagement on a vaudeville circuit with a little sketch that Mr. McDonald has written while on a visit ta his mother-in-law, Mrs. Bostwlck. |