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Show Diocese of Beiwer ELIZABETH KELLY, Correspondent A. The Intcrir.ountain and Colorado Catholic 1s placed on sale at the James Clarke church goods bouse. 627 Obituary. Aftr a hravp struggle roveriiiR a period of fifteen consecutive months, during which an incurable malady strove to pain mastery over him, Den-- Den-- nis Murto finally succumbed to Ftom-afh Ftom-afh trouble on Saturday afternoon, April 13. .Surrounded by members of Jiis family and the priests who had been his constant visitors in the last few weeks, h breathed his last with a prayer on his Jipe that the magnificent magnifi-cent cathedral which had been his iream might in the near future become a reality. It had been a long, hard fight, and the vitality of the once strong man had ben sapped in tin struggle. His powerful pow-erful physique was wasted to a shadow t and pain had left an indelible imprint on his face. Since the dawn of I90fl Ttfr. Murto had realized that the end I was but the matter of a few months, and lie has been perfectly resigned all the while he has fought. j More than any man in the diocese of j Denver had Dennis Murto done toward the erection of a handsome cathedral, j and he was o4ie of two laymen serving on the building committee. His inter- j est in this matter had absorbed most "f his time before illness overtook him, i find all the while he lay on his death-j led he talked of the proposed church I and Ms hopes for it. Once Leon Co- j ouard. the architect, journeyed all the j way from Detroit. Midi, to confer with! Mr. Murto as to the plans. j Last week, when the announcement j v as made that work would be resumed, lie seemed happier than lie had been j for months. The project had been associated as-sociated with his very li l"- Mr. Murto's wife and his only child, Mrs. II. Y Humphreys, were with him vhen dent'i came at the family home, It.'i ttace street. Dennis Murto was born in Pligo county. coun-ty. Ireland. January 1. 1S42. In his Lovliiirwl ilavc he ;,.! 1,;- v mm in.- iMIVIllD in Kngland, but was early thrown on bis own resources, and his triumph ver the obstacles which poverty threw in his path gave him ..a right to be titled "a self-made man." ; In lSfifi he came to America, and after accumulating- a handsome fortune set-ilcd set-ilcd in Denver. In 1890.;- In 1S65, while he was livinc in Mercer county. III., be married Miss Bridget Gjlrain After a few years' residence in Denver Den-ver Mr, Murto turned, over a large share of his business to. H. W. Humphreys, Hum-phreys, who is the husband of Mr. MurtoV only child. With his business -ares thus lightened he had time for public affairs, and he served with distinction dis-tinction in the house of representatives during the fourteen general assembly four years ago. ; Mr. Murto accomplished' an unlimited amount of good by stealth, and never wearied of charitable enterprises. For this as well as his other manly traits his memory will long be cherished. James Gilmore Dies Suddenly. Another public-spirited citizen of Colorado Col-orado passed away this month, when James Gilmore of Central City dropped dead suddenly from heart failure. Mr. Gilmore was a native of Ireland., a stanch and loyal Catholic and a mn who had done much for the upbuildMg j. of Colorado, his adopted state, fje nerved as postmaster of Central City for many terms, but this year yielded to the entreaties of his townspeople that he become their mayor. Both parlies par-lies united to elect him. for they realized real-ized the great amount of good he would accomplish in that office, but on the night of the election, when news of his victory was resounding through the M reels and when friends rushed forward for-ward to congratulate him, he dropped dead. Mr. Gilmore, though not a resident if Denver, was very well known here, and his son. James Gilmore jr., was r.,ie of the most popular students at Sacred Sa-cred Heart college, where he graduated with great distlncticn in the class of '05. He is now pursuing the study of law at Denver univtrsity. Young Nurs. Called Home. The death whi , nook Miss Margaret Mar-garet Agnes 7 u?; r . ' on Sundav, April 7, might ;'': t . oiled that of "a martyr, for she v. is ; very truth a martyr to duty n h : chosen railing, ihat of a trained tui.-.-e. In the one iort year since she received her diploma diplo-ma from the state bo. rd of examiners she had held herlf -vcr ready as in ;!jc days of her training it rush in where the bravest hesitated, and so v. lien a summons came fj-om the mountains moun-tains a month ago for a skilled nurse to attend an aged miner suffering from 1!ie terrible arid highly contagious cere-l.vo cere-l.vo spinal meningitis, she went without a murmur to the South Platte canyon iind remained tor three weeks beside iiie suuerer. sooiumg nis pain and making peaceful his last moments. "When liis eyes were dosed in death she l etui ned to Denver to her apartments ;t 1 3 15 Stout street, and almost immediately imme-diately was seized with the first spasm that announced the presence, of the ijead malady. She was removed to the county hospital, where she had labored la-bored so faithfully, and 1here loving hands ministered umo her. but to no avail, and within twenty-four hours frhe expired in agony. Miss Fitzgerald was but 2' years of sge, and was a young woman of unusual un-usual beauty of character. The funeral fu-neral occurred Tuesday morning, April !. from Ipan avenue chapel, where Tie v. M. W. Donovan sait" requiem high mass for the repose of tier soul. Interment In-terment was in Mount Olivet cemetery. Knights of Columbus Ball. One of the very delightful social j c-vents of the season was the ball given Wednesday evening. April 10, at Cotillon Cotil-lon hall by the Knights of Columbus. It was given in compliment to the young men recently received into the ranks, and w.s attended by all the knights and their lady friends. The younger clement was particularly well represented and the gathering was noticeable no-ticeable for the beautiful gowns worn. The hall was gay with the colors of the order in flowers and streamers. Schrader's orchestra furnished the music. mu-sic. The Knights of Columbus have become famed for their hospitality, and invitations to iheir delightful functions pre always greatly in demand. Women's Catholic Club Ball. The ball given by the Women's Cath-Mie Cath-Mie Order of For?sters at Eagles hall Friday evening, April -12, fulfilled the fondest hopes of the women who labored la-bored so faithfully to make it a success. suc-cess. Mrs. George Sanders and Mrs. Catherine Cramer, the executive committee, com-mittee, are to be congratulated upon the excellent result of their efforts. Miss Kelly Visits Trinidad. Miss Elizabeth Kelly, Denver correspondent corre-spondent of the Intermountain Catholic. Fpent last . week and a fart o this in ( i -- I I Trinidad as the guest of Mrs. E. Garcia. Gar-cia. During her visit she met Sister Mary Sebastian and Sister Mary Clare, both Members of the pioneer band of Sisters of Charity who opened the Immaculate Im-maculate Conception school in Denver in September, issi. Sister Mary Sebastian remained for some years at the school, and earned a splendid reputation for her management manage-ment of the primary department. She has since been station d at Albu-querque. Albu-querque. X. M.. but on account of ill health was recently transferred to Trinidad, where she has the primary department in St. Joseph's academy. She has completely recovered her health in the mild Trinidad climate and is very enthusiastic over her work. Sister Mary Clare had the high school department in the same school in the early days of the school, remaining for just one year. She. too, has been in Albuquerque much of the time since, but for several years past has been bookkeeper at the St. Raphael's hospital hos-pital conducted by the Sisters of Charity Char-ity at Trinidad. The hospital has recently been enlarged en-larged by the building of a handsome wing, the furnishing of which the sisters sis-ters are extremely proud of. The operating op-erating room, which has a wing to itself, is one of the finest in the west. The hospital nestles in the shadow of Fisher's peak, a id has an ideal location. loca-tion. East week the sisters were presented pre-sented with a handsome horse to take the place of tlv one killed a few days previously, the los cf which had been keenly felt. The Italian Catholics of Trinidad are building a pretty stone church on the west side of town, work on which is progressing at a rapid rate. Stone is being used in the construction, and expense ex-pense will not be spared in making it line of the prettiest church edifices in the state. Already plans for the dedicatory ded-icatory service are being considered. The Jesuit fathers, who have charge of the church of the Holy Trinity in Trinidad, will minister to the wants of the new congregation. Unless- unusually cool weather should prevail the Queen's Daughters choir will not sing at the 9:30 o'clock mass in Eogan avenue chapel later than the first Sunday in June. The choir has forged to the front rank by its work in the past wintfr. Chirch Notes. The Queen cf Heaven association met Tuesday at'iernoon, April 16. at the home of Mrs. J. W. Latham. 6t!S Clark-son Clark-son street. Business of importance was transacted. The Sacred Heart Ladies' Aid society held an interesting meeting Thursday afUrnoon. April . at the home of Mrs. William 11. Leonard. 144 Sherman avenue. ave-nue. Rev. J. J. Donnelly, pastor of St. Francis de Sales church, will take a short vacation some time during the month. During his absence the parochial paro-chial affairs will be looked after by Rev. Father McM.mus of Iowa, who has be.n assisting Father Donnelly for the past six weeks. Rev. M. W. Donovan of the cathedral narish. who was very ill last week, is now fully restored to health. Rev. Louis F. Hagus. who has been spending his vacation in Denver with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. John J. Hagus, Ha-gus, of 1939 Washington avenue, has returned to Colorado Springs to resume his duties at St. Mary's church. Rev. Father Clarke of Glockner sanitarium, san-itarium, Colorado Springs, was a Denver Den-ver visitor during the week. Personal. Miss Tillie Shevnin and Mrs. Josephine Jo-sephine Shevnin are having a delightful delight-ful time on their visit to various points in Missouri. At present they are at Excelsior Springs, and will visit their sister, Mrs. Edwin Wagner, in St. Louis before their return to Denver. Miss Jean Wright, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John JJ. Wright of Yuma. Ariz., is spending some time at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. McPhee. Mrs. McPhee. on a recent re-cent visit to her daughter, brought the little one home with her. j Mr. and Mrs. Anthony D'Arcy of! South Denver have announced the engagement en-gagement of their daughter Clara to Edwin J. Weinand. The wedding will take place in St. Francis de Sales church early in May. Miss D'Arcy is a young woman of charming personality and has a very wide circle of friend Miss Mary Buck and James L. Sea-bill Sea-bill of St. Paul, Kan., were quietlv married mar-ried last week by Rev. Father Phillips of the cathedral. Miss Doyle of Pottsville, Pa., arrived in Denver Saturday to spend a short time with Mrs. John A. Flynn, 1820 Clarkson street. Later Miss Doyle will go to Boulder. |