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Show I : ; Diocese of Bender ELIZABETH KELLY, Correspondent. The lntermountain and Colorado I : Catholic is placed on pale at the ! Jm8 do rk? churh goods house, t-7 1 Fifter-nth street, Denver, Colo. . TO OUR PATRONS. ' Mis Jennie CosRrovo, our agent and canvasser, is in Denver and will call g upon out- old friends and patrons and f.nd.-.ivur to make new friends for the Jntei'mountain Catholic. CITY0F DENVER. No Investigation to Be Made of the Diocese. Jluch interest was amused early thi" veil; in cabled report from Home t'i the effect that Pope Tiup X. had in-' in-' stiiKtcd M(jii!isiiir Chatard that an investigation had been begun into the financial condition of American- dk-1 dk-1 1 is holiness was nuoted as sayinjr thai he had grave doubts as to the judicial management of funds of , tin- church and that a band of monks would isit the American bishops and secure an accounting. The act of the pom iff was. the etory stated, inspired by the Waggaman failure which came near costing the Catholic university at Washington its very existence. The report set out at length the fact that it Mas the dioceses of Sioux City. Omaha and Denver which would be the especial objects of inquiry. i In aji interview Bishop N. C Matz of the diocese of Denver " denied emphatically emphat-ically that any ueh Investigation is in progress in Colorado, or that such is planned in so far as he is aware. He fxpressed the belief that he would have been apprised of the fact if such : course were in contemplation and said: "There is no truth whatever in the Placement that anything is wrong in .. cny of the western dioceses." said Ris- liop Matz when asked about the matter. mat-ter. "It is the gossip of idle people, who have heard nothing that would lead imp Jo believe otherwise. If there was nny truth to the report I would have been notified of what was to take place in -consequence of it." i Christmas Sale. I The annual sale of fancy work for I the benefit of the House of the Good J Shepherd is now .in progress, at the home, comer of Cedar and South Evans I streets, and will continue until Dec. 1 15 by which time it is believed a neat J sum will have been realized. I Every year the Sisters offer for sale I their own handiwork, in ihe way of I dainty Christmas gifts, and many poo- I pie look forward to the ale as a I nivalis of procuring Vhat they have I nm had time nor the talent for mak- 1 ing. Next to the worth of the articles 1 offert d is the motive of the sale: the , securing of funds for the institution, accounted one of the most truly noble charities in the diocese. The articles numbering into the hvndreds are arranged on a number of J , tables in the parlors of the home, and I there ir? a wide selection for the pros- I poctive customer. Everything in hand- I 1 snmoly worked pillows, centerpieces, j doilies, scarfs, pin cushions, drawn- 1 work, handmade handkerchiefs, fancy 1 boxes and cases and photograph frames, an well as every thing dainty "J f.-r the baby's wardrobe, are in evi- t deuce, and 1 hre is a goodly stock of I each. Pleasant surprise for Christmas I 1 otter the dear ones can be pur- I chased at a reasonable sum and the buyer will at the same time have the j :-iiwi-usiiPss of having performed a I work of charity. If the sale brings the ! sum anticipated it will mean a joyous I ! Miristmas for the inmates of the House r ih" Good Shepherd to whom under i -idinary circumstances the would be i;:tl. different from the other C64. J Yv'ir.t'-T means the additional expense m' Cud and more light and the amount f i.f money required to meet current de- . . I i-;:nds is greater than the public J know. I Senator Buckley Dies. SAt all the Masses in the Logan -:i . r,ue ha pel on Sunday prayers were rciU,-sted for the repose of the soul I i if Senator William S. Buckley who I passed away unexpectedly at his tem- )orary home in this city on Friday J niph.t. Senator Buckley had been a 5 sufferer from tuberculosis for many -:ux. but. had bravely gone about his j work" and the end was not looked f.r s" scon. On Thanksgiving day he f grew worse and his wife summoned his brother to the bedside. With him when he died. were Mrs. Buckley, and I Henry Buckley, the brother. The I ' funeral took place in Milwaukee Twes- I .Ihv. where the body was taken by Mrs. I 1 iueklcy. I Senator Buckley as a member of the 1 Fourteenth general 'assembly worked I hard during the entire jinie the legis- I lature was meeting and when the extra t session was called last year he found I Jiimsrlf little abl" to look after the I dmies in connection with his position. J i When the meeting adjourned Mr. I ' Buckley with his wife and babies made ! :i tour of the southern Mates and remained re-mained there until three weeks ago 1 w hen, they . came to Denver, taking ! , ; mj artments at the AUline. Seventeenth ' ; avenue and Ogd-n streets. It was i I there that Senator Bu -kley passed 1a v. a y. . Resides Mrs. Buckley, the dead man Is survived by three charming little children now in boarding school in the tv.-t where they were placed last winter when Mr. and Mrs. Buckley be- gisn their travels. They are John, aged 1 1 years. Bessie, aged 1" raid Clarissa, ;;j;ed !. I William S. Buckley was born in f Honey ("reck. AYis.. in l-6.". and was I educated in the slate university at t Madison. Ten years ago when hie If health began to break down he came west and with his wife and one child I settled at Telluride. There Mr. Buck- f ley was eminenntly successful manag ing several valuable mining properties, and only gave it up to accept senatorial honors. Senator Buckley was held in high esteem by all who knew him and his Iofs will mean much to the state. As j a statesman he was accounted highly honorable and his integrity was never doubted. May he test in peace. j j N Notes and Personal. j The young ladies' sodality of St. j Leo's church held a fair in the base- 1 m-nt of the church for four nights this week which was successful. The young women did little begging and j most of the articles offered for sale t were the work of the girls themselves. A contest for a gold watch was par- I tiripated in by Miss Alice Carey and ? Miss Josephine Butler. Miss Winnie Duffy leaves next week I to spend the winter in California. Many good wishes go with the young wo-s wo-s man. I .; . The students of the College of the Sacred Heart had a two days' retreat I t his week. I Kfv- Hugh L. McMenaniin. chaplain I ' nf t h Mercy Sanitarium, f pent a day at 'no college during the week visiting'the ui'mbers of the fa cult v. i - J The Rev. Father Walsh, chaplain of ! ThP ?t. Francis hospital at Colorado ; Springs paid a visit to the Colboufn j hoys, who are students at the college,' I last week. ' . . The football eleven of the college of I he Sacred Heart is much interested in the succews o . Arthur Tipton, the celebrated center of the West Point football squad as he is the brother of lx-o Tipton the fullback of the college squad. Mr. Tipton is the young man who saved the game for AYest Point against Annapolis on Saturday last. The college boys felicitate in his sue-, cess. ' 4 Mr. Dennis Sweeny, father of Master 'John Sweeney, was at the college for I a day. The first Friday devotions for Dele De-le ember were well attended and the ' number of communions was 'larger than ! usual. Next Thursday w ill be the j Feast of the Immaculate Conception, and a holiday of obligation. Confessions Confes-sions will be heard on Wednesday in" ' preparation for the feast. The fair in aid of the church of St. Francis de Sales, which closed Saturday Satur-day evening, netted a handsome sum for the parish aside from having the effect of promoting a spirit of sociability sociabil-ity among the South Denver people, l ather J. J. Donnelley has won a warm place in the hearts of his parishioners by his efforts to improve conditions in his church and financially and spirit- ually the parish has made marked advance. ad-vance. ' The guild of the Angel Guardian, although al-though in existence but a short time, has done an amount of good among the pool-. About 250 garments have been made and distributed. The members mem-bers meet every two weeks and cut the clothes. - The Aandern club 'was entertained on Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. J. B. Devlin at her home, 151 West Fourth avenue. The programme, was of marked interest. Members of the Sacred Heart Aid society met on. Thursday of this week at the residence of Mrs. Ernest Gil-more. Gil-more. 273S Humbojdt street to elect oflicers for the ensuing year. Mrs. .Peter Gottesleben of the cathedral ca-thedral parish, who sustained serious injuries in a fall from a tramway car f few weeks ago, is now improving and will soon be able to be out again. ' f - - Prayers are requested for the repose of the soul of Mrs. Annie Kelty from the sanctuary- of the Logan avenue chapel Sunday morning. , ! Miss Josephine Shevnln returned Saturday Sat-urday from a visit of almost a year in the east during the . greater part of which time she, was guest of her sister. Mrs. Edwin Wagner of St. Louis. 'Her sister. Miss Georgia Shevnin, who also l.ad been absent from the city for some months, returned a short time ago'. The Altar and Rosary society of the cathedral parish has decided to extend its membership so as to embrace husbands hus-bands of the members,' and the men who wish to join. They will not be expected to attend the monthly meetings, meet-ings, but will lend moral support to the work of the society and will aid financially when asked. . Mrs. Mary Moran of the eathedraf parish is enjoying a winter's sojourn in California. She has written friends here th;it her health is much improved ; by the change. -4- I The Catholic schools of the city will close for the Christmas holidays on Friday noon, Dec. 23, and will resume on Tuesday, Jan. 3. LEADVTLLE, COLO. A very pretty weddinj? took place recently re-cently at the Church of the Annunciation, Annuncia-tion, when Mr. Michael Bowe and Miss Mary Farren were united in wedlock by Rev. Father J. J. Gibbons. After the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride's 'sister. The bride was handsomely gowned in tan violet, and the bridesma5d, Miss Katie Golden, wore a very becoming dress of gray violet. Richard Walsh, one of the pioneers of the Leadville district, died recently in this city. He had been engaged in mining, and at one time owned the grocery business afterward purchased by the late Charles Rothe. Mr. Walsh was born in the town of Baal, County Mayo, Ireland. He lived there until the Fenian uprising. Into which he threw himself heart and soul. He was arrested and-tried by the English government and served two years as a political prisoner in Kilma-inham Kilma-inham prison, Dutilin. The sufferings he underwent while in prison made him very bitter, and as soon as he was re-, leased hetcame to this country and was among the first to reach Leadville in the exciting days of 1ST9. His health hati been failing for some time. . |