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Show 1 1 DENVER'S NEW CATHEDRAL. it Will Ee Erected On Capitol Hill at J Cost of From ? 150,000 to$200,000. imn-cr Office. -Corner Sixth Avenue and South AVator Street. (Correspondence Intormountain Catholic.) : ; D-nw Colo., Oct. 23, 1899. J Denver is to have a new Catholic ca-thotraL ca-thotraL 11 win he located on Capitol hill and will cost from $150,000 to $200.-(!". $200.-(!". A beautiful site has been secured at the comer of Colfax and Logran ave-,nlr.. ave-,nlr.. The plot covers. eiiRht lots. The trail to of the property. has been made ,,v the Rev. Michael. R. Callahan, and thr dds have been -placed on record vivh the countv clerk.-The clerk.-The tight lots are. surrounded by s W ? "which -.incrense -the beauty and value of the ite.- The' paving: taxes are ah-i paid, which means an advantage of fully $-.000. The parcels form a commanding-- site. -125x196 feet, in one of U,.- best portinnslof the city. The price J):,id was $2S,000. The grantors of the property are Mrs. Isabella M. Tracy, illi;im Orr of Merccc-county, lllinclis' , and MeilievA. "Wetherill, the latter two c. !iiicr five and the. fcnjiw three of the lots. SITE OPPOSITE THE CAPITOL. A few months ago an apparently desirable de-sirable site was looked upon with favor 11 at Cdlfiix -and ' Sherman' avenues, but afterwards the ground -wias found to be inadequate, in size" fcr' the proportio-nts of such a eathexlrtal as suggested. Hence this sile was ah.iniiAii a ..iinm'n.ni. I si ciation will be-formed to superintend I th work of construction and attend to - the receipt of subscriptions, two of which of $10,000 each have already bc?n roi i'ivcd. One of the donors resides in ; t he east, and at the time he g-ave the money he made the cheerful remark that he n?vr before parted wdth his , . money with such satisfaction As has Inn said, the cathedral will cost be-' tw. -v. JKiO.OOO and $200,000 and will be ttrifilv modern. The loan is not yet fully adjusted, I but i!".o rest is a matter of detail bound.) to be closed up very, shortly. The ca th'-dral parish takes in the territory fivm Twenty-second avenue to Eighth avenue, or Cherry creek, and to Clark-Fn Clark-Fn street. It also includes Montclair. A similar church will probably be built d"n town, if necessary, presumably en lower Eighteenth or Nineteenth streets for the accommodation of travelers trav-elers and the few parishioners who reside re-side in the business district of the city. REDUCING FIXED CHARGES. Father Callahan has returned from New York and Philadelphia, where he succeeded in reducing- the interest on ; the. Stout street property from 7 to 5 per cent. The original ite for the cathedral ca-thedral was on Lrogan. avenue, opposite the Logan avenue school. The church now has title to sixteen lot.-' in the Nock, and will sell them and apply the proceeds to the erection of the njw edi- jj nee at oitax and ivogan avenues. The Y value of pi-rxrty now held by the I Church conservatively aggregates $2'.0,- mil), without counting- the Logan avenue school. The ten lots at Fifteenth and Stout upon which il.e present cathedral is located, will not be sold for the present, pres-ent, as the interest on the debt has been reduced and the: Church can afford af-ford to hold the realty until a figure rellecting- the true value of property in this vicinity can be obtained. Father Callahan returned to the city Friday night, the day before the option op-tion on the property just acquired ex-' ex-' piled. The transfer was negotiated by James Leonard of the firm of Leonard & Montgomery. The abstracts were examined by Attorney John, H. Reddin. The lorts are numbered from 14 to 19, in blck 300. Clements' addition, and 19 and 20, in block S13, J. "W. Smith's addition. ad-dition. The Sisters of the Convent of the ;d Shepherd are preparing to hold a fair in the early part of December. All the friends of the good Sisters in Den. ver will no doubt take a lively interest in me event ana ma:e it a success in every respect. The date p.r.l place where the fa.ir will be held will hf announced an-nounced later. Certainly the Sisters rkerve every encouragement from the Catholics of Denver, and the lnter-mountain lnter-mountain Catholic wishes them every blessir.nr and prosperity. FLORENCE. (Cnrrspondence Irftermountain Catholic.) Florence, Colo., Oct. 25. Mrs. Dr. W. M. Sheridan and mother returned home from Chicago Monday. The doctor has sf-cured the McKay residence on Pike's iv-ak avenue, where they will be at home after Nov. 1. E. J. Cotte has returned from a trip to Cascade, the side of Pike's peak. His errand was a business one, but he found time for a little pleasure along ivith it. Miss Mabel Orr of Denver arrived last Friday for a visit with her sister, Mrs. -M. L. AVood. Miss Orr spent some time here last winter, during which time she made many friends, who will be glad to see her again. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Jack have returned home after spending three months on the Pacific coast. Mips Nollyo Walsh is visiting in Victor Vic-tor and Cripple Creek. , Mrs. William Ernest Mitchell gave a i"autifully appointed luncheon Satur-''.v Satur-''.v in honor of her guest. Miss John-; John-; 'i. Among those present were Mes-W. Mes-W. M. Sheridan, M. F. Fleming andtSs"'2, Richmo. Miss Sweet intoThe41S a,n"mi,y ha moved avenue ' terrae 011 McCandless taSPWnD?1!i"ay andSecre-- v. uutt have gone east. The home of Mr. and Mrs. "VY Grif-evlt Grif-evlt kS made haPPy st week the G difm the arrival f a daughter ?rnenwPoi,Wreil!10re de!iShted than rJJUner?1 of delate Miss Herren Per ae Io"day afternoon from It Benedict's church. Rev. Father Fd nai-0010103 Preached I -ve?; peace. May hcr soul res- The Woman's Literary club met Sat Woods afternn at the hme f Mrs- . Petroleum band gives a grand concert at the opera house on Oct. 27. Miss Shaw of Cripple Creek, who has ,-f," thG eSt f Wr an1 Mrs. F A nfS?leTr thG PaSt few da. 'has gone to Denver. dV,fnd Mrs'.A- J- Hoskins and little daughter are visiting in Pueblo SILVERTON. (Correspondence In'termountain Catholic ) Silverton, Colo.,' Oct. 26.-Mrs. Catherine Cath-erine Welsh was taken with a stroke of paralysis on Saturday, Oct. 14. She is in. a dangerous condition. . Mrs. Welsh is the mother of Mrs. Howard Graham. Mrs. S. .13. Fuller and daughter of Watermon.' Ills.,, and Mrs.; H M Buil-.lett Buil-.lett of Cortejj were yisiting Mrs. John -R. Curry and family. Mrs. Fuller is a .sister of Mr. Curry. ,'JhKn Iullited sta geological survey !f o noh ,thelevation of Silverton at 9,u02 feet above sea level. Mrs. J. H. Sullivan has been quite ill. Her many friends, however, will be pleased to know that she is convalescing. con-valescing. Hon Thomas HTulley, former editor edi-tor of the Miner, spent a week here visiting vis-iting old friends, who always have for him a warm welcome. Mr. J. Fred Roth of The Intei mountain Catholic was here during the past week in the interest of that creditable journal. jour-nal. Mr. Jtoth did a good business here. He was not able to go to Red Mountain and Ironton on account of the road being blocked with snow- Miss Nellie E. Tulley is out as a candidate can-didate for county treasurer on the Democratic Dem-ocratic ticket. .-$- Mrs. M. A. Higgins spent last week in Durango visiting her daughter, Mable who is attending school at the Sisters' academy.. Big preparations are being made for the Catholic " fair, which is to be held Nov. 3. 4 and 6. The ladies and gentlemen gentle-men of the committee met at Mr Casey's home on last Monday. The fair promises to be a big success. Mrs. Joseph Rodgers and Miss Annie I Costong-way have kindly consented to be correspondents for the Intermoun-tain Intermoun-tain Catholic. ...... '." r;I ,;. Mrs. C. H. Kramer has been very ill for several days. She is fast improving. DURANGO. (Correspondence Intermoiintain Catholic.) Durango. Colo., Oct. 25. Mrs. W. S. roh.e returned recently from a visit to her son Joseph, who is studying for the priesthood in Milwaukee. Miss Bridget Clarke is teaching a fall term of school on. the Upper Florida. Mrs. McDonald .of Ft. Lewis Indian school, was in town for a few hours on Saturday. The church looks very pretty and comfortable since the new matting has been laid in the aisles. All the schools, public and private, are very much crowded this year. This epeaks well for the town and the community com-munity generally. The weather is perfect and were it not for the falling leaves one might imagine imag-ine it was spring instead of autumn. Mrs. Nolan and Mrs. Farrell will entertain en-tertain the ladies of St. Columba'a league on Thursday evening next. There will be a Requiem High Mass on Thursday, Nov. 2, offered for the departed of the relatives and friends of the congregation The Sisters of Mercy are building quite an addition to the convent, demanded- by the increase of pupils this year. - Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Archulta of Edith, Colo., spent a couple of days in Durango Du-rango last week visiting her mother, j Mrs. C. F. Stollsteimer. Miss Delia Stolisteimcr has returned ' to Durango for the winter. |