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Show Bishop Machebeufs Dream About to Be Realized. i I The magnificent Catholic cathedral of which the sainted Bishop Machebeuf dreamed and for the construction of which Bishop Nicholas Matz has toiled, is to be erected at Logan and Colfax avtnues, the greater portion of the necessary funds having been raised through the energy of Father Michael Callanan, pastor of the cathedral parish. par-ish. On Sunday at the Logan avenue chapel Father Callanan announced that $100,000 was now on hand for the ! erection of the new cathedral. Two years ago the cathedral parish was $120,000 in debt and the prospect was sufficiently gloomy to dishearten I the most optimistic. The sale of the 1 old cathedral property at Fifteenth and Stout to W. S. Stratton was the first break in the clouds. Then the construction, con-struction, of the new edifice, which it j was planned to make the most ornate in the west, was seriously considered. I 1 LATE BISHOP MACHEBEUF. A building committee, with John F. Campion -as president: H. J. O'Bryan, secretary: Father Callanan, treasurer, and Dennis Murto. was appointed. It met in the offices of Mr. Campion eight months ago and resolved not to discuss dis-cuss plans to erect the building with- j out the necessity of floating: a mortgage. mort-gage. WIDOW'S MITE. RICH MAN'S DOLLAR. DOL-LAR. The work of interesting the wealthy Catholics of the city was begun, the greater portion of the labor devolving upon Father Callanan. He had a great parish to look after, with sick calls and mairiages and baptisms galore, but he I found time to buttonhole the possessors j ot plethoric pocketbooks and secure their signatures to bits of paper which pledged them to sign other bits of paper pa-per which were negotiable at certain barking institutions. He did not confine con-fine his efforts to the wealthy, however. how-ever. He remembered that the widow was (d ten more willing to part with he,- mite than was the millionaire with his thousand, and the poor were appealed ap-pealed to for such subscriptions as they could afford. One day during the past week he gathered the members of the building committee about him and told them of the results of his work. J. K. Mul-i Mul-i len had just paid off the last $3,000 of the mortgage on the property of the paiish and that financial problem was disposed of and all. were inclined to seek fresh fields for conquest. Including Includ-ing land to. be sold, cash on hand and subscriptions pledged. Father Callanan estimated that $100,000 was in sight for the erection of the cathedral, which all had agreed should cost $200,000. The subscriptions amount to about $65,000. The site, consisting of eight lots at Colfax and Logan, were also free of debt and beside them were two and one-half lots upon which a home for th liishon mis'lif be const rneteH Al together, he declared, the parish had assets valued at nearly $200,000, and no debts. All of which was in pleasing contrast with the situation two years ago. when a debt of $120,000 hung over the parish.. THE WORK HAS JUST BEGUN. "I have not nearly finished my soliciting so-liciting tour," said the smiling priest. "I have interviewed about one-half of the parishioners and t among those whom I have not seen a.ue some of the wealthiest. So you see by the time wo can adopt plans and break ground for the building we will have a great deal more money on hand." The committee agreed with him and resolved that as soon as Bishop Matz returned from Rome, which will be about Christmas, members of the committee com-mittee should visit the east to study the best features of church architecture architec-ture and arrange to have them incorporated incor-porated in the plans for Denver's great cathedral. As soon thereafter as practicable prac-ticable ground will be broken and the i work of construction begun. Dennis . Murto was authorized to correspond i with various eiuarries in order to secure se-cure the best quality of stone for the building. If possible, Colorado product win be used exclusively. This morning Father Callanan will tell all of the above to his parishioners parishion-ers It is the feast of tne Imaculate ! Conception of the Blessed Virgin and 1 will be observed by a solemn high Mass at 11 o'clock. Father Callanan will ba celebrant; Father White, deacon; dea-con; Father McDonald, sub-deacon, . and ' Father O'Malley. master of cere- , monies. Father O'Malley will deliver the sermon, but Father Callanan will i also speak. He will point out that the people of the parish have especial cause for rejoicing. He will congratulate congratu-late ttiem upon the religious enthusi- asm manifested by the members of the j congregation during the two weeks' j mission, just closed, and which won many compliments from the missionary I fathers who had charge. LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. The following is the subscription list to the new cathedral building fund: Anglum. John f 3'K) Brannen, Robert S J. Brennan, William J 300 Buckley, Patrick l'ju C'arberrv, John F lfifl Carlin, Dr. P. V., first subscription. .VO Champion, John F., first subscription subscrip-tion 10,'XK) Cavanaugh. F. J loo ! Chisholm, Colin j.hj Concree, J. P., first subscription KM Connell, Mrs. E 200 Cream. V. T 5Ki Cottrell. George W son Croke. Edward ;; hi Curran, James A 100 Curran. John H 100 Daniels, Mrs. A. B l.oOO Delaney & Sons. Daniel 150 Delehanty, Dr. Edward JCO Delleker, James 3K Donovan, James Krt Douglas. Mrs. Margaret 2i Doyle, Mrs. J., first subscription l,fKi Durocher, Frank, first subscription. 1'):) Dumphy. Mrs. J. J nxi Kader. Charles W.. " 100 Edson. Mrs. Catherine .....V v Fanning. John F ...... l) Farish. Fred G '. 2W Finnerty. Michael 5,000 Fielding. Thomas 100 Flannigan. John 200 j Ford, Charles l Friend, A., first subscription lO.'W Fuller. Robert 0 100 Gay nor. E. K 1.000 i Gaylord. E. K 1.000 I Gleason. Mrs. Ellen 2(H) I Gottesleben, Peter, first subscription 50o Gottesleben, H. F o Gottesleben, R. M loo Gottesleben. the Misses ,v) ! Glanlich, Mrs. E. YV 100 Guion. Jerry 200 Guinan, Michael 200 I Magus. John 300 Hannigan, John D., first subscription subscrip-tion 100 Haynes. Thomas A 200 Hayes. Miss Nora 0 Harnan. John loo Hickey. Miss Margaret I'M) Hopkins. J. F.. first subscription JO0 Joyce. James F., first subscription.. 100 Keane. Mrs 100 Keane, Miss Hannah 100 Kelty, Edward 200 Kelty. Master Edward it) Keltv, Miss Katherine . 50 Kelty, Master William 50 Leonard. Thomas ..: 00 Long, Miss Mary loo I,ong. J. C 150 Long. Mrs. John D 100 Kong. Mrs. Mary Elitch 1.000 Langan. Mrs. Mary..' 100 MacDonakl. M. J 100 Mahoney. Miss Mary 100 Medinu. Frank J., jr 200 Miller, Mrs. Anna L 30 Miller, John 00 Monahan, Miss Mary 100 Monarch, S. I loo Monahan. Mrs. C. and Miss M. Walsh I.H) Murphy, Michael 100 Murphy, John II 2o Murray, William I5ti Murto. Dennis 1, Mullen', J.. K., first subscription 3.000 McCarthy. J. T Io0 MeCormiek. James loo McCourt. Peter 500 McEnery. P. J 200 McGovern. E. P., first subscription. 250 McGovern. Mrs. Anna ioo McNulty, P. J 200 McPartland. James 500 McTaggert, Mrs. Bridget 200 McTiernan, Mr 10t Newhouse. Mrs. Edgar. . first subscription sub-scription 300 Nast. Charles 2m' O'Bryan, Henry J l.oo'i O'Connor, Dr. J. V...... 500 O'Rourke. J. F 50" Prior, Mrs. George W ; 100 Ries. George. -.y loo Ritter, George J...: :.-...: 10) Ryan, 'John J 100 Sa vagean, Jacob . l.O.K) : Savageau, Roch A., first subscription subscrip-tion r00 Savage. Thomas 100 Schinner. Mrs., first subscription... loo Schwartz. N 150 I Sheedv. Dennis, first subscription... 5,00) j Skinner. Herbert S ICO ! Solis, Ramon 100 . Solis. Joseph 50 Solis. William 50 I Solis, Miss Lillv 50 j Solis, Miss Ella 50 Solis, Miss Rosie '50 i Solis. Miss Lucilla 50 I Smith, Andrew H 100 I Smith, Hugh V91 Smith, Mrs. Nora 2 ) ' Smart. Mrs. F 100 I Steiner, John A 150 I Storm, John A 100 Sullivan, D., first subscription 1.000, Sullivan. S. J., firsf subscription ltoo I Tulley. Thomas H. 100' Webster, Charles ioo i Weldon. L. J 200 Yeaman. Mrs. Caldwell 500 Young. Mr. and Mrs. John, first subscription sub-scription 250 |