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Show DENVER. I (... 4.. j ; , 4,- i $ - . -5- vj Denver Office .Intermountain and Col-' Col-' orado Catholic Charles Block, Curtis Cur-tis and Fifteenth Streets. Thief Enters s;; Elizabeth's Church. Denver, Nov. 21 With his mind bent ' upon sacrilege as well" as' theft, an un- known man entered St.' Elizabeth's Catholic Church at the corner of Eleventh Elev-enth .and Curtis etreets.Friday morning about 3 o'clock.: He made his escape, taking with him' the cfborium from the ; hish altar ani.Jhe contents of the poor box. ' ' J , ! Father Friintfis .waslaroused from his ; plumbers by the -rat tie of the heavy side door occasioned-by. the,; thief leaving j the build inP- '-..'" t He hastened to the sanctuary and was shocked to Hnd:the( altars in a state of preat disorder. Tb'e chapel '.if St. An-thony, An-thony, in -the-front! portion of the edi-IKe, edi-IKe, had alsi? been 'visited '.by the impious im-pious intfu'der.' There- upon the floor Father Francis? fourid the poor box. the lid of whU-hJhad been pried open, with a chisel. From all appearances it - was evident that's: Arirhony's chapel .was the first place 'to -which 'the thief devoted de-voted his attention- Finding that there was very little 'money in the box, he decided to give vent to his ill humor by I . i-esecralins;.-the altars.' I'pon St. Anthony's altar he strewed iiboUt a rond f -cheap candy, and with his chisel opened the tabernacle, but failintr.-4o-discover. anything. of value turned his attention to St. Joseph's altar al-tar t th rishtf themain. sanctuary. From "this aifaT-'he took sa v candle which he cut in two. The short end was used to furnish light by the aid of which the thief was enabled .to d.o furr ther mischief. t ., . St Mary's altar was, only slightlj damaged. The door of 'the tabernacle was pried open, but the chalice was not disturbed. . . ''The fellow spent some. time at the hih altar and 'from the tabernacle which he broke . open with no gentle, hand he look "the tibnrium containing the host of consecrated wafers. Nearly ISO of the wafers were scattered. on the altar, the .remainder, about forty in number, he threw upon the platform at his feet, and spat upon them. The altar and platform were streaked with to bacco juice. . ' The ciborium was the only article of value taken away. It was worth about sr.O and the Fathers grieve over its loss more on account of its having- been an old relic than because of its intrin- Sic value. . The thief nade his way into the open &jr through a side door at the rear of the edifice leading to Curtis street. He had gained entrance through a window at the side of this door. Father Francis reported the matter to the police about 5 'o'clock in the morning -and at 8:30 o'clock a detective was detailed by Chief Farley to look into the burglary and get, if possible, some clue to the identity of the miscreant. mis-creant. . r ' . Later in the day Father Francis sent nord of the sacrilege to Bishop Matz. The bishop was greatly shocked to hear of the occurrence and instructed Father Francis to hold in reparation the exposition ex-position of the Blessed Sacrament on Sunday from 7:30 a. m. until 7:30 T. m. The closing exenises were conducted by .-Che Bishop at 7:.10 p. m. .with a proi's- siun. prayer and benedictroh''' of ' the Jliessed Sacrament. The only clue in the case is an old sack left by the thief in the sacristy. Chief Farley has little hope, however, of capturing- the guilty man. i Corporal Murphy's Hard Luck Story. Corporal Murphy, lately of the Fourth infantry, but-now in civil life, and Very glad of it. served a year in a parrison in paoe times, went to Cuba, helped storm El Caney. returned to the United States, went then ta.;the 1'hilippines and fought through a number num-ber of skirmishes, and through it all never got a scratch and was on sick report eight days in three years. Corporal Murphy stoppe'd in Denver between trains on his way back to Indiana long enough to tell what he thought was the worst hard luck story that had crossed his experience in his military career. . "There was a sergeant in the Ninth artillery," he Paid, "who served his three years and then re-enlisted in Manila. He got his travel pay both ways, which for a sergeant made $600 to $700. He served only a month or two when he got sick and was discharged dis-charged for disability. He got more traw pay then, and started for home with not very much .the matter with him and nearly $900 of- Uncle Sam's money. Two days after he struck San Francisco he took sick and died, and -the nWney will ro to a cousin he never aw lirhis life, ( . "If that wasn't 'bad luck," said Corporal Cor-poral Murphy, "I hope I'll never meet any." The Aandern. Last year's popular Dante club met last Tuesday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. John J. Dillon cn East Fourth avenue. The club reorganized for work during the coming year, and will ' be known as the Aandern club'. Miss Clifford Clif-ford was chosen president; Miss TTllie, Shevnin. Vice president; Miss Nellia Fisher, secretary. During- the coming winter the club will devote itself to Ft tidying the French Revolution. The club will next meet at the residence of Miss Mamie Dillon on . Curtis street. The: following, Jadies were present at the reorganization of the club: Mes- t dnmes T. A. Haves, J. J. Dillon. J. J. Hyan. the Misses Clifford. Liddell, He- , rev. Bailev, . Fisher. Kelley. Weinsing, Shcvnin, Dillon, O'Neil. Balkin, Kiely, McGill. ! St. Joseph's Parish. On Thursday evening Stephen Eis4-?r, a member of the T'edemptorist' order, received tonsurfe from the hands' 4 of I'.i.-hop Matz at ' St.' Joseph's monas-teryfin monas-teryfin this city.. .In the chapel 'of the Good "Sheoherd on "Friday morning Bishop Matz gave the young cleric sub-deaconship. sub-deaconship. and in the sanvi Place J'es-1 J'es-1 terday morning .the order of deacon-' deacon-' ship. It is expected that Rev. Mr. Eis- icr will be ordained priest in St. Jo-ist-ph's church on some Sunday between f now and Christmas. He is a young man j f poo.l parts, and will prove a valued acquisition to the clergy of Denver. 1 r 'St. Joseph's. The members' ,of the choir and the ushers' committee had their annual supper on St. Cecilia's day. Our con-, ' greatio'n.rrjdtf.s itself on having one of the best choirs in Denver, in .fact, the efficient riranst,- Mrs. Fred Johnson and her assistants, could go to any ca- ! , ' thedral in the land and hold their own. I The parishoners are thankful to theni ! , '. likewise to the ushers for their, faith- ful. unselfish labors. ... . - The Forty Hours' devotion wilUopen ' .next Sunday with a solemn High Mass at 10:30 o'clock. Sunday evening one .of the local Fathers will preach, and Monday Mon-day "evening Father Dugan of the Dom-inicians. Dom-inicians. The solemnities will close on Tuesday evening-. ., , ,; ' The Children' of Mary will receive tlloly Communion next Sunday at the )?:30 o'clock Mass, and they will, have "their' meeting in the afternoon at 2:30. On Thanksgiving-' eve, the 29th Inst-, the children, of the , parish school will 'five an interesting'' entertainment un- I der the direction of their teachers, the Sisters of . Mercy. It is expected that I the parents, parishioners and all friends of Catholic education will turn out in great "numbers" to encourage the children, chil-dren, to show the good Sisters how they appreciate their good work, and to emphasize em-phasize their belief in the unchangeable principle of Catholic education. Friday evening, the 17th inst., the Married Ladies' Sodality gave an inters esting social to the members and to frierids.. Mr.'and Mrs. Coldbeck. friends of the president, Mrs. Darley, who were passing through the city, entertained the audience with a V leasing and interesting inter-esting comedietta, liesides, Mr. Cold-beck Cold-beck gave an amusing reading. A short musical programme vocal and instru-meptal instru-meptal contributed to the general mirth, and ice cream and caks sweetened sweet-ened the whole proceeding. The venerable vener-able matrons and their invited guests all expressed themselves highly delighted delight-ed with the evening's pastime. ' SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. ' Miss Marie Sullivan of .Leadville is visiting the Misses McKinnon. . A ball and dinner will be given at Arion hall on Thanksgiving day for the beneiit of the Sisters of St. Anthony's. Mrs. Harry O'Bryan gave a delightful delight-ful little dinner this week, the guests being Mr. and lift. B. L. Winchell, Mr. and Mrs. I'eter McCourt and Dr. and Mrs. Edgar Heschey. Mr. and Mrs. John Pfeiffer of Grand Junction and Mr. and Mrs. Davis of St. Louis... who have been guests of Mrs. Charles Hurd. their mother, have returned, re-turned, to .thiivhome. . ,; Miss Nellie Tulley. a sister of Thomas, Tulley, Governor Thomas' private sec-retarji. sec-retarji. ;.was .ejected treasurer of -La Plata pounty at' the recent Section. SheN ran on . the Democratic ticket and carried car-ried more votes than any of the other candidates. She was formerly, school teacher at Durango.; .- Miss-Sarah Gillen' and Mr. Thomas H. Linaweauer were married Nov. 14 by Rev. Father Casey. Miss Lena Ohem was bridesmaid and Mr. John Finnie was-best man. After the wedding wed-ding they . were givena reception. . Thomas Tulley. private secrfetary to Governor Thomas, appeared at the state house Saturday for the first time in several sev-eral weeks. He is just recovering from a very severe attack of typhoid fever. He thinks he will be able "to appear at his desk by Monday, when the governor is expected to resume his duties. Cn Wednesday even ng last Miss Olive Houser 'of Victor and Mr. Jacob Geis of Aspen were united in marriage in the presence of relatives and friends at the home of the groom's sister, Mrs. M. Sullivan of this city. The bride is well and popularly known in Victor, and the groom is an energetic business man of Aspen, and has many friends in Denver. Den-ver. Mr. and Mrs. Geis will, be at home after Now 25 at the home of Mr. Geis mother, Mrs. John Coll of Aspen. Lord Mayor Fallon of Dublin and J. E. Redmond, M. P., who are soliciting funds for the Parnell monument in this country, cannot visit Denver, owing to exigencies of Irish public life. At a meeting Of the Colorado Parnell Monument-association at the Albany. S. J. Dunleavy, chairman .read a letter from Mr. Rc-driond. .expressing regret that the lord mayor and himself could not come to Colorado. The meeting decided decid-ed to-issue an appeal for contributions. Mrs. Edward F. Murray, chief ran ger of Cullen court. Ladies' Catholic Order- of Foresters, received a great surprise Tuesday, night, at her home, 1167 South Fourteenth street. A 8 o'clock she answered a ring at the door' bell and found a large party of her friends in the order waiting at the door'with a magnificent chair as a gift to the. headTofficer.- Mrs. Murray had not received the slightest intimation of t the donation, and she was almost taker off her feet. The guests were invited in, and after Miss Jennie J. Ryan had made -a presentation speech and Mrs. Murray had responded, the party sat around for the evening and enjoyed the games and refreshments that had been brought along with the company. |