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Show Diocese of Denver OUR DENVER LETTER. Ground to Be Broken For New Ca- thedral Oct. 26. ' (Special Correspondence.) . Sunday. Oct. 26. will be an important flay in the annals of the Catholic dio-V dio-V cs r,f Colorado. On that occasion i pmund ill be broken for the new ca- thpdra. .' hich has been the dream of 'i priests .md parishioners throughout the state for the past quarter of a cen-, cen-, tury. When the ground is broken there ; v ill be no further delay in the work of wavation. and then hope may be en- t-itained that in a few years the cathedral ca-thedral will be readv for service. It is hoped that when work is begun the people will take heart and come forth fen.-rously with their contributions. The general idea has been for some tini that if Denver ever had a cathedral cathe-dral it would be in years hence, after the present generation had died away. But at last comes a ray of hope and the I T-w cathedral, which for years has ; i-med a myth, now becomes a reality. There is no doubt whatever in the minds of the building" committee that 7 the Catholics and non-Catholics of the city will magnanimously respond to the fall for aid as soon as there is some . ficn that others, too. are helping. The ceremonies attendant upon the j breaking of ground will take place in I the afternoon and some prominent men i win protmhly deliver addresses. It is ' likely that Senator Patterson will be "ne r,f these. Kieht Reverend Bishop I Matz will fiflioiate, assisted by nearly ' !,!' the ri- sis of the city. The cathe- rival choir will furnish the music The i plans are now about completed, and it '-s iriMiicin t)lat tne day following the s-rvin- f breaking of ground men will be put to work on the excavation. At that late the entire foundation will be d'-ne by the time winter sets in, in earr.es;. i(;.-,h,.r 2R will also be the day on v-hi. h the children of the cathedral barish mak their first holy com-n.u:.;' com-n.u:.;' Tl.ey will probably be con-fr-iiei. ton.. The class is smaller than t!s'!:i'. this vear onlv numbering about :-.:- children. The Cethedral Fair. A mass n acting will be held in Lo-K;i!! Lo-K;i!! 'dX-school next Sunday after-ti".in after-ti".in to . Mii r.letc arrangements for the ;ii'r t ! L-iven in aid of the cathedral N' . to Dec. 1.' It is expected t:iat o . y parishioner will be present "'! a f:;'l 'eport of the work already ra v , e..i f. , wijj l)e made. Tickets are r'i!;2 '!:p..Sed of at a rapid rate, and I'-iefe.-i i. ;it. a high pitch. m; ladies in the employ of :" t. ho-.e company met at the ca-! ca-! trs.-rj.-.-i ; y on Monday evening and Ji'-'id-1 t,, c-nduct a booth at the com-Some com-Some excellent suggestions V'ic which, if carried out, will 'ak- t talde one of the most at-' 'r;, at the fair. The contests are x' -: ': dderahle interest and some v ' j Hz-.s- are offered. A-i, );h which promises to be rV "''!.-.:. affair is the one' over which 1 f Hi. -. i, cent's Aid society will pre-f pre-f ' Religious. Personal, Social. t" ' idien's choir is doing excel-' excel-' ni o; k at the evening devotions in t'.ut- chapH for the month f' ""!'. They sing the benediction J,'.rv:"" Sunday, Wednesday and Fri-' Fri-' t:gs and assist at the 8:30 '" '"' -k M iss on Sunday. There are a u:i:'" i '. splendid soloists. T-'1' Vojng Ladies' Sodality held an -'I ' tart meeting in Logan avenue hoe asi Sunday afternoon. It was t'.:" 1 ' 1,1.lt ,he society be divided ix bands to kok after the booth ' approaching fair. Many pretty L v, '' "ere presented by the young t ' to the booth, and it promises, f .I"- ojie of the most attractive at the ;',r- ' ks are out on a number of litiahie prizes and it is expected lhat goodly sum of money will be raised 'h;s way. The decorations will be f'Ki " Hr"J wm'te lhe -'dors of the f,Q j,'.' ,;'.v. nd which are most effect- i V- H aihc,- White was slightly indisposed . nn the early jiart of the week. torf",lf r Farrell preached a most 11 Suri'!'inr ani instructive sermon on L. , !v. "irning on the liosary. He il .a !ts origin and advantages M "a 'guested that there be a larger attendance at theevening devotions in Logan avenue chapel during the month of October. . Bishop Matz spent this week in Santa San-ta Fe, where he went to officiate at the Grand Jubilee of the Sisters of Lo-retto, Lo-retto, which was held on Oct. 13, 14 and 15. - ' . Sister Nolasco, formerly Superioress of the Immaculate Conception school, in this city, has recently been appointr ed to take charge of the Sanitarium at Santa Fe. Sister Mary Austin, one of the . first teacher's in the school, will hive charge of the Pueblo Sanity rj'.ua. The Logan avenue chapel choir .has been reorganized and was heard for the first time on last Sunday. . Professor Pro-fessor Michel is in charge, and. itnder his directorship the music will . undoubtedly un-doubtedly be a" feature of .the services in the pro-cathedral during thk ensuing ensu-ing year. The soloists last Sunday were Miss Letitia Kirkpatrick, Miss Maude Dunne, Mr. William Sayer and Mr. William McPhee. Rehearsals are held every Friday evening at the church and on Tuesdays at the residence resi-dence of Professor Michel, 2420 Downing Down-ing avenue. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. F. Moran have removed to 328 Eighteenth avenue. ! Miss Anna O'Brien returned during! the week from an extended eastern tour. She met a number of Denver people sojourning in the east. I The Misses Mary and Marie McFar-land McFar-land have, returned from Europe and ! are in New York City. They will reach Denver late in October. Hibernians on Alleged Irish. Plays. Denver's Ancient Order of Hibernians Hiberni-ans does not agreed apparently, with the theatregoing public. All the past week the Tabor opera house has been crow ded to the standing room poini by persons who wanted to see "Mc-Fad "Mc-Fad ien's Row of Flats." It is a so-called so-called 'Irish play of- the extravagant, knockabout variety, and has been on the road for a good many years. Th" Hibernians have declared war on all such,, however, and propose to held a meeting to make a protest. It is even threatened that a boycott will be placed on the manager of the house for permitting such a performance. perform-ance. This action is in conformity with a movement that has been started all over -he country by the Hibernians, the object being the suppression of plays that present travesties on the Irish character. S. J. Donleavy is the county presi- dert cf'the'A.'O. H., and in discussing discuss-ing the matter he said: "Su. h so-called Irish plays are not Irish at alt.' We are not thin-skinned, and wo enjoy a joke at our eccentrici-; eccentrici-; ties. ln:t it is very unpleasant to have outrae,.s of the kind that are now put on the stage and labeled Irish character delineations thrust in your face and know that the general public is made to regard them as typical of your people. peo-ple. It is not a caricature, but a slander slan-der th .t they make of it. Not only Irishni- iv but a majority of American people, are ready to cry 'Shame! "Thes- cheap actors are simply malefactors, male-factors, continued Mr. Donleavy. "We desire f'nly to place the matter on a simp'e basis. A characterization such as Henry Miller makes in 'D'Arcy of the Guards' could not be objectionable. There is humor in that. This movement move-ment is not alone in Denver, but it is being f. It . in all the larger cities. If the opera house managers in Colorado Colo-rado ai i elsewhere continue to put such libels on -the stage, they will, in time, hae to content themselves with a lessened patronage." "Watch Denver Grow. Mr Moffat-" has completed the financial finan-cial arrangements for the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific road, and Senator Sen-ator Clark 'has adjusted the disputes with the Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line, which impeded the build- j ing of his railway between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. I The negotiations thus concluded dur- I ing the past week mean that Denver will be the principal point on a new transcontinental railway which will shorten the- time to the Pacific coast by ten hours. They meah that a new outlet will be provided for all the great trunk lines which enter Denver from the east. They mean that the vast resources of northwestern Colorado will be opened up and will be exploited by a large population. - ; ' i They mean that Denver's freight rate ! schedule will have to be given further ;eadjustment. ' They mean that manufacturing and business of all kinds will be increased and that Denver's population will be doubled during the next five years. The growth .and changes which will take place in this city arid' state during dur-ing the next few years will deserve to be characterized by the word "tre- ! mendous." They are scarcely realized even by the most optimistic. A short line from Denver to the coast through northwestern Colorado is the key to greatness. Rocky Mountain News. . PUBELO, COL. Joseph McCauley and Miss Margaret Mar-garet Murphy were united in marriage mar-riage Wednesday morning at St. Patrick's Pat-rick's church. The young couple are spending their honeymoon in Denver and will be at home to their friends at 336 Pine street after Oct. 20. John Downey, a member of the class of "96, and last year a student at the University of Michigan, has been elected principal of the Cripple Creek high school and will assume , the duties du-ties of his. new position next week. Mr. Downey spent Monday and Tuesday Tues-day visiting the schools of the district. dis-trict. Mrs. J Stommel has received the sad news of the death of her sister, Marie Vincenta, nee Marie Becker, who died at the Sacred Heart convent at Buffalo, N. Y.,..Oct. 5.. Sister Vin-centia Vin-centia was born at SiegbUrg, Germany, Ger-many, in 1S59, and has been a member of the order of St. Francis for twenty years. FORT COLLINS, COL. D. A. McCarthy has gone to Lowell, Mass., for a visit of a month with relatives. rela-tives. Miss Minan McDonald left yesterday J for a visit of several months in California. Cali-fornia. T. H. Foley has decided to erect a four-story building on Northern avenue, ave-nue, at the rear of the Foley block. It is expected that work will commence in a' short me. V '". ; ' ?- James Conner, father of little Willie Wil-lie Conner, who ran away from home WeTesday morning, has gone to Denver Den-ver to search for his son. Nothing has been heard from Willie or the Herford boy since they were put off the train in Denver. Mr. Conner feels confident he can find his son and bring him back to Pueblo. The only fear is that the litttle fellows may be hurt in the railroad yards before found. |