The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-10-11
Diocese Of Denver i.
OUR DENVER LETTER.
Death of General Bella M. Hughes

PA9SCo W IliS great DeyODQ. General
Bella M. Hughes was a man we'll ad-
Vanced in years, and when few weeks
ago he was taken i'll, little shope was
entertained for his recovery. Still he
fingered on; patiently awaiting the end
in the full hope of eternal salvation In
his dying moments he was attended by
his pastor, Rev. Father O'Ryan, who
also conducted the funeral service on
| Sunday afternoon.
Bella M. Hughes was born in Carlisle
KY, in 1917. He was educated in the
schools of that place and before the
age OF 70 he had been admitted to the
| bar. After practising law for a num-
Der of years he went to Atchison, Kan,
where with his cousin he started the
Overland stage line between the Mis-
souri, river, Colorado and Salt Lake.
He came out west in 1862, and settled
in Colorado, where he took an active
part in the affairs of the state. His
reputation as lawyer steadily grew
and he is said to have been one of the
most original and impressive attorneys
who ever appeared before the Colorado
bar. He sustained this reputation I'M
til his retirement from the bar some
years ago.
Mr.. Hughes was a devout Catholic.
He leaves family of grown children,
Gil VI NlIOIl are Nell hIlOWu uSIt.
The Sacred Heat Aid society is
planning a charity ball to be given the
night of Oct. l at Masonic hall. The
proceeds will be devoted to the care
of the INDECENT charges of the society.
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Mrs. E. G. Gilmore will entertain the
ladies of the Sacred Heart Aid society
at her residence, 1898 Humboldt street,
next Thursday afternoon. The meeting
was to have been heidi this week but
was postponed on account of the carn1-
val.
The Aandern club is about to begin its
winter session. The first meeting will
probably be held next Wednesday.
Rev Father OMalley preached at
at last mass in Logan Avenue chapel
last Sunday.
Professor J, A. Michel of the cathe-
dral choir, who has been quite i'll for
the past few weeks, is now much i'm
proved and may be able to resume his
work in few days.
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A little son was born to the wife of
the late Alderman Andrew Kelly last
week.
Mr.. THOMAS Byrnes of Emporia. Kan,
was a visitor in the city during the
week. He left for his home on Thurs
day.
Miss Anna O'Brien, who for the past
ten weeks has been sojourning in the
east. is expected to return home in the
near future.
Recently there appeared in one of the
Denver papers an announcement that a
strange woman was selling bogus tick
cts to a benefit for the new st. Vim
cents orphalage. 1t requested that
the people who had been duped by her
would assist in furnishing an accurate
description of her to the police in or
der that she might be brought to JUS
tice The article further stated few
particulars concerning her personal APP
pearance sufficient to give one an idea.
The following day it was learned at
st. Vincent's orphanage that the wo-
man was a newcomer into the city and
was DESTROYS of helping in the. work of
rebuilding the home. With other wo-
men of her parish she organized an aid
society and the entertainment for
which she was selling the tickets was
to. be the initial affair and to be given
at her house.
Such a newspaper notice was enough
to dampen the ardor of any one; but
the jealous little woman did not give
up her project, but decided to post
pone it until after the cathedral fair.
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The announcement that Father Bar
ry would preach on THE Catholic
Church and Divorce" at the Sacred
Heart church last Sunday brought a
of people from other parishes I
to. his church and they were amply |
repaid for their trip, for the sermon |
was one of the finest ever heard in
Denver. Father Barry is an excellent
orator and being thoroughly familiar
with his subject he made his discourse
a most interesting one.
Two weeks ago Father B. L. Con-
way, the Paulist father who gave a |
series of missions to nom Catholics, lee |
tured at st. Elizabeth's church on
why l Am Roman Catholic" AT |
the time no controversy arose and Fa- |
Their Conway invited none, as it is
against the rules of his order
to indulge in controversy. However,
during the week a person afraid to &C
his own convictions; and
therefore desiring to conceal his identi--
tv. wrote to the Rev DR.. Tyler, presi- |
dent of the International Sunday
School association, as follows:
q wish you had nerve enough in
your American blood and religion to
answer those insults to all Protestants
which Father Conway gave in his adj
dress last Sunday night at st. Eliza
beth's church, in which he enumerated !
his reasons for being a Catholic"
DR.. Tyler attempted to prove that
Father Conway's reasons were utterly
without foundation, but failed signal
". 1t was thought by many when the
lecture was first announced that it
would excite Father Conway, so that
he would Immediately return to the
city to further prove the truth of his
assertions. But evidently he did not |
notice it at all, thinking it not worth |
his while.
The new church at Hartman, of which |
Father O'Brien is pastor, is rapidly |
nearing completion. 1t will soon be
ready for service.
italian Church and It's Owner.
at is my church and I may tear
it GOWN That is the way Frank
Damascio, the wealthy contractor,
feels regarding San Rocco chapel of
the Italian Colony Catholic Chapel as
ISOLATION.
The romantic story of the chapel
was told in the News recently.
headed a party that left
Mount Carmel church, of which
Father Lepore is pastor, three years
ago, and erected the colony chapel.
This caused trouble among the Italian
and Bishop Matz declined
to bless a church erected under those
Ever since the church
has remained unoccupied and the con-
gregation has become disorganized.
Damascio gave the lots at Thirty
sixth and Bell streets. and also had