The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-27
Diocese Of Denver .
OUR DENVER LETTER.
Deathbed Penance in the Sums
Father Cuching Again.


Especial Correspondence
Father Organ preached a splendid
sermon in st. Leo's last Sunday, draw
ing his iessons from an actual expert
ence which it was his lot to encoun-
ter last week. In a manner full of
touching pathos he told of how he was
aroused at 2 o'clock in the morning by
knock at his door Going to the
door. he met a man, who pleaded with
him to come to the bedside of a young
woman who was in a dying condition,
and who. though raised a Catholic, had
lost all semblance of religion.
Without loss of time the priest fol-
lowed the strange man through dirty
streets to a portion Of the town unfre-
quenfei by respectable people. Through
dark and winding passages they went
and finally reached q small and dirty
room at the rear of q saloon. Here
in the midst of such squalor as can
only be found in White Chapel Lon
don, or Mott street. in New York, they
met beautiful young woman of
scarcely % summers, lying on her bed
with the shadow of death upon her
pale face. She was not the only occu-
pant of the room. The coarsest wo-
men of the slums were gathered to
watch the departing soul The COM
bined odors of liquor and tobacco per-
meated the room and made it almost
sitting.
Hastily clearing the room of its vul-
gar inhabitants. Father Organ ap-
preached the young girl, whose soul
Immediately went out in prayer for
forgiveness. Her confession was heard
and scarcely had she received the sac
raments than her soul passed into the
w ~
The priest was touched. He had
known the girl in her childhood. on
her first communion day, when purity
and innocence beamed on her face,
when budding into young womanhood
with all her charms. Then she
dropped out of his sight as me years
rolled by. until he was called to at
tend her deathbed.
Father Organ addressed his re-
marks to the parents, urging them to
guard the purity of their daughters,
and to the city authorities VINO make
no effort to check the vice that is In
their midst.
PREPARATIONS for the cathedral fair
were suddenly checked by the death
of Mrs. Campion's father, which called
her from the city. She was to have
been in charge of the committee, ana
no one has yet been appointed TO M
her place. So far there is every indl-
cation of success in the enterprise
Word was received in this city last
week announcing the death OF John
Dalv. which occurred at Lake Linden,
Mich Mr.. Daily was the father OF
Mrs 7 F. Campion of the Cathedral
parish and was well known business
man and one of the oldest pioneers Of
The Lake Superior Copper company.
Although nearly so years OF age, ne
was hale and hearty and in the run
endowment of perfect health Mrs.
Campion has but recently returned
9,.or, the family home, where she mao
baen spending the summer. The news
,,-ae great shock to her and she left
irnmediately for Lake Linden to at
+end the funeral Another daughter,
Mics Anna DAILY. is well known in this
citv having spent a great part OF her
time here as the guest OF MRS. cam
MON She was in the midst of prepara-
fions for her wedding, which was 10
have taken place in the near future.
Mr., Daly was an exemplary Cathoilc
90 5ied fortified with all the rites Of
the church.
Tho nromoters of the League of the
eacred Heart held their monthly meet
inc Of Logan avenue chapel last sun
day Tbey will take an active part IN
the coming fair.
Ar.;,, the Father Cushing affair mas
heen resurrected to make new trouble
Co. iBsbon ANTI This time the eX-
nerled rriest has engaged some ferule
b1ai,, r. write for hin circular letter
which has been sent to the clergy %
The civ recounting his wrongs ana
nlacine him in the role of prosecuted
innocence. The language is wei put
and the whole affair is stated with the
pafbos and tragedy of the melo-
dramatic playwright. Indeed 1t must
have cost the priest neat sum OF
money TO have purchased the work OF
SO fertile brain as that in which
originated this circular letter me
priests of the diocese have paid no at
tention to the thing, believing Father
Cushing to be demented. 1t is not
known what Bishop Matz viii do when
he returns from his diocesan tour ana
finds Cushing here in the city.
Fifteen years ago John Cushing was
ordained for the Colorado dioceses at
Sherbrook. Canada. When he arrived