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ground used by said Railroad and De-
pot Companies of the width specified
in this Ordinance and extending from
the easterly curb of Water Street to
the toe of the retaining wall east OF
the Burlington double tracks.
Said Railroad Company shall con.
struct and maintain approaches and
crossings at Main and Blondeau
Streets of not less than Fifty (50)
feet in width, and at Johnson and Bank
Streets of not less than Thirty (3O)
feet in width. AT each of said cross
ings, the tracks shall be planked or
paved with brick between the rails
and for twelve inches on the outside
thereof, and the space between the
/ tracks shall be filed and have a top
dressing Of six inches of crushed
stone
On the Water Street side, the ap-
proaches to the several crossings shall
be paved with brick as at present,
and on the river side the approaches
shall be constructed of the same ma
terial as the roadway on that side
leading to the river front.
Section s. Streets and Roadways.
The said Railroad Company shall CON
struct concrete curb or retaining
wall Oil the northwestery side of the
tracks herein described, said curb to
be located seventy-fiye (T5) feet from
the property line of Water Street, be.
tween Blondeau and Main Streets, and
as near this width as possible be.
tween Main and Johnson Streets
westerly of the Union Depot stub
switch track six (6) feet from outside
rail, and shall provide sufficient sew
erage facilities to drain all Of the
street northwesterly of said curb line
as established above The openings to
be subject to the approval OF the City
! Council.
Section Z. Rights Of Other Rail.
roads. Nothing in this Ordinance
shall in any way abridge the right of
the Wabash Railroad, the Toledo, Peo-
ria 6 Western Railway, or any fu-
ture railroad tenant of the Keokuk &
i Hamilton Bridge Company of having
| free access to the Keokuk Union De
pot tracks, free of charge other than
its share of the expense of mainten.
ance of the tracks used jointly with
the Chicago, Burlington E. Quincy
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Main Street. connecting with the
keokuk & Hamilton Bridge track az
set forth in Ordinance No. 6, passed
on June 3, 1868. 1t is understood that
this track was embodied in the Union
Depot, or Union Yard tracks, and il
now maintained and operated as a
part thereof.
Section 10. Regulations. No freight
cars shall be switched on any OF ths
tracks on Water Street above johnson
Street, except such as are necessary
to receive or deliver car load freight
for the American Rice & Cereal Com.
pany or the Keokuk Electric Company,
their successors or assigns, on tracks
provided for that purpose.
Nothing in this Ordinance shall pro.
hibit the movement of freight trains
across the tract herein specified, or
switching trains passing through, be.
tween tracks located above Concert
Street and track located below Bank
Street.
1t shall be a misdemeanor for any
train to block the crossings at Blon.
deau, Main or Johnson Streets, for
more than five consecutive minutes ex.
cept that the Johnson Street crossing
may be blocked by passenger trains
for not to exceed fifteen minutes, only,
however, while loading, or unloading,
passengers, baggage or express.
Section IL. Acceptance. The Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Company, and Union Depot Company,
shall acknowledge acceptance of the
terms and conditions of this Ordi-
nance within ninety days after the
passage Of same.
This Ordinance shall take effect ten
days after such acceptance by the
Railroad Companies, and upon its pub
| LEGATION in The Daily Gate City ant
Constitutional Democrat, such publica
ton to be paid for by the said Chicago
Burlington & Quincy Railroad Com
pany.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 9tt
day Of March, a. D. 1912.
Roll Call:
Elder-Aye.
Gray-Aye.
| Schmidt-Aye.
| ]. F. ELDER,
Attest: Mayor.
o. w. sANDBERG. City Clerk.
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SPECIAL ORDINANCE NO. sss.

WHEREAS, The MISSISSIPPI RIv-
Err POWER COMPANY is engaged in
constructing dam across the Missis-
sippi river for the improvement of
navigation, the development of water
power and generation, use and trans
mission of electric energy, and
WHEREAS, the construction, main
tenance and operation of said dam,
with its appurtenances, will require
a relocation and new elevation of the
tracks of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Railroad Company and Union
Depot Company, south of the westerly
abutment of said dam, and
WHEREAS. the city of Keokuk is
interested in the abatement of freight
switching along Water Street and
above Bank Street, and is interested
in widening and improving Water
Street. between Bank Street and Blon-
deau Street, as public thorough
fare, and in defining the rights of pub
lie service corporations in said tract,
and
WHEREAS. the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy Railroad Company desires
a Encouragement of tracks that will
letter fill the needs OF future bust
less,
NOW, THEREFORE.
BE IT ORDAINED, BY the CITY
COUNCIL of the CITY OF KEOKUK,
IOWA:
Section l. That permission and
authority is hereby given the Chicago
Burlington & Quincy Railroad Com
pany and the Union Depot Company
to lay down, construct, maintain ano
operate in Water Street, south of the
northerly line of Concert Street, GER
tain railroad tracks shown IN solid
lines on the plat hereto attached
and made a part hereof, and marked
Exhibit A. and designated thereon
as tracks proposed to be built and ex,
listing tracks to remain; all tracks
shown in dotted lines are to be re
moved, except that portion of the Tn
ion Yard tracks lying below Main
Street and easterly OF the Chicago
Burlington & Quincy double tracks
more specifically described as the
tracks represented by dotted lines and
marked "A "B'' and "C' on the
Plat filed herewith.
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Baptist Minister Delivers souI.stirr-
ing Sermon Last Night on
the skeptIcism Of
Man.
THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST
81 Don't Believe the Story of Jonah
and the Whale Infldel Tells
Mcconnell But He Wasn't
Satisfied.

Another large crowd gathered last
night to hear DR.. McConnells discourse
IL the auditorium of the First Baptist
church, and this crowd, which taxed
the capacity of the auditorium, was
treated to another soul-stirring SER
mon, one that went straight to the
hearts of the audience and carried
weight with it.
DIR. Mcconnell chose for his topic,
the forty-second verse of the twenty
second chapter of the Gospel of St
Matthew, which reads: What Think
Ye of Christ-W Whose Son was He?''
In response TO the question as pro
pounded in the book of St Matthew
DIR. Mcconnell said that probably the
most successful assault made or
christianity was the assault made OF
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feet; at center line of Blondeau Street,
100 feet. at center line of Main Street,
1868 feet; at center line of Johnson
Street, LA feet and at north line of
Bank Street, rs feet.
Section 8. Elevation of Tracks.
The top of rail of said tracks shall not
exceed the following elevations, Mem
phis datum plane being used in com
putting said elevations. which plane is
hereby fixed at 49055 below Keokuk
datum plane; North line of Bank street,
512.2; center line Of johnson Street,
westerly Union Depot track shall not
exceed 513.3S; the easterly track
shall not exceed an elevation OF 51s1S.
At the center line of Main Street,
extended. the track shall not exceed
the elevation of STAT, except that the
track for the American Rice & Cereal
Company plant shall conform to the
grade of Water Street, so far as is
practicable.
At the center line of Blondeau
street. extended, the tracks shall not
exceed the elevation of 516.4.
From Blondeau Street northerly the
tracks of said Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Railroad Company shall as
cend to meet the new grade required
by the construction of said dam and it's
appurtenances.
Section 4 Retaining Wall. Provis-
ion is made on the blueprint for an
embankment outside of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy double track for
/ a width of twenty feet from center oil
outside track between Bank and John.
son Streets, and for a width of 1919
feet between Johnson and Main
/ Streets. The slope of said embank.
ment shall be maintained by a riprap
wall with slope of not to exceed two
thirds to one. The crown of said EN-
bankment at property lines of Bank
and Johnson Streets, shall be drawn in,
as shown on the blueprint, to width
of only 121s feet outside of the center
OF said track Further, riprap wall,
not to exceed six (6) feet in height,
shall be maintained between the north
line of Main street and the Bridge
abutment, to hold embankment as
I shown on blueprint.
Section 5. Approaches and Cross.
ings. The word approach" as used
! in this Ordinance shall mean all of the
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The Chicago LaSalle maintains a
school for singing and dancing girls;
that is why the Harry Askin casts are
always SO admired on tour for the
skill of the merry merry
When it was decided to send out
a travelling cast of Louisiana Lou, =
the girls "at school, in the LaSalle
were put in. one by one, at the home
theatre, until complete new body of
thirty-two choristers and dancers had
been installed, while the original
thirty-two were given a fortnight's va
cation, with pay, while the principals
OF the tvalering cast went to re-
hearsal
So, Mr.. BENEFITS pretty, clever,
well-dressed girls will be seen here
and heard here in Louisiana Lou.
Only the pretty clothes will be new ];
every stitch of costume. as every inch
OF scenery, will be fresh from the
makers.
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1t is understood and agreed thai the

1t is understood and agreed that the
portion of the track marked CO. north
of its connection with track b. shall
be promptly removed within one year
from date, upon thirty days notice
from the City Council. and, further,
that tracks represented by dotted
lines marked "a and 'B" shall re-
main as now located south of John
son Street, with a single track con
nection with the easterly track of the
Chicago. Burlington & Quincy double
track. for a period of two years, and
then be removed on resolution of the
City Council, at the expense of the
Railroads. 1t. is agreed. however. that
the tracks marked a. "B" and &C, .
as described above, shall be made to
conform to the grade of the levee as
hereafter established by the City
Council. and such change of grade
shall be made promptly by the Rail-
roads, at their own expense, upon ten
days notice from the City Council.
Permission and authority is hereby
given for the construction of single
line of track over that part of the
levee controlled by the City, said
track to extend from a point on the
westerly end OF the Keokuk and Ham
liton bridge track to a point on the
northerly line of Main Street, ex-
tended, adjacent to the bridge track
and the easterly track of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy double track, as
shown on the blueprint Exhibit "a"
! The center line of this track at its
1 intersection with the northerly line OF
Main Street, extended, shall be not
to exceed seven and one-half Gh)
feet outside of the right-of-way grant
ed the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad Company under this ordi-
nance. This track, when constructed,
shall be open to the use of all lines
entering the City of Keokuk and be
constructed and maintained under
such terms and conditions as may be
| agreed upon by all lines interested.
| Provided, however. that it is expressly
/ understood and agreed that no indus.
! try shall be located on this track, or
/ teaming done to or from it, and that
a rip rap wall shall be constructed and
maintained by the Railroads estab-
fishing this track, from the northerIy
line of Main Street extended, to the
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the divinity of Jesus Christ Some
professed christians, said DR.. Nc.
Connell, think that Christ was the
highest type of man, and that He
taught man how to become sons of
God.
Concerning the divinity of Christ,
and the difference It makes whether
He was divine or human, DR.. McCon-
nell said:
Il talked once with Judge, a very
intellectual man, who was an infdel
He said to me: There are many
things ! do not believe. do not
know as l will ever become a chris.
tian- but am not satisfied with my
life l asked him what he did not
believe and he answered: Z do not
believe in the story of the Garden OF
Eden. | do not believe the story OF
the food or that Moses ever got the
tables of stone UP on the mountains
/ do not believe the story of Jonah
and the whale
Ny answer to the Judge was that
ny 6OGpct di0 mol Gay IL 30 IlLO L1E
world and preach Jonah and the
whale. What | wanted to know was
/ his idea OF Jesus of Nazareth-was He
a man or myth; was He natura,
man, the son of man and woman, OIL
was He the son OF God? Can you ac
( count for christianty's power by the
idea that 1t was originated by mere
Jew, man who thought himself di
I vinely inspired. a man who caused
his followers to believe in linn so i'm
| plicitly that they were willing to leave
home and friends and go unto dealt
itself for him. These people say tina
they saw this Jew raise the dead. i
he was mere man, he never did #
They say they saw this Jew open tn,
eyes of the blind If he was a mer,
man he never did It. They say thi
: Jew was himself raised from the dea,
, and they saw him after he was raised
If Jesus OF Nazareth was merely
] man he was either liar or deceive,
IN himself. You are compelled to az
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years." wrote James O'Donnell Ben
nett in the Chicago Record Herald OF
Sept. 4, 1911, the day following the
Chicago premiere of Louisiana Lou
the LaSalle opera house success which
will be given here at the Grand to-
night. The thirty-two pretty girls
whose singing, dancing, grace, beauty,
and skill caught Mr.. Benefits fancy
on the opening night Of the long Chi
cago run of this great Chicago sue
cess will be the girls who Will be seen
when Louisiana Lou" is given here.
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bridge approach. along a line parallel
to said track and at distance not to
exceed seven ca feet from the center
line of said track. This wall is to
take the place of the retaining wall
provided for in Section 4, in case this
track is constructed
The blueprint hereto attached, mum
bered 693S, and identified by the sig
nature of W. L. Breckenridge, is here
by made a part of this ordinance.
The permission and authority here
by given is granted under the follow
ing terms and conditions:
Section 2. Location of Tracks. The
tracks when complete, shall consist of
double track, fourteen feet centers,
from the south line of Concert Street
| to the north line CT Bank Street, with
cross-over between Blondeau and
Concert Streets; four Union Depot
tracks in addition to a stub track at
each end of Union Depot; a single
track from the bridge, connecting by
switch with the western track of the
double track of the Chicago. Burling-
! ton & Quincy Railroad; also two
switch tracks for the benefit of the
American Rice & Cereal Company, as
shown on blueprint: it being agreed
and understood that should the
American Rice & Cereal Company, its
successors or assigns, discontinue the
use of these tracks, or either of them,
for movement of its business in or
outbound, said track or tracks shall
be taken up at the expense OF the
Railroad Company Further, nc
/ freight is to be loaded from, or I'M
loaded into, wagons, or other vehicles
and no switching is to be done on
these Cereal Company tracks, except
/ for the American Rice & Cereal Com
pany, its successors or assigns. or for
the keokuk Electric Company, its
successors or assigns. or for the move
! ment of passenger train equipment to
and from the said stub track at the
east end of the Union Depot.
! The outside rail of the east double
track shall not exceed the following
distances from line extended through
i the eastern boundaries of Blocks 4,
5 and 6, in the City of Keokuk. being
the property line of Water Street,
from Concert Street to Johnson Street
at south line of Concert Street, rs
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leans. It was with this same organiza-
ton that Nine. Tettrazzini became
known to American opera lovers. The
following season Miss Maynard was
chosen to play the opposite parts to
Grace Van Studdiford in the opera
company under the Van Studdiford
name, and she has also made a sea-
sons appearances with the earle
Opera company.
AS did her parents, Miss Maynard
has decided upon America as her fu-
ture home but without limitations
binding her to Chicago, and her future
contracts with Werba and Luescher
running over three years. gives proof
of her firmness Of decision In the
matter.
At the Grand tomorrow evening.
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JOHN ARBUCKLE
HAD GOOD HEART
Coffee Magnate Was PhiIanthropist
Who Spent His Money in Good
Cause.

NEW YORK. March 2s.--John Ar
buckle, the noted sugar and coffee
magnate and one OF the best known
philanthropists in the United States,
died suddenly. at his home here He
was at his office on Saturday SEEM
ingly in good health but was taken
with a chill and went home. His Ill
ness was considered slight but theirs
was sudden turn for the worse
and the doctors were unable to re-
yive the patient.
Arbuckle's body will be taken to
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count for christianity on the hypo-
thesis that Jesus was merely a Jew
who lived and died, who has been dead
for eighteen hundred years.
All that is wanted, said DR.. Nc
Connell in conclusion, is chance for
Christ to show manifestation of His
divinity.
Jesus said, He that followeth me
shall not walk in darkness; ! am the
way, the truth and the light If you
will just give Him chance, Jesus OF
Nazareth who left His home and came
down here; Jesus who said In my
Fathers house are many mansions:
go to prepare place for you;' If you
will just give Him chance, He will
prove in the deep of your soul that He
came from God and is gone back to
Cod
DR.. Mcconnell will speak at the First
Baptist church this evening at Z: 80
on How God Deals with an Honest
Man" 1t will be to your advantage to
hear this great sermon. Everybody is
invited to come
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ADJUSTMENTS.

Pretty Girls In louisiana Lou.v
Such pretty girls in such pretty
clothes such clever girls,-this town
has not beheld in many, many
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For any pain, from top to toe. from
sny cause. apply DR.. Thomas Eclectic
Oh. Pain can't Stay where it is usad
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Music Was Inspiring.

The great chorus choir under the
splendid leadership of Mr.. and Mrs.
Laubersheimer took on new life and
sang as never before and the great
audience caught the spirit and en-
thusiasm and joined in the singing
in manner as is seldom seen in a
Keokuk audience.
Mr., and Mrs. Laubersheimer know
what to sing and how to get people to
sing.
The song service each evening pre-
pares the great audiences for the
great messages by DR.. Mcconnell. No
such messages have ever been given
in this city. Hear DR.. Mcconnell this
evening on the subject How God
Deals With an Honest Man"
There will be special music this ev.
ening. Come and bring your friends
The Detroit times., 1912-07-19
AT ODDS ON QUESTION
OF PLAYING ROOSEVELT

WASHINGTON, July .s.-How
strong shall be their denunciation OF
Colonel Roosevelt for his alleged SER
vice to the steel trust In its ABSORB
tion OF the Tennessee Coal & Iron
company was the knotty dispute
which deadlocked for hours today the
Republican members OF the Stanley
steel investigating committee.
Soathing criticism OF Roosevelt is
said 10 be demanded by Representa-,
tive Gardner, OF Massachusetts,. Other
Republicans are stated to be holding
OF against any roast" Representa-
tive Young, OF Michigan, while not re-
luctant TO eriticise Roosevelt. is said
TO cotnend that the acquisition OF the
Alabama iron ore deposits OF the Ten
nessee company was legal.
The Detroit times., 1912-07-19
CITY Committeeman
MUST FILE PETITIONS

Assistant Corporation Counsel Lee
has given an opinion to City Clerk
Nichols In reply to the question az
to how and when party and city com
mitteemen shall be elected. Mr.. Lee
states that It Is necessary that they
be chosen In the August primary. He
says: 1T is necessary that petitions
containing the names OF candidates
for these positions. must be filed with
the city clerk, and that no fee Is re-
CURED. No mention Is made In the
act as to the number of signatures re-
quired to be on petitions OF candI-
dates for these positions"
The Detroit times., 1912-07-19
SOCIAL and
PERSONAL

The Misses Florence and Mildred
Mills have returned from visit with
friends In Northern Michigan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Witter j. Peabody, of
Crosse Pointe Farms, have gone to
the Adirondacks for fortnight's stay.
o.
Miss Irma Traitel left Wednesday
for New York city 70 visit relatives
and later will 60 to Kingston. Il. G.,
where she will remain until Septem-
Der.
Mrs. Jennie Marley announces the
marriage of her daughter, Miss Marie
Agnes Markey, to William Henry
Burns, which took place Tuesday, July
16. In st. Boniface's church.
Detroit Equal Suffrage club will
meet Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, In
the home of Mrs. Florence j. Spauld-
ing, No. lit Boston-blvd. There will
be an informal discussion OF campaign
methods.
o.
Miss Mignon Floraday, No. 76 Alger.
ave-, and Miss Elizabeth Evans, No.
1874 Beresford-ave, Highland Park
left Wednesday for six weeks visit
In Traverse City and Old Mission.
o.
Miss Katherine Cornell, OF Buffalo,
and Miss Thompson, of Hamilton,
OF, are the guests of Miss Nesta
Newman. The visitors have been
much entertained by the younger set.
Lady Harrington, formerly Miss
Amy Mcmillan, OF Detroit, and Lieut.
COL Sir John Harrington, accom-.
panied by their niece, Miss Gladys
Mcmillan, will arrive from England.
Aug. 2. They will go to Manchester
by-the-Sea, to visit Mrs. James Nc
MILAN, Lady Harrington's mother.
Later Mrs. Mcmillan will come to De-
troit on her way to her home. in Col
orado Springs. While In London this
spring she was presented at court.
%
The marriage of Miss Althea Sell
ers, of Cincinnati, to George w.
Eckerle, OF Detroit was solemnized
Tuesday. July 16, in the brides home,
In Cincinnati. Mr.. Eckerle is private
secretary to Frank II. Alfred, assist
ant general manager Of the Pere Mar
quette. Mr.. and Mrs. Eckerle, follow
Ing a wedding trip, will come to De-
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+. A. Hilton, w. ]. Mckay, Or.
Charles w. Golfer. John Stobbe.
George w. Graves, Carl Kristen, 5.
Ostrander, Jack Wendt, II. Davies
and Walter Calhoun.
Mr.. and Mrs Milton MoRae and
the Misses McRae will leave the fret
OF the week for a motor tour, in the
White mountains, Maine and New
Brunswick Miss Edith Meacham
and her brother. Standish Meachem,
OF Cincinnati, who have been mem
bers of a house party, with Miss NC
Rae, at Frankfort, Will come 70 De
troit. Friday. with Miss McRae. TO
spend the weekend before returning
to their home in the south.
o.
There will be a feast or pcusic on
the Harmonic moonlight excursion, to
be held Friday evening, on the Pleas
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THE DETROIT TIMEs: FRIpAY, July 10, 1s1s.

ure. between a full string orchestra
for dancing and singing by the various
ohoirs Of the society. The river party
IL the annual function OF its kind for
the members OF the society, their fam
lilies, and invited guests, and is not
open 10 the general public. The COM
mittee on arrangements has planned
an exceptionally attractive program.
The annual reunion OF the Critten-
den family win be held Aug. 6. on
Belle Isle. Alter e. Crittenden OF
New Haven Conn. win be special
guest at the reunion and In a short
program, which has been arranged to
take place In the skating pavilion on
the island, will give the interesting
history OF the Crittenden clan, begin
ming with the original settler. Abra-
ham Crittenden, who came from Great
Britain to Connecticut In 1889.