The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-27
CRAIG SPEAKS At
CHURCH JUBILEE
|keokuk Attorney is on Program at
seventy-Fifth Anniversary Of ST..
Joseph's Church at Fort
Madison.
MANY WENT FROM = HERE
Inelement Weather Kept Others
Away, But Failed to Interfere
with Ceremonies In Con
nectlon With Day.
MANY WENT FROM HERE

| = ~ TCcCd sized deleSduoH iion
Ikuk attended the diamond jubilee OF
ST. Joseph's Catholic church at Fort
Madison yesterday. John y. Craig OF
this city was one Of the speakers IN
the program in the afternoon Bisnop
Davis OF Davenport and ArchDisnop
Keane were speakers from the cnurcn
and George p. Stewart OF Fort Madi-
son was another lay speaker at the
celebration. The threatening weather
cut down the attendance from Keokuk
bnt cid not spoil the celebration pro-
gram. Rain commenced to fall about
three o'clock. but the crowd, upon
being asked by Father Zafser whether
to adjourn to the school or continue
the program in the open. voted to con-
.tinue the program in the square.
The parade was about ten blocks
long and was enimpressiye and Deau-
tiful pageant Knights of Columbus,
st. Joseph's clergy and the visiting
churehmen, members of the church
and parish. the children of the parish
schools, Fort Madison and West Point
bands. and visiting delegations made
up the parade. The parade stopped
at Old Settlers park where the pro-
gram of the afternoon was given
Father Zaiser presided. and there
was short religious ceremony proceed
ing the speeches Bishop Davis OF
Davenport made short talk. ana
Archbishop Keene of Iowa followed.
Mr.. Craig spoke on the subject OF
Reconsideration" He suggested IN
his topic the making OF sacrifices to
help ones fellow man, and drew on
the annals of the Catholic church for
examples OF such humanitarianism.
He suggested the application of the
doctrine to modern business dealings
and offered the suggestion that the
workingman should have equal share
in the dividends as the profits were
created through his work. Mr.. Craig
spoke for about ten minutes and was
followed by George 2. Stewart
Historical sketch.
The following is from the Fl. Madi-
son Democrat:
In point OF religion Lee county
claims the first football of the mis-
sicnarysi in all this region, whence Pere
MarGnetts left his frail canoe on the
shore Of the Mesi Sepo, the Grand
river, at the mouth OF the Sandusty
creek. on the 25th OF June. 1873. He
assembled a little blum on the south
hank and followed the trail that led
Into the Indian villages on the river
the Indians called "Moinguena." from
the similarity of sound. Marquette
called It the "Des Moires." the river
OF the Monks. Here Marquette spent
Eve or SIX days, the guest of the In
dams He erected wooden cross.
and here IN Lee county was preached
the first christian sermon. and the
/ first christian service. the great sac
| rifce of the mass was offered up to
the Almighty, while the simple natives
assisted with silent awe and attention
iff not with devotion After spendins
several dove with the Indians the
PRIESTS left for other parts.
/ The next pioneer explorer TO set
!fcot on-I &c. county roi, was the daring
Father Hennepin. who passed mp and
down the river I'm 1880
/ Lee county's first resident
priest was the Rev. John G.
| A1leman. o. p. who arrived
lin Fort Madison late in the sum.
mer OF 1870. He came from the
/ Dominican monastery at Somerset
Ohio, was native of Alsacia, spoke