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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-30

OF MISSOURI
State Drops From Seventh to Eighth
Place, Although St. Louis and
Kansas City Made Large
Gains.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 80. - Mis-
souri, has a population of 3,403,5
an increase Of 110,212, or 3.3 per cent
over 1910, the census bureau has an
nounced.
Missouri, which ranked as seventh
state in 1910, drops to eighth place
in the list of states thus far an
nounced, California, twelfth state in
population in 1910, displacing it with
a population of 3,426,536. The state
of Michigan, which stood eighth in
1910, will have to show an increase
of approximately 100000 to displace
Missouri and retain it's 1910 rank.
Should Michigan and New Jersey fail
to show substantial gains for the last
decade, California will have passed
five states and then rank as the sew
enth most populous state.
St Louis, with an increase in popu.
lation of S5,S6S, makes up approx
mately four-fifths of the total gain
for the state.
The combined population increases
of st. Louis and Kansas City show a
gain of 161, 1897, or 51,6S5 more than
the state has gained as a whole.
A comparison with former CEN
suses shows how the population has
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-30
CHAPTERS OF CLARK COUNTY HISTORY
Mutually Civil
Waffle Lines Dividing Freedom and Slavery
Spies-The Gloom Of

[By Jasper Blines, County Historian

class would aid them in starting upon
ways Of self-support .....
Alexandria and Clark county have
served vital interest in commerce
and fellowship with the city of Keo-
kuk. A great avenue of commerce
has been maintained over the pioneer
Alexandria and Bloomfield highway,
whose chief branch turned northward
from old Churchyille and passed
over the swampy lands and through
the vine-clad and deep forests onward
to Buena Vista. The city of Keokuk
during all these hundred years held
prominent rank in the welfare of
northeast Missouri; and the interests
OF tho two were mutual.
The historical record of the amaz-
ing years Of 1861 and for succeed
ing generation or longer are wonder
fully fruitful and peculiar. And those
years will never have an equal in all
subsequent chronology The first
century of settlement in the central
west is the very foundation Of all his
tory. How important it is that the
records of those heroic ages should
be carefully collected and preserved
as precious elements Of our common
wealth and it's people. Well it is that
Missouri has an organized and vigor.
Gus state historical society, whose
mission is to collect into permanent
form all worthy records of the strug-
giles and achievements of the brave
classes Of liberty-loving and home
builders of the valiant pioneers who
labored and sacrificed and changed
an empire from it's wild condition on
up to one of civilization in high
degree, Astounding in good homes and
peace.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-30
Cuba a "Man's Country"

Philadelphia Bulletin: Cuba, like
all Latin-American countries, especi-
ally of the tropics, is essentially a
mans country. One of the great sur
prises of Havana is the scarcity of
women on the streets even at times
when they swarm with promenading
men. The Cuban believes as firmly
as the old Spaniard that the woman's
sphere is strictly behind the grill of
the front window, and with few excep-
lions the women agree with him. The
result is that. her interest in life be-
yond her own household is virtually
nil The woman's suffrage party of
Cuba recently issued pompous mani
festo, but it seems to have won about
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-30

People who survived the expert
ences and the tragic trials OF exist
ence which the inhabitants Of north
east Missouri were subjected to I'M
derga in the years of 1852 and 1863
may well congratulate themselves as
living in periods of the republic such
as will not come to any generation
in all the succeeding years Of the
commonwealth of this district. The
inflowing classes were from the
southeast, the Ohio valley states, and
lesser numbers from the New Eng
land states. The counties consitut-
Ing northeast Missouri were in
large degree populated with new citl-
zens who had recently been citizens
OF kentucky. l find this true in
Knox, Scotland. Lewis and Clark.
These classes were of the rugged
types OF heroic power. ana were OF
that order which are home builders
and home lovers They came to the
central districts to locate perma-
nently. With these representative
classes of the heroic types may be
included smaller percentage OF
families from Virginia. Local influ-
ences had a power in forming their
fancies and principles, politically. re-
ligiously and socially. OF those from
the south and southeast, a few owned
slaves which were common. The
system in this latitude was observed
in {. mild manner. Even many who
inherited slaves were in principle
quito antagonistic to the law. In his
recent years l visited and listened to-
the instructive words of David Laps
ley, of our county, who was pio-
neer and an honest student OF all
affairs, and David gave me list OF
the names of the dark people who
came as an Inheritance to his family,
and he stated that they did not rate
the unfortunate ones to degree of
selling a member, but merely toler-
ated the practice and allowed the
emancipation of 1863 and 1865 to dis
pose Of the affliction. So the ruling
possessed very tame and mild en-.
idorsement within the territories OF
the ATTITUDES above thirty-five de- !
grees north.
The exodus slowly moved. some !
seeking places and homes to the
north. The writer recalls looking
With establishment, when boy, at
families Of negroes from the south
VINO came up in heavy wagons, from
the far districts of south Missouri, !
arkansas, Kentucky and elsewhere. !
Fihey would cross on the hand-power !
ierryboat at Buena Vista and would /
camp along the big yellow bluffs and !
niger there for weeks, living In
very simple and meager form of eN-
istence. The truth seemed plain that !
nose pilgrims were strangers in n 1
new and strange land, commonly |
uesutute OF means or of knowledge /
vi training how to go forth and |
enter into the great combat of max :
ing their own way and living in con-
nc! They were without leader
shlp-no one to direct them A few !
Moula drift to Keokuk and other dis
'ricts where residents OF their own
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-30
FISHER SUFFERED
FOR TWENTY YEARS

again my knee was so stiff that it
would nearly kill me to bend it and
had to sit there and rub and rub
to get where / could stand up In
damp weather | thought it would set
me wild; why the pain was just
about all a man could put up with
My knee ached all day and all night
and sleep, why, l hardly knew what
sleep was. My appetite failed me-
went down considerably in weight,
and things looked about as gloomy
to me as they could look.
well. of all the people who have
ever taken Tanlac, don't believe
anybody can say it has done them
more good than it has me. It brought
me right out, the pains eased up and
in six weeks time l was simply feel
ing like a new man altogether.
Il haven't pain in my body now
and I believe the rheumatism has
left me for good for never feel q
trace of it. not even in damp weather
My appetite is great and / have
gained back all my lost weight and
more, too. l sleep like a log and can
dig as much coal as I used to years
ago. This is what Tanlac has done
for me and I'll tell any man that I
consider it medicine that can't be
equaled."
TanIac is sold in Keokuk by Will
kinson & Co., in Hamilton, H., by
w c. Hughes, and by the leading
druggist in every town.-Advertise-
ment.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-30

concentrated more and more in the
large cities. In 1890 the combined
population of ST. Louis, Kansas City
and st. Joseph, the three cities of
the state having more than $4,000 in
habitants, formed only 23.S per cent
of the total population Of Missouri.
In 1900 this percentage was raised
to 27.1 and in 1910 to sos. The. 1920
census reaches the highest point,
with "a SO per cent.
OF the ia counties of the state,
eighty-nine lost population during the
last ten years, the decreases ranging
from 10 per cent in Rails county to
one-half of 1 per cent in Lafayette
county. Twenty-Five counties have
shown increases ranging from one
fifth of 1 per cent in Howell county
to So per cent in Pemiscot county.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-30

kuk by running out South Twelfth
street, and over the foot bridge at
the foot of this street, is the belief
, of some of the local officers. He
made his way into the fields and
probably caught a Santa Fe train
which took him to Kansas City. Some
of the police who worked on the case
think that he may have doubled back
on his tracks and worked his way
down Third street and into the yards
and boarded a south bound freight
train, as the passenger that night did
not stop to take water in the local
yards.
Local officers in automobiles
lpatrolled the crossings south of
Twelfth street, but Mccormick had
a good start of the officers, and prob
ably escaped to the woods before
they could get to the scene.
Besides Chief Henneman, Patrol
man Wilson, officers from the
sheriffs office and from the local
police station, the state Of Iowa
offered a reward of $500 and placed
Detective Campbell from the state
attorneys office on the job. He and
Detective Wilson secured some very
important clues here in Keokuk, and
developed leads which afterwards
worked into the capture Of the man.
Another Woman?
1t evidently has become another
case OF "chercheZ la femme" as the
letter which was recognized as hav-
ing been addressed by Mccormick
was said to have been addressed to
woman here, and there is some
evidence, officials say, to point to the
fact that she has been engaged to
Mccormick Whether or not this
will be substantiated by the evidence.
or what bearing 1t may nave on the
case remains to be seen.
The information which Chief Hen
neman received was communicated
the first of the week to New Rochelle
and last night about nine O'CLOCK ne
received telegram from Frank
Cody, chief of police at New Rochelle,
which reads:
"McCormiclc under arrest; send on
your papers at once, and history OF
the case"
Reuuisittons for extradition papers
we're made at once to Governor Hard
ing. and it is expected that two Off
GERS will leave tonight to bring Nc"
Cormick back.
The New York Report.
The following story Of his arrest
is told in the United Press report
today:
NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. Sept. 30.
"A man alleged to be John E. Nc
Cormick, "a, soldier from Fort
Slocum. was held here today on a
charge of first degree murder, to
await authorities from keokuk,
Iowa, at whose instance he was
arrested.
According to a warrant and c1rcu-
lar sent here from Iowa, Mccormick
Is wanted for zone OF the most brutal
ever committed In Lee
county. Iowa" 1t is alleged he killed
Mrs. Cora Carel Of keokuk. August
30. On September 20, police here
said. he enlisted in the army at Fort
Slocum and was to have sailed for
oversea duty next week.
Mccormick admitted his identity
% the police. they alleged, but de-
,lined to say anything about the !
alleged murder Chief Of Police Cody |
has notified Keokuk authorities they |
are holding Mccormick
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-30

as much support on the island as
would a missionary of the prohibition
movement. In the words of the mill
tants of the sex in Anglo-Saxon lands,
the Cuban woman has not yet reach
ed emancipation"
The clerks, even in shops that deal
only in female apparel, are almost ex-
clusively male. The offices that en-
ploy stenographers or assistants from
the ranks of the fair sex are rare, and
these usually recruit such help in the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-30
Except on gala occasions it

states. Except on gala occasions it
is extremely seldom that Cuban girl
of the better class is seen in public,
and even then only in company of her
duenna or male member Of her i'm
mediate family, and few married wo-
men consider it proper to appear IN
accompanied by their husbands, des-
pite American example. Yet of open
offenses against her modesty the Gu
ban lady is freer than on the streets
Of Our own large cities. Even in res
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-30
Man Who is Wanted for One of,
the Most Brutal Murders in
Lee County Has Been
Placed in Jail.
INDICTED FOR MURDER
Nc Cormidk Evidently Enlisted
as Soldier in Fort Slocum
and Officers Will Go
After Him.

John E. Mccormick is in Gus
tody at New Rochelle, New
York, and as soon as extradi-
ton papers are secured, Chief
of Police Hennemann and John
C. Scott, sheriff of Lee county,
will leave for the east to bring
him back here for trial. Nc
Cormick was indicted Monday
for the murder of Cora Mae
Carel in Keokuk August %.
The charge against him is first
degree murder.
A letter written by McCor-
mick to a woman in Keokuk-
another woman in the case, &C
|cording to the police-gave the
officers the clue that lead to his
apprehension in New Rochelle.
It is presumed that he enlisted
or tried to enlist in Fort Slo-
cum, New York. A United
Press despatch from New Ro-
chelle states that Mccormick
was a soldier.
Mccormick is charged with murder
in the first degree and his crime is
considered by officers working on the
case to have been lone Of the most
brutal murders ever committed in
Lee county" 1t was done on the
night of Monday, August %, after
Mccormick and Mrs. Carel had part
ed earlier in the evening. He is said
to have followed her and met her at
Twelfth street as she was on her
way to her fathers house.
Bidding the children go on ahead,
he and the woman started to walk
around the block, and at Thirteenth
and Timea streets Mccormick is said
to have thrown one arm around Mrs.
Carel, smothered her face in his hand
and fired into her temple, killing her
The Chase is Warm.
Mccormick fed and although every
effort was made by the police that
night and in the days which followed,
nothing could be learned of his
although there were
rumors as to his being
seen on the Johnson street road and
out on the Hilton road working with
section gangs On the North road
tracks and lying concealed in corn
fields west of the cemetery and in
West Keokuk.
A letter from the chief of police at
Kansas City, Kans.. gives the lie to
any OF these many reported hiding
places. Mccormick was seen and
recognized in that city August &c,
the detectives learned as soon as
they received the circulars from Keo-
1uk telling of the crime. On investi-
CATION they found that Mccormick
had gone to his old rooming house,
gotten a job in a factory there, but
had left the same day. It is pre- i
sumed that he went either south or
west, and worked his way to New
York, where he attempted to or did
Ioin the army at Fort Slocum. He
was a former veteran of the world
war, serving with the 109th ammu-
nition train.
Speculation on His Escape.
That Mccormick probably left Keo'
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-30

taurants and gatherings. where those
of the island never appear, an Ameri-
can woman is treated. except in the
matter of staring, with genuine cour-
tesy by all classes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-30

Figures compiled in England show
that the worlds consumption of tea is
steadily increasing.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-30

The fire" of an opal is due to the
presence Of water in the gem.
The Arvada enterprise., 1920-03-04

there neipisssly narooned All this
was plain enough now. when 1t was
already too late to remedy the evil.
The struggling girl emerged through
the tangle Of shrubs and paused sud-
denly at my side. her lips giving ut
tsrancs to 4 cry Of surprise.
'The-the boat! It ID not hereI"
"No: there IL not slgn Of 1t. Those
fellows must be still in the neighboE-
hood: must have seen us when We
first came"
But what are We to DOR
I had no ready answer, yet the echo
Of utter despair in her voice stirred
me to my own duty as swiftly ~
though she had thrust a knife into my
side. Do? We must do something
We could not sit down idly there in
the swamp. And to decide what was
to be attempted was my part. II Kir-
BY and whoever was with him had
stolen the missing boat. as undoubt-
edly they had, they could have pos
sessed but one purpose-escape. They
were inspired to the act by desire
to get away. to fee from the scene
Of their crime. They must believe
that we were left helpless, unable to
pursue them or create alarm. Yet II
1t was Kirby why had he fed SO
swiftly. making no effort to take Rene
captive also7 It was she he was seek.
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=, CANNOT ORDER; AN a SLAVE.

A ~ srs,nsnt K.sz Of u: .ss.i..
Tne eonana.es .snd hh With dps 70 81 Lu
planter and Of Kirby Deys own
d she
pntadon
% sSs go xns1 sss induce kt y: bis ste.n
sss sna ,sesn:s nut Kno hss for ten d
truth about The situation H. wsa:ss nssr:w s.t.:sn
stacks him Believing Kirby dead
kssboa
.
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CHAPTER TX.
The Teail sf ths RalAses.

The Trail of the Hal0o6o.
Shocked and unnamed a. I was at
this discovery. to pause there staring
at those gruesome figures would have
only brought fresh alarm to the two
watching my every movement from
the edge Of the CLEARING. Gripping my
nerves, advanced over the nrst body.
watching for any sign Of the presence
Of life within the cabin. There was
none-the work Of the murder had
been completed. and tho perpetrators
had ned. The dead man. with ghastly
countenance upturned to the roof RAT.
ters and the snowy beard. was un.
doubtediy the negro helper. Amos
Shrunk. Pete's description Of the ap.
pea,nnce Of the man left this identin.
cation beyond all dispute. He had
been stricken down BY q savage blow.
which had literally crushed In one
side Of his head. but his dead hands
yet gripped . ride. a. though he had
fallen lighting to the last.
The other man. the one lying across
the threshold. had been shot. although
I did not ascertain this fact until after
turned the body over sufliciently to
reveal the face. This was disfigured
by the wound and covered with blood.
NO that the features could scarcely be
seen. yet I instantly recognized the
fellow-Carver. Surprised out Of all
control by this unexpected discovery.
I steadied myself against the log wall.
fully aroused to the sinister meaning
Of his presence. To degree the com.
plete significance Of this tragedy in.
stantly gripped my mind. II this fel.
low Carver had been one Of the assail.
ants then II was absolutely certain
that Kirby must also have been pres.
ent-the leader Of the attack. This
Inevitably meant that both men had
been aboard the steamer. and later
were put ashore at the mouth Of the
Illinois. And. now that thought
about It, why notl It was no accident.
and I wondered that the possibility
had never occurred to me before. The
gambler naturally knew all the gossip
Of the river. and beyond question he
would be aware Of the reported ex-
istence OF this underground station
for runaway slaves. II was common
talk a. far down a. 81. Louis. and his
mind would instantly revert to the
possibility that the fleeing Rene might
seek escape through the assistance Of
Shrunk. The mysterious Vanishing Of
the boat would serve 10 increase that
cured to him at 6rst. the steamer
would have brought news that no keel.
boat had been nesu on the lower river.
while the captain of the John b.
Glover. or someone slss on board.
would have been sure 10 have men.
toned the negro helper and sueRest
that hs might have had hand in the
affair. To follow that trail was. In.
dss% re 0ost aaturai tAiss for Kir.
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CHAPTER vIii-cens,nusd.

He was slow in following, hanging
back a. I approached closer to the
motionless form, and could hear the
suffering Of his lips. Unquestionably
ths man was dead; Of this ! was ~.
0urod before I even knelt beside him.
H NJ On his face In . litter Of dead
leaves, and almost the nrst thing I
noticed was the death wound back Of
his ear. where Q large-caliber bullet
had pierced the brain. His exposed
hands proved him q negro. and II was
With Q feeling Of unusual rspusnance
tAat ] touched his body. turning 1t
0vee su@ciently to see the face. All
at once I knew him. unable wholly to
rsprsss Q cSy Of startled surprise a.
] stared down into the upturned
fsce-the dead man evidently muir
6eeed. shot treachsrously from behind,
was Free Pete. ! sprang to my feet.
easaas about blindly into the dim
woods. my mind for the instant dazed
oy the importance Of this discovery.
What could II meant How could It
have happsnedf BY what means had
- reached this spot in advance Of %.
and at whose hand had he fallsnf He
Dosld have been there only for one
purpose, surely-in an attempt to
gaios jaoiss Bsaucaire and the quad.
sses Ds1ia. TAsa what had bscoos
e he womsai Where were they
0oWf
] stumbled backward to the support
& he log. unable to answer any one
ef thses Qusstions, rsmsmbsring only
b that moment that I must tell Rene
~ truth.
~rsll ns-p'sass." shs bsgssd. '.Is
~ nan 6eadf Who 10 he. 10 you
kDowr
"Yss," replied desperately. "He 10
dead. and ! recognised his face. He
. the negro Pete and has been killed.
not from behind"
Pete" shs echoed. grasping at the
leg to keep erect. her eyes ON that
dimly revealed hgure In the leaves.
Pre- Pete. Cartons Peter How
eeald ~ have got heref Then-thsn
ths others must have been with him.
What has become Of themr
1T 10 oil mystery: the only way to
solve II 70 for 10 to 90 on. II can do
- ooe any good to stand here. staring
at this dead body. When we reach
he cabin We may learn what has oc.
cured. Go on ahead. Sam. and We
VII follow-don't be afraid, boy; It
70 not the dead who hurt us."
ooe elung tightly to me. shrinking
post tie motionlsss ngurA She was
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CALOMEL!
It's Mereu,yI Quick
silveri Shocks the
uver-Dangerl

You're bilious. but take "Cascarets" I
You have throbbing sensation In your
head, bad taste In your mouth, your
eyes burn, your skin Is yellow. with
dark rings under your eyes; your lips
are parched. your bowels are consti-
pated. No wonder you feel foGgy,
mean and ill.tempered. You need Cas-
carets tonight. Don't continue being
q bilious nuisance to yourself and
those who love you, and don't resort
to harsh physics that irritate and in
jure. Remember that most disorders
Of the stomach. liver and bowels are
ended by morning with gentle, harm
less Cascarets-they work while you
sleep. never grippe, shock. sicken or In
convenience you. They're grand, Adv.
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Water Power Wasted.

The Alto Parana river, which d.
viGes Paraguay from Argentina and
Brazil, and Its many tributaries, could
make Paraguay an important indus
trial center. The power Of these wa
tiers is practically unknown, but is.
estimated as having, In some places,
n fall Of 200 feet. and force of 1OO,-
OOO-horse power. The .guazu falls.
are regarded as even more powerful
than Niagara.
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not sobbing: her eyes were dry. yet
every movement. each glance exhibit.
ID her depth Of horror. drew her
closer. thouKhtless Of what she was,
my heart yearning to speak words Of
comfort. yet realizing there was moth.
loe left me to say.
DO not mind me-" she said. paus-
Ing before the uttcrnnce Of each word
to steady her voice. I'll am not
going to break down. TIT IL the
suddenneSs-the shock. IL shall b
strong again In minute"
You must BE-" whispered. '.for
tAsf lives nay depend on u.s."
Il was . short path before % and
oeeaDe mere clearly ds6nsd % ws ad-
vanesd. 4 sharp turn brought ~ into
fun vSov q the cabin. which stood
= . 0oD eoealAs. built asainee ~