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The Washington times., 1910-05-22
For the Woman That's Ear.

A Detroit physician SAYS that thu
cheapest and safest mixture a far
woman mo wants TO Ce- thin Csu
use IS p ounce MarmOla get II ~
the original 1a-ounCe package) -
ounce Fluid Extract Cascara Aro-
matte and 81 ounces Peppermint
Water The proper amount to take
bedtime
These ingredients may be obtained
from any druggist al small cost. and
ma ke combination that IS not only ex-
eellent as a fat reduCer. being able
u IS claimed. to take of a pound a
day W-~-out causing wrinkles, but Is
also splendid help 10 the system as
whole. regulating the stomach and
bowels twhere the fat persons rrO1-
oieS Begin, and clearing the skin OF
p-mDieSr and hlOrcheS- No exercise *
required 20 help the remedy in IFS
work and. best Of all no dieting IS
necessary While taking it-yOu can
eat what YOU like.
The Washington times., 1910-05-22
CHRONOLOGY OF LIFE
OF WILLIAM LORIMER

Born, Manchester, EnEIand-ApriI
-, 1861.
Came to America with parents
$500.
Father died-ISs3.
Went to work selling rapers-1s73.
Becume street car COnductOr-ISS3
Elected cOnstabIe-ISS6.
Entered real estate busineas-IsSs.
Defeated for clerk of superior
cDurt-ISD2.
Member of Congress- Sg5-IaOI
and I9O3-IoO9.
Elected United States senator-May
26. 1909.
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POLITICAL START.

MIR LOR-MER really began his
A'A financial career when he and a
partner made $4,000 out Of a real estate
deal, in whic1 the $3,ODO original capital
was furnished by the latter. He began
his political career when he became
conductor on the Wes- Madison street
car line, twenty-seven years ago, and
started telling the travelling public how
70 vote When James G. Blaine was
running for the Presidency, Conductor
Lorimer, going and coming. urged his
passengers TO support the Republican
ticket
His political activity, thus begun, did
not stop on the car platform. His genius
for political organization discovered it
self Soon he had formed the Young
Mems Republican Club. in his ward. and
had workers in every precinct. He also
formed the Street Railway Employees
Benevolent Association
His bent for organization did not 20
long Unrewarded. He attracted the at
tention Of Joseph BidweIl, who already
was recognized as a political worker
who could deliver the goods at Republi-
can primaries and at election time. Bid
Well saw IN Lorimer the qualities that
make for success in practical politics,
and forthwith attached him 10 his DO
litiCal following.
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Mans Ability
Is Soon RECOGNIZED.

In 1sS5 Lorimer's ability had been rec
ogIIzed TO such an extent that he was
elected member Of the counts central
committee, and. in 1856, he was elected
town constable About this time he re-
linQuished his job on the horse car. and
went into the real estate business. Hav-
ing demonstrated his ability to deliver
his ward In primaries and elections. he
soon claimed the rewards due these en-
beavers. Under Mayor Roche. he was
made superintendent of water-pIpe ex-
sension, and under Mayor Washburne
he was promc'~d to superintendent Of
the water service
In 1880 Lorimer sought the nomination
FOR county clerk, but failed by a mar
gin of three votes in the convention, and
two years later he won the nomination
Tor superior court clerk, but went down
10 defe II under the Democratic land
slide In 1894 he won the nomination
for Congress in the Sixth Illinois dis
trict' and was elected bv 1000 plural
ity, although the district was Demo-
cratic by a large margin. He was
successfully reelected until 1900. when
he was defes ed by John J. Feelv.
a young LAWYER. Opposition newspa-
pers printed his POLITICAL obituary. Two
years later he was back in his seat
again, holding it until his election as
Senator
1t was in former Senator Albert J.
Hopkins inability TO break the dead
lock in the Legislature that Lorimer saw
his opportunity TO reach the summit Of
his political ambition. He proceeded to
organize the Legislature to his liking
through bipartisan alliance. It is in
connection with this election that the
bribery charges now being investigated
are made.
When one considers his youthful hard
ships and lack Of advantages, his boy
hood training in the life Of the streets,
his struggles for an education, il is little
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BORN POLITICALLE
STARTS CAMPAIGN ON CARS
Begins Persuadng Chicago Residents to Think and Vote
His Way While He Works on Old
Street Railways

wonder that Senator Loriner Is con
sidered . most remarkable MANN faet,
a prodigy.
The Washington times., 1910-05-22
Two Indictments
Returned By LURES.

The grand jury results so far have
been the indictment of Browne, and of
Representative Robert E. Wilson. of
Chicago, the latter on charge of per
The Washington times., 1910-05-22
Elected Constable
At the Beginning.

In 1885 he was elected constable. That
was the beginning. In 1895 his mother
watched him take the oath as a member
OF the House 4 year ago this. month
he was elected TO the Senate. and it is
the charges concerning the manner of
this election that has focused attention
upon Chicago and upon Lorimer for the
pas month.
William Lorimer, United States Sen
ator, is as interesting today as a chap
acter study, as forty years ago when he
stood with his back to the wall of pov-
erty and resolved TO tackle the world
His political methods. as those Of
other leaders, have often been criticised.
Lorimer Is regarded as the Republican
political dictator in Illinois. just as Fog
er Sullivan yields the Democratic scep-
ter there.
As politician, LorlEler embodies some
The Washington times., 1910-05-22

Jury Wilson was named IN the White
-p-fession as the man who "split up"
,ae Jackpot" at St Louis. July Is,
1903. The perjury Indictment followed
Wilson's denial Of guilt
At the outset OF the inquiry. States
Attorney Wayman, OF Cook county. OBJ
tanned confessions OF bride taking from
Representatives Beckemeyer and Link.
these confessions corroborating the
story OF White in many respects
These two said they had been paid
$500 each by Wilson, as White claimed.
but that there had been no specific
agreement as 10 the 81 90 received from
Omen Browne. II was said that There
might have been a tacit understanding,
but no pledge as 20 the H,G00, which.
according 70 the States attorney, the
two men received in consideration Of
their vote for LOrimer.
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White Tells
Of Alleged Offer.

In the case of White, II IS said that
Browne made no direct promise Of
money until White insisted upon know
Ing what he would receive. Then.
White says, he was told that you Will
set I.0f0, and in ready cash. too
At no time IN the investigation has Il
been charged that Senator Iorimer
personally negotiated for the purchase
Of votes or was guilty Of bribery. I.or-
inner was elected by an alliance Of fifty
five Republicans a>d ffty-three Demo
Gratis, after a de- dlock lasting from
January % to May 26, 1909.
The total, Jos, was three more than
the majority OF all the members Of the
joint assembly, and seven more than 2
majority Of all those present and vot-
ing II is mooted question whether a
majority OF all the members or merely
of those present at a meeting OF the
quorum is required for a Senatorial
election If the former, the three con-
LESSONS already made. II accepted
might be construed 10 invaldate Tor
liners election, leaving him q margin
OF only one vote.
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Tries Hand
At Sign Painting.

Young Lor!mer tried sign painting
next. He didn't ike the work and gave
il up after a few weeks trial. Then he
became a laundry collector, and a good
one Very few packages missed the
eye Of Collector Lorimer, and, it's
said, he sometimes carried off a few
patrons who might have belonged to a
less diligent competitor. For a while
he worked in the packing houses. He
knows many Of the boys yet.
In 1883 Lorimer became Il street car
conductor. He pulled bell-cord for five
years or more. W. A. Burdine, now in
business in Washington, ran with Lori
mer at the time and is authority for the
statement that Billy Lorimer was one
Of the leaders in the great street car
strike OF 1885. Already the Lorimer in
stincts o. leadership were becoming ap-
parent.
It was the peculiar turn Of the wheel
OF fortune that sent Lorimer to the
rear street car platform that perhaps
accounts for his exalted position today
As is told elsewhere in this story. the
street car conductor electioneered for
Blaine while taking up fares, and he
was destined from that time on 10 play
part in politics.
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Case May Come
To Trial This Week.

The Browne Indictment is being press
ed, and may come to trial this week.
The investigation in progress in Sanza-
mon county has been more DELAYED on
account OF the difficulty in getting Wit
nesses' many Of whom were tied UP
with Mr. Wyman's investigation.
States Attorney Burke, of Sangs non,
will devote his attention mainly tC the
The Washington times., 1910-05-22
OPPONENTS CHARGE
ELECTION BRIBERIES
Paper He Sold As Boy Prints
Allegations Involving
Legislator.
CONTINUED from First Page.)

4
Billy made his first dollar selling the
Tribune.
Senator Lorimer once wrote the story
Of his life. A paragraph or so from the
man who knows the whole story may
be inserted aptly here
Sells Papers
Before Breakfast.
4 would get out Of bed at 3 o'clock IN
rthe morning and dispose Of all my
papers before breakfast. By and by l
would keep right on downtown and
blacken shoes until evening. From so
a week 1 worked my business up. until
I doubled my earnings. Meanwhile, my
mother and the children we're living in
comfort.
My business IN the streets, Of course,
( taught me a great deal about the in
/ firmities Of human nature At the age
OF twelve, I dare say, I knew as much
I in some respects as does the average
boy Of twenty-five. I remember. too.
that I was the head Of the Lorimer
. family and that the bread and butter
Of five children depended on my strict
attention TO business.
WIS never al sCnOOt Day IN my
life. When we lived in the country I
was scarcely more than an infant. After
we moved 70 Chicago it was a battle
to live Ny mother taught me the alpha
bet and I would take book along when
I delivered papers. At the age Of fifteen
was earning S1,ooO per year. Mother
thought that I was too old for the
streets, and that ought to go into a
settled occupation"
Tries Hand
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Question Raised
Regarding the Votes.

II the charges are true that E2ro,-,s
disbursed the bribery fund. Brownies
vote, too, might be disqualified. leaving
Lorimer without a majority. There is
also the question of whether the q 600
alleged to have been received nv Recl,-
emeyer and Link would nullifv tbAfr
votes, inasmuch as they testified that
no money was promised in advance.
As soon as the charges were made
public Senator Lorimer, who was AT his
summer home. near Chicago, hurried n
the city and gave out the statement tr,a.
the whole thing was a scheme TO iniuTe
his new banks. Democratic Leader
Browne accused White Of 'bIackmaU."
and told Of repeated demands made
upon him by White for money, some of
which he said, he acceded 10.
White retorted by making public 4
number Of now locally famous Friend
Charlie" letters written by Browne after
the adjournment II seems the two
made pleasure trips together during the
vacation.
States Attorney Wyman summoned
all legislators who had been accused of
being present at the opening Of the
Jackpot" All were units in the Browne
organization. Plain clothes policemen
took charge Of the several members as
soon as they arrived in Chicago, and re-
NAMED cons -ntly with them, refusing
them permission 10 communicate with
any one. Link confessed after two davs
Of 1t, coupled with the fact that the
grand jury indicted him for perjury
after he had denied being present in. St.
Louis at the opening of the Jackpot"
The indictment was later nonsuited
when he confessed. Beckemeyer said he
would make clean breast Of it, because
his conscience smote him.
The others, Shepard, Clark, and Will
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-06-30

feet of us. Though such conditions
are unfavorable for beekeeping the
thought of putting the bees on the
roof of woodshed occurred to me;
and, though the idea was laughed at,
/ built some framework and placed
upon it my two hives with two addi-
tional
Though the bees were just over the
door as shown in the picture, the only
time they gave us any trouble was
after l had robbed them. Then they
would be numerous" for short time.
l reached the hive by way of an
apple tree close by, or through the
window above, in which the screen
was hung on a hinge.
From this roof 1 took about 800
pounds of honey from four hives,
quite good returns from roof seven
feet square, ordinarily considered USE
less for producing anything).
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-06-30
VARIETIES OF MILO TO GROW
Yellow Is Superior and Varies in
Height from Two to Fifteen
Feet-Avod Extremes.

by ALVIN KEYSER, COLORADO >AG-s.
RICULTURAL COLLEGE.)
In growing milo it is essential to get
the right variety to start with. There
are two types of milo on the market
The yellow and the white. Yellow milo
is superior to white milo There are
quite number of varieties of the
yellow milo. These vary in height
rom two feet to fifteen feet. The ex-
sremely dwarf and the extremely tall
.orms should be avoided. Those vari-
cites which grow to height of from
our to six feet, under ordinary condi-
tons, are preferable. The extremely
awarf sorts do not yield we'll enough.
The tall varieties mostly come from.
The south, consequently, they are late
maturing and less drought resistant
han those which grow to medium
height.
Home grown seed is preferable
whenever it can be obtained
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-06-30
AUDUBON TWP.
15SSl!S1sS1s

srs. Josephson is on the sick list.
Hiss Laura Tibben is the happy
,5ossessor of a piano.
Henry and John Tibben are having
silos built this week.
The Chas. Boehme family visited
at A. F. Prohaska's Sunday.
Chris Hickman Jr. lost good
horse with the heavel recently.
&iJhristian Hecsman Sr. is having
gw windmill set up this week.
Frank Davis, wife aud family visi-
ted at Herman Wedemeyer's Sunday
The shower Saturday eve and Sum
day was much needed and apprecia-
ted.
Mrs. Geo. Meyer and daughter, Ida
and Nettie Tibben returned from Des
Moines Tuesday.
Mrs. Mary Knees and Geo. Jr. visi-
ted with their relatives the j. B.
Cecil family near Anita Sunday.
Miss Edna Hocamp went up to
the Thaniel Benton home Monday
eve and went with them to meet the
Glidden Tourists Tuesday.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-06-30
journal" Bargains

No l, 100, 6 miles from town, all
fine land, easy terms, at 81.
No 2, GAO, z miles from town,
excellent piece, at 34.OO.
Here are few bargains that we
have to dispose of 10 South Dakota.
If you are looking for homo or an
investment there is DO place that
offers such inducements. Read them
and act quickly:
No Is, 100, s miles from town,
1876 acres, at $50.
No 10, 100, at $25.
No 20, 100, perfectly level at $22.
No 81, 100, somewhat rolling, at
1880
No %, $40, nearly all level, at %.
No %, 100, fine level land, at %.
No "a, 100, all tillable land at %
No 25, 100, all level, fine land, at
$500
No 26, 100, perfectly level, at %.
No n, 100, all level, we'll located,
at 24.0O.
No 70, 100, one forty rolling, at
1900
No 30, 100, all level 5000 improv
ments, at $500
No 30, 100, all level, at 23.00
No 81, 1850, somewhat rolling at 2 l
No 80, 100, all level, at %.
No 33, 1850, all level $500 improv-
ments at "a.
No "a, 100, perfectly smooth at
$500
I. No IS, 100, somewhat rolling, at
1000.
No So, 100, slightly rolling, at
1880.
Noa7, 800, nearly all level, al u.
No 80, 100, smooth land, improved
at, n. ..,,...; !, :. !. s,esss1o.,.s
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-06-30
GENERAL LEE AT GETTYsBURGI
Col. Mosby, Confederate Leader, De-
tends Gen. Stuart from Charge
of Violating Orders.

Col. Mosby, the Confederate cavalry
leader, has written another article de-
Tending Gen. Stuart from the charge
that to his violation of orders was
due the failure of Gen. r. E. Lees
Gettysburg camaign. He has been
able to examine Gen. Lees letter book
and cites from it in support of his con-
tention. Incidentally he criticises
Gen. Lee.
The accusation against Gen. Stuart
is thus stated by Col. Mosby.
"Longstreet, Col. Marshall, Gen.,
Long, Col Walter Taylor and Fitzi
Lee have published accounts of the
campaign, in which they say that the
defeat was due to the absence of Gen.
Stuart with the cavalry, and until a
spy came in on the night of June %,
at Chambersburg and brought the
news that Hooker was moving north
In pursuit, Gen. Lee thought that
Hooker had not crossed the Potomac"
Col. Mosby cites letters sent by
Gen. Lee to prove that Lee had prior
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-06-30
MAN OF MANY LIMBS.

The old colonel was spinning off
yarns of the civil war and in the heat
of reminiscent patriotism his memory
became somewhat tangled.
"Ah, gentlemen" he related serious
~, II shall never forget the. charge at
Chickamaugue. 1t was there that i lost
my Leg" Ten minutes later the old
colonel was relating an incident OF
Gettysburg, .,...a.s,-s...
And when we climbed Little Round
Top the bullets were 'whistling on all
sides. 1t was there lost my leg"
And 80 minutes later through q
misty haze of smoke:
Seven Pines, gentlemen, Seven
Pines! All, that was the battle. One
of my legs was shot from under me
and"
But just then timid little boy
looked up and asked shyly: Grandpa
were-were you centipede in those
days?"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-06-30

Mrs. T. B. Creveling and girls will
spend the fourth in Audubon and
then go to their home in Boone after
three weeks vocation among rela-
tives and friends here.
Mrs. Geo. Ross, Miss Bessie and all
the boys are spending week on Wall
Lake, near Lake View, Mr.. Ross
patching in the meantime. They
went up in their automobile.
The cement men came last Thurs
day and are making some. fine walks.
But Oh. the mud Saturday and
Sunday after the rain, but anything
is preferable to the terrible dry ca
ther, we have been having.
Mr. George Viewer expects the car
peuters this week sure, to build his
new barn. All his horses have been
stabbed under The trees for sometime
as they tore down their old barns to
have the site for the new one.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-06-30
A Good Farm Gate.

length and width you want your gate,
nail them across each other as shown
inthe Illustration, making about three
inch cracks.
Then take the same size and width
pieces and double the crosses, mailing
securely. A half pound of No. 8 nails
will do the work.
Use ordinary light hinges. l use
seven cross pieces, and then by doub-
ling these, which is absolutely neces-
sary, you will have to use IA, with
four pieces lengthwise, making total
Of Is pieces. This makes a cheap and
very durable gate. In making the
latch, use any convenient method.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-06-30
DR.. BEERS AND WIFE
After Many Years Of Strict Attention
To Business Visits Son and Daugh-
ter In Idaho.

DR.. and Mrs. Beers of Gray, Iowa
are taking trip to the distant land
of Idaho for good visit to son and
daughter who has been living at Sal
mon, Idaho for sometime. Charlie
Beers, their son ill be remembered
in Gray as the Manager at one time
OF a general store. His nature from
boyhood is that of merchant. He
enjoyed to be behind counter and
in his gentlemanly way, wait on
customer. Once trading with Charley
you will always want him to serve
you for he is gentleman Miss Clio
will be remembered as a popular
clerk in the store in Gray for some
time and later taking charge OF the
millinery department of the Peter
Neu store of TempletoD, Iowa, Her
ladylike manners and affibility at
once brought both customer and clerk
into confidential nearness with each
other that business became pleasure
iD every instance. We trust Doctor
and Mrs Beers will find their child
rem we'll and that these good people
we'll have safe urney over the
mountains to their temporary home.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-06-30
A Spy Came In.

knowledge of Hooker's movements
In conclusion he says: sa
''The case as stated against Stuart
is Q) disobedience of orders in leav-
ing Gen. Lee, who was with Long
street, and going to EMell; (2) that
Gettysburg was the point where the
concentration was ordered, and Stuart
was not there; 60 that Heth, being
in advance, ran unexpectedly against
the enemy. In published letter
Heth says that he stumbled like
blind man into the fight.
If Heth had stood still he would
not have stumbled His official res
port states exactly the reverse.
The plea TO the indictment against
Stuart is-Q) he was ordered by Gen.
Lee to the Susquehanna; (2) Lee nevs
er ordered the army to Gettysburg:
Stuart was absent on the first day for
the same reason that Gen. Lee and
Longstreet were absent; 60 Heth did
not run unexpectedly against the en-
envy. Hill and Heth knew on June
80 that Bufords division was at Get
tysburg. 8s So
But, admitting that Stuarts abr
sence was the cause of the defeat. his
critics reason in circle in defending
Lee and blaming Stuart. Stuart was
absent obeying Lees orders Gen.
Lee is responsible for what Hill and
Heth did. ae s2
"If Jackson had been with. Lee.
there would have been no battle at
Gettysburg. My theory of the cam
paign eXalts Lee as a commander at
the expense of his own report
Gen. sBeauregard wrote me that
before reading my Bedford. article.
(1S9D Jhe had always. condemned
Gen. Lee for the Gettysburg campaign.
His opinion must have been based on
Lees report or on the accounts of
the campaign by his biographers Tho
late Col John M. Patton, after read
ing what l had written on Gettysburg,
wrote to me and urged me to write
for Gen. Lee the same excuse for his
report that Macaulay makes for Will
liam of Orange for signing the order
for the massacre of Glencoe-that he
signed without reading it. John c.
Ropes OF Boston, the historian of the
war. wrote me: Lees report is all
wrong as to Stuart and the cavalry
There is floating legend that
Gen. Lee assumed all the blame of his
defeat He did not. His report,
which was written by Col. Marshall,
put all the blame on Stuart, and it
was accepted as true.
There is not word in the first re-
port about Hill and Heth making a
reconnaissance or about the two cav
airy brigades that were left with him
and Longstreet. The report is dated
July 81. 1863, and was Immediately
published in the Richmond papers,
Then began the criticisms sof Stuart
that almost broke his heart
ut is from no ambition to be
historian that have dared. to tell the
truth about Gettysburg. wish some
one else ha6d it. 1t is cup which
wish might have passed from ma
/ have simply tried toitlo Justice to D
man to whom I owe all-that I wass
the war.