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Show V V Artists Model Fine Electric Light Effects Minneapolis Officials of Corruption Guilty The revelations of corruption among the municipal and police officials of Minneapolis, Minn., made during the past month have caused more than a passing sensation. Minneapolitans have prided themselves upon the conviction that their officials were not as otner officials in other cities, but were models of uprightness, wisdom and Incorruptibility. This confidence has been rudely shaken. The first act of Mayor Ames after his Inauguration was to appoint hlu brother as chief of police. It soon began to be mooted abroad that the Capt. Norbcck of l.ie police was the next to be placed on trial. The hearing was quite brief, the evidence of guilt being conclusive. The trial was cut short by a plea of guilty entered by the accused, who was sentenced to a short term in the penitentiary and a fine of $2,500. The grand jury for June before its addiadjournment returned three tional Indictments against police officials. They were: Capt. John Fitchette, widely regarded as Mayor Ames' confidential police captain, accused of trafficking in police Jobs.. The specific allegation Is that he accepted a gratuity of $200 for securing the appointment of a policeman. Detective Charles F. Brackett, accused of being accessory to a felony in that he had guilty foreknowledge of the recent burglary of the Pabst Brewing Company's safe. Detective Fred Malone, accused of having guilty knowledge of the same robbery. Brackett and Malone are charged for with having acted as the cracksmen. One admits that he furnished $500 to make good the amount Btolen, but he Bays he gave the money to prevent a friend from getting into trouble. The case of Capt. N. W. King, charged with being accessory to a felony in receiving money from lawbreakers. resulted in a verdict of guilty. He was released on $5,090 bail pending an application for a new trial. There will undoubtedly be additional police indictments reported, but they will bo for men already on the list. Some of these supplementary indictments will be based upon evidence given before the grand Jury Others who are by Chris Korbeck. known to be corrupt may not be Indicted, as there is a feeling among some of the grand jurors that the Investigation has been pursued far enough thoroughly to expose and remedy police corruption and that furth- - (Special Letter.) cities of the United States, traveling iu succession from one to the otLer. .Many of tho electroliers were arris-tic- . Sculptors, designers and artists men perceived praised them. Tlu-sthat the creation of beautiful effects in electric lighting was a task by no means uuworiliy of their powers. They applied ibemsclves to it, and they aro still at work upon it. Hut the main part of their work Is done. For they have solved the problem. They have given to the world beautiful electrio light effects. Of these the flame effect Is one. Man had at first the flame of stars and afterwards the flame of the ramp fire to light his way, and no illumination more charming lias yet been devised.' An electric cord concealed within an artificial candle passes up to a tiny light bulb of the size and shape and color of a candle flame. When (be current is turned on in this contrivance the illusion is well nigh perfect, the effect of a flame is very prettily attained. Electrical side brackets holding candles .ye made of silver gilt in the bold curves of the IjouIb VV. style and in the more delicate lines of the style of Ixiuis XVI. They are also made after the Elizabethan, the Flemish and colonial manner, while some of them, returning Very literally to the period of the colonists, are fashimieii in t:ie exact likeness of the plain and stiff candlcsthks of those days. a Fur dining rooms and llbrarh soft light, lulling directly upon a certain limited radius and leaving the spaces without tho radius In shadow, is required. An iron electrolier, of an umbrella 'shape, descending from the middle of tiie ceiling, fills this requireA Bronze Water Nymph., ment. The design is usually simple rertalnly anything hut satisfactory in Tue iron is finished In Egyptian verdq their effect. The other problem, a in Tonipeiian verde or in Herculaur seemly manner of lighting by means of electricity, they have solved very is as well. The electrolier of decorative a furnishing as the steam radiator or register is hideous. It .was in the early nineties in 1891 and 1892 that electricity began to be used in dwelling houses.- lt arrangement, at the start, was extremely crude. The electric bulb, unshaded, .unadorned in any way, dangled from Its coni, much gs It still does in certain office buildings. The light, a one,' usually, was hard upon the eyes. The appearance of the cord was anything huh pleqsing.. People said: The electric light is a wonderful .invention, an excellent ' thing to have ' in the house, but it is very ugly. In a year or two over 10 per cent of the most elaborate sort of city A houses were lighted electrically. slight change for the Letter, from the decorators point of view, has now manifested itself. The electric .bulbs were fastened, in a manner more or less awkward, to the gas chandeliers, cord was parand the consometimes and wholly, tially, cealed. Electric lighting still reLouis XV. Bracket of Silver Gilt. mained, however, a hideous thing, and persons of good taste refused to congreen. All these hues are dull sider its adoption in their homes. shades of green. In the iron, bits of Time passed, the percentage of rich colored glass arc set. The lights dwellings lighted electrically increased are concealed within the dome, and slowly, and slowly the interior dec- the electrolier has. usually,, a fringe orators improved in their handling of of red silk hanging front it- This the electric light question. An ele- fringe, together witli the concealment mentary form of thu combination of the electric bulb, gives precisely that soft light, shod over a limited space, which dining rooms and libraries require. It is the sculptors and modelcis of decorators the and designers it is to beautiful been busy great problems ten years. One of these problems, a seemmanner of heating by means ly of far steam, they are still from having solved; for the steam radiator, the steam register let Into the wall, are the best solutions they have yet arrived at, and these are be such an appeal. The higher court if it shonld differ In its view of the matter from the trial court would not be likely to grant a new trial because of the error in sentence, but would remand the case for resentenc. For this reason most lawyers who hava looked into the matter believe the judge will give King a term at Stillwater. ('apt. N. W. King resigned his office. He was sentenced to three and a half years In the penitentiary. His counsel announced that an appeal would be taken to the supreme court. The grand jury is still at work try-- SNTEHIOil County Attorney A. J. Smith. (Vigorous in Prosecution of Cases.) ing to ferret other infractions of the law than those already brought to light. The jury has encountered a serious drawback in the law Itself. There was ample evidence, fully corroborated, that saloonkeepers and those contemplating going Into the business had been held up for large sums as bribes to secure licenses, la one case, Thomas Lyons, who Jiad lost his license, paid 1300 to an officer who informed him. that he could land for that amount. the license for'-hlThe money was paid, but the license was not forthcoming. The grand Jury wanted to indict along these lines, but found they could not do so. The charter does not provide any such thing as a license inspector or any- other officer for lb cense , duty.-- An officer is appointed and designated for that purpose, but his duties have nothing to do with the securing of licenses, npr does the duty of any other officer. Hence to take money with' a promise to secure a license Is no offense, and all that can be done is for the saloonkeeper to sue for his money in a civil action. Because of this law several officers will escape who might otherwise have been Indicted and convicted. - to-da- y - - . . AJULT1EJL jYoPseoc saloon and dive keepers who enjoyed the privilege of violating the law with Impunity paid well for their favors, and in the course of time an Investigation was set on foot that established beyond controversy the fad that these charges were true. Several of the bard cases" had abused their privilege and had been taken to account. In revenge they revealed to the public the system of blackmail to which they had been subjected. It became apparent from the statements of these squealers" that the system in vogue permeated the whole city and that, the officials were deriving a very large income from the assessments levied in this illicit inan- of tier. There was a regular dues" i s'li'ili-ln'to tie- bii'um i the several establishments (l'dueted, ami tie- dm-were collet tod n by agents in the citys The matter was mploy. brought before tao gra: d jury and that body instituted an inquiry that resulted in the iudfeinuu.t of Mayor Ames, his brother, the chief of police, several detectives and police captains. All were charged with malfeasance In office and with extorting blackmail. Inspector Gardner has been by many supposed to be at the lxiitom of the entire system of blackmail The indictment against him was particularly strong ami sweeping and the attorneys for the state had little trouble In securing his conviction. He was proved guilty of many specific acts In which lie had shown favoritism for a substantial monetary consideration, and the jury was hut a short time in finding him guilty. The customary motion for a new trial was made, pending the decision of which bail was furnished. Gardner, however, did not await the court's decision, but left the city between two days. His whereabouts are unknown to the authorities, but when last seen he was headed southward, and many believe he has found refuge In d. - gra-Iua-c- ' parti-colore- d to-da- Hair Pays the Rent. Never has the demand for woman's hair in Europe been greater than It is "now, and men are going from town to town in France, Germany, Switzerland and Russia, buying ail they can get. Ii Is even said that one enterprising dealer has sent some agents to Chinn for this purpose. The finest hair In France is furnished by Brittany, for the Breton women have very luxuriant tresses, which never fail to fetch a high pries in London. Most of these women are poor, and arc quite willing to sacrifice their hair, especially as they wear bonnets which completely cover their heads, and thus effectually hide then when shorn, France furnishes more brown and black Hair than any other country, and fair and golden hair is furnished, as a rule, by tiie women of Germany and the muiL of Europe. Gray and while i ::ir Is always in demand uni if of r.oo.l quality fetches a jity i price. A Fr' uciiwoa.atis hair woi;.:h orally five and a half ounce.. art Haile, n woman's six ounces, ami a German woman's r.ino ojr.,-cs- . parti-colore- d - j j y - . g.-- s-- - Mexico. er Indictments will simply make more expense for the county. There is some controversy as to the penalty incurred by Detective King. His attorney, Victor Welch, said that as yet he had not had opportunity to inquire deeply into the question of penalty, with regard to which the statutes appear to differ. Mr. Welch is of tho opinion that the proper penalty for his client's offense is a jail sentence not to exceed a year. The state holds, on the other hand, that the old law prescribing such a penalty was superseded by the penal code enacted in $;. which fixis the maximum penalty at five ymirs i;i the sieie peiiitcuiiary. "!'. may tie." he s.ii I. "rlmt we will ' make r.ttlml time. have no - ( look-outs- " Capt. Narm King. (Sentenced to the Penitentiary, but Asked for a New Trial.) new chief was "playing favorites" and gamamong the saloonkeepers blers. Certain saloons were likewise permitted to set the laws and ordinance of the city at naught, being allowed the privilege of selling liquor at all hours of the day and night More questionable resorts, even, than these were subject to the same discriminations. Certain notorious women were known as favorites the police and were visited with the assurance that there was no danger whatever of police raids. It was charged by the enemies of Mayor Ames and his brother, the chief of police, that, the gamblers, e s Successful Woman Rancher. Miss Fanny Seabrido. a C'iiieng. gill who went to Texas as a some yen is a .to, las, for the past four grov-nie- years heid the position of cattle guard and fence rider for the Big Horseshoe XX Raich. In Addition to a good salary slu; has received $1.2H hi bounties on the scalps of wild animals s'i has billed, all of which she has invested in the best breeds of cattle until she now owns over a thousand hea l which will form the nucleus for a thoroughly equipped ranch of her own in the near future. Premier Has Sixty-thre- e Secretaries. Irwin A. Gardner. The anti ministerial or cans of l'aris (Sentenced to Six Years at Stillwater are indignant because the premier. M. for secreCombes, employes sixty-threThe Inference from this remark was taries. that If the courts uphold the old law, The l'atrie, after computing their which provides only for a jnil sen- salaries, says that around M. Combes tence. his client will he content to are as many scribes as surrounded serve the short Jail term rather than Constantine Iorphyrogenetcs, and attempt an appeal to tho supreme recalls the fact that LouIb XIV. in the court. If the court holds that the old hlght of his splendor employed but statute is repealed by implication and one secretary, while Napoleon the sentences tho detective to a term In Great had only two Baron de Meiie-va- l the penitentiary, there will doubtless and Bourleane. Paris Herald. Bribe-Taking.- ) e : - i I I ticiill ilowei'n of roil a Ijguiiiio tric In lb of - if, for i!f-i,i:.- ( i: artistically instead of a A Green Bronze Statuette. chandelier app ared the bandolier equipped to supply gas and electrical illumination. Hut this chandelier was more utiliiarinn than decorative. Tho field that it afforded thu artist was not yet understood. In 1899 the problem of treating the electric light artistically was brought before the world by an electric comThis company pany of New York. held at its main oillce an exhibition of artistic electroliers. Later on it held other exhibitions in leading ( It is not tho elec cd.ec-iie- e, a ro;o branch c.mls wl:h a plain class bulb re-n- - the artificial silk (lower corrects that fault. It fits over the luilli, distending into a perfect rose, and tl.rcuga its l.a'e shade of yellow ,nr pink, or maue. the light shines with the sofios lustre. The electric lighting of dwelling universal in houses is to day aln-oAmerica. Every artistic honse that is now built is equipped so that gas may bo used at will within It, and in 50 per cent of such houses electroliers only arn Introduced, no provision whatever being made Tor tho use of gas as an illuuiluaiit there. 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