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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , DBOEIMBBR 2 , 188a-SIXTEEN PAGES. 1O , CRUCIFYING PRICES ! PARALYZING PROFITS ! PULVERIZING VALUES ! 1O . Great Cent Store. ALMOST GIVING GOODS AWAY ! Great IVr ToiU. Store. in a Poke--You Not Buy. f 1O. Is the greatest effort over mndc on an imported Clay Worsted Sack Suit ; thesnmo in n Frock Suit for 1O.9O You hnve perhaps heard of Worsted Suits being sold for a small price , but did you ever1 hear of n pure all-worsted Indigo Blue Suit sold for the paltry su m of Edward Harris" cassimere suit of a pretty array of Herring Bone Stripe a suit never has been sold in any state or city for a cent loss than if 18 to ? 1O. Our buyer sent us 27 suits. They are n nice winter weight and will go with the others at T. Ladies in search of cheap wear-resisting suits for little boys who play hard at school , can get one at most any price they may desire , as they arc sold on the small profit plan IO per cent advance from the manufacturers'cost which brings a suit down low in price , for $1.60 , $2.10 , $3.15 FOE , FINE WEAR .40 , and $4.60 Mail orders from the country handled with care and promptness TV HEY f ALMOST 1 Yesterday , Saturday , wo made a great drive on our Overcoat stock , and offered 076 line Over oats at a price never before heard of in Omaha. The sale was more than satis factory to the Two Orphans , and the sale beingso great leaves the stock so broken that there remain only a few of each style , and any one who can fit themselves with an Overcoat left from the great sale can have one until they are all sold regardless of value for 3 Days Monday , Tuesday and Wednesday , On these three days we shall also close our line of Winter Underwear , as they are broken in sizes from the great and rushing1 trade we have been having , and our buyer in the east has purchased a fresh line , and they are now on the way , and will be sold on arrival , as usual , at 10 per cent profit , 16th and Douglas Streets. .3JN"DREWS . , At Eleven Dollars nnd Eighty Cents wo ore offering a good heavy storm king Overcoat mnde of tlio Onnwnnn ovoroontiiifl goods , lined nil through with flannel nnd fine fur Collar nnd Cuffs ; only a few left. Now is the time ns our cold weather is yet to come. Will buy our all wool Storm King that sells for $1O. in nil housca who run under the high expense plan ; we close n few , all there ar # left , at$6.0O. Some of the dressy people of Omaha havetaken the advantage of Our Irish Friese Storm King Overcoat we have been selling from $11. to $16. The 4 styles will now be closed at Nine Eighty Five. Last one on thodocket. Wo will sell forThree Eighty Five. Thora are 11 styles of them , nil broken sizes , but the person who gets fitted from the lot will get a $1O Overcoat for $3.83. I'cr Cent. Per Cent. Great Store , Cor , Douglas and 16th Sts , Cor. Douglas and 16th Sts , Great Store. LINCOLN NEWS AND NOTES , Governor Thayer Interviewed On the Thuraton Petition. WHY HE DECLINED TO SIGN IT. The Union Pacillo Hound House Fire Uusliicsi In tlio UlHtrlct Court Tlio Norfolk In- wane Asylum. LINCOLN Btmntu OF THE O.UAIIA Bun , 1WJ 1' STIIEKT , LINCOLN. Dec. 1. Meeting the governor to-day , TUB UEE foproseutatlvo said to him : "As the circu lation of the petition asking the president elect to make John M. Thurston secretary of the interior has excited a great deal of in terest utid curiosity , I ask your reasons for declining to sign the same. " ' Certainly , " replied the governor , "no ob jection whatever to giving them. Tlio Ilrst reason was , that it seemed indelicate to be urging the president to appoint anyone to his cabinet ; lie ought to be left entirely free to make tils own selections unsolicited or urged by any one , because they are his im mediate associates and constitutional ad visors , and he knows better than any one else whom ho would like to have na such as- Hoclntca. The second reason was , that I did not fool ut all certain that Mr. Thurston was cognizant of , or that he'desired this move ment to bo in ado in his behalf. He was ab sent at that time iu lioston , and I could not communicate with him. The third reason was , the president would not , and consistently could not , select any gentleman , who Is chief attorney of the Union I'aeiflo railroad , to bo secretary of the interior , because - cause as such secretary that person would have almost direct control of the relations existing between the government and the Union Pacillo and C ntral Pacillo railroads. Tito 1'aclllo railroad bureau , the whole busi ness of uliicli is with llio.se two roads , Is under thu inlinedlato biipervision of the sec retary of the Interior. To transfer the at torney of nno of those roads to the position of head of the Interior department would bo u blunder worse than a crime , und 1 cer tainly could not ask the president to do an act which would give a black eye to his whole administration. The petition must have been started without reflection as to It eoiisi'iHioiicos. The BUIIIO feeling should exist In relation to this matter that governs an attorney , who , when trans ferred to the bench , refuses to preside on the trial of a cause In which he has been cm. ployed as the attorney on either nno side or the other. Cases are continually arising with the above named railroads which would require decisions from the secretary of the interior. U would bo very inconvenient for a secretary to bo compelled to decline to act In sueh case because of his former connec tion with the road. Such a state of things would prevent the selection of one who had thus been the attorney of ono .of Mliose rail roads. There was no personal feeling what ever that influenced me. There Is none but friendly relations existing between Mr. Thurston nnd myself so far as I know. I do not now believe he authorized or sanctioned the circulation of that petition in his behalf , " tNOTIIKll ItKbTllUCTlVB lll.AZB. The lire alarm was turned on again this morning uhout 1 o'clock , but too lute to save the Union 1'aclllo round-house , discovered to Ixi on lire at that hour. The building was n solid sheet of llama when the Urn engine arrived ut the scene , und the two streams of water turned upon thu dovasUni ; element inadu little or no Impression whutuver. The building was doomed , and before U o'clock It was completely reduced to unhos. Nothing was left but smoking embers , It Is rare that u ( Ire makes so clean a sweep. An engine belonging to the Cirund Ulumi railroad com pany was badly damaged. Tbis was the ' 'rolling" property Injuiud. The llro Is sup posed to hnvo originated from sparks from a litovu Uittwas iu U 9 building , or by soon- taneous combustion. There was a great deal of waste mutter In the building1 , and it is said to have been full of heat , caused by chemical action. The round-house was a contrivance not worth more than $500 , but the engine was probably damaged beyond repair , and the loss iu consequence will bo quite heavy. IN- TIM : DISTUICT COUUT. Judge Fields disposed of a number of mo tions this morniirgIn the case of Humph rey Hros. and John Doolittlo vs Harry Dur- fee , motions to confirm sales and order deeds were granted. The motion of J. II. Mc- Murtry vs The Insurance Company of Da kota , to discharge attachment and garnish ment was argued nnd submitted , but decis ion is still pending. In the case of Catherine R Moore and Mary Moore ( minors ] , a mo tion to correct nn erroneous dlscnption of land was .sustained. The error was made by the referee in the matter of the estate of James U. Moore. The suit of the Quiucy National banlt vs John K. Barn ot al , was de cided in favor of the plaintiff , and u judg ment entered for ? ib2r,80 , and costs. The following cases are docketed for trial Monday : First National banlc vs Fitzgerald , Hurncs vs Hohunan , Tobin vs Travor , Plum- mer , Perry & Co. vs C. , U. & Q. H. U. Co. ; Moimdom vs Shoedy , Child vs Stewart , Burr vs Lamastcr , Capital Steam laundry va Uob- crts , Porr & Fuller vs Iloggett , Troster va M. P. Uy Co. , May vs Barnes , Hantlall vs Curln. Ida Sngesor vs John H. Sapeser Is the title of a divorce suit docketed for trial to-day. The petition alleges cruel treatment , shame ful abuse and failure to .support , provide for and maintain. The inarrmgo contract was entered into eight years ago. A girl , seven years of ngc , is the issue of the marriage and the plaintiff also prays for his care and cus tody. There are said to bo about one hun dred divorce suits on ttio docket for this term of court. It looks as though the district court was dissolving the bans as fast as the county court can deolaro them. Dll. KiiI.Y : O.V TUB XOIIPOI.K ASYLUM. Dr. Kelly , superintendent of the Norfolk Insane asylum , was in Lincoln to-day , and while hero submitted his Ilrst biennial report to the board of public.- lands and buildings. During a short talk with the superintendent TUB Hiiii representative gleaned a few points of general interest to the public. To the question , "How many patients are you now treating ! " ho answered ! "We nro treating 110 patients , and of the number sixty-four are ma.es and llfty-two females. When the asylum opened ninety' seven patlnnts were transferred to us from the Lincoln asylum. But li parsons have been treated at Norfolk since the asylum was formally opened. " "What per cent of the patients under your charge do you pronounce Incurablel" "Fully bO per cent , sir. Of the ninety- seven tramforrpd to us from Lincoln ( U ) per cent had been insane from throe to ton years. Wo have fifty-two new patients from the Norfolk district. During my superintend ence six have died and thirteen have recov ered. " "How many counties comprise the Norfolk district ? " . "Thirty-two , Permit ino to say licre that I inado nn effort to find out the number of outstanding cases In tlie district , confined In Jails or kept In so- elusion nt hemo , oforo preparing my bien nial rcnort , but failed. My whole investiga tion was to unsatisfactory that I did not treat of the subject In my report in any way. " "How much assistance have you and what have you to say as to IU efllcieneyl" "I nave ono assistant , Dr. Hasson , besides the steward , John H.Nichol , and the matron. Mrs. Mary K. Owens. The assistance is all that I could ask , All understand their busi ness and arn cautious and faithful. " CITV NEWS AXI ) KOTi : , Justice Franklin withholds his-decision on the Condon case until next Monday. Thh case U the outgrowth of the family feud In West Lincoln , of which TUB Has has given the history. The banquet given by the Methodist people lost night at St. Paul's church was a social and flnauclal success. It was given to ralso funds to purchase a new pipe organ , lion. Patrick Kgan ami Hon. W J , Bryan ware present and responded to tousts Mr , Wlshard'n talk last , night wa $ well at tended. The distinguished speaker , during liU remarks , stated thnt he would spend four years in travel and while away would visit Japan. China , India , Australia and Turkey , The Young Men's Christian association have un able exponent In the Held , 'At the next regular meeting of the majority of the posts the ofllcors for the year 1689 will be elected. Old soldiers appreciate the fact that the G. A. H. order thrives better when active workers man the otHcca and none others will bo elected. The regular meeting and election of ofliccra of Appomattox post No. 214 , was held nt 7:30 : o'clock this even ing.L. . L. D. Richards , of Fremont , chairman of the republican state central committee , registered at the Capital hotel to-day. Mr. Richards thinks there is nothing in the statement that Dorsey will bo a candidate for the United States senate. Fred Nyc , of Mllford , was in Lincoln to-day. The walks at the state house will boar watching. It is barely possible that they will become famous for too-breaking , A good freeze may tip some of those 'J4x2i ilakos of stone that , under the contract , were to have been secured in position by cement. Danger of Ili American Architect : The daily papers interest themselves a good deal in the twonty-eight-story building which it ia proposed to erect in Minneapolis. Wo do not know whether the schema is a serious ono , but , if BO , wo are decidedly inclined to agree with the person ? who believe that such inordinately lofty structures are not likely to prove profit able to their owners. There i.s no doubt that with care and skill , a very lofty ollico building or apartment house may bo so eoiihtrueted as to bo safe against ordinary fcourcos of danger , but it is also certain that very few buildings of the kind nro ho constructed , and nearly all the twelve or llftoon-story structures ' that wo know have , within' few years after their erection , shown signs of movements which must inevitably load to speedy deterioration , if not total ruin. In most cases the cracking and twisting , which the observant eye read ily detects , appear to coiuo from un equal hottluinunt in dill'etvnt portions of the walls , and in the substance of the walls themselves , nnd such unequal settlements would bo increased by car rying the masonry to a greater height , unless the usual system of building was modified , by abandoning closo-jointed facings to rubble or rough brick walls , and constructing all exterior and division walls of block stone , of nearly the same dimensions through out , and laid with mortar joints of uniform thickness. This would add con- orably to the cost of the building , and increase the amounts which must bo .charged for rents in it. Moreover , oven if properly and safely constructed , such a building would huvo many objections , from which moro modest structures nro exempt. Wo ought never to forgot that wo live in a country where earthquakes nro tolerably froquent. Probably each one of our read rs has felt one or moro shocks , strong c oughporlmi , > 3toshnho bricks off a ehimnoy top , and the effect of such shocks at the top of a building BOO foot high would bo so vigorous as to frighten the tenants of the upper stories , if nothing worse , Moro than llftyyoars ago there wns an opidomieof lofty build- ingb in Now York , and , although olo- vutors were then unknown , six , seven or eight storina were not considered too much to place over thn valuable lots in the lower part of the city. Between lSt : ( ) and 1810 Home earthquake shocks were felt in Now York , nnd the owners of the taller ui'ildings imulolmste to cut oil' the upjKjr stories and reduce thorn to moro stable proportions. What would bo the olToct of a lively earthquake shook on the tenants of nn eight-story building may bo imagined , and the fall of a purson from an upper window , or any ono of a dozen prohablo accidents , would clMDOpulntoall tlio structures over nrortnin height in Minneapolis , or in other towns that might follow its oxnin- plo. _ Sccrcttiry AVhltnoy will go to Europe in the spring and will reiuutu aovcral ytura on that continent. A SPRITE OF MID-OCEAN , Leaps from a Marital Couch arid is Engulfed in the Waves. A THANKSGIVING DAY AT SEA. How tlie Bereaved and "W retched Husband Consoled Hiinsolt'wltli Another Sprite Just Twelve JUontlis A Tale of the Deep. "Roast turkey with the usuel 'trim mings , ' boiled fowls , roast beef , n vari ety of entree dishes nnd followed to a close by an abundant supply of dessert , constituted the bill of faro presented by the steward of the good ship Glendower , a line screw steamer bound to Liver pool , England , ns she lay hove to in mid ocean on Thanksgiving day in the year of grace 187 . But I must Ilrst toll you how it came about that the Glondowcr was "laying to" in mid-ocean in the month of No- voinbor , a season of the year somewhat risky to try such a movement in. The truth is , our inactivity was com pulsory. Our propeller shaft had given out some days before and after trying to patch it up , the engineers hud de cided upon making a good job of it , and had dismantled tlio whole thing. The weather being most favorable the re pairs were being conducted without any detriment to passengers or ship. That's how it came about that eight or ton gontlomcn and thrco or four lady pas sengers came to bo eating their Thanks giving dinner bocnlmca in mid-Atlantic ocean that night. The am till but elegantly lltted-up sa loon ol the Glondowor looked bright and cosy on this evening. The lamps were lighted , the silverware and uapery glistened , and everyone felt real happy. Dessert being placed on the table and everyone present taking up au easy , go-as-you-please style , nuts and jokes wore cracked ifnd story-tolling was in order. The commander was a famous story-tailor , and the "cull" in its turn came to the "old man. " Captain Uor- truml required little persuasion soiifii- ble man that ho was , and this is the yarn that ho recounted in his best stvlu : ' It is a good many years ago , before the onr/.o for 'Alaskns' and 'Etrurias' had sot in , and when ocean travelers were content tO'trwa ! from land to land in ton and twelvedays. . If they saw the Fastnot light on the ninth day after leaving Now V 6rk , everybody shook hands and decided that they had mudo a qulok passagoj J was second ollicur of the Claudine , a , stiMinph built steamer of the old style , bull } in bow and wide in the beam , a craft that was somowlmt unsightly to the eye , but , for all that , a grand weather ship , nnd a boat that everyone on board foil soouro in , no matter how boisterous the weather might become. 'It was just this tliiio of the year , and the Claudine was bound oast. There were few saloon passengers on board , few people in those days traveled in the month of November ; but such as wo had with us wcro a nice social crowd. Among the cabin passengers were Mr. ami Mrs. Ilollidny , a newly married couple , who were crowing the herring pond to visit relatives. Talk about a devoted husband ! Why , I never saw Huch gilt-edged conjugal felicity us ap peared between those two. No steward could wait upon his wife , Ho constitu ted himself her serving man , and upon line days ho would arrange her camp chair on deck , and wrap her snugly up , keep her supplied with reading matter , and , when she would tire , he would escort cert , her up nnd down the "poop" like a love-sick swain instead of a husband. Mr.Tlolliday ) was the direct contrast in appearance to her husband. While ho was a line built , athlotlc-looking fellow with llaxon hair , mustache and beard , she was a beautiful petite brunotto. A handsome woman by all means , nnd with a wealth of blue black hair and eyes like a sloo. 'Well , on Thanksgiving day , very early in the morning the weather com menced to thickon. The glass began to fall , and every indication of a dirty day nnd night sot in. The wind had been blowing from W. N. W.but about noon it veered round and came from K. N. K. , right in our teeth. An ugly beam sea set in , and the white cans came out iu great force. At'eight bolls4 o'clock in the afternoon , I went bolow. The weather remained just about the samp , and the Claudine was tumbling aboutin all directions , and when it came my turn again to take the bridge. I can tell you , very few appeared to oat their turkey and cranberry sauce that Thanksgiving evening. At 8 o'clock I relieved the mate and found any thing but a comfortable - fortablo prospect for 'bridge' duty till midnight. The wind howled through the rigging like sixty , und my watch huddled themselves around the'flddloy' wajting for any orders I might give thpin , Bye and bye it began to rain , and this fact coupled with the water that the vessel com menced to ship decided mo upon the necessity of 'battening down' the hatches , I never know a ship to cut such capers as did the "Claudino" that night. Lord ! how the pantry stock sulTored , and the way the cook's pots and pans rattled was something to re member. ' 'Well , Indies and gentlemen , at 'six bolls , ' 10 o'clock , it was blowing a per fect hurricane from the eastward. It had got full , fair and square in our face , and blulf bow'd as our vessel wsis .sho made little progress , I ordered the en gines slowed down and sent thu men for ward to put some head sail on her to try and steady her up. Suddenly the wind shifted round and began to blow "big guns" from E , S , E. and almost in stantaneously quicker than it takes to toll you u torrillc sea , a regular 'snorter , ' struck us 'mid-slips , ' thfow- hur over on hoi * beam ends , and at the same- time our steam steering gear gave out and for u few minutes the Claudine was literally a log on the water. I rang the telegraph nnd stopped the en gine , and sang out ut the same time to tho'bos'n'to Bond men aft to man the auxiliary hand stcorlng gear. You should havoscon how the sailors jumped along to execute my orders. Very quickly wo had the old 'hooker * witli her head up to the wind. Not a mo ment too soon , thowovor , for u second sea caught the ship and came thunder ing down upon the decks. Nobly she rosi > ended , down she went , but only for u momentand rising to the occasion aftora shudder that was felt from stem to stern , she shook the water oil , and ios.0 to her work. The next attack , was a vicious one from a half spout beam sea that didn't smother us again , but heeled' the shin over on her beam ends to port. I stood peering through the combined inlluonco o ! 'both ruin and sprays trying to keep a keen look out when horrors ! as I looked I saw n whita robed figure glide along the deck , run ning with nimble feet up the incline ; for you will guess \vhat a degree the fclup was lying at being on her bourn onus. I was speechless for a second. Quicker than a Hush the figure sprang up on to the rail , and steadied herself by grasping the weather starboard main braces. I shall never forgot that sight. There Mrs. Ilalliday stood ; for it was she ; her long , black hair stream ing out in the wind , with only a sheet of tissue paper , so to speak , between her and eternity. I roared out , 'For God's sake , bos'n , look out for that woman. ' In a twinkling Ferros was on the weather side and about to graso the woman , when another sea sent the ship 'on , ' Hooding the decks again , and- with it wont the 'unfortunate lady. Forres , the bos'n , only saving his life by hang ing on to the braces. "Oh , yes , the husband was distracted. lie wanted to jump overboard after her and all that sort of a thing. I had to put him in irons for some hours. It ap peared that his wife must liavo boon a Bonumbulist , for ho was ignorant of her absence from the stateroom , and when wo wont below , to toll him , he was fast asleep in his berth. "I saw Holliday about a year after that trouble at the Windsor hotel. Ho was on his wedding tour , so ho said. This one ho declared ho would make by steam cars , "Just as the last words fell from the linn of Captain Bertram the 'clank , ' 'clank. ' of the engines informed the company that the repairs in our ma chinery' hod been perfected nnd the good ship Glondower was on her way homeward bound. " N'T MAUINHK. Philadelphia Press : American con sumers arc fortunate in having pure Hour. It is rarely adulterated in this country and it in cheap ; but Americans have tlio dearest broad in the world , in many places the worst , and in all of broad of light weight. While broad in London is from 1 cent to U cents n pound , and in Franco soils at from i ! cents to 4 , in Philadelphia it sells at fi cents in a majority of cases , at 4 cunts in a very few , and aa high as 7 or 8 cents in many. What makes the mittcr worse , as wo prove elsewhere In tlio Ilrst oxamina- of the kind ever conducted hero , this bread la nearly always of short weight. Of the lii-3 bakers whoso loaves were bought but a few weighed 1(5 ( ounces. A barrel of Hour , honestly mixed and knecdod , will furnish iWO pound loaves baked. The low in the oven is not over an ounce and a half to a pound , and a barrel of Hour will make 281 pounds of dough , BO that there is some margin for all thu loss caused by bak ing.As As a barrel of Hour costs $1 to $7 de livered , a little of the host moro and most of the averages less than this when bought in quantities by a baker , the prolit on S12.CO received for 250 lonvos ut / o apiece , $15 on Oo loaves or $17. CO on 7c , should bo large enough to give full weight. When the broad lb two ounces short , however , thirty-five more loaves can bo matin , an addition of 91.76 to the receipts , at Tm apiece. If the loaf weighs only twelve ounces , eighty moro loaves , can bo sold , and the barrel yields 'KID loaves , or at 5o , 8KI.fr , two and ono-hnlf tnnos its original cost. cost.This This light weight comes out of the Coor , who have no option but to buy road , being for the mo-it part unable to inuko it , and their purchases nro less protected bylaw in Philadelphia than in n European city , hi London the broad must be weighed in the presence of the customer , and in the real of the United Kingdom and in France the dealer IH required to weigh bread when m > kcd , and is honvlly lined for light-weight loaves discovered by the inspectors This IB plainly needed liuro. Standard shorthand whoa ! . 1007 i Far- num. "IN THE SOUP. " The Imtcst Slanjj I'hrnse From the fcjf- I'lltC lOdHt. Detroit Tribune : A man whoso ap pearance betokened him to bo a com mercial traveler sat in the Hotel Cadil lac ollico last night , tipped back in an arm chair , contentedly conversing with that glibness peculiar to his profession. "In addition to selling the best line of goods in America , " he said with a benign smile , "I am introducing in the uncultured west a now slang pliruso that is running wild in the mouths of eastern people , particularly residents of New York City. " "What is it ? " "It is 'in the soup. ' I've been in Detroit - troit two days , but haven't heard it used. In the east everything ia 'in the soup' Cleveland and the democratic pa rty , for instance. If a man has a lit tle hard luck or meets with a misfor tune of any kind , "oil his base" and kin dred phrases are tabooed , and 'in the soup' describes his prodicnmont. " "Unlike most slang expressions , itn origin is known. Last spring when Kilrain , the pugilist , returned from Kuro | > e on the Cunnrd steamer Etrurin , his friends in Now York prepared to give him a grand reception , The vea- bol arrived in the evening nnd lay oft Quarrantino waiting for daylight , to come into port. A party of KUrain's friends , considerably the worse for liquor , procured a tug and went out to take their here oil and bring him ashore , but the captain of the LOtruria swore the drunken crowd should not coine near , and they did not. While cruising around the Btoamor one of the tug's ' passengers , a man named Johnson , in leaning over itu side , loot his balunco and fell overboard. One ot his com- paniotiH , who witnessed his fall , but who was too drunk to throw him a rope or olTor other assistance , contented him self with calling out : "Ho ! Johnson'H fell in the soup ! " "Comparing the Atlantic ocean to a plate of soup was go supremely ridicu lous that when the incident was related in the Now York papers the expression struck the popular fancy , and is novr destined fora long run.1 Morton'r * Wnslilnicfou Jionuo. Hinglmmpton Honubhcnn : For BOV- oral yearn there have boon annual ru mors about arrangements by the Hon. Levi P. Morton to make Washington his winter homo and mingle in capital society during the swell entertainment tseaBon. Hut for reasons not under his control , Mr. Morton's calculations have not come out just right to fit his nuta to those rumors. Nevertheless , Mr. Mor ton is now going to Washington to cut an ollieial as well as a InmUng social figure. When ho was a representative in congress , during the Huy < i.s adminis tration , hi ) began thu erection of nn elegant oight-btory apartment JIOUBO , on Eighteenth and II streets , which will bo completed just in limo to permit - mit the vice president to cheese acres of Hpit-ious ; rooms , if ho wants them , linn ( It them up "regardless of expense ; " Sixteen trround-Hoor apartments can bo thrown Into ono suite. It in not known , however , that ho will signalixu his re turn to Washington society by a housewarming - warming in his castle , and probably ho duos not know whether ho will or not. It is a coincidence worthy of notice that the completion of hia building and hie olucllun to the vice presidency come together - gethor as though they had bi'on cut to match. _ A ratal Itollcr Kxplpulou , LONIION , Nov. 3 * . Klovon parsong wen killed and 175 Injured by the rxplonlon of boiler at Kiueslimu , cetitral Himia ,