THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOHEK 0, 1107.
THE NEW HOTEL ROME
Finest Hotel West of New York to Be Formally
Opened October 10
BUILT AND OPERATED BY ROME MILLER
Description of the Hotel and Many of the Inno"
vations Introduced by the
Proprietor
HE formal opening of Omaha's
new Hotel Roma has been set
for next Thursday, October 10.
It will be an event of which
Omaha may well feel proud, for
no lnnarer will the itlrma nt
T
poor hotel accommodations intrude Itself
as a retarding; factor In Its wonderful
progress, for this Is said to ba the finest
hotel west of New York in furnishings,
equipment and convenience of arrangement.
In many respects the completion of the
Hotel Rome marks the realization of a
dream which has haunted the mind of Mr.
Rome Miller., for a .number of years, and
7et a dream based on hard, practical ex
perience. Before starting on a description of the
notel proper it seems a most fitting preface
to say a few words of the man whose mas
ter mind planned, superintended the con
struction, the furnishing and will dominate
the operation of this modern hotel. For
many years Rome Miller has been the lead
ing hotel keeper of Omaha. He has con
ducted the Her Orand successfully for many
years; he owns and operates the Millard
hotel, la largely Interested In the Murray
hotel and operates several hotels and eating
houses on the Chicago A Northwestern
railroad. Mr. Miller is what we call a
"self-made man."
He was born in Bt. Louis about fifty years
go and moved to South Dakota when a
boy about 12 years of age. Rinee then
has been identified almost continuously wltll
the railroad eating house and hotel b.is.
ness. He is prominent in Masonic circles,
having held the position of grand master In
Nebraska. He owns a large ranch in Ox
nard. Neb., stocked with pure bred cattle;
has a fine home called Hill Crest about foui
' miles from Omaha, and enjoys there, with
his family, country life among his horses
gardens and tree-studded acres. Mr. Miller
Is a great believer In life Insurance, carry
ing $180,000. which Is said to be more than
that carried by any other man In Ne
braska. Many years' of experience In caring for
the comfort of the public haa 'equipped Mr.
Miller with most decided and valuable ideas
In the construction and management of a
hotel. The keynote In the planning of every
department has been "roominess." He has
Introduced many commendable features,
among them:
The rooms both front and rear all have
abundance of light; in fact, the first point
In the plans was that there must be suffi
cient light and air to make eery part of
the hotel wholesome.
Good plumbing throughout the entire
building and convenient means of getting
at It for inspection and repairs. "
The finish and varnish of the woodwork
everywhere Indicate special attention to
this detail a detail which is never over
looked by the guest, but Is too often
lighted by hotel men.
The proprietor controls the entire house,
ven to the barber shop.
Pure, clear, soft water for "all purposes,
supplied by an artesian well.
Decorations bo'th for public and private
rooms Indicate a quiet, refined taste, giv
ing the hotel in every respect a home-like
appearance '.
The hotel is what is termed semi-fireproof.
It contains 260 rooms and 150 baths;
It is strictly European plan, with rates
from $1 to 15 per day.
, The building Is six stories In height and
fronts west on Sixteenth street and south
an Jackson street.
The Entrances.
At each of the main entrances a ports
sochere extends to the curb, a distance of
twenty feet, and Is twenty feet wide. In
the design of art noveau. These porte
cheres are most unique In originality of
utUne and detail.
Upon entering one notices the open, airy
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One April afternoon In 1887 it should be
mentioned that the dates, names and other
superficial details In this narrative are flo
tiUoun two men exasperated a waiter In
a, New York downtown restaurant by dawd
Bng unconsciously ovsr their luncheon.
One of them was a ship's doctor, James
Brown, a rough hewn Scot of 40 who had
a curiously uneven gase, his left eye being
keen and boring, while the right was vague
and dreamy. A similar peculiarity Is ob
servable In some portraits of the writer,
Tliornau, but Thoreau's piercing eye Is
quite free from the cynical grin which
haunted James Brown's. His companion
, was an unsuccessful outside broker named
Mineral Waters
The mineral water business has for
many years been a -specialty with our
firm. We buy our waters direct from the
y rings or if a foreign water, direct from
tns importer. We aro thus' able io .uks
the loesl possible price, and ij abso
lutely guarantee freshness and genuine
ness. Vi sell ISO kinds. Write for cata
logue. OsTJ KnillX WITH FsUOXS
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quarts, 17.00. .
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appearance of the first floor. People seated
In the lobby can see from end to end of
the building, a distance of 190 feet. Thb
openness permits the music of one orches-1
ira io oe aistinctly heard throughout the
entire first floor.
Tha Lobby.
The main lobby, 60x64 feet, with celling
seventeen feet high, has a elate rlass front
of sixty feet on Sixteenth street, and the
main entrance from Sixteenth street is!
hrough a vestibule nine feet deep by twenty
feet wide. The vestibule haa nanellori n.
jmg and walls of mahogany. The entire
front Is of ornamental Iron and plate glass.
The lobby Is wainscoted with light-veined
Italian marble to the height of five feet
This Is skirted with a base of dark Ten
nessee marble. ' The floor is gray mosaic.
The classic columns have Italian marble
(dado, scagliola shaft In sienna color with
old bronxe cap. The celling is beamed.
The decoration. In a classic stvle. haa striir-
Ing colors of -greens. Ivories and old rose.
All the trimmings are of mahogany! highly
polished. The furniture, Is upholstered.
The lobby floor is covered with a very
handsome Oushak rug. a direct importation
from Turkey. Floors of other public rooms
are also covered with Oushak rugs.
The clerk's, desk, thirty feet long, is of
Italian marble and ornamental Iron. The
key board behind the clerk's desk Is sunk
Into the wall. The office safe Is located In
a room behind the clerk's desk, which Is
also provided with shelving and pigeon
holes for storage of packages and bundles,
so as to keep everything of this natuio
away from the front office, and at the same
Donaldson. The pair had been Intimate
from their school daya
At the beginning of the meal Brown men
tioned that, the Washington, the liner on
which he was employed, was to have a
well known financier as a passenger on Its
next trip abroad. Schweninger, the mag
nate he referred to. was usually described
by the sensational press as a monster who
had strangled competitors by the thousand
in his ruthless struggle for wealth. His
personal appearance suggested a rabbit
rather than an octopus, but for all that
Donaldson admired him profoundly and he
remarked he had half a mind to book a
passage by the Washington Just on the
off chance of getting to know him.
Waste of Money.
"You'd be wasting your money," said
Brown.
"Think he'll keep to himself?"
"A good many of those ltmelighters do."
replied the doctor. "I can mix with them
If I want to," he added self-complaoently,
"but I seldom Intrude my attentions beyond
their digestive apparatus."
"You were always a fool." remarked his
companion, and then proceeded to grumblu
about the narrowness of the way that leads
to fortune. Presently ha explained with a
speculative smile, "Schwelnlnger's an old
ish man and his health s rotten. What a
pile I could make If I was sure he'd pass
In hla checks before you got across!"
Brown paid more attention to his plate
than to .this airy fsncy, but Donaldson,
who a as fond of castle bu'ldlng, went on
Imagining aloud the flutter that ni,i
I tow the first lie a of Bohwe'ninger a deatli.
snu ilk! ciiances for a rlevr r,.,r.tn. .k.
had anticipated it. He mentioned ciloss.iW
ngures. wiiue Brown, fixing him with his
expressive eye, sneered once or twice. "Nn
more tliun that?" At lan he added, as If
to whet the- broker's greed : '
"Why, nifan. I could easily arrange the"
preliminaries for ou. As soon as he's out
of New York hurbor. Schweinlnger'll te
la the hollow of my hand."
Donald ion stared for a moment and then
said Indifferently: "You might be able to
get at him, but how would you get awav
after you'd done it? You'd stand no show
on board ship."
"A much better show than on land
There'd be practically no risk."
"No risk?" askyd Donaldson, lower ng
bis olce.
In answering hiru Brown lowered hi
voice, too, and thta was the first sign of the
discussion becoming earnest.
"Burial at sea," be said laconically.
"Poison?" whispered the other.
Brown nodded.
"And tbe body won't be examined after
ward . '
time be easy of access to the clerks. The
safe is provided with twenty private boxes.
The managers private office is located
alongside the clerk's desk and in a po
sition of vantage from which he can com
mand the business of the house.
The Mocation of the cigar stand, check
room, writing room, bar. barber shop, Isv
storles, the grand stairway, both en
trances and the main corridor leading to
the dining room, ere all under the clerk's
eye.
The ladles' entrance from Jackson street
leads direct Into the lobby, also to the la
dies' reception room snd the ladles" par
lor, a dainty room decorated In the Louis
XV style with a background on celling
of Cupids. and garlands of rones. The an
glass in this room Is of the Louis XV
order. This parlor connects direct with the
grand) promenade and dining Toom. There
are stairs leading from the" ladles' entrance
to Rome's Vineyard in the basement.
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MILLER,
The writing room, of generous slie, con
tains four telephone booths, stenographer's
desk, and six Individual writing desks, all
of solid mahogany. The coat room is ex
tra large. A wide corridor, 10x36 feet, leads
to the bar, men's cafe, barber shop and
lavatory.
The Grand Promenade.
One of the greatest features to the first
floor is a handsomely appointed promenade
hall leading from the lobby to the main
dining room. This ball is twenty feet
wide and seventy feet long. From it one
commands an extensive view from end to
end of the hotel. The hall opens into
ladies' ' parlor, ladles' cafe, main dining
room, two private dining rooms and two
passenger elevators. When leaving the
elevators In this hall the guest is in the
center of distribution for all the main
rooms. The decoration of this hall Is in
the Georgian period, and considerable
money has been spent in ornamental plaster
decorations. With its well-proportioned
pilasters and beamed celling it la a typical
French composition. The color scheme is
in old Ivories, old rose and greens, all In
neutral tints, with the ornaments all
lighted to bring out the detail. The
wainscot Is of silk panels over a marble
base, s Panne plush covered settees are
ranged along the sides.
To the left of the promenade, near the
center. Is an opening in the floor to the
Rome's Vineyard below. This opening
Is covered with wire netting, over which
is set a terraced device of wire for hold
ing embankments of potted plants and
shrubs, screening an electric fountain. Im
mediately below -the opening in the floor is
Brown nodded again.
"But suppose they kept it and carried
It on to land?"
"They never do unless they're practi
cally In port. Even then there might te
difficulty about -landing it, on the other
side at all events."
"But with a swell like Schweninger?"
"That wouldn't make any difference
not to most captains. Our old man's a
good deal of a Knob, but he'd never do, it
unless we were quite close In."
"But there'd have to be a proof or some
thing . about the death? Of course you'd
be the man to draw it up, though."
"The law doesn't require a cert'ficate of
the cause of death when the body't burlel
at sea."
"What? But well then any one else on
the ship not only you would be pretty
safe In doing it?"
"You couldn't find a safer place."
"Why, It's a regular gilt edged opening
for murder! Do you think It's often used?"
"Probably."
"Tha authorities ought to do something
to stop it with all these hundreds of thou
sands of people afloat!"
"They'd have to stop burying at sea
first."
v "They couldn't do that?"
Easy to Preserve Body.
"Easily enough. There's no trouble about
preserving a body In these days."
After a while Donaldson brought the con
versation back to Schweninger. It is un
necessary to describe the hints and pauses
and pretenses -at Joking by which first, one
and then the other advanced to the point.
Knougli that before they left the restaurant
a criminal conspiracy was in existence. The
broker's honor had been sold long before
this, snd as for Brown, he had fallen a
victim to morphia and his principles about
as thickly punctured as his skin a not
uncommon result of Che habit.
" They settled datea and agreed to halve
the profits, Brown safeguarding hlmaejf by
getting a written ststemer.t from Donald
son, which he deposited under seal In a
bank. '
At the end of April the Washington
teamed past Sundy Hook bound for the
Mediterrsnesn with 200 first class passen
gers on board. Schweninger caused dis
appointment by shutting himself up from
the first In his stateroom on the upper
deck, where be spent a good deal of time
udying the comparative history of re
ligion. Attempts were made to get at him
ii rough his valet a Swiss wUh gray hair
arranged en brosse, but Albert was in
corruptible. The only person who had free
access to the sanctum was the doctor.
It was part of bis duty to pay special
-v. fV'" - yy
a musicians' balcony, so that the music,
filtered through the fountain and pyramid
of plants, supplies all the dining rooms,,
the reception parlors, and lobby.
The Dials- Room.
Th? main dining room, x70 twl, Is
unique and original In Its detail. The style
of architecture used is art n iveau. The
color scheme of this room Is In neutral
tints of old rose, gn-ens and old Ivories, In
all commencing In a deep shade at the top
of mahogany dudo and gradually shaded
Into a paler green to a heavy frlese of the
ait nouveau flower and leaves, which are
high lighted In old rose and white, with
a green oucKgrnund, in ail making a
strikingly new and handsome- room. The
colored windows are lighted In the even
ing from tho outside, so that the art glass
effects are brought out In the evening as
wiill as in the daytime. This Is an Idea
original with Mr. Miller. The electric light
fixtures are of new and novel pattern, the
lights all circled with Imported prisms.
The dining room chairs are leather up
holstered. J
The Bnnuuet Hall.
Opening from the main dining room is a
banquet hall, 4lxo feet, free of pillar or
post, with art glass windows on two sides.
This room is absolutely fireproof and very
ornate in its color' and stucco decoration.
The lighting scheme is remarkably good
and well distributed. There are &30 small
electric lights set In plaster rosettes on the
ceiling. The color scheme Is Ivory and
gold, with fresco and sky effects, and in
all Is a unique room In the Georgian period.
A musicians' balcony, with sound board", is
at one end of the room. The floor is of
cement, furred with cork, and on top of
this a floor of maple, which makes It
resilient and ideal for dancing. This floor
Is an Idea of Mr. Miller's.
The Women's Cafe.
The women's cafe, opening from the main
dining room and also from tho ground
promenade, is decorated In Louis XVI
period. Details of this period are carried
out In ornnmental plaster; the colors, old
Ivories and greens; windows of art glass
to correspond.
Rome's Vineyard.
In the basement is a unique and original
cafe representing an. Italian garden, which
will be known as Rome's wineyard. It
is 40x100 feet, with floor of soft, red tile
and walla and celling decorated to re
semble an Italian garden, with vl,n
covered lattice and bunches of grapes
hanging .overhead, a landscape effect on
the walls and a fountain In form of a
waterfall at one end. Tho vineyard is
entered from a stairway at the women's
entrance and also from the men's buittt.
The service problem for these dining
rooms has been carefully studied out, and
a glance at the ground floor and bnsntnont
plans will show how the work can be lone
systematically with the minimum of steps
between the kitchen and any of the rooniti.
The service pantry on the ground floor
(connected with short and easy stairway to
tha kitchen) is the hub for the banquet
room, main restaurant, women's and men's
restaurant, the private dining rooms and
the men's restaurant annex to the bar and
buffet. '
There Is abundant working space In trie
kitchen, so that tha waiters on banquet
service are not In the way of ihe cooks,
or even of the waiters serving In the
restaurants. The sen-Ice In Rome's Vine
yard Is also facilitated by short and di
rect connection with the kitchen.
The lock-stub checking system Is used
and negro waiters are employed.
The Bed Rooms.
The' bed rooms are all finished in ma
hogany woodwork and papered with im
ported satin wal paper In light snades.
Twenty-nve extra large rooms with bath
are especially adapted for. sample rooms.
Connecting rooms have hall between
them, with door at each end of hall.
Every room has either a private bath or
connects with room with bath.
The bath rooms are in tiers, one above
the other, and between each is a double
floor, with space between the floors for
plumbing. The celling of each bathroom
Is fastened up with screws, so that It can
be easily taken down to get at the plumb
ing; consequently the floor of the rooms
need never be disturbed for this purpose.
This Is an idea of Mr. Miller's that may be
copied to advantage. All the bathrooms
are tile floored, provided with the modern
luxuries (including shower), and have su
perior quality of plumbing, all nickeled.
The 'washbowl In nearly all rooms is lo
cated in a recess, with 'mirror over the
bowl.
All plaster corners are protected with
metal laid over them under the finish.
The clothes closets are spacious and each
of them has an -electric light located below
the hooks, so that the garments can be
more clearly seen. This is an idea of Mr.
Miller's. ,
Every room is abundantly lighted, but
attention to important passengers, and as
It happened Schweninger seemed to take
a fancy to him. He encouraged him to sit
and talk. No doubt solitude bored him,
and then his inside was all our of order,
and he liked discussing his symptoms.
Course of Medicine.
Brown suggested a course of mediclna
to counteract the probable effects of the
voyage, and Schweninger agreed to tiy
It. Of course, this simplified matters for
the doctor, but anyway he would have had
plenty of opportunities. At his very flret
visit a glass of iced water Schwelnlhfter
was sipping stood unwatched for nearly a
minute. A few seconds was all he necd-d
to bring his dropper into action.
The Washington, a large alowlsh boat,
usually made the run to Genoa in about
eleven days. The only port It called at
on the way was Gibraltar, where it was
due about the ninth day out.
Brown saw that Albert was a shrewd
fellow and devoted to his master. H
thought him quite capable of making a
fuss on the slightest provocation. Con
aidertng his character and the captain a
and the possibility of landing the b dy a
Gibraltar, he decided, as he had no In
tention whatever of risking his own 1 fe,
that he must be through with his Job by
lite seventh evening at the latest. He
meaiyt to bf through with it much sooner
tlian that, but something happened to de
lay him.
On his second visit o Schweninger . he
found him studying the problems in a
chess magazine. Now the doctor was pas
sionately devoted to that game, and It
turned out that Schweninger was almost
as great an enthusiast as himself. They
sat down to tho board there and then and
proved to be pretty equal antagonists.
Brown Takes Him I p.
Next day Schweninger proposed a con
tinuous match of ten games, and after
some hesitation Brown accepted the chal
lenge. After all, he thought, there wers
three full days to spare, and the match
ought to be finished In two.
The mutch lasted longer than he expected.
They agreed beforehand to play from 2:30
to I in the afternoons and from I to 10 at
nights. Schweninger, who was methodical
In all lie did, would never extend these
hours by a fraction. Besides that he was
very deliXerate in his play, especially after
Brown had gained meihtng of a lead.
Nothing hud been stipulated about a time
limit for moves, and when Brown proposed
one, in view of the protraction of the
match, Schweninger refused. So it hap
pened that by the close of the fifth day
out only eight games out of the ten hud
been diaposed of.
The score then stood in a very interest
lug state three games drawn, three wins
there are no wall brackets. The chande
liers have chain stem, so thst they may
be lengthened or shortened by the simple
addition or taking off of links. The dresser
and other lights (except the bed lights)
are all pendant from the celling. The lights
sre controlled" with thumb knob at the
door.
The stesm radiators are located under the
windows.
Every room hss long distance telephone,
framed pictures, waste basket and trunk
rest. '
The furniture Is of mahogany in neat
pattern, all rich and beautiful, with glass
hsndles."
The doors are all mahogany paneled to
match the furniture, and have glns door
knobs. The doors ars all provided with
the occupancy Indicator In form of the
rigid and loose bar In the bolt.
About one-fifth of the beds are wood,
and the balance brass. All have box spring
mattresses.
The combination table-desk is used In
the rooms, each having the sliding board
and stationery drawer.
The carpets are Smith's 6000 Blgelow Ax
mlnster, purchased through Orchard tk.
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HOTEL ROME,
Mr. Miller bought the same quality of
furniture for all floors, his Idea being
that the top floor should be furnished as
good as any of the others. (
The Corridors.
The halls are eight feet wide in the clear,
all straight, and everyone ends at a win
dow which opens down to the floor and
connects direct with a fire-escape.
There are four elevators two nassenger,
hydraulic, each with a capacity for flfteon
persons; one freight and one service ele
vator. The elevators rise from Rome's
Vineyard In the basement. The elevator
landings are inclosed with Iron and wire
glass, making it fireproof. The elevators
are provided with floor Indicators on each
floor.
There are front and back stairs; the stairs
and landings encased In wire glass for fire
proof purposes.
There are four connections on each floor
for air cleaning service; also connections
for fire hoBe.
A Cutler mall chute Is installed.
A linen chute connects each floor with
basement and runs direct through roof
with vent.
The chambermaids' sinks on each floor
are in closets 7x8 feet.
There are two public baths and toilets
on each floor; these located in separate
rooms. The public baths are free to guests.
The linen room is located on the sixth
floor and is both large and light. It con
nects by chute, direct with all floors and
the basement, where a laundry is soon to
be Installed.
The Help's Quarters.
The quarters for female help are located
for Brown, two for Schweninger. If the
doctor won the ninth game the match
would virtually be settled, as he would bs
4 to 2, with only one game remaining. But
if Schweninger won it there must be a
final struggle In the tenth.
When they sat down to this critical game
on tho afternoon of the seventh day Brown
was decidedly uneasy. The Washington
had been traveling well and would make
Gibraltar several hours earlier than usual,
lie had not changed his mind about the
limits of safet for his plan. Unless he
could dispatch Schweninger that night he
did not mean to dispatch him at all.
Cannot Leave the Game.
He had trlod hard to stick to his duty,
as he now regarded the murder in contrast
with his weakness for chess. Ho had pic
tured to himself all the advantages to his
family; his own escape from a tedious pro
fession, the delight of regular attendance
at the Brooklyn Chess club and other com
forts for his declining years. All In vain.
The match Interested him irresistibly and
he plainly foresaw that if he was beaten
In this ninth 'game he would not be able to
help going on to the tenth, which In all
probability would mean another day's play
and so the sacrifice of hla last opportunity.
As they were setting out the pieces lie
once more urged Schweninger to consent
to a time limit for moves, but the other
replied with a whimsical shake of bis rabbit-like
head, "No, no, doctor, you must
give my slow-old brain a chance! If
you're Impatient you'll find some books up
there which are worth reading." And he
pointed with a smile to his histories of
religion, which stood in a brown array on
a little shelf.
"And, dear me." he added, "why should
we hurry? Why, the-e'U be plenty of time
for another match after this one before we
reach Genoa!"
Brown could not well explain his reason
for desiring mire speed and had to give
In, and Schweninger opened with' a Ruy
Lopes gambit. Then Brown forgot every
thing In the fascination of the game, which
had by this time become considerably
greater, owing to the magnitude of the
stakes involved. As things now stood the
doctor was playing for a fortune; Schwen
inger for his life.
Finish is In .
The financier exhibited as much caution
as If he had known all about the stakes.
Nevertheless be did not get on very well,
and about 4 o'clock everything seemed
over. Brown had him In a position where
the moving of a particular piece would
settle the game, and Schweninger now
stretched out his hand to that very piece
the queen's rook.
As be closed 1x1 bony thumb and fore
on the sixth floor. The housekeeper and
her assistant have two rooms with bath
between. The girls have rooms opening
from a private hall, with two baths and
lavatories for their special use; also they
have a sitting room, 10x46 feet, and a roof
garden, with palms and wicker furniture.
Two girls occupy one room. The partitions
re of the fireproof Sackett's plsster board.
There are three separate fire-escapes frorf
the female helps' quarters.
The men's quarters are In the basement.
The Newman watchman's clock and the
International employes' time clock system
are Installed.
The Bar and Pnbllc Conveniences.
The bar and cafe annex Is a big room
decorated In Austrian arts and crafts ptyl.
No expense was spared In an effort to make
this room one of the most unique In the
west. The artist adopted and convention
alised the mission style. The back bar Is
a striking feature on account of It being
very low. in all only eight feet and eight
Inches high. In the center of this back
bar is an Illuminated art glass dome. The
same detail Is carried out In the entire
room, with an eight feet eight Inches wain
scoting around ail walls and columns.
The celling decorations are ornate In neu-
CORNER SIXTEENTH AND JACKSON
tral tints of old rose, green and Ivories.
The walls above the wainscoting show a
decoration of grapes and vine leaves, twigs
and roots.
The woodwork is of pine In Austrian gray
finish, and the tables, counter, back-bar,
telephone booth and wainscot all mutch.
The barroom has leather Ingle-nook seats
and the cafe has plush seat extending all
around. The tables afe,,tn(Hytdua!, similar
to those in the Knickerbocker buffet In
j New York, and have the 'phone service.
The center lights, of art . glass, weigh,
over 100 pounds each. The electric llnht
', fixtures throughout are of novel type, not
xceuea in ornamental qualities.
The bar counter Is twenty-six feet. The
Ice boxes in the bar are faced with art
glass. Hlum1nAtu4 frnm hAhln4 A..-i
Standing at the bar one can look through
a wide twenty-foot arch for a distance of
ninety feet, flanked by a handsome art
glass window on the same order as the
wall decoration.
The billiard room opening off the bar, la
arranged In precisely the same manner as
the bar. There are four bininrH tnhio.
The decoration throughout the house Is
conspicuous on account of Its Jack of sten
cil work.
The wine vaults are reached by stairway
direct from the cafe, and are open to the
Inspection of guests at all times, the same
way that the vaults of Hotel Astor, New
York, are open. The refrigerating plant
Is fins. .
The barber shop Is flooded with light
from plate glass windows on one side and
with high lights on another side. It is
finger In on either side of the cloven top
till contact was almost established. Brown
made a slight movement of excited triumph.
The other glanced up for a second and
grasped the rook, but first murmured the
saving words, "I adjust." Setting the piece
very precisely in the middle of its square,
he withdrew his hand with a mild mlle,
and after further deliberation made a dif
ferent move.
Five struck with nothing settled. The
doctor pleaded earnestly for continuing
Play till , but Schweninger Insisted on the
schedule.
"There's no hurry," he remarked again,
and they adjourned till 8.
Aftar dinner Brown took a large Injec
tion of morphine and argued violently with
himself about his duty. He longed to make
an exouse for not playing that evening
and to go- around and administer the fatal
pill to Schweninger then and there. Never
theless, on the stroke of eight play was
resumed.
Time for Daring- Taction.
About 9 Brown saw a chance of adopting
a brilliant but not thoroughly sound line of
play which he remembered the great Mor
phy had successfully applied In a similar
position. If Schweninger parried it In the
right way it would probably lead to
Brown s defeat, otherwise It promised him
a speedy victory. It a moment for
daring tactics and he launched out on
them.
. 8lttlng slightly sideways to the table and
studying the financier s face with his intent
left eye, he was dellghtad to see from his
puxzled expression that he was not familiar
with Morphy s strategy. After a few moves
a crisis arrived. It waa Schweninger's turn
to play and he was evidently at a loss.
Several minutes Dassed in dead
; broken only by ths swish of tha waves hi
" urni ouisiue i nose waves which
the financier was doomed to become more
closely acquainted with If his analysis of
the situation led him astray. At last be
made up his mind to the wrong move,
and In five minutes Brown had won the
game.
Next morning when Albert went to call
his roaster be found him cold and stiff.
The doctor supplied ths captain an entry
for his log, In which death was ascribed
In learned language to heart trouble, ag
gravated by gastric disturbances and the
body was committed to the deep that same
evening. The valet protested vigorously at
the time and Schweninger's relatives
pessed for an inquiry afterward In vain,
of course; and even had an Inquiry been
permissible by law, what would have been
the use In the absence of the remains?
The only Hectical result waa some fugitive
correspondence In tbe press urging that
fu ml shed in solid mahogany.
The public lavatory Is directly accessible
from the lobby, bar and barber simp. It
Is a large, light room with abundant con
veniences. The wash-bowls are porcelain
eval on porcelain pedestal. The floret
doors open Inward. The doors nre of rt
glassr opaque of course, and the pnrtilions
are of mar bin. The plumbing Is so ar
ranged that all of It can be reached from
the rear, without disturbing the sightly
fixtures and furnishings of tho room.
The Kitchen and Ktoreroom.
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The storeroom Is a convenient base of
supplies for the kitchen and all other de
partments. The refrigerator Is lined with
mineral wool. It has a vestibule from
which Ave separate boxes are entered, all
of them capacious, and each equipped for
Its peculiar storage. The brine tanks.
ianus,
Ind i
chine fir
pump, and cooler are located behln
boxes. A ten-ton refrigerating macl
Installed.
The storeroom and kitchen are each wira
partitioned. The kitchen occupies a space
100x44 feet. It has windows to outside air
and a system of artificial ventilation which
should keep it a cool and wholuswuie work
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room. The range is located over a well
or ash pit, Into which the ashes aro
dumped and, removed from ' the outside.
The utensils are of copper. Other installa
tions are the Blakeslee dishwashing ma--chine
and knife cleaner, Curtis egg' boiler,
a vegetable paring machine, roll warmer,
etc. The garbage is frozen.
The waiters' stairway from tho kitchen
to the servlco room on the main dining
room floor Is eight feet wldo. with rail
down the center .and swing -doors. There
are only eighteen steps of seven-Inch r j
The ceiling is high and there Is a const
forced down draft, so that no odor
the kitchen reaches the dining rooms. The
waiters can work with military precision,
and, with the space available for drill, the
service of banquets, etc., can be reduced
to a science.
Tho bake-shop, 40x15 feet, with a celling
eight feet high, haa windows to the open
air and direct connection with the kitchen.
The bake oven la brick.
The Eiislne Room.
The power plant, located In the basement.
Is ostensibly on the ground floor, for It
opens to the ground level on account of
the grade. The boiler room contains a
battery of three boilers, each of loO horse
power. The fuel used Is crude oil, so that
there Is no dust or dirt from coal to con
tend with. The oil Is stored In reservoirs
outside and pumped by special pumps that
distribute It to the boilers in volume
as desired. This Is one of the latest and
most improved devices for the use of this
fuel. There are hot water pumps, con
densers, and such like, forming a com
plete mechanical plant.
burial at sea was an antiquated practice
which ought to be discontinued.
WHY O'CONNOR LEFT HOME
Becanae Wife Threatened to Cut
Heart Oat and Do Other
such Things.
Why William T. O'Connor left his homo
in-Hollldaysburg. Pa., Is told In a petition
for divorce filed by Mm against Kate Kel
lenian O'Connor. He says his wife used
bad language, threatened to shoot his head
off, threatened to pour hot lead In his ear
while he was asleep and even procured tho
lead for the purpose; threatened to cut his
heart out with a butcher knife she held In
her hand, struck and beat him In a cruel
manner, called him names and circulated
bad stories about him and then signifi
cantly hinted to Mm ha had better leave
home while Ms health was good. Under
the circumstances he decided last March
lo leave dear old HoUlclaysburg, so he
came to Omaha and applied for a divorce.
Mary Green has filed a suit for divorce
from William J. Green and has secured
from Judge Redick a restraining order to
prevent Ureen from carrying out alleged
threats to Injure her. They live at 2U'l
Clark street and she charges Mm with
drunkenness and cruelty.
John II. Roman has applied for a di
vorce from Frances H. Roman on grounds
of abandonment.
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