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The Washington times., 1908-07-25
Couple Are Married at
Home Of Brides
Parents.
Miss Pearl Tancill Maid of
Honor-H. g. McCarter
Best Man.

The home Of Mr.. and Mrs J. J. Tan
ell was the scene OF a pretty wedding
this morning at 9 O'Clock when their
daughter, Miss Nirgie l. Tancill. be
came the wife Of Joseph l. Lyons, the
Rev. z. II. Lamar, pastor Of the Luther
Memorial Church, officiating
Miss Tancilrs bridal gown was a
princess Of white crepe de chine over
silk, eIaborateIy trimmed with lace.
She wore no veil, but had a wreath OF
lilies Of the valley IN her hair and car
ried a shower bouquet Of Bride roses
and lilies Of the yalley. Miss Pearl Tan
ell, sister Of the bride. was her maid Of
honor and only attendant. She wore a
dainty frock Of white null and valen-
ciennes lace and carried Bridesmaid
roses. H. G. McCarter acted as best
man.
The pariOrs were tastefuliy decorated
with palms and ferns. Miss Meidel
played the LOhengrin wedding music for
the entrance Of the bridal party
Immediately after the. ceremony Mr..
and Mrs. Lyons left for a bridal trip TO
Atlantic City. Mrs Lyons wore q coat
Of thin black and white silk and a black
and white hat Upon their return Mr..
and Mrs Lyons viii reside with the
brides parents at 1923 Maryland avenue.
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To Stop Poor Building.

In all the discussion which has TO-
cussed on the office of the local Building
Inspector this past year or so, The
Times has not hesitated to speak out
its mind. 1t has disapproved where
occasion required, and done so in plain
English, easy to comprehend. But it
has not hesitated, either, to correct un-
merited criticism and to note good
work. The report of the grand jury in
the matter of the Piclford apartment
house disaster now impels it to say
That the greater part of the trouble
which citizens have encountered in this
office has been due to lack of men.
That something of the remaining
trouble has been due to a conglomerate
of building regulations which have long
needed editing, and have only now re-
ceived it.
That something of the trouble still
remaining was due to the evaporation
and confusion Occasioned by lack of
men and Obscurity of law.
The grand jury not only indicts the
builder of the apartment house where
two men were killed early last month
and the contractor for the concrete
work on the building, but it urges
prosecutions whenever serious violations
of the building regulations are detected.
To this end, it would have the owner
of building charged for its proper
superintendent, and the character of
that superintendence determined Cbv
plain inference) according to the iudg-
ment of the Building Inspector.
Two means suggest themselves of
meeting these recommendations. One
involves the employment of numerous
inspectors and the maintenance of a
sort of building superintendent en-
ployment agency. The other involves a
rigid regulation of the issuance of build
ing permits. Manifestly the latter is
not only the simpler and cheaper
rethCd, but the more logical.
With this latter process in mind. the
Building Inspector urgently recon-
meDded some time ago that builders be
licensed, under sufficient bond and sub
Ject to a complete observance Of the
building regulations. That recommends
ton received the approval of the In
spector's superiOrs, but was not pressed
before Congress for the reason that
much complaint was made against it in
behalf of the smaller builders. Perhaps
this finding by the grand jury will bring
into clear light the possible courses of
action open to the District. If il
should, our judgment is that instead of
attempting to watch every pound of
building material which may be thrown
into any building and maintaining a
corps Of .quasi-oficial superintendent.
the people of the Capital will decide for
that system which most nearly makes
the builders continuance in business
a premium on honest building.
The Washington times., 1908-07-25
Delaware Into Her Own.

1t is' a general pleasure-one which
the country at large viii share with
the people Of Delaware-to observe the
prospect of a great peach crop in that
State The ancient glory of the Della
ware peach is evidently to be revived,
and the purses of the growers to be
filled.
For many years Delaware peaches
enjoyed a remarkable repute, until
through some undiscovered cause they
began to decline. For years thereafter
the plucky growers struggled against
persistent Ill luck, which made many of
the oldest and usually the most pro
ductive orchards worthless. OF these, it
was eventually found necessary to de
stroy considerable number and replant
them As it takes several years to
bring a peach tree into full bearing,
the loss was considerable and dis
heartening.
An explanation Of the temporary
diminution of the Delaware peach
crop was that the particular ingredients
in the soil needed TO form the peach
had become exhausted in the course of
many years of bearing. Whether this
was true, and that in time this ingre-
dent has been restored, is not known,
but we may all honestly congratulate
our Delaware brethren on the restora-
tion of their ancient industry.
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Fin Song Lu on the Horse Show

In an elaborate article on the Ameri-
can horse show in the Tung Lung. a
Chinese paper, printed at Lui Lun. in
the province of Chung Ho, the editor.
Fin Song Lu, who recently visited
America, makes some comments upon
the American horse show, which indi-
cate afresh the difficulty foreigners en-
counter in their efforts TO form a proper
conception of our institutions.
'The occasion of q horse show" saws
the article, is "made the time for the
arrival of many persons in their warm
works (automObiles), whose costumes
are of remarkable value and expense.
the horses being well bred and usually
docile. Much official and formal eti-
quette Is observed, the drinking of cool
drinks is pronounced, especially if the
occasion be in the summer, the wives
(ladies) present being especially anxious
to outdo one another as to the con-
sumption Of frozen milk (ice cream), of
which much is eaten by them. Several
horses are usually to be seen at any
of these occasions"
This absurd view Of a horse show is
typically Chinese, and may be quoted
to show how utterly impossible it is
for the Chinese mind to grasp West
ern ideas. The suggestion that the
people who attend horse shows are
not well bred is especially intolerable.
Fong's remark that the horses are US
ually well bred is al intimation that
the human beings present are not-an
intimation that every person who has
ever visited a horse show will repu-
date
A hint Of humor prevails, however,
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YOUTH KILLS RIVAL;
ENRAGED BY LICKING
InfatuatiOn for Pretty Woman
Drives R. W. Thompson 10
Desperate Deed.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. July 25.-Disap-
pointed in his love affairs and enraged
from being whipped by his rival, R.
w. Thompson. a young man employed
in the cffice Of the general manager OF
mines Of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad Company, shot and almost in
stantly killed Elbert W. Robertson in
Housmans pharmacy last night
From all accounts Robertson and
Thompson had been paying attention TO
the same girl, a very pretty young
woman. residing at Pratt City Both,
il seems, were very much infurlated,
and each was jealous OF his rival. and,
believing he was being spurned on Rob
ertson's account by the young woman
he loved, Thompson sought 10 settle the
affair.
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BILL SYKES SOAKED
FOR SWINGING PIPE
Little Nell' Airs Marital Troubles
TO Police Court
Judge.

It's been finally settled that there Is
something in a name
Bill sykes, similar in every detail ex-
cept color to the Dickens character OF
the same name, appeared in the Polics
Court this morning charged with attack
Ing his Little NeII,'' who lowered
several inches above the gigantic BIZ
as she told the court how she'd been
'bused tell she wasn't goner stan il no
longer, an espessuaIly after bein' beat
up scanlously with a lead pipe last
night
Why, judge. I don mind bein' thresh-
ed arOUn' 'casionaIy with him usin'
nOthin' but his fist II makes me sure
he thinks about me. But when he gins
70 lam ny head with a pipe. a plenty
get TO be too much. I'm tired a foolin'
with i'm an / hopes he gets soaked -
The judge was so impressed with ths
wOman's recital that he imposed a fine
Of six months on the latest Big BIZ
Sykes
The Washington times., 1908-07-25
Books Boys Buy Themselves.

Boys who take to the woods when the
season IS ripe for Il make deep inroads
before they go on the literature OF the
life they expect 70 find there. a reprint
which the publishers have been Obliged
20 make Of William Hamilton Gibson s
Camp Life in the Woods" was almost
directly due to this Juvenile call
Apparently young folks buy such q
book because they appreciate an ex-
perienCed hint on what 10 take along
with theE1 and then they slip II into
the luggage for a second look when
faced with the problem Of building the
canoe, or setting the trap for game.
In the bOOkshOps II IS said that a sur
prising number OF these youthful en-
thusiasts do their own buying, and are
very shreWd and critical about H.
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No. LVIII.-THE UNITED STATES JAIL

cused OF murder awaiting trial.
Pardon me for bringing you away
out mere in the wilderness This is
down on the map IS the corner Of
Nineteenth and Z streets southeast, but
don't mind If you don't see any real
streets The rubberneck wagon can stand
It If you can, and you insist on seeing
everything so you'll get your moneys
worth.
y That is quite an old prison as pris-
ons go in these days. 1t was built in
1873 TO replace the old jail that stood
in the rear OF the City Hall, on the
site of the Pension Office. It is away
behind the times, this old jail is. sadly
lacking in modern arrangements. and
without many Of the features that go 70
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for eighteen months with hundreds OF
other Union soldiers during the civil
war. The treatment which the men in
that jail IN front Of you get is high liv-
ing and sumptuousneSs compared with
what ne and his comrades got in Lfbbay
Inere are four wings centering on 4
central rotunda. The north and south
wings contain four tiers of cells, each
with Z55 single and fourteen double cells.
The colored prisoners Outnumber the
whites more than ten 10 one, and OF
the niaety-One women in the west wing
only five are white
In little court running alongside
the north wing IS a white scadold on
which more than forty murderers have
expiated their crimes.
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ARSENTMINDED.

Col. Charles COey. the president of
the American Federation of Aero Clubs.
said the other day in Chicago OF an
aeronautical pilot.
''He is really too absent-mindcd 10
pilot a balloon. He used, you know, 10
be a railroad conductor, but he had 10
give up the work; ne was too absent
minded for it, too.
"On mis- train one day, as he passed
through the cars taking up the tickets.
a joking passenger. instead Of profferi1g
his pasteboard, solemnly proffered MS
fOrefnger.
Never noticing anything out Of the
way. the conductor punched a iitsle
chunk out Of the side of the finger and
DasSed on "
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make up Grst-ciasS prison Al the
last session Congress authorized a ccm-
mission to investigate il and report
whether IL should be improved and en-
larged or whether a new jail shOald be
built IN connection with an entirely new
plan for a Penitentiary and other re-
formatOTy Institutions. This commits
sion is headed by Justice Stafford. Of
the Supreme Court Of the District. and
the other members aEe John Joy Edison
and r. V. LaDow.
AT the time of its erection this was
considered one Of the finest jafls in the
country. but the style in jails as in hats
and almost everything else has changed
since those days So that today il is
sad imitation Of an up-to-date jail,
The Washington times., 1908-07-25
SULTAN ABANDONS
RULE Of DESPOT
Restores Constitution, Al
lowing Turkey Senate and
Public Elections.

CONSTANTINOPLE. July 25.-TCrkey
again has been granted a constitution.
After thlrty-two years Of autocr6tfc
rule under Sultan Abdul Hanid II, an
imperial trade has been issued pro-
claiming that a chamber OF deputies
be assembled. The trade mas been COM
municated to the wallis and the district
liel enant governors, with the neces-
sary order for the h5lding of electioEs.
The immediate cause OF the Sultan S
action was the receipt OF a telegram ad-
dressed TO him from the Al6anians of
Uskab. informing him that they had TAX
en- an oath 10 favor the re-establishment
Of a constitution. TIE Sultan has DeeG
under the impression that he could de-
pend upon the Albanians under AL cir
cumstanccs.
DepOses Grand Vizier.
Ferid P6sha, his grand vizier. has fav-
ored this conce!-- The latter has been
depos.d and SAID Pisha, former grand
vizier, elevated 10 the post
The chief provisions Of the constitu-
ton Of 1876 were the indiVisibility Of
the empire; the supremacy OF the Sui
tan, individual liberty; the freedom Of
all creeds. Of the press. and of educa-
tAbAAs GNlAtaA lNecA NeANehAADAAs eAAe-NS eaAeA
two chambers general election by bal
lot every fourth year; irremovable
judges. etc.
The first Turkish parliament was
ouened March Is. 1877, with thirty SEN
ators and ninety deputies IN attendance,
and on this date the first speech from
the throne was read.
Reform Made Impossible.
The carrying out Of this project OF
reform. however, was quite impossible
under tie conditions prevailing through
ont the Turkish empire IN 1877, and the
efforts were abandoned when Russia
declared war on Turkey. April "A. 1871.
This war concluded disasuously for
Turkey.
Up to the present day Turkey has
been a "theocratic absolute monarchy
subject to the direct personal control OF
tie Sultan, who has been at once TEN
poraI autOcrar and recognized khalif
or successor .CE the prophet, and Conss-
quentIy spiritual head Of the MOslem
world This theocratic absOlutism has
been tempered not oniy by traditional
usage. local privilege, the judicial and
spiritual precepts Of the Koran and its
ulema interpreters and the privy COun-
ell, but also by the growing force Of
public opinion and the direct and in
direct pressure Of the powers Of Europe
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Gossip of the Book World:
The Authors and Publishers

The South American travel expedition
which Charles Wellington Furlong un-
dertook for the Harpers ended last
week after an absence of eight months.
The only American, ana one Of 9 mere
handful OF white men to enter the given
territory, Mr. Furlong has been beset
by rumor and inquiry, and by way OF
authentic statement gives the following
account Of the ground covered in his
two expeditions.
The first OF these was through the
Fuegan archipelago and its uncertain
channels, the start and return being
Punta Arenas, Mr., FurIong's only
companions here were Yaghan Indians,
the tribe Of which Darwin made men
ton. Heavy bog land made the going
Incredibly hard, as many as 80 streams
having sometimes TO be crossed IN one
day. Later the travel Law, with the
Ona Indians as guides, through the GEN.
ter OF Terra del Fuego, Up 10 this time
unpenetrated-a journey hedged with a
hundred dangers OF which Mr.. FurlOng
will not speak.
The second expedition comprised 4
thousand miles in the channels. and one
thousand In the saddle, through Terra
del FuegO and Patagonia This time
there were only two in the party-Mr.
FurlOng and his gaucho (cOwboy) The
riders followed the eastern coast OF
Patagonia and crossed the pampas,
leading a troop Of eight horses, the bad
going demanding constant changes
Thence the way led across the COrdil-
leras, TO Lake Argentine. 10 Last Hope
inlet on the west. and on down through
the myriad channel ways OF the west
ern coast back to Punta Arenas. After
that came the hOmeward trip. up the
western coast Of Chile on cargo boats,
one by one from point 10 point as far
as Callao, thence by way OF Panama
back to the States.
Mr.. FurlOng'S story, when he shall
tell It, viii be one of marked interest
Nor is it forgotten that one purpose OF
his search was the quest OF the TEel-
ches, the nOmad tribe Of Patagonia
whose members are giants.
The Washington times., 1908-07-25
W. E. Henley as Self-Critic.

w. E Henley is among the poets
whose wa-6 IN its entirety IS much less
extensive than people commonly know
The English volume OF his poems made
only two hundred and fifty pages. and
the American volume, Hawthorne and
Lavender" which was issued only a
short time before his death, contains
not more than a hundred.
A London critic calls this poets out
put "a small work with which to besiege
the house OF fame" So self-CritiCal was
Henley that he cut from his work all
but the best OF IT, Even the iustifiable
sadness felt through Hawthorne and
Lavender was restrained into q kind
Of peace by this spiritual blue pencil.
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in the suggestion that visitors to the
horse show come in thei- automobiles.
The writer of the article evidently re-
CARDS this as queer proceeding.
Viewed in one way, it is. What he
means by saying that there are usually
several horses to be seen at these gath
erings is not so easy to understand.
The Washington times., 1908-07-25
Mrs. DeIand Reaches the Blind.

Not the least of the fame OF Mrs. De
lands reve~ed novel. The Awakening
Of Helena Richie" lies in the fact that
It has been made into a book for the
blind. On the shelves Of a New York
library for the afflicted ones # is among
the books most frequently requested
after Dickens, that is. and George
Eliot.
This special copy is the work OF Mrs.
Deland's own uncle. William Wade. OF
Pennsylvania Mr.. Wade has devoted
of this nature, some OF them having
been for the use OF Helen Keller while
she was a student at Radcliffe.
The Washington times., 1908-07-25
PREFERRED THE DISEASE.

When one Of the largest firms II
wine merchants in London began busi>
ness il sent Lord Derby a dozen OF
sherry which was represented as be-
ing a specific for the goUt 10 which
the prime minister was a martyr.
The nObleman replied: The Earl OF
Derby presents his compliments; he
has tasted the sherry and prefers the
gout."-Philadelphia Record.
The Washington times., 1908-07-25

Persons leaving the city for
short or long period during the sum-
mer may have The Times mailed
TO them at the following rates:
Daily, cents a week; daily and
Sunday, ii cents a week. All mail
subscriptions are payable strictly in
advance.
The Washington times., 1908-07-25
Mrs. Barnett Starts for China.

Mrs Barnett. wife Of Lieut.. Col.
George Barnett. L. S. NJ c. left today
for san Francisco. whence she VIII
sail for China August 10 join her
husband. who has been stationed there
since early spring Mrs Barnett was
formerly Mrs. Basil Gordon. and her
marriage 10 Lieutenant Colonel Bar
nett took place in Baltimore last win
ter. SIrs. Barnett has always spent
much Of her time in washington and
Baltimore.
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and the only thing
that makes il ht
for use is the ad-
mirable manner in
which II IS man
aged by Warden
Mckee. who, al
though but a new
conner on the Job,
has made some ex-
cellent changes.
Mckee was in
prison once himselF.
that's one reas ason
why he has proved
such a fine warden.
In what prison was
he? Libbey prison
he SOiOurned there
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Dr. II. D. Fry, accompanied by his
two daughters, Miss Ruth Campbell,
his niece. and Miss Louise Davidson.
left here yesterday for New York.
from where they viii sail today for
Europe. 10 spend a large portion OF the
time touring in Holland and Germany
They will return 10 Washington about
the middle or latter part OF Septem-
ber
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Seeing Washington With The Times Guide

k<lNsIDE tn o s {
brown walls
ladie 8 and
gentlemen. so men
and min e % n e
women are impris-
oned. It is the
United States jail
where District Of
Columbia prisoners
are held awaiting
trial, and where
short sentence men
serve out I h = / T
terms. There are
also a number OF
men under sentence
Of death there, and
half a score ac-
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The French-Canadlan Poet.

The French-CanadIan Poet.
DR.. Louis HonOre Frechette. the hon
ored poet of French Canada. whose
death was recently announced. was re-
lated to William Dean Howells. a sister
Of Mr.. Howe!ls being Annie HOweils
Frechette. Mrs. Frechette is not, how
ever, as has been somewhere stated. the
wife Of the dead poet, but Of his broth
er. Leonard chtz$e E'rechette, transla-
tor Of the Car sda mouse Of commons.
DR.. Frechettes dis nguished work in
poetry and letters - crowned by the
French Academy amt D. the London
Imperial Institute, and he had received
several marks of royal honor. Among
the translatiOns which he made into
French IS included Mr.. Howells' "a
Chance Acquaintance"
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MISS VIRGIE L. TANCILL
WEBS. JOSEPH L. LYONS
Miss Ethel Murray Leach
Bride of Paul
Mitchell.
Pair Leave for Seashore.
Will Live at the
Greenway.

Miss Ejhel Murray Leach and Paul
Mitchell were married this morning az
ii O'Clock IN St Paul's Episcopal
Church. the Rev Charles r Holmead.
jr., officiating Only a small party of
relatives attended the ceremony, and
Immediately afterward Mr. and Mrs.
Mitchell left for a bridal trip 20 the
seashOre- After September 1 they viii
be at home at the Greenway.
The bride is the daughter OF Mrs.
BOyntoh Leach and the late Lieut.
BOynton Leach. Z S. ". and is well
known IN Washington, where she has
been a favOrite in C7th army and navy
and residential circles, since her debut
two years ago.
TIE bridegroom is the son Of Dr..
and Mrs Waiter Mitchell, OF Indiana,
Pa, ard is a member OF the DisJrIct
Bar Association
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MI. HOweIIs IN Summer Quarters.
William Dean HoweIls has left Bos-
ton, where he passed a few days after
returning from London, and is at his
summer home at Kittery Point, Ne.
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Here Mr.. HoweIls has a famous garden
and orchards, and in the midst Of them
a rOOmy old barn, which is his library.
one Of his literary neighbors Is Mr..
George s. Wasson. who spends much
of the year at the Point. Kittery Point
is one of the most beautiful spots on
the coast. being at once a part Of the
try.
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Guests at Luncheon.

OANoLo G. AAAANA-NS--e
Mrs. Gordon and Mss Gordon, Of
Knoxville. Tenn. who are spending a
few days in washington, were the
guests OF Douglass Sullivan at lunch
con at the Arlington Hotel yesterday.
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SHE WOULD BE AN ELIGIBLE

Mrs. Benham-Death loves a sininr
mark
Benham-I wish your mother had
more pOlish.-Che Bohemian.
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Miss Helena Forrest. OF S.. Louis, is
spending the summer with her brother,
l. T. Forrest, at his home in ut
Rainier, Nd.