South Wales Daily News

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATII.,4 Sotiees oj Births, Marriages, and Deaths are ch'cr;)- at the rate of Is for therirst Twenty Words, and 6!1,to, every additional Ten Words, and must be PREPAID. 1-. all eases the notice muse be authenticated by the nam 11M address of the writer BIRTH. BISGOOD.-On July 5, at 21, Blandford-road, Bedford Park, W., the wife of J. J. Bisgood, of a. daughter. 6810 MARRIAGE. RICHES—FRASER.—On the 4th July,. 1889. at St. Paul's Church. Cam den-square, London, by the Rev George Tiley, vicar, Thomas Henry, only son of the late John Osborne Riches, of .Cardiff, to; Mary, younger daughter of James Fraser, the Crescent, 169, Camden-road, N.W. 8

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CARDIFF AND ITS YOUNGEST BUT NOBLEST BURGESS. THE first statesman of the day is now a burgess of Cardiff. The honour achieved on Saturday for the Eastern Metropolis of Wales is infinitely superior to that of being made a city. Mr GLADSTONE'S will be one of the grand historic names of the future, and as long as his name and his good and mighty deeds are held in remembrance, the event of last Saturday will be recorded to the credit of Cardiff, and of the country which it has done so much to develop and to enrich. Cardiff represents somewhat accurately the enormous wealth and enter- prise of South Wales. It is, in great degree, the focus of the Welsh coalfield. A stranger visiting the Bute and Penarth Docks cannot fail to consider what untold mineral wealth must underlie the soil of South Wales, and what thousands of busy hands must be daily and nightly plodding away at the task of unearthing it. We are well aware that those who know the town only by name would probably smile at hear- ing Cardiff spoken of in conjunction with Liverpool and London, but Lord ABERDARE did not shrink from giving it this place of honour. In the few, but well chosen, words in which he proposed the health of the Mayor and Corporation at the luncheon-table, he said that Mr CHILDERS must have listened with almost incredulity to the statement that Cardiff in its exports exceeded even London and Liverpool, and added with emphasis, such, however, is "the-fact." Had everybody done his best for Cardiff in times past, there might also have been mentioned with glowing pride the imports, but we hope that when the Barry Dock is opened, the imports of Cardiff will grow with a rapidity equal to that of the exports. It would be sheer affectation to pretend that the splendid ceremony of last Saturday lost nothing by transit to the metropolis of the empire. To speak truly, it lost nearly everything by the transference. To the few who had the good luck to be present, it must have been a great treat, and Sir EDWARD and Lady REED deserve the cordial thanks of all the inhabitants of the borough for their admirable arrange- ments and their generous hospitality, which, we are assured, contributed in a very large degree to the undoubted success of the pro- ceedings. Sir EDWARD REED is a most exemplary representative in this respect, and we feel certain that the allusions made to him by Mr REES JONES, in one of those happy speeches in which the president of the Liberal Association excels, would be cordially and unanimously ratified by men of all ranks and parties in his constituency, At the same time, nothing could possibly have come up to the enthusiasm and gladness which a visit to the town by Mr GLADSTONE in his own person would have evoked. Not Cardiff only, but the people who reside in the valleys and among the hills would have flocked in their thousands to see the states- man whom they love as well as esteem and reverence. However, it could not be, and seeing that the arrangement which would have been by far the best could not be carried out, the people of Cardiff will feel all tho more indebted to Sir ED- I WARD REED for so promptly and heartily stepping forward, and* in the name of his constituents, offering to Mr GLADSTONE and the Corporation the welcome and the hospit- ality which would have been warmly ac- corded to him, had he found it compatible with his other pressing engagements, to come down once more to Wales. It would be unfair to mention the proceedings' of last Saturday without a special allusion to the manner and to the rare ability with which the MAYOR, Alderman DAVID JONES, discharged the somewhat onerous and important duty with which he was entrusted. We hope every one of his townsmen will read that speech. It strikes us as being almost unique in its complete- ness, It is unquestionably graceful and eloquent, without a trace of that purely flowery verbiage which too often finds ex- pression on such occasions. Cardiff will have no need to be ashamed of its mayor so long as he, whoever he may be, does as much credit to it as Mr Alderman JONES did on Saturday, Other Cardiff speakers were also pithy and felicitous in their remarks. Mr Councillor SANDERS' reference to the encouragement afforded by Mr GLADSTONES example to all maligned and misunderstood patriots, and to all who strive to do their duty in spite of misrepre- sentation, was well selected. Mr DANIEL LEWIS'S speech was quite characteristic of the enthusiasm and warm-heartedness which are a distinguishing feature in the worthy alderman. Councillor JOSEPH RAMSDALE managed also to discharge a couplet, not his masterpiece on "perseverance," but, as a substitute for it, an extract from one of his favourite hymns. It was also a stroke of good fortune to draw out Father BTJTLER on the occasion, as giving prominence to the fact of the closeness of the tie which unites the Irish and the Liberal parties in the borough. It must be admitted that those who represented Cardiff, whether at the ceremony of the presentation or at the luncheon table, acquitted themselves admirably and in every way worthy of the borough. Of Mr GLADSTONE'S speeches it is enough to say here that they fully merit the compliment paid to them by one capable of forming an accurate judgment. Most people will agree with Mr CHILDERS in the observa- tion that Sir EDWARD REED had enabled them to have the opportunity of hearing from Mr GLADSTONE two of the most important speeches which he has ever, either in this or in former years, addressed through them to his countrymen. It is not necessary for us to enter into any lengthy observations upon it, because, the chief topics were those with which we are in this corner of the world most familiar. At the same time it is impossible for Cardiff men to read without some emotion the allusions to their own borough, and even the Tories must be pleased to learn that Mr GLADSTONE has with his o<wu lips justified their refusal to confer upon him the freedom of the borough, or to offer him one crumb of hospitality on the occasion of his memorable visit. They must see how much more of the gentleman the great Liberal Chief is than they. One sentence which dropped from Mr GLADSTONE'S lips might justify the predic- tion that whenever he has put the cope- stone upon his Irish policy, he will retire into private life, but even Mr GLADSTONE overlooks the fact that he cannot live with- out taking a prominent part in all the fore- most questions of the day. His references to West Fifeshire, and to the concessions which even the defeated candi date had to make, were very effective. We should like to present them as cold comfort to his politi- cal opponents. Meanwhile, we must con- gratulate Cardiff and its corporation, and, above all, Sir EDWARD REED, on the unqualified success achieved on Saturday.

A TORY FOR CARMARTHEN AT LAST. THE Tories have at last discovered a willing candidate after their own heart for West Carmarthenshire in the person of Mr HrJGH HENRY JOHN WILLIAMS-DRUMMOND, of Edwinaford. It is no disgrace to this aspirant that he bears the name of a famous Scotch family and of a poet, too, who will live long in the memory of his countrymen. Who has not heard of DRUMMOND of Hawthornden, whose residence within eight miles of Edinburgh is so romantically situated as almost to transform the prfcsiest of mortals into a poet ? But we do not mean to claim for the new candidate all or any of the honours or merits of that DRUM- MOND who, about three centuries ago, sang in Scotch verse, and entertained the "rare BEN JONSON under his roof. Tradition has it that when BEN JONSON approached the house, DRUMMOND sat under an old sycamore tree awaiting his advent, and, the momeht he set eyes upon him, exclaimed, Welcome, welcome, Royal BEN to which the latter replied, Thank ye, thank ye, HAWTHORNDEN 1" But if we cannot claim all the honours of the poet for his descendent, the Tory candidate, we must admit that there is a good deal of prose about the address which he has issued. Of his success as a candidate it would be pre- mature to speak. We might with great propriety point out that it has very little prospect. There is not a word in his address to justify his coming out. He is opposed to all further legislation on Irish questions. His views on the tithe and the land laws have nothing in them to make them commendable to the Welsh tenant farmer or to the farm labourer. "The Church," he adds, His "not a practical question at the "present time, and can only come before "the country at a general election." We should like to know where this brilliant specimen of an aspirant to Parliamentary honour has been hybernating. Does he not know that the Church question always turns up at general elections in Wales ? And does he expect to be let oft cheap on this singularly eventful occasion ? Does he imagine that the ad- mirers and supporters of the late lamented squire of Maesgwynne, to whom he has not the grace or the courtesy to refer in his address, as his opponent did, will let the Church question have the go-by to please him, and make his path to St. Stephen's smooth ? We are afraid that even his light railways," which figure so prominently in the address, will not convey him so far unless he can find room in the lug- gage van for disestablishment. In short, there is not a single sentence from the beginning to the end of his address to show that he knows anything about the wants of the Welsh people, their political opinions, or the subjects which lie closest to their hearts. We cannot imagine West Car- marthenshire having anything to say to him. His candidature is one of the most ridiculous mistakes of the Tory electors of the county.

ECCLESIASTIC INTELLI- GENCE. The Lord Bishop of Llandaff intends to hold aeDeral ordination in the Cathedral Church of Llandaff on Sunday, the 22ad day of September next. Intending candidates should apply at ones to his lordship for permission to present them- selves. JParticnLirs of the examination may be obtained from the Rev Chancellor Woods, Llan- devand, Caerleon; or the Rev J. J. Lias, St. Mary's Gate, Cambridge. For forms and further information, application should bo made to Mr Robert W. Griffith, Herbert Chambers, Cardiff, the bishop's secretary.

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SOUTH WALES NOTES. BY COSMOS. MAD DOGS. THBlIlausbter of a mad dog in Cardiff is not very re-assuring, however satisfactory it may be, that it was killed before it did any damage. But rabies, it is said, are due solely to inoculation, so that the puppy which is dead must have been bitten by another animal. Whether this demented creature is alive or not it is, perhaps, impossible to tell, but certainly enquiries should be instituted to ascertain the fact. Hydrophobia is such a terrible disease that perhaps it is a wonder that the bill which is now before Parliament should meet with any opposi- tion. If every dog were muzzled the evil would soon be stamped out, for any dog without this safeguard would be destroyed by the police. But people with pets and hobbies are more diffi- cult to reason with than any class of the com- munity. THE LOCATION OF RABIKS AND ITS EXTINCTION. A MAP has just been issued showing the number of cases of rabies in each county in Great Britain in 1888. Not one of the Welsh counties are credited with a case. Of the border counties, Hereford, Monmoutb, and Salop are free, though Chester lays claim to 70 caaes. The whole of Scotland does not contain one single instance, and this immunity is shared by the northern counties. The West of England, too, has escaped this scourge, the worst counties being the home counties and Lancashire. Of the 176 cases of rabies reported in 1888 there were 160, or about 91 per cent,, in dogs, of which 148 were killed and 12 died. From the returns, it appears that 60J of these rabid dogs were stray ones found wandering and killed by the police. In some of them the symptoms were character- istic, but in the majority the post-mortem appear- ances (which are not always well marked) were relied on as the means of determining the nature of the disease. Although no owners were discovered for these wandering dogs, it does not necessarily follow that they were ownerless, but more probably most of them were only following out tbe wandering impulse of the rabid dog, and had travelled such long distances from their homes that the police were unable to trace them. Cases of rabies in animals and hydrophobia in man are with very few exceptions due to the bite of a rabid dog, and the virus of the disease not being capable of reproducing itself, or maintaining its vitality for any length of time, apart from a living animal, the malady might be quickly exter- minated in this country, especially as it is at present confined within narrow limits. In dealing with this disease the first and most important point is to place such restrictions on dogs as will prevent their biting each other or other animals. This can be most readily done by compelling owners of dogs to keep such animals muzzled or under proper control when outside their own premises, and at once destroying every stray or ownerless dog found by the police. It is a matter of experience that when regulations such as the above are strictly enforced where the disease exists it very soon decreases and finally disappears, but, on the other hand, when the regulations are neglected or too prematurely re- laxed in a district the affection soon becomes more prevalent. This has been the case in several countries on the continent as well as in certain districts in Great Britain. STARTING THE TEETH. ONE of those savants who are always discovering that w bat we eat aud drink is so much poison, warns us that teeth are just as easily starved to death as the stomach. In one way it is a blessing to have been born of poor parents. What food the poor give their children is of the variety that goes to make strong bones and teeth, It is the outside of all the grains, of all cereal foods, that contains the carbonate and phosphate of lime and traces of other earthly salts which nourish the bony tissue and build the frame up. If we do not furnish to the teeth of the young that pabulum they require, they cannot possibly be built up. It is the outside of corn, oats, wheat, barley, and the like, or the bran so-called, that we sift away and feed to the swine, that the teeth actually require for their proper nourishment, Tbe wisdom of man has proven his folly, shown in every succeeding generation of teeth, which] become more fragile and weak. These flouring mills are working destruction upon the teeth of every man, woman, and child who partakes of their fine bolted flour. They sift out the carbonates and the phosphates of lime in order that they may provide that fine white flour which is proving a whitened sepulchre to teeth. Oatmeal is one of the beat foods for supplying the teeth with nourishment. It makes the dentine, cementum, and enamel strong, flint- like, and able to resist all forms of decay. If you have children, never allow them any white bread upon ycur table. Bread made of whole wheat ground, not bolted, so that the bran which con- tains the minute quantities of lime is present, is best. Nothing is superior to brown bread for bone and tooth building. Baked beans, too, have a considerable supply of these lime salts, and should be on your table, hot or cold, three times a week. In brushing the teeth always brush up and down from the gums, instead of across. Brush away from the gum and on the grinding surface of the teeth, NEW RULKS FOB PASSENGER STIAMEBS. THE Board of Trade have made some new and very important rules with respect to saving life at sea. The passenger steamers which ply in the Bristol Channel are licensed to carry in some instances more than six hundred passengers, and yet none of those vessels are provided with more than three boats. If one of them met with an accident in mid- channel serious loss of life would be occasioned. It is clear that none of these steamers could carry enough boats to accommo- date all the passengers, and the Board of Trade recognises this difficulty. While it is not practicable for a ship of this division to carry additional approved boats or approved life- rafts, the deficiency so caused may be made up by the supply of an equivalent number of ap- proved buoyant deck seats or other approved buoyant deck-fittings to the satisfaction of the Board of Trade officer. Ships of this division must also carry approved life-belts or other similar articles of equal buoyancy suitable for being worn on the person, so that there may be at least one for each person on board the ship, I believe the Waverley is permitted to carry as many as eight hundred people between Bristol and Cardiff. So the owners will have to provide themselves with the same number of life-buys. But these rules do not come into force until March, 1890. CKLTALTT AND COMFORT ON THE SEA. ILIFRAGOHBE is not as full as it was a fortnight since. The great bulk of the holiday folk has at present not been let out to play, but another week or so will witness its dispersal. The two or three hundred Cardifiians who went down the Channel on Saturday by the Waverley had a most enjoyable outing. The sea was smooth, and there was just enough breeze to dilute the burning rays of the sun, but not suffi- cient to make the undulations disagreeable. Moreover the luxury and comfort of the Bristol boat render a trip by water extremely delectable. This year the saloon deck has been carried for- ward a few yards, thus affording a splendid pro- menade for many hundreds of passengers. The saloons have been re-decorated, and as of old the dining arrangements are equal to any first-class hotel, and not as dear. Under these circumstances a journey to Ilfracombe is a matter of pleasure. There is no necessity to waste tbe short time given on shore by refreshing the inner man, for that can be done quite as well on board, and tbe break which it occasions in tbe monotony of the voyage is a matter for appreciation. Possibly, if anything, the Waverley does the distance too quickly, for, with the advantages of commissariat which it possesses, one is not in sucb a hurry to get on shore. On Saturday the trip down was accomplished in two hours and forty minutes, and we were about five minutes longer in returning. LANGUAGES IN THE CARDIFF SCHOOL BOARD. THE Cardiff School Board scarcely deserved the censure which I dealt out to it on Friday. The members are anxious that languages should be taught, and in evidence of tbefr desire, they appointed on Thursday a French mistress to the Higher Grade School. This is distinctly a step in advance, and, as tbe midland peasanb would observe, "shows willing." It is true that French has not been wholly ignored, but then the rudimentary instruction given by teachers who bave never been in France cannot be considered of much value. Now that the board has employed a native—such a Jersey lady may be reckoned—it is not too much to hope that all the scholars who are advanced enongh to take up this study will be afforded the means of tuition. I am glad to hear that the acquirement of Spanish will not be neglected. As soon as the board can obtain a com- petent teacher, I understand one will be engaged. It will be noticed that at the last meeting of the school board some more Scotch teachers were appointed. Strange to say, the board had no option. All the applicants were selected, for only five applied, and of these one was not qualified*

AFFAIRS IN THE SOUDAN. SAD PLIGHT OF THE DERVISHES. STILL WITHOUT WATER. [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] CAIRO, Saturday Afternoon.—The position of affairs at the front has not materially changed since yesterday. There have been some feeble attempts by the dervishes to reach the river, but they utterly failed owing to the merciless fire maintained by the infantry. There are many people here who regret the necessity for keeping the wretched Arabs from the water, bat Colonel Wodehouse's strategy is, of course, amply justified by the rules of war. His immediate object is to prevent the enemy from effecting a lodgment on the banks of the Nile, and thussecar- iog an invaluable base of operations. His further object is to keep the Mahdists in their present positions until they should be driven by hanger, and more especially by thirst, into attacking the Egyptian forces on their own ground. Should they do so. Colonel Wodehouse is confident that he will be able to give a lesson so drastic that the invading movement will completely collapse. To make bis position absolutely secure against surprise, Colonel Wodehouse has formed several entrenched camps in the hills to the west of Arguin, and these have been occupied by the Egyptian Mule Battery and some cavalry. The cavalry and a camel corps have been found very useful in checking tbe mad rushes of tbe dervishes towards the Nile, by means of judicious flanking. The latest estimates from the front place the dervish loss up till yesterday even- ing at 900 killed and about 700 prisoners and deserters. It should be borne in mind that the present campaign, so far as the Egyptian Army is concerned, is a purely defensive one. I have the highest authority fov the statement, and am in a position to state farther that, although Riaz Pasha would like to see tbo area of operations extended at least to Dongola, and, if possible, to Khartoum, sucb ea- tension of hostilities will not be permitted. There is no further news of the 3,000 dervishes who have gone north. Wad Nejimi, it is known, left the Mahdi's main army with six guns, all, it is believed, taken from Hicks Pasha. Two of these are now in our hands, and the re- mainder are evidently with the advancing foroe of the enemy. The Irish Regiment, although under orders to be in readiness to march to the front at short notice, will not be sent unless the Egyptian army should prove inadequate to cope with the dervishes. But as all the black troops are now at the front, it is not believed that they will require the assistance of European soldiers. It is, however, satisfactory to know that if required there would be no delay in des- patching British reinforcements.

AFFAIRS IN SAMOA. [BUTTER'S TELEGRAM. I SYDNEY, Saturday,—Intelligence received hers from Samoa states that peace has been formally concluded between the rival chiefs Mataafa and Tamasese. The steamship Lubeck has arrived from Samoa, bringing intelligence that Sir John Thurston, who has recently been investigating the charge brought by tbe Germans against tbe British consul at Apia of having assisted Mataafa, has concluded bis enquiries, and returned to Fiji. It is understood that tbe consul has been exonera- ted of the charge.

FRANCE AND THE EVACUA- TION OF EGYPT. IRKUTER'S TELEGRAM.] PARIS, Saturday.—The Temps this evening, in an article on tbe relations of England and France with regard to Egypt, confirms the statement recently made, that in view of the refusal of England to give assurances regarding the evacua- tion of Egypt, France has declared her inability to give a positive reply respecting the conversion scheme. The journal believes that, under these circumstances, the British Government will postpone a definite decision on the subject until after the elections to the Chamber, and the formation of a new French Ministry. The articie proceeds to declare that the other guaranteeing Powers take hardly any interest in the question, the solution of which appears to them to rest chiefly between France and England.

BOULANGER AND HIS FOLLOWERS. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] PARIS, Sunday.—It is rumoured this morning that, tbe indictment drawn up by M. Quesnay de Beaurepaire, Public Prosecutor, against General Boulanger, Count Dillon, and M. Rochefort recommends arraignment of the three accused before the High Court of Justice. M. Merlin, president of tbe Senatorial committee of enquiry, and bis three assessors are stated to endorse tbe conclusion arrived at by tbe Public Prosecutor.

FATAL RIOTING IN AMERICA. SAD SEQUEL TO A TRAMCAR STRIKE. [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM,] NEW YORK, Sunday.—News of serious and fatal rioting has reached this city from Dulutb. The employes on tbe street- car system to the number of 1,50G having gone on strike, attempted to prevent the running of cars, and as their demonstration led to breaches of order rnd stopped tbe traffic of tbe streets, they were interfered with by the police. A bitter ill-feeling between the strikers and the officers of the law was engendered, and last night a mob of the former attacked a body os constables with cudgels and pelted them with stones. The police were hard rressed, and being outnumbered, had to charge the mob. Two labourers were killed and others injured.

THE CALAMITY AT JOHNS- TOWN. VERDICT OF THE JURY. OWNERS OF THE LAKE ENTIRELY TO BLAME. [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM,] NEW YORK, Sunday Morning.—Yesterday th& jury appointed to inquire into the terrible disaster at Johnstown concluded their sittings, and gave an unreserved verdict against the South Fork Fishing Club, whom, as owners of the Conemaugh lake, tbey hold entirely responsible for the cataa- troph. The dam was in a rotten state, and ita proper repair was neglected from time to time in spite of protests and warnings. The judgment of the jury ia entirely in accordance with the view of tbe public throughout the United States. The bitter feeling everywhere expressed against the proprietors of tbe huge reservoir has in noway diminished with the progress of time.

DEATH OF SIR SALAR JUNG* [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] BOMBAY, Sunday.—The death is announced of the celebrated statesman, Sir Salar Jung, who has been for many years identified with the affairs of the Nizam of Hyderabad, and wbo was a staunch friend of England during the mutiny of 1857.

RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN BAVARIA. TELEGRAM.] MUNICH, Sunday, 4 p.m.—A serious accident occurred here at eight o'clock this morning to the Cologne and Frankfort express. When the train was near Rothrmoos station, in Bavaria, it dashed into three carriages in a siding. Eight persons were killed and 11 others injured.

THE FRENCH COLLIERY EXPLOSION. [BETTER'S TELEGRAM ] ST. EITIENNE, Saturday,-The work of rescue at Vespilleux Pit has been continued to-day with unremitting energy, but only three bodies have been recovered.; The workmen saw other bodies lying in the workings but were prevented from reaching them by the noxious gases filling the pit.

A VILLAGE DESTROYED BY FIRE. JRKCTER'S TELEGRAM,] BERLIN, Saturday.—A great fire ocenrred yesterday at Ubbendorf, on the Weser. The entire village was laid in ashes, only four farm- yards being untouched by the flames. There was no loss of human life, but a number of cattle were burnt. The loss of property is considerable, and a very small proportion is covered by insurance.

The present condition of Mrs Booth, of the Salvation Army, is such as to cause the gravest anxiety, the operation recently performed having only had comparatively satisfactory results. Her death, in the estimation of those best able to judge, would be a most serious blow to the move- ment. Meanwhile the General holds on his way, and lost now is conducting meetings in R"ih :Ji.ii\à"'Y' ,wt«h,