The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-15
WASHINGTON.
Report Of the National Board of
Health for May and June.
Foreign Ports Where the Yellow Fever
Is Prevailing Just Now.

WASHINGTON. July 1.-The bulletin issued by
| the National Board Of Health on Saturday
shows that there occurred during the months
Of May md June 1s4 deaths from yellow fever In
foreign cities. az follows: Stockholm 20. Rio
Janeiro II. Pernamb,lco 4. Havana &C. Yellow
fever except few casea arriving ut quarantine
| Ii New York from Hayti and from Havana. had
| not made is appearance III the United States
up to the date Of this bulletin. Upto 1915 this
| morning the National Board Of Health are
Without any advices from the yellow fever dis
| tricts In the South.
| The health bulletin Issued by the National
/ Board Of Healtf Saturday shows that the num-
| Der of deaths. during the week ending June az.
| In Boston. New Bedford. Fall River Springfield,
| Providence, New Haven, New York. Brooklyn.
Rochester, Philadelphia, Pittsburg. Baltimore.
the District Of Columbia. Richmond, Charleston.
New Orleans, Nashville, Cincinnati. Chicago.
| Omaha. to be as fellows: Cerebro. spinal fever,
/ g. consumption. 23G: diarrbea disc tses. 276; !;
| diptheria and Group, 10: erysipelas. =; kidney
i diseases. 30: lung diseases. acute 10s, mala fal
| fevers. -; measles. 20; pnerperal diseases. L:
scarlet fever. Gs; email pox D; sunstroka, none:
typbus and typhoid fevers. 10; Whooping
cough. 81. Total deaths. 1897.
SECRETARY EvARTs AND THE BRITISH MINISTER.
/ Secretary Evarts will leave here to- morrow
| fol. New York, to be absent several days. He
will 20 to Vefm mt abont The first Of August and
| remain o month The Sec, etHry has opened ne
gntiations with Sir Edward Thornton, British
Minister with a view of carrying ont the objects
cpntem plated In Senator Edmunds's resolution.
The Secretary and sir Edward had . conference
! this morning. The result OF the negotiations
will be transmitted to Congress early In Decem.
/ ber.
30 YELLOW FEVER At WATER VALLEY.
A telegram to the National Board Of Health
| from Water Valley. Mlas states that the alleged
ellow fever case ut that point has been tbo-
rougly examined and found not to be yellow
not prove epidemic. still the board does not In
tend to relax its efforts to secure the thorough
sanitary condition Of Southern cities. and for
this purpose the entire appropriation OF half
million Of dollars will be expended II neces.
sary.
The Secretary Of War has authorized certain
sums Of money to be expended out OF the
amount appropriated In The river and harbor
b Tor TN current sGsl ,sar 7 l. obable 81 IL
commenced at al points appropriated for by
said bill. The following IL an offci lstatement
| OF thetHmounts appropriated and the amounts
authorized to BE- expended at all points in Mis-
sissippi Arkansas and Louisiana where work
Amount Amount
| appro- to be ex-
Improvement OF harbor at
Hyannis. Miss. .......: So 500 $500
Deepening the channel at Sa-
bine Pass, Tex: .......- 25oO0 6ooo
Removing the raft IN Red ,.oo ,.oo
| river, etc. -....--..-...s 5000 $4,000
Improvement of the Missis-
sippi. Mis- ouri and Ar
KANSAS rlVeT6.- laO,00O lyO,OOD
AN ORDER TO PosTMAsTERs.
The following order was issued to-day to all
pos masters OF first class Offices
An act making additional appropriations
June 2s. 1879 appropriates s71 600 for Increased
salaries to letter carriers for the last fiscal year
| ending June 80, 1879. rs provided by act of Feb
ST. 600 will pay one-half OF the carriers who
were Is service from February 81 to May 81, 1879
ora pay o q The most ecant and
faithful OF your carriers. after deuuctiDR the
auxiliaries and substitutes, who We're In service
least one year prior to Febrnary ii. 1873 at the
rate Of $1,000 per annum. from February u to
May p, 1879 inclusive, q, tdeduetlng the amount cunt
special pay " rolls list to the Auditor Of this depart
ment.
INTERVIEW WITH BILL CHANDLER
The Star this afternoon publishes youmin-
Gus political interview with VIM T. Chandler,
According M to Ghander m the presdenls sptna
Mr. Tilden. he thinks. has the best chance Of
the Democratic nomination but Hancock would
he says, be either Grant or Sherman Coand,er
Is for Blaine. and thinks he has chance. but
tha only chance Of being nomip nh ated Pos @ 1by
presidential campaign will he thinks. bs fought
by the Republicans to. some extent on financial
issues. put the people Will have something 70
say on the question whether the country is to
Chandler says he wants to 60 to Mexico. - y
The Republicans will carry Ohio, he says, al
though Foster is poor creature Mr.. Chan
n dler likes Mr.. Ewing personally but should
Ohio elect man with such dangerous financial
ma views Mr. Chandler shuddars for the future.
the contest In Maine, he thinks. will be close.
but Mr.. Davis. the Republican nominee. will
be elected. The trouble in Maine is that Re-
publican leaders are duarrelng amons them
eslves and. in his belief, the nomination of
Davis. an outside man was pre- arranged to
harmonic these discordant el lsments.
Ex.Eoy Alien. Funeral