The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-07-03
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
NO YELLOW FEVER TO BE FOUND IN NEW OR
LEANS.


LEANS.
New Orleans, July DIR. Chaille, repre-
sentative of the national board of health,
stated to the executive committee of the New
Orleans infirmary sanitary association, at its
meeting tonight, that, although he had fol-
lowed up every report or rumor OF yellow
fever or suspicious cases, he had been unable
to find one. He spoke, he said by authority.
He had the written pledges of 100 Of the 225
physicians in this city, embracing the most
noted practitioners of the board of health, and
each member thereof the officers of the Char
ity hospital, Truro inirmary and the other pub
lie institutions, to report any and every case
they know of or hear of. He had his own
private sources of information, and he had
sedulously sought for case of yellow fever
or even a suspicious case, and had found none
excepting the one at the Charity hospital al
ready reported.
COMBINATIONS.
Washington, July 1.-The senate, in execu-
tive session to-day, confirmed the following
nominations:
Rollin M. Daggett to be minister resident in
Hawaiian Islends; Geo. P. Pomeroy, agent
and consul-general at Cairo; John Fowler, con-
sui at Trinidad.
Postmasters- Ware, Washington,
Ca; Lawrence Taliaferro, Fredericksburg,
Va; Fanny D. Porter, Ell Paso, Tex.
NOMINATIONS.
Washington, July 1.-The president sent the
following nominations to the senate to-day:
Jos. K. West District of Columbia), to be
commissioner of that district Lewis Wallace
Undiana), envoy extraordinary and minister
penpotentiary to Turkey; H. c. Hall, envoy
extraordinary and minister of plenipoten-
tiary to Central American States. J.
A. Halderman (Mississippi), minister
resident and consul-general to Siam;
John NJ Francis New York;, Minister Resi-
dent and Consul GeneIal to Portugal: H.
Wickersham Pennsylvania Minister Resident
and Consul General to Denmark; Michael J.
Cramee (Kentucky), Minister Resident and
Consul General to Switzerland; James Riley
Weaver West Virginia), Secretary Of Lega-
ton and Consult General at Vienna; Lewis
Richmond (Rhode Island), Secretary of Le-
fation and Consul General at Rome; John
Trebizon (TennesseeL United States Consul
at Beyrut; A. T. Sharp (Kansas), United
States Minister at Manilla Loring A. Lathrop
(Nevada), United States Consul at Bristol;
James Viasco, United States Consul at La
Paz, Mex; Lieuntenant-Colonel Gustavus A.
DeRussy to be Cooonel of the Fourth United
StatcS AIuuelJ, FiahSls N. bdiDy W NC AS
sistant Treasurer Of the United States at Bal
timore; Thos A. Henry. to be Collector of
Customes, District of Pimlico, N. c. DR.. Ben
nett, Collector Of Internal Revenue, Seventh
District, Kentucky, Postmasters: E. H. r.
Booker, at Hampton, Va; Jos Atkins. Green's
boro, Ala; Jas. F. Childs, Marion, Ala;
Fannie D. Porter, Ell Paso, Tex; Gabriel J.
Penn, Waxahachie, Tex.
GUrTEAU BURIED.
Washington, July I,-Guiteau's body was
buried in the northeast corner of the Jail at
O'Clock this afternoon. The body was
borne from the chapel upon the shoulders of
six of the Jail prisoners and without any cere-
mony or service it was lowered into the
ground. The only persons present were
John Guiteau, Rev DR.. Hicks, Warden
Grocker and son, Mr. Wright, the undertaken,
Warden Given, of the Jail, Warden Russ
Croker and six prisoners who acted as pail
bearers.
ARMY OFFICERS RETIRED.
Washington, July I.-Uunder the provis-
ions of the army appropriation bill, signed
Yesterday, twenty army officers were placed
upon the retired list including surgeon-gene
al Barnes, Col. John M. Cuyler, Col. VIM. S.
King, Maj Robt. D. Clark, Col Henry w.
Berham and Col. John M. McComb.
POSTAL SERVICE SELF-sUSTAINING.
Washington, July I.-Postofice department
officials say that when the final statement is
made Of the receipts and expenditures of the
postoffice department for the fiscal year end
ing June 80 it will show that the postal SER
vice was self-sustaning during the year. This
will be the first year since 1851 in which the !
receipts and expenditures have balanced the