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Show ! DEATH OF ARCHBISHOP CHAPELLE. The plague at' New Orleans so far has carried off only one great man. Archbishop Chapelle was .seized with the sickness about a week ago and the end came at noon on Wednesday. It is said the bite of a mosquito was the primary cause. . Archbishop' Chapelle had returned to the city three days before his illness, having just completed a tour of Louisiana, and announced on his arrival his intention of co-operating in the efforts then in full swing, to stamp out the fever. The archbishop, however, left' his' house only on one occasion before be-fore he was taken sick. On Friday of last week he complained of the symptoms which are the fore runner. 01 yeuow lever. Dr. Larue, the archbishop's archbish-op's physician, diagnosed the same as a genuine attack of yellow fever. From the first Dr. Larue was apprehensive as to the results. , Archbishop Chapelle was very stout of build, full-blooded and past 60 years of age, and tho fever is' always alarming in a patient under those conditions. The disease made steady inroads upon the venerable patient and early on Wednesday he showed-signs of increasing weakness. Before noon there was an alarming change for the worse. Eminent physicians were immediately summoned for consultation, but the archbishop was beyond succor. J ...'.'. The archbishopric is located on the border of what is the originally infected district. It is the mecca for the poor and indigent and miserable in the foreign population, and all day, long a stream ff these people is passing through the place. Priests who live , in the palace with the archbishop liaye spent much". time in the infected district. St. Louis cathedral; which is in the hotbed of iufec- ' " : . ' r tion, is f rcquented in these da vs more by the Italians Ital-ians than by any others, and it is believed that the archbishop contracted the disease there. - Reports from New Orleans today (Thursday) say that although the casket is completely closed allowing exposure of the face, many people visited the ancient St. Louis cathedral where the body of Archbishop Chapelle is lying in state in the crypt in which it will be laid to rest on Saturday. When the death of the archbishop was announced those in charge of funeral arrangements assumed that as the cathedral is in the infected quarter it would be advisable to bury the body thercalso, postponing the memorial services until later in the year. Subsequently Sub-sequently Surgeon White of the United States marine ma-rine hospital service was called into consultation and gave his approval for a more -laborate funeral, saying that there was no danger vof infection of contagion from the body. The New Orleans papers print the address which Archbishop Chapelle had prepared for the clergy. , and people of the diocese on the yellow fever situation. situ-ation. It was completed on the day the archbishop was stricken. After the death of Monsignor Chapelle Cha-pelle the magnificent residence which he occupied wras completely fumigated and will henceforth be under observation until the danger of infection from it passes. Most Rev. Placide Louis Chapelle, D. D., archbishop arch-bishop of New Orleans and apostolic delegate for Cuba and Porto Rico, was born in France in 1342 and came to the United States in 1859. He was ordained a priest in 1865. In 1S91 Archbishop Chapelle was made bishop coadjutor of Santa Fe, and became archbishop of that diocese in 1894. Three years later, on the 1 death, of Archbishop Janssens, he was named as archbishop of New Orleans. The year following, after the Spanish-American war, he was appointed by the Pope as apostolic delegate to 'Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines. He went to the Philippines and spent much time there in connection with the conditions growing out of the change of sovereignty in the islands. He took up the cause of the friars, and, though his work was most difficult,' the ' results achieved resulted re-sulted in the approval of the Vatican. During his stay in Manila he was thrown constantly con-stantly into contact with Secretary Taft, then the governor of the islands, and they became warm personal friends. When Secretary Taft came through New Orleans early in the year on his way to Panama, the archbishop attended the banquet given to him and subsequently entertained the secretary sec-retary at a formal function in the archepiscopal palace. Three years ago Archbishop Chapelle was relieved re-lieved of the responsibility of his mission to the Philippines, but continued his jurisdiction over Cuba and Porto Rico. He made frequent visits to both islands and was constantly in touch with all the work of his vast dioces'e. During his stay in New Orleans he has resided with his niece, Miss Soulignac, and they have been inseparable companions. The archbishop was a man of high, ability and exceptionally intellectual attainments. He was fond of social life and was a constant entertainer, drawing to his home in New Orleans the most representative people in the social and intellectual life of the city. . : k. |