Evening star., 1901-11-20
DEATH OF SISTER LOUISE
FOR TWO YEARS IN CHARGE OF
PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL.
Falls q Victim to Typhoid Fever
Her Probable Successor.


Providence Hospital since the death of Sis
ter Beatrice. the 25th of September two
years ago. died at the hospital at 2;55
o'clock this morning. Her death was due
to typhoid fever. She had been sick nearly
five weeks. Even before she gave up her
duties as general superintendent OF the hos
pital she Ill, but there was so much
work to be done in the hospital, as well as
in connection with the work of construct
Ing the new wards, that she remained on
her feet until her weakened system was
unable to cope with the disease. When she
was finally compelled to give up and go to
bed she was really almost at the point of
death.
DR.. John w. Bayne, president of the
medical board of the hospital was sum-
moned. He soon found her condition so
serious that he called in several members
OF the board. who resorted to everything
known to medical skill to save the life Of
the patient, but without avail. Several
times during the five weeks of her illness
the patient showed signs of improvement,
but the changes did not last long, and each
time the ray of hope faded away. Mrs.
Mary Lawler, the mother of Sister Louise,
the latter being once known as Miss Carey,
came on from New York few days ago
to see her, in the belief that she might be
able to be Of assistance to her daughter.
She remained at the bedside of the patient
most of the time, although she was not
with her at the moment Of her death.
Unconscious at Intervals.
During the past five days Sister
Louise was unconscious at inter-
walls, and she had been unable to recog-
nize any one during the twentyfour hours
preceding the time when the spark of life
left the body. At the time Of her death
six sisters, who had nursed thousands of
the hospitals sick, were at the bedside of
Sister Louise. They were Sisters Regis,
Perpetua, Camillis, Agnes, Josephine and
Henrietta. The Rev. Fathers O'Brien and
MCGUIRE of st. Peters Church had min
istered to the spiritual wants of the sick
woman during her illness. Today the body
of the dead sister repoSed in a room on
the third floor of the hospital. and while
those about the hospital showed their grief
there was no interruption in the work OF
caring for the sick ones In the several
wards. Sister Louise had kept up the eff1-
cheney of the corps of nurses and attend
ants about the hospital to the standard
established by her predecessor so that her
death did not interfere in any manner with
the work in hand.
Sister Louise Carey was forty-seven
years old, although she appeared to be
much younger. She was native OF New
York, where she received her early religious
training and education. She decided to en-
ter the sisterhood early in life, as did her
sister Martha, who is assisting in the work
Of caring for the sick and helpless in Troy.
n. Y. Louise entered the order at st.
Joseph's Seminary, at Emmittsburg, Nd,
and remained there until she was G.rected
to take up her life's work at Providence
Hospital, twenty-five years ago. During
twenty-three years Of this time she was
directly under Sister Beatrice and most Of
the time in charge of the alcohol ward,
where she had to exercise strength and skill
in caring for the troublesome patients,
many men Of prominence from different
sections Of the United States having been
under her care at times.
Promoted to Be Chief.
So closely was her work allied to that
Of the former sister in charge that she was
able to take charge of the big institution
when Sister Beatrice left off, She COM
pleted the arrangements for the enlarge
ment of the building and looked after the
financial end Of the affair
Besides her mother and sister, two broth
ers, James and William, live in New York
Arrangements have been made for con-
Quoting the funeral ceremonies in the hos
1t is expected that Fathers O'Brien and
Mcclure will officiate, and that the Rev.
Father Lennon, who is director of the cr-
der, will come from Emmittsburg to assist.
The interment will be at Mount Olivet.
Sister Regis, who has been in charge Of
the hospital during the illness of Sister
Louise, is mentioned the probable Ste
cessor to the position made vacant. She
has been connected with the hospital q
number of years, being in charge of the
male poor ward most of the time. During
the war with Spain she volunteered to
and dying victims of shot and shell and
disease. She was sent to Cuba. At the
close of the war she returned here and re-
sumed her duties In the hospital.