The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-08-12

ton, is frequened i'll these days more by the lta-
lans 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 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 therealso, postponng
the memorial services until later in the year. Sub
sequently Surgeon White of the United States ma
rine hospital service was called into consultation
and gave his approval for more elaborate funeral,
saying that there was no danger of infection of
contagion from the body.
The New Orleans papers print the address which
Archbishop ChapelIe had prepared for the clergy.
and people of the diocese on the yellow fever stu
alton. 1t was completed on the day the archbishop
was stricken After the death of Monsignor Cha
pelle the magnificent residence which he occupied
completely fumigated and will henceforth be
under observation until the danger of infection
from it passes.
Most Rev. Placide Louis Chapelle, D. D. arch
bishop of New Orleans and apostolic delegate for
Cuba and Porto Rico, was born in France in 1912
and came to the United States in 1859 He was
ordained priest in 1865
In 1891 Archbishop Chapelle was made bishop
coadjutor of Santa Fe, and became archbishop of
that diocese in 1894. Three years later, on the
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 frars, and though his
work was most difficult, the results achieved re-
suited in the approval of the Vatican.
During his stay in Manila he was thrown con-
stanty 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 sec
rotary at formal function in the archepiscopal
palace.
Three years ago Archbishop Chapelle was re-
heved 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 diocese
During his stay in New Orleans he has resided
with his niece, Miss Soulgnac and they have been
lnseparable companions. The archbishop was
man OF high ability and exceptionally intellectual
attalnments. He was fond of social life oDd moe
constant entertainer, drawing to his home in New
Orleans the most representative people in the social
and intellectual life of the city.