Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-07
CHAPELLE STRICKEN
Archbishop of New Orleans
 Ill With the Plague.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN CONTROL
City Will Be Divided Into Wards and Active Measures Taken to Stamp
 Out Dreaded Yellow Jack. Surgeons te COntrO

Out Dreaded Yellow Jack. Surgeons ts Control.
 NEW ORLEANS, Aug. '. Arch
 bishop Chapelle of the diocese of Louis
 jana and Havana, who lately has re- turned from confirmation tour of | Louisiana, has been stricken with vel
 low fever at the archbishoprlc at St. Claude street and Esplanade, just on
 the border of the so called primary
 infected district.
 The announcement created profound
 dismay through the great Catholic
 population of the city, and this was
 further increased by the announcement
 that the archbishop's illness had de
 veloped an acute and virulent type.
 The archbishopric has been always the
 mecca for many of the Italian and
 French Catholics of the city, and a
 scream of poor and indigent are going
 through the premises all day long.
 In addition, the attendants at the arch bishopric are busy through the charges In the Italian and French portions of the city.
 Dr. Leroux is the attendant, and he ordered the residence of the aged French prelate closed to all save the physicians and nurses who were sum- moned to attend the sick man. It is not yet known how the arch bishop con- tracted the disease
 Though there was an increase in the number of fatalities, the fact that the whole yellow fever situation has pass ed to the control Of the federal gov ernment has had such an encouraging effect locally that it is felt on all sides that there has been distinct improve ment over conditions
 The city will continue to exercise its police authority in cooperation with the federal surgeons, the municipal au- thorities and the citizens committee are to carry on the campaign of clean ing up, the two health boards are to perform many of their functions in conjunction with the marine hospital service, and New Orleans expects still to be called upon to furnish funds to carry on the fight.
 The actual handling of the fever sit uation itself Is to pass to the direction of the government, which is expected to send a large number of yellow fe- yer experts to work under the super vision of Dr. White Rigid rules are to be made and efficiently carried out in connection with the scientific treat ment of cases.
 The federal officers make no attempt to conceal the fact that the situation Is serious, but they say it is not with out hope.
 Active control of the yellow fever situation in New Orleans by the Unit ed States public health and marine hospital service will begin immediate ly. Orders to that effect were wired last night to Surgeon J. H. White, the marine hospital officer now on duty here.
 Dr. White already has determined upon the tentative plans for the work in hand. The city will be divided into wards, and each ward will be placed in charge of q responsible and experi- ensed surgeon of the marine hospital service. who will have absolute con- trol of the locality Already Surgeon General Wyman has given directions to a number of marine hospital sur geons to proceed to New Orleans for assignment to work under Dr. White. These are all officers who have had experience in dealing with yellow fever epidemics The citizens of New Or | leans have pledged themselves to put l up S250. 900 to defray the cost of labor and material.
 President Roosevelt and Surgeon | General Wyman have both been wired | by the citizens committee of New Or leans that all of the funds that the | service may require outside of its own | stated expenditures will be supplied by the people of the city. This action was taken at special meeting of the. finance committee.
 The situation now is: New cases, 2S; I total cases to date, 53S; deaths Sunday, | B; total to date, 105: new subfoci, 2; total subfoci to date, 93.
 Death From Plague at New York.
 NEW YORK, Aug. 7.-William B. Smith, one of group of five men re- moved from the steamship Advance when that vessel arrived from Colon on Thursday. is dead of yellow fever B the Swinburne Island hospital This is the second death from yellow fever that has taken place on the quarantine islands this season, the first occurring about two months ago.