New-York tribune., 1905-08-07
PRAY FOR ARCHBISHOP.
Nelc-OrIeans More Hopeful Orer
Promised Government Control.
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New-Orleans Aug. 6.-Every Catholic in New
Orleans is tonight offering up prayers that
afonsignor P L. Chapelle Archbishop OF the
Diocese Of Louisiana ana Apostolic Delegate 20
Cuba and Porto Rico. will recover frern the yel-
low fever by which he has been stricken The
news that the Archbishop had the fever spread
through the city like wildhre, and the one
topic of conversation here. The fact that he
took the disease was the cause of comment, as
he was in Cuba at the time that the terrible
disease was epidemic there and never feared in
fection-
This evening the condition of the Archbishop
is very serious. although he is somewhat inn
proved since this morning.
In spite Of all Tenonstrances, the Archbishop
has insisted in riding through the infected dis
trict daily, and it is in this manner that he is
supposed TO have contracted the disease. The
Archbishop is in charge of DR.. Larroue. who is
one Of the greatest experts yellow fever in
the city. DR.. Guiteras is also attending the case.
These physicians are confident that the distin-
osiahsd prelate will recover.
The situation in this city will be turned over
70 the federal authorities some time tomorrow.
At meeting of the citizens. held this afternoon,
sufficient funds were pledged by the business
men of the city to carry out the plans of DR..
white OF the United States Marine Hospital
Corps for the cleaning of the city. 1t esti-
on for ct least sixty days. and DR.. Whites esti-
mate of the expenses vas about 81 900 day. in
addition TO the amount which will be furnished
by the government This amount was prompt
" subscribed by the business men. and tele-
grams were sent to Surgeon General Wyman, at
Washington. and to President Roosevelt, at
Oyster Bay.
This means that every possible financial assist
ance will be given the authorities by the citi-
is in hat She
has no civic fund for purposes of this kind. and
1T therefore devolves on the people of the city tc
take the necessary action. This will make the
entire amount which has been raised by the
people of the city to carry this fight over
S250.000
Quarantine regulations are unchanged to-day,
although it is believed that as the fed
eraI authorities take charge of the situation they
will put stop to the interruption to interstate
il traffic and the handling OF the mails which has
resulted from the senseless quarantine rules
which have been put into effect by the people OF
the small towns in this and adjoining States
Dr. White will have the use of both the militia
and the federal troops stationed here in carry
ing out any orders which he may give and
all the railroads are looking forward with pleas
ure 20 the governments taking charge of the
situation Affairs so serious that an en-
gineer taking out a train never knew at what
some irresponsible quarantine guard
In all the churches of the city to-day prayers
for the deliverance of the city from the disease
were repeated. and there is a feeling of hope
fulness among ali the people since the govern
raent promised to take charge which did not
prevail before. The fever situation is decidelF
better, and the fact that only two new foci de-
veloped to-day is considered as decidedly fa-
vorable One of these in the uptown dis
trict. away from all other foc. and the other
was down town. Nearly all the deaths of
people who were found in the Italian quarter
in the last stages of the disease, and who were
taken 10 the hospital to die
A peculiar case came up last night when an
italian boy was supposed to be dead from yellow
fever. and arrangements were made for the
funeral. The physicians had him removed from
the coffin. declaring that IL was simply a ca Sc
Of suspended animation.
TWO OF THE FEVER FIGHTERS.
Dr. Joseph H White of the United States
Public Health and Marine Hospital service. who
native Of Georgia. He entered the United States
Marine Hospital service in 1884. In 1898 he
represented the service in Hamburg. Germany.
during the cholera epidemic. He was in charge
OF the yellow fever situation in Jacksonville in
1895 and stamped out the disease I'm Hampton.
Va in 1929 under the most unfavorable circum-
stances He has been very successful in deal
ing with smallpox also and the bubonic plague.
which ravaged the Chinese quarters of San
Francisco in 1900
Dr. Gregorio NJ Guiteras. of the United States
Public Health and Marine Hospital service who
Is assisting DIR. White. born in Matanzas,
Cuba in 1863 He was graduated In medicine
from the University Of Pennsylvania I'm 1885 He
then served as inferno in the Philadelphia and