The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-10
CHAPELLE IS
 FEVER VICTIM Archbishop SuccumbS af
 New Orleans. CAUSES PROFOUND GRIEF The End Came With Great
 Rapidity. Remains of Distinguished Prelats lzave Been Embalmed and Final In terment VIII Take Place
 Saturday.
CAUSES PROFOUND GRIEF

New Orleans, Aug. 9.-A sudoen change in his condition today cuimt- mated in the death of Archbishop Chapelle. The end came at ten min utes of o'clock. The news of the Archbishops death created a profound shock.
 Mgr. ChapelIe was taken i'll on Fri day. He had returned to the city three days before. having just completed tour of Louisiana and announced on his arrival his intention of co-operaf- ing in the efforts then in full swing to stamp out the fever. The Archbishop. however, left his house only on one oc- casion before he was taken sick. That was to take a drive with his niece On Friday he complained os the symptoms which are the foreruaners of yellow fever. Dr. Larue, the Archbishop's physician. was immediately cali"sf On Friday he diagnosed the case as Een- uine attack of yellow fever
 From the first Dr. Larue was appre- hensive as to the results of the attack. owing to the physique of his patient. Archbishop Chapelle was very stout or build full-blooded and past 50 years or age and the fever is always alarming in a patient under those conditions. The best available medical and nursing talent was pressed Into service. the
 
 effort made to conduct a successful sct- entifc fight.
 The disease, however. made steady fnroads upon the venerable patient and yesterday he was found to be in ser rious condition. When Dr. Larue saw him early today there was no improve ment but on the contrary the patient showed signs of increasing weakness. Before noon there was an alarming change for the worse in his condition. Eminent physicians were immediately summoned for consultation, but the Archbishop was beyond succor The end came with great rapidity. dissolu- tion ensuing at 12:so.
 Body in state.
 The body of the archbishop was transferred at o'clock from his resi- dence on Esplanade Avenue to St. Louis Cathedral. where ft- is lying m State. The obsequies will take place at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at the Cathedral There will be Gregorian requiem high mass sung, every mem Der of the Catholic clergy in the city participating. Very Rev. Father La- valle, vicar general of the diocese. will be the celebrant and the eulogy, will be pronounced by Bishop c. A. Rouxel. with Revs. Scotti and Gardi as deacons of honor. The remains will be tn- tered in the crypt in the Cathedral, where his predecessors repose. There will be none of the clergy from other points in the archdiocese present be- cause of their inability to return to their homes on account of quarantine restrictions. Hundreds of telegrams of coincidence have been received.
 At late hour tonight the arrange ments for the obseQuies were changed so as to provide for the final interment Saturday instead of tomorrow. The A. . L.Il i 1tA morrow and will be repeated Friday and Saturday after which the casket will be lowered into the crypt. Father Scotti will be the celebrant at the mass Friday and Bishop Rouxel will be the celebrant Saturday. The re- mains will He in state in closed casket until the final rites are per- formed.
 The remains were embaImed at o'clock. but owing to the discoloration the face will not be exposed to view.
 sketch of the Archbishop.
 New Orleans, La, Aug. 9.--Arch- bishop Placide Louis Chapelle was native of Mende, France. where he was born August 2s. 1s43 He came to the United States in 1859 and was graduat- ed from St. Mary's College. He was ordained a priest in 1865. For Ave years following he served as a mis- sionary and from 1870 to 1891 he held pastorates in Baltimore and Washing ton, where he was highly esteemed, forming in the latter city friendship with men of prominence In national affairs, among them President Mckin- ley, who held the Archbishop in high esteem.
 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 Archbi:alop Jansen. he was named of New Orleans. The year following the Spanish American war he was appointed by the Pope as apostolic delegate to Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines. He went to the Philip pines and spent much time there in with the settlement of con- ditions growing out of the change of in the islands. He took up the case of the friars and. though his work was most delicate. the results achieved received the approval of the Vatican.
 During his stay in Manila he was thrown constantly into contact with Secretary Taft. then the Governor of the Islands. and they became warm personal friends. When Secretary Taft came through New Orleans earlier in the year on his way to Panama the attended the banquet given % him and subsequently, entertained the Secretary at a formal function in the Archiepiscopal palace.
 Four years ago Archbishop Chapelle was relieved of the responsibilities of his mission to the Philippines, but continued his Jurisdiction of 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 Sou llgnac, and they have been lnseparable The Archbishop was a man of high ability and exceptional i'm telIectual attachments. He was fond of social life and was a constant en- tertainer. drawing to his home here the most representative people in the social and intellectual life of the city.
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