Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-08-12
MGR. CHAPELLE A VICTIM
Archbishop Of New Orleans Sue
cumbs to Fatal Bite.
SICK 6 DAYS, DIES SUDDENLY
Physicians Positive That Prelate
Received Infection From
Deadly Mosquito.

NEW ORLEANS. Aug 10.-Arch-
bishop Chapelle of the Roman Catho-
lie diocese of New Orleans, is dead
here of yellow fever.
Shortly after II o'clock yesterday
DIR. Larue announced that Archbishop
Chapelle had taken a change for the
worse, that he was critically Ill and
that a consultation Of physicians would
Immediately be held. 1t was found.
prelate had passed beyond human aid.
Mgr Chapelle was taken III on Fri
day. He had returned to the city
three days before, having just com
pleted a tour of Louisiana. and an.
nounced on his arrival his intention of
cooperating In the efforts then in full
swing to stamp out the fever. He,
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 of symptoms
Indicating yellow fever DR. Larue
diagnosed the case as yellow fever.
From the first DIR. Larue was APP
prshensive as to the result, Archbishop
Chapelle being fieshy. full blooded and
more than sixty years old.
Although the prelate was a subject
of scientific treatment and attention,
his physique and fatigued condition on
his return from a particularly irxsome
trip through the country counted
against him. His death. while gener-
ally deplored. is not taken as a refuta-
ton of the medical fraternity's opinion
that with good care and proper treat
ment the number Of deaths is not like
ly to be large in proportion to the
number of cases.
What Is held remarkable is that the
archbishop should have CONTRACTED the
disease so quickly, whereas he had
spent many years In Cuba and Porto
Rico, where the disease Is endemic,
without having contracted 1t there.
Among the scientific men there Is little
doubt that the archbishop fell vic
tim to a mosquito during a brief visit
he paid to the old archbishopric ON
Charities street or from an insect
which found its way into his residence
In Esplanade avenue. which is not far
from the territory within which there
has been infection.
| No arrangements have yet been made
for the funeral.
| Archbishop Chapelle was born in
Mines, France, in 1912. He began his
collegiate course in France and com
pleted it In Belgium, in Enghien. In
! 1853 he came to this country with an
uncle who had been sent by the holy
see to negotiate concordat with the
republic of Haiti.
He then entered st. Mary's semina-
ry, In Baltimore, to pursue his theo-
logical studies. and upon the death of
his uncle in Haiti he determined to at
tach himself to the archdiocese OF Bal
timore. After he graduated he taught
humanities in st. Charles college,
Maryland.
The report of the fever in this city
| for the twenty-four hours shows: New
cases, So; total cases, GO; deaths, z;
total deaths, 119.
The report of sixty new cases of vel
low fever in New Orleans yesterday
shows how complete the infection Is in
the district below Canal street and
shows only too plainly the herculean
task which the federal authorities have
to stamp out the pest
The hope has been expressed that I'M
der favorable conditions the middle of
September would bring the announce
ment that no more cases existed In
New Orleans, but recent developments
show that If this task be accomplished
by that time it will add a new wonder
to the world of science and confirm be-
yond doubt the theory of the stego-
myia.
1t Is the intention Of the state board
to enforce the state regulations gov
erning guarantees with civil forces
and in case of a clash with the parish
authorities Governor Blanchard will
be requested to send the militia to en-
force the state boards mandate
The militia will, it is understood, be
put aboard trains and steamboats, to
protect travellers from ejectment and
detention and prevent the stopping OF
freight This, it is thought, will start
the movement of mails and freight to
all points In Louisiana, some OF which
have been without a train for eight
days.
The Plague on the Istbmus.