Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-02-17
VENERABLE BROTHER
BOTULPH IS DEAD
Was President and Principal
Of 81. MiChael'S College
at Santa Fe.
He DIED IN LIES WORK
lsAlgraan February iol


Brother Boiulph, "a years old ON
the second day OF this coming month.
director and head OF So Mlchaors
college, and member Of The terrl.
torial board Of education. died az noon
yesterday n SO. vlnconts hospital. ne
Santa Fc. of asthma and catarrh, su.
pcrlnduced hy advanced old age. ne
had been unconscious since G o'clock
Thursday night ana the end was ex.
peCicd for come time before Il came.
The body was prepared Tor burial
and thel taken % the San Miguel
clurch whlcn Is the college chapel.
where n remained in state, surround
cd BY lighted candles until this morn
I Ing
Al Gt5 o'clnck this morning low
mass Mas said ln ,ho San Miguel
( chapel ana the body was then moved
/ TO the caiht,,tsel sshere the solemn
requiem mass was snidat 10 o'clock
After customary prayers che body Of
The venerable Instructor WAS laid VI
rest IN the Rosario cemetery, near
Santa Fe Tho requiem mass was con
Quoted by the r. Rev. Bishop :. b
/ pliayal, assisted by very Roy Fathei
Antonio Fourchegu. vicar general
The board Of directors of toe col
lrgo offered to retire Brother 10
I iulph from active duty, hut he refused
to quit saying in reply;
a have been too long here TO wish
10 abandon the work now want "a
I de in the harness.
Hla wish was granted. aa with hi'
/ laat consciousness. be- continued q
direct the analrs of the school
| through Brother Mathew. VINO Ia nov
ln charge, until "a successor ia ap
pointed.
Thlrty-nve Years Here.
Brother BOtulph has spent The las
thlry.nve years ~ HE useful an,
pluus lfc in work at an Mcnaeii
college, and was well known an owe
the southwest an one of lta most con
acieutlous aud valuable pioneer teach
era
Owing to the personal EFFORTS ans
DIS excellent management tho ol'
adobe college buildings were tom
down one hy one and replaced viii
handsome brick structures, costlnl
500 000 The Institution nov has az
attendance OF 1875 hOardera and elghty
i've day pupils and is entering upo
an era OF prosperity ol which IN
foundation was laid by 1he ycnorahl
man whose death has lust occurred
Brother hOtulpha family namo wa
Peter J schneider he was born i
Prussia. near the present city OF O.
/ ll1gne bui early omlgrated to Amer
lea and entered the order Ol Chrlatin
brotherhood in the year 1859. Thre
Of his brothers also entered the sam
order Two are dead, hut one Us nol
teaching ln a college M baltimore
Nd A sister la also an inmate Of
hospital conducted hy The Sisters q
ST. Francis at Newark, ~ j. Bot
were notified oi his death. bat OWN
90 their age they dld not come
Santa Fo iOf The funeral.
+ After iolniug thls pl0us order, ga
b. Brother taught for soma time iu ga
. legos "a Montreal. Kingston, Delroi
, baltimore. Rochester and Phllade
Z phla. bat was lnally sent to the The
: frontier of sOw Mexico. A. a rpsu
! OF his uprlRht and bard working IA
9 and bis ability and euergy Pc 500
. UOn the respect ANA confidence ~ q
b whose pleasure d was io know hin
s and the news of bis death caused un
} yoreai yeErot and mourning through
! oui NcN MeNlco.