Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1905 — TERROR STRIKESHIGH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TERROR STRIKESHIGH

Vallow Jack Lays Low a Distinguished Victim at the Crescent City. « ARCHBISHOP CHAPPELLE DEAD His Physique Not Strong Enough to Withstand the Attack. Number of Known Cases Increases Through More Thorough Action in Locating Them—Shotgun Quarantine Coademned. New Orleans, La., Aug. 10. —Public interest in the general yellow fever Situation suffered a temporary eclipse in the unexpected announcement of the death of Archbishop Cbappelle, the most distinguished victim of the disease. Although the venerable prelate was a subject of scientific treatment and had the most assidiuos attention

his physique always counted heavily against him, in the opinion of both the laity and the physicians, while his fatigued condition on his return from ■ partcularly irksome trip through the country was also against him. There is no doubt that his death is attributed to a mosquito bite. Short Sketch of His Life. Archbishop Placlde Louis Cbappelle was a native of Mende, France, where be was born Aug. 28, 1842. He came to the United States in 1859 and was graduated from St. Mary’s college. He was a priest from 1865 to 1891, and in the latter year was made bishop coadjutor of Santa Fe, and became archbishop of that diocese in 1894. Three years later on the death of Archbishop Janssens, he was named as archbishop of New Orleans. Then he was made apostolic delegate to Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines, and assisted in arranging the matter of the Phiilipine friar lands. He was relieved of the delegateship to the Philippines in 1902, and since then he devoted himself to his dilties here and in Cuba and Porto Rico. He is the most distinguished victim so far, of the yellow fever.

UNEARTHING THE SICK ONES Causes a Continued Increase of New Cases—Uncle Sam at Work. The record of cases was again large, and there was an increase in the number of deaths. The new cases are swelling largely as ■ result of the vim and energy which federal control of the situation has inspired, and from a gradual overcoming of the disinclination of some of the doctors to make known their cases. The overwhelming preponderance of cases continues below Canal street and the disease has no where got a firm bold above. The record for the day is as follows: New cases, 63; total to date, 679; deaths, 7; total deaths to date, 119; new foci, 12; total to date, 130; cases under treatment, 265. It is announced that action will be taken against property holders and* tenants who are unwilling to acquiesce iu the sanitary and other precautions recommended by the health authorities. House-to-house inspections are to be instituted and affidavits are to be prepared against those who are shown to have been derelict. Advices from Mississippi indicate that the people of the rural districts are growing restless under the severity of the quarantines, which have proved of great Inconvenience to them in cutting off their supplies. This is regarded as encouraging, in view of the modified views of Secretary Hunter, of Mississippi, with regard to quarantines. Dr. Hunter announces himself utterly opposed to shotgun quarantines and throughout Mississippi a saner spirit is manifesting itself since the federal government has relieved the local authorities. Among the cases in the last official report is one within half a square of Newspaper Row. It is located in a lodging bouse in Commercial alley. This is the second case that has been reported from the same quarter.

ARCHBISHOP CHAPPELLE.