The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-20
THAT LEPER AT
JOHNS HOPKINS.
Another Virginia Lady Resigns Her
Place Rather Than Nurse Her.
ANOTHER FUNNY POSTAL NAME.
Sodom This Timc--Maii Route Estab
1iehcd for Yukon Tcrritory-Ncw
Army Ordcrs-The Government
Needs an Inkmakcr;

other young lady from virginia mas 'aheh
the same ground as MISS Douthat, and
left Johns Hopkins Hospital. in Balti-
more. because one Of the conditions OF
remaining is that al nurses must take
the chances Of having turns at nursing
tho leper whom the hospital authorities
insist upon keeping tn the institution.
The voung lady is Miss Cassie Shanks,
Of Lexington. Va. Miss Shanks Is quite
an attractive young lady. and very intel
i,pent. Tho family is one OF the best
known an the lower part Of the Valley OF
Virginia. She was in the city for sew
eral DAYS and left this morning FOL
Lexington.
DID NOT DENY IT.
Miss Shanks was asked 10 give her
story for The Times She did not deny
that she had left the hospital but said
she preferred not 10 say anything OF
the subject.
From other sources. however. it Is
learned that Miss Shanks went 10 Balti-
more from Lexington about two months
ago. and entered Johns Hopkins 10 take
the course OF training prescrined LOT
those desiring TO become trained nurses
Everything was congenial and the future
lacked bright but soon she discovered
that tie leper who was the cause o.
Miss Douthat leaving the hospital was
still alive in the building. and the re-
ouirement that all nurses should take
turns in nursing the leper, If directed 10
40 so was still i'm force. At FIRST she
thought of accepting the conditions Du1
grave oposition was made at her home
Then. too the fear of spreading the rear
ful disease In some way had its inilu-
ence on her action.
MADE THEIR OWN RULES.
About the time her probation had e>-
pired and several days before the cor
tract was presented for signature 70 LOT
noallv enter her as a student nurse MISS
shanks said she would prefer not nui SINS
the leper Tho reply was that the nos
ni,al authorities decided upon what cases
should he received for treatment ana
tbat All nurses must accept the duty as
signed TO them If they remained. ,belhs
unwilling to accept tire terms uh,'Ss
oursinc the leper was excepted, she lel1
the institution and returned TO her Hoi'o
A SORE SUBJECT.
hov. been told the case Of the leper
,as haen a sore subject with the hospitai
no. ~t,ios ever since Miss Douthat left
che institution. They still insist there IS
no danger of spreading the disease ana
,hat their opinion on this point shah DE
occantea nv the nurses. Candidates lOI
positions in the training school gre not
anprised of the fact that they VIII IN an
probability have 10 nurse the ieper anu
as n result young ladies may so from
their homes to Baltimore ana ho' hiiu
for some time that the duty IS Iequl,eu
If they refuse TO obey the ofuei my
must leave the hospital with nothing 10
- for the expenditure of time ana
money. .,,,,.
In the case Of Miss Douthat her 'lihe
for graduation was not far distant wheh
she had to leave the hospital for refusing
10 nurse the plague stricken woman
LICENSED TO WE'D.
Marriage licenses were issued to-day to
Iobn A. Tauey. Of Richmond and MISS
Tub, ID Vial. Of Hanover county; Chts.
! Hrooking and Miss Kate l.. Marshali
both of orange county bennle >.
FLETCHER and Miss Bertha F. Petit Doth
of Loudon county. ~
Maior-General Francis V. Greene u
s v. has been formally assigned 10 re-
lieve General Lee temporarily
cantain w. NJ. Coulling, assistant
ouartermaster. has been relieved OF duty
an the ouartermaster's steamer Berlin
and ordered TO report 20 Col Amos >.
,<imball. DEPOT quartermaster New YORK
CITY for assignment TO duty pertaining
20 the rentting Of quartermasters trans
ports.
Captain Couiline was in the city TO-
day and left this evening for New YORK.
DISCHARGES.
Discharges have been ordered as fol-
lows:
Prlvates John w. Pa,ham. and Fred.
q RoyelI. Hospital Corps Seventh Army
Corps. Jacksonville; Walter +. Semon,
Josiah Simpson. General Hospital. Fort
Monroe
Discharges ordered by telegraph have
been confirmed as follows:
Quartermaster Sergeant Howard VIM
chester. Company d, First North Caro-
lima Infantry, September 18th; Privates
d. c. Mangum. band; John A. Green
Company d. John b. Alexander, COM
many 1. First North Carolina Infantry,
September 18th. Corporal F.. A Hard
wick. Company 1. First North Carolina
infantry. September 24th. Privates K. l..
Morris Company Il. Fourth virginia
Infantry. September 9th. John w. Fra
her. Company ID. Fourth United States
Volunteer Infantry.
A NEW SODoM.
sodom has been revived At least that
is the name OF a new postoffice establish
ed to-day in Madison county, n C., four
miles northeast Of Big Laurel i is
honed there Is nothing in a name in this
Gaze DcNeLlntAtSS II - a 1N+e'-|e~ $1,000
and adds another name 10 the list OF Gu
riosl,les In postal nomenclature. Reuben
n Ramsey is the postmaster.
Other Offices were Established al Cecil,
Haywood county. " C.. Louisa 7. Green,
postmaster. and Backhay, Princess Anne
county. Va. J. Y. whitehead postmaster
NAIL FOR THE YUKON.
The following order, signed by the POST
master General. under date Of the 18th
instant, establishing a weekly exchange
OF mails between the postofices at skag-
way. Alaska and Bennett In the Yukon
District Of Canada WAS given out to-day;
ordered. the Canada office having con-
CURED therein: Discontinue the exchange
Of mails between the postofice al Dyea,
Alaska, ana at Dawson City, in the
yukon District Of Canada. established by
order dated September l. 1891, Xxx; and
esfab lish in lieu thereof an exchange OF
mails once A week between the pos;ofilce
al skagway Alaska, and the postofhce
n, Rennett in the Yukon District OF Can
ada. the mails 10 be exchanged twice a
nonth BY means OF the United States
mail contractor on Route No. 1915 and
twice a month by means OF the Canadian
mail contractor on route between Dawson
CITY and Sksgway.
..'rhe mails in question shall contain
ouiv letters and postcards 10 the exclu-
.lon of all other articles The mails
made up at Skagway for Bennett shall
contain letters and postcards addressed