The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-21
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
House Physician at Roosevelt Hospi-
tai Dismissed.
FITZSIMM0NS HERO AT A FIRE.
General Greene Declines to Be Prcsi.
dent Of Republican, County Com
1nittee A.u. n-Fine Audience
Sees Grand Opera.
.FITZSIMM0NS HERO AT A FIRE

| At a meeting of the trustees, held shortly
| before November Goth, it was decided to
| ask DR.. Floyd TO resign. In the ordinary
course of events, DR.. Floyds term would
nave ended on December 3lst, and he
| would have got his hospital diploma. The
| very few of DR.. Floyds friends who know
| the particulars assert that his dismissal
| was the result of an arrogant use of power
| on the part Of the hospital trustees, and
was justIned by no act of the young physi-
clan, The trustees are disinclined to dis
| cuss the case, but assert that the dis
| Inissal was justified. Whatever may be
| the exact truth, Or. Floyd's dismissal has
! raised d ruInpuS.
Some Of the undisputetl facts in the case
are the following: Or. Floyd was grad
uated from the college OF --hyslciaus AID
Surgeons among the first ten men III his
class lie won his hospital appointment
by competitive examination. His class
mates at The medical scnool rather envled
young Floyd because he is a relative of
Dr. Francis De.aneld ana it was thought
that the relationship would be Il Dig
boost for the young man. Whenever this
was SPOKEN OF i'll his hearing, young
Floyd was i'll the h9oit Of saying rather
sharply that if he couldn't make q pro-
IeSSlOn1i name ltI NllltScLL NLtlltuL l-IC
aid of a distinguished relative ne would
remain in oEDscurity. His work at the
hospital was satisfactory, from the profess
siOnal Standpoint and his treatment OF the
cases that came under his charge WAS re-
SardeG as Skiltul.
I.OCKJAlV FROM VACCINATICN.
1t was learned yesterday that Ruth
Schrader. a five-year-oid daughter of Os-
car Schrader, who is a salesman OF JOAN
C.e,aiinning s. Co., the handkerchief man
ufacturers died at her parents home, No.
3oi West 1C5th Street, of lockjaw after
vaccination She was vaccinated by the
family physician three weeks before her
death.
The wound, which was on the child's
leg had almost entirely healed and was
apparently just as it Should be, when she
fell i'll. The little one had then just re-
turned from q two-weeks visit to Mount
Vernon. N Y. and seemed in the best Of
hearth. On the evening of Octooer 'th
she played in the street until late in the
evening but after supper she complained
of tOothache. This grew SO lnucn worse
during the night that the next morning the
family physician was summoned. RecoS-
MIXING the symptoms as lockjaw, he adj
1ninistered tetanuS antitoNlne, but without
affordine any relief The child expired
early in the afternoon in great agony.
In his report to the Board of Health the
physician asserts that the tetanus germs
we're nnuuestionabIy impaired through
the wound made for the vaccination Inc
child was tuberculouS. and that fact may
have been q contributing cause of death.
The vaccine used was the Board OF Health
vaccine; regularly furnished to physicians.
He knew of no other possible solution, he
said.
F,ITl AND THE FIRE.
Fire was discovered in the Clarendon
I'll
Brooklyn, at O'Clock last evening At
the time there were about sixty persons
in the hotel many of them dressing for
dinner Bob Fitzsimmons, who is play
ng THE Honest Blacksmith at the
Bijou Theatre is putting up at the Clar-
endon with his wife. siX-year-old son, ana
his sister-in-law, Miss Theo. Fitzsimmons
was told that the hotel was on fire. He
looked into the airshaft and found that
the flames were approaching the third
floor.
II locked for a pail of water ne said,
but in my excitement couldn t find one.
after a few seconds [ managed to get
tie water and dashed q pailful on the
flames and this put out the fire"
notwithstanding Fitzsmmons' success,
six lines of hose threw water into the
airshaft for ten minutes before the fire
men were satisfied.
Some of the women who hurried down
stairs had neglected to put on their shoes
and Others forgot all about their waists.
J. J. Carlisle VINO is about 80 years old,
was in bed i'll. His wife, who is a strong
woman, picked him UP and carried him
down to the dining room. D. P. Sharp.
whose leg has recently been amputated,
was carried downstairs by his son.
The fire was caused by defective fue.
Damage, about 5000.
MRS. BURDEN TO WE'D.
Society was much interested yesterday
in the formal announcement of the en-
oasement OF Mrs. William F. Burden to
Dr. Alexander S. Clarke. an American
physician who for years has been a resi-
lde1t in Paris.
Mrs Burden has been living abroad
since the sudden death OF he,. husband.
nearly three years ago, at the Waldorf
Astoria and within the last three months
there have been frequent rumors OF her
engagement to Dr.. Clarke, brst these
have always been met with denials
Mrs Burden yesterday, however, wrote
TO several Of her intimate friends to an
nounce the engagement, ana last night
it was discussed al the opera. Mrs Bur
den is possessed of a handsome fortune
She was formerly Miss Daisy Mccoy, of
Troy. y. Y Some years ago she built
a beautiful house at Newport, which is
cllIttl bSeCii poulltl ttilu Us JUST on lElG
shores of Newport Harbor. near the place
of Mr.. e. D. Morgan. This house has
never been opened since the death of Mr !
Burden
Dr. Clarke is known to all the prorni-
nent Americans resident in Paris or who
are in the habit OF visiting the French
capital. He has a great practice there,
and is reputed a man of wealth. No date
is set for the marriage.
WILL NOT ACCEPT.
General Francis Vinton Greene, pres5-
dent OF the Republican County Commit
tee, has decided not to accept that office
for 1901, and the announcement of his de-
cision, made last evening, caused a great
deal of surprise among the Republican
leaders, who had understood that the !
campaign was to be conducted
under Genero Greene's management |
General Greene made his decision known |
in a letter which he sent to Chairman
William II. Ten Eyck, Of the Executive |
Committee, on Monday.
GRAND OPERA.
Another fine audience and a fine per-
Torrance. Such was the occasion on |
a