The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-05-23

Popular Young Man Drowned-Great
Shock to His Family and Friends
r. Lee Dunphy, eldest son of Mr.. james D.
| Dunphy, foreman in the Office OF the mary
land Journal, Towson, was drowned IN the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, near Hancock,
Md, on Friday evening of last week For
little over four years Mr.. Dunphy had been
clerk in the Towson drug store of his uncle,
DR.. r. G. Massenburg. He resigned this posi-
ton in February last to join an engineering
corps on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The
| facts of the sad accident are best told by Mr..
Fred. D. Dollenberg, Jr., of Towson, who is
also member of the same corps and who was
an eye witness of the affair. He said on Sat-
urday
The corps, perhaps unfortunately. was
composed of IL men. Mr.. Whiteside, Mr..
Dunphy and myself were members. Yester-
day we all played baseball and after cooling
of bit four of the men went into the canal
for bath. They were Messrs. Whiteside,
Dunphy, Percy Mckee, of MartiDsburg, and
Hall Worthington, of Granite, Baltimore coun-
ty. Neither Mr.. Dunphy nor Mr. Whiteside
could swim, but Mr.. Worthington can, and
after they had been in the water for some time
Mr.. Worthington took Mr.. Dunphy on his
back and started to carry him across the stream
which at this point slopes from comparatively
shallow water at the sides to depth of about
nine feet.
Near the middle of the stream Mr.. Dunphy
for some reason, lost his hold of Mr.. Worth
ington and sank. Mr.. Worthington was too
exhausted by his recent efforts to be of any
service to Mr.. Dunphy.
"Mr. Whteside, preceiving this and regard
less of the fact that he was learning to swim,
went out toward the spot where his friend had
gone down. AS Mr.. Dunphy arose to the sur
face Mr.. Whteside grabbed him, but then,
finding be no longer had foothold, he seems
to have lost his nerve and the two men sank.
Their bodies were recovered as soon as possible,
Mr.. Whiteside's in half an hour and Mr.. Dun
phys in about an hour, and two doctors from
Hancock worked for two hours to resuscitate
them, but without success"
Young Whiteside, who lost his life at the
same time, was resident of Baltimore city
and 10 years of age. He was son of Mr..
William B. Whiteside and had been q member
of the corps two years.
The body of Mr.. Dunphy, who was in the
22d year of his age, was brought to Towson on
Saturday evening and the funeral took place
in Towson NJ. E. Church at o'clock on Mon
day afternoon and was one of the largest ever
seen here. The services were conducted by
the pastor, Rev. John R. Edwards, assisted by
several other ministers, and John Eager How
ard Council, Jr. 0. U. A. M, also took part in
the services The active pall-bearers were
Messrs. Fred. D. Dollenberg, Jr, ]. Howard
Flayhart, ]. Milton Green, J. Thomas Phipps,
G. William Parker, John s. Held. George
Stieber and Charles A. Rowe. The honorary
pall-bearers were selected from John Eager
H.
Lytle, H. S. Alt William r. Dunphy, Mitchell
n. Brown, Ralph H. Burton and John B.
Fuller. The interment was in Prospect Hill
Cemetery.
Mr.. Dunphy, who was in all respects most
exemplary young man, was highly thought of
in this community. His sudden and untimely
death was not only great sho ck to his family,
but also to his many friends in the town and
surrounding country, and expressions of sor-
row and sympathy were heard on every hand.
Deceased had been a member of Towson M.
Il. Church since he was IL years of age. He
was fourth vice president of the Epworth
League and until he went away was president
of the missionary society of the church and
was treasurer of the Sunday school. He be.
lOnged to John Eager Howard Council Junior
Order United American Mechanics, and was a
member and one of the organizers of the
Young Mems Literary and Debating Society
of Towson.
Good Treatment for Wornout Equines
"A Horse Haven to be Provided.-In the
course of the next two weeks the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will
open the grounds purchased by them last fall
for Horse Haven" or Home of Rest"
for horses and mules, says the Baltimore
american This will be the first affair of the
kind to be operated in this country and will
be modelled after the celebrated Home of
Rest near London, Eng.
The land which will be used for this pur-
pOS0 COU1p TlS6S dUOuC W dCT6S anu Is SlLudLGQ
on Herring Run, Baltimore county, a short
distance from the city limits. 1t is watered
by the run and several smaller adjacent
streams, so is in this way admirable for pas
ture purposes The land was a part of the
Corse estate. and is almost perfect counter
part of the English meadows or grazing lands.
AT present stables are being erected to &C.
commodate about 80 horses and it is expected
that they will be completed in a short time.
When these are finished the society will begin
its work of caring for aged or infirm horses.
AT this haven horses that have seen better
days and whose masters desire to procure for
them rest when Overtaken by the infirmities
of age may end their days in peace and quiet,
and here also the horse that is in need of care
and rest to enable him to regain health and
strength may find recuperation. Caretakers
will be in charge all the time, and arrange
mfnts VII Rs ma @ t Bs aaXe S u
it must have veterinarians certificate that
it is free from infectious diseases. While they
are at the home no animal will be worked IN
any way, but will have perfect holiday, being
free to recover strength wandering over the
meadow or cooling off in the streams which
pass through the grounds. The haven is in
tended primarily for the horse of the dealer or
working man who is often personally unable
to afford the amount charged for the private
pasture grounds, and to give the animal the
rest and care it needs. This horse is worked
on the streets in the daytime and at night its
rest is taken in stable. To these animals
few weeks rest in good pasturing grounds is
invaluable and will be found at the haven at
very little cost.
After the arrival of the horse a veterinarian
will examine it, shoes will be removed, hoofs
may be pared, teeth filed, or any other neces-
sary operation for the animals welfare and
comfort will be performed under the direction
of the veterinary surgeon.
The grounds will be open at any time for
inspection by those who may have horses in
keeping of the home. Any care the animal
may need will be included in the specified fee
decided upon when the horse is entered, and
there will be no extra fee for medical attend
ance.
Looks All Right for the New Road.-A
letter from Belair dated May 10Th says: AN
enthusiastic meeting of the stockholders of
of the proposed Baltimore and Belair Electric
Railway Company was held in the court house
here this afternoon. Col Harry d. Hanway,
of Belair, presided, with DR.. ]. F. H. Gorsuch,
of Fork, Baltimore county, secretary.
1.-The following board of directors was elect
ed Albert D. Graham, assistant cashier of the
Citizens National Bank, Baltimore; 0. A.
Kirkland, Baltimore city; Charles J. Bona
parte and John NJ. Griffith, of Baltimore coun-
ty; George L. Van Bibber, j Alexis Shriver
and Stevenson A. Williams, of Belair
'Mr Shriver, who has been the prime
mover in the organization of the company,
briefly outlined to the stockholders the present
condition ofthe company's affairs. Hesaid that
rights of. way had been obtained from the Balti-
more and Hartford Turnpike Company, and the
stockholders of the Belair Turnpike Company
had agreed to exchange their shares of stock
for the railway companys stock: The grant
ing of the right-of-way from Baltimore to Bel
air was subject to conditions which make it
necessary that the present northern terminus of
the United Railways and Electric Company at
Hamilton avenue, should be the permanent
southern terminus of the new railway, and
that the new company will not acquire any
rights-of- way looking to the location OF line
south of the aforementioned point.
ut was stated at the meeting today that be-
tween $50 900 and S55, 900 worth of stock had
been subscribed, that preliminary surveys have
been completed and work on the final survey
had been commenced. 1t is estimated that
the cost of building and equipping the road
will be about S155,000
"Mr. Shriver stated, however, that more
conservative estimate would be 5000, 000"
DIR. J. F. Martenet who was present at the
ropnfino of tho Dr0n1Otprq 0f the rand transit