New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-09-23
Fever Patients
Request Defined
CITY FATHERS DO NOT BELIEVE
MUNICIPALITY is REsPoN-
SIBLE.
CLAIMS PRESENTED AMOUNT TO
NEARLY $4,000 FOR MEDICAL
AID.


council held last Thursday evening
Attorneys Ernest A. Michel ofMarshall
and Albert Pfaender, who represent the
claimants in the typhoid cases, and quite
number of the claimants themselves
appeared for the purpose of finding out
what decision the council had reached
in the matter of allowing the claims.
Before the council was called to order the
members discussed these claims in
formally and each one of the councilmen
informed August G. Erickson, former
Co. Attorney, who is representing the
city in this litigation, that they would not
personally audit and allow these claims
and Mr.. Erickson SO informed the
claimants and their attorneys. Altho
not an actual rejection Of the claims,
it amounts to the same thing and there
will be nothing else for the claimants to
do than to have the question of the city's
liability determined by the courts if they
are not willing to relinquish their claims
without fight.
The totallclaims as filed with the city
clerk aggregate the sum Of $5,951.30
and are made up Of the following items:
G. Windland, $39.35; w. H. Gieseke, $42;
Mrs. F. Dusel, $45; Eugene Koehler,
$62.75; Fred Regelin, $64.15; Fred Wind
land, $72.05; Prof: J. p. Sperling, 500;
H. L. Beecher, $137.55; Mary Frasch,
$142.50; Fred Nagel, $150.50; Mrs.
Thies, $194.82; Mrs. Chas. Emmerich,
$201.40; John Schiller, $208.10; F. c..
Fisher, $242; Math. Prom, $287.2O;
Otto Kruschke, $299.30; E: r. Bliefer-
NIGHT, $4,000; Dietrich Meyer, 1856. 35;
H: e: Fiene, $431:80; Otto Hummel,
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Frank P. Zschunke, $l,163. 16.
With the exception of the claims of
Wenzel Vogel who claims $500 for loss
OF time and Frank P. Zschunke who
claims $500 on account of loss of time,
the claims as presented show the actual
amounts of money that the typhoid
victims had to pay for medical care,
medicines, nursing, etc. This Attorney
Michel for the claimants tried to impress
upon the council when he urged the
payment of the claims, saying that those
who had filed claims for loss of time
would forego that part of their claims
if an amicable settlement could be
reached. When Mr.. Michel got thru
with his plea for favorable action at this
time, Attorney Erickson informed the
claimants that the members of the
council had individually decided not to
take any official action on these claims.
After the claimants had left, the council
went into executive session for a few
minutes and then again resumed the
regular work before them.
The city clerk reported that the board
of public works had completed the as
sessment for the laying of watermains
on South Broadway, State and Washing
ton Streets and for the grading of State
Street and no one appearing in oppo-
sition thereto, the council unanimously
approved the same. BY vote of three
to two the council decided to extend
the sewer on So Str from Minnesota to
German Street. This was done primarily
for the purpose of carrying off the surface
water and preventing the sidewalks from
becoming icy in winter. Councillors
Ruemke and Pfaender voted against the
sewer extension. The clerk was in.
structed to advertise for bids. The
balance of the evening was spent in dis
cussing the extras which the Union
Machine Co. had furnished at the electric
light station during the past summer.
but no action was taken and the council
adjourned until next Thursday at the
usual hour.