St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-09-28
NEW RECEIVERS FOR THE N, II.
TO BE APPOINTED TO-
DAY.
JUDGE REFUSES TO DELAY.
BoNDHOLDERS ARE ANXIOUS To
BRING TO A STOP ALL FUR
THEIR CONTENTION
JENKINS POINTS OUT HIS DUTY,
He Would Gladly Wash His HandR
of the Case, but Is Unable
to Do Sc

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Sept 27--
The resignation of the Northern Pa
cif1c receivers has been accepted,
and at 10 o'clock tomorrow Judge
Jenkins will appoint their success
sors or successor. The representa-
tives of the bondholders all urged
the court to postpone action on the
resignation of the receivers for sew
eral weeks, and thereby enable the
different parties interested in the
Northern Pacific railroad to get to-
gether and harmoniously agree upon
some one plan for the continuation
of the administration of the prop
erty from one common head. In
making this suggestion they also ex-
pressed the hope that the different
courts of the districts traversed by
the Northern Pacific railroad might.
mutually agree as to which Of them :.
is to have the general direction of
the receivers and of the administers
tion of the property as a unit, thus
preserving the integrity of the
Northern Pacific.
Col. John c.. Spooner, for the re-
ceivers, laid stress upon the fact
that if the receivers, should they con-
tinue in their positions, fail to ap-
pear before the circuit court of the
state Of Washington on Oct. next,
they would place themselves in con-
tempt Of court, and insisted that the
receivers, as the appointees of the
court, were entitled to the protec-
tion of the court that had appoints
ed them, especially against the pos
sibility of being in contempt of an
other court.
The arguments occupied several
of the largest asSemblages of law
yers ever seen in a. court in Milwau-
kee. Finally Judge Jenkins an
nounced his decision. He went brief
ly over the history of the Northern
Pacific receivership, recalled the
fact that the primary jurisdiction of
the court of Milwaukee had been
recognized for the past two years
by all the courts along. the North-
ern Pacific, railroad, defined the re-
lation of courts to one another under
such circumstances, speaking of the
comfy recognition as rule by
courts, and with the remark that he
would gladly wash his hands of the
whole thing, but that duty COM
PEELED him to keep control of the
case, he announced that the re-
ceivers' designations were accepted
and that the nominations of their
successors were in order.
OFF FOR SEATTLE. Z.
Most of the attorneys left late to-
night for Seattle, including Col. Silas
w. Petit, M. H. Cordozo, Charles c..
Beaman, Mr.. McCutcheon and G. E. P.
Howard. No names for the receiver
ship will be proposed in court tomor-
row morning. Judge Jenkins will ap-
point two receivers, that number hav-
ing been consented to by all Sides
The attorneys who left for Seattle, it
is understood, will arrive at some
agreement Ell ronte, and it is said to
be practically decided among them to
recognize the jurisdiction of one court,
that of Judge Jenkins, and to have
one receiver representing the interests
of the stockholders. Brayton Ives is
already on the way to Seattle, and a
general conference with him is likely
to take place. If no agreement is ar
rived at the result may be the exist
ence of two receiverships, the jurisdic-
ton of ono extending from Ashland,
Wis, to Montana, and the other from
Montana to the Pacific coast.