The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-23

re Large nm ADMINISTRATORS
nHe,00O-News Of the C0urts.
II creditors Of the Yesier estate are not
snsieasd with the management or condition
= IT, vast property interests involved. A
- q legal storm has been brewing
! nneng them for some time, and II bursted
asnuoerday In the shape of two petitions
90 d the probate department Of the SUI
eouior court, one asking that Mrs. Ycsler be
ef1e from the elegant home which she
- eeeupied since her husbands death,
- 1T her monthly allowance be cut
Ann0 to 500: the other asking that the
- seder all the remaining personal
arrty to be sold and all the remaining
~ state. or 20 much Of IT N may be
ncnmsry. be sold or mortgaged for the
hps0t u the creditors.
N ground of the creditors dlssatisfac-
- + - brief. a. summarized by them,
81 6uslag the last four years the estate
- IN showing continuous and grow
~ de1descy: that for the year 1886 the
average nonthiy revenue was q. s11 %: that
~ nees cost Of keeping up the estate. in
efhtr words. Its running expenses. without
poying cent 70 the creditors. during the
ssne year. amounted to ss14s.s1 per month.
4hss showing monthly deficit Of "a. 3ss.S2.
= : tptai annual deficit OF $4o.o65.S4; that
daring the flrst nine months OF the present
ysar the average monthly revenue has been
GaA.A, while the average monthly ex-
peuses have been s6.si6.s6. leaving month
i, Aeacit Of $i.osi.De or at the rate OF
)23ss,@. Beginning with the present
meath the rents OF the mortgaged property
ssths estate have been raised considerably.
Amounting now to $s.3Al per month. but
even with this increase OF rental there viii
SIN Be monthly deficiency Of sa,so6.s6. or
n annual deficiency OF practically 900.
II I'll these matters. az the creditors
psint out. not cent has been paid to them.
The cost OF maintenance OF the estate.
which goes 10 make up the expenses sum-
marized above. comprises merely the ex-
penditures on baildings. sidewalks and
sewers. Office expenses, interest on a mort
sase loan Of $4,000 from the German Say
inss and Loan Society. the allowance to the
widow. interest on allowed claims. taxes
and interest thereon. and interest on de-
lineuent taxes. Hardly q better illustra-
80 ~ a. - Ln tn
be had than the fact that these expenses
have run up into the neighborhood OF t0.-
90 year.
The movement among the creditors look
Ing toward securing some legal redress or
protection for their interests. began early
last summer. After considerable delay
united action was secured among the hold
ers Of forty-six out OF the fifty-flve unpaid
claims against the estate. exclusive OF the
mortgage to the German Savings and Loan
Society, and representing. exclusive OF that
mortgage. about ~ per cent. of these un-
paid claims. These creditors duly APP
pointed q committee. consisting of Herman
Chaplin. n. +. Backus and @. Poncin. The
committee employed as counsel three OF
the most prominent legal firms Ia the city,
the result OF whose deliberations thus far
was the fling OF the two petitions yester-
day
Judge Moore took due notice Of the fling
Of the petitions and issued the usual order
to show cause. That Is. all persons inter-
Gated In the estate are commanded 70 ap-
pear In court and show cause why the petit
tons should not be granted The order to
chow cause Is made returnab.e on pecem-
Der ~. and on that date Judge Moore VII.
give the petitioners and the opposition
ftaring
The Father of seattle.
AZ everybody In Seattle knows. Henry
I. Yesier was one OF the pioneers an6
founders Of the city. and has been Justly
styled liz father. He arrived q few
months after the first settlement of the
town IN ISL and soon afterward built a
sawmiil which gave employment to the
! majority Of the few white men who had
sttayed thus far into the wilderness. and
2 many Indians. He Was a close personal
friend OF Seattle the chief of the puwa-
nish Indians, after whom the town was
nansd. and II hcif In loving renembranee
rs hsa former employees and associates.
sene OF whom the growth 81 the town has
made wealth. After Alfn are named one
g The e;ty's leading whsrvcs. one of hcs
mAin ;horo2gafares. ere CT tho big bust
ssS~S ctoSAs Gs.I tna SSWszlAA TOWN ACROSS
Lake Washington. witch he built Iie
Vas twice mayor ~ the town. When he
oie0 OF ncveT-ber Is. 1899. he was missed
ana lafncnted by the whole city What
most enaeared him 20 the hearts of the
people was his own generous heart. He
vas generous to fault. and his Generos-
ny came near causing his financial ruin
more than once while he was amas<ing hts
fortune. In the early days he frts the poor
shd hungry. aud II any immigrants hap
psned to arrive hs the village hate At Might
ne lodged them and in case cf need nj.
mem to work about his mll until they
Iehhd ether or regular work He put up
many board shack for them or gave
.hem credit for the lumber with which 10
raAd Ter themselves. In .he early days
me entire business section Of the town Was
auadled together In little shacks on his
Pfupsr'y. AMI nearly All the s,orekeepers
~efc his tenants. lie WAS 50 confident
.som TIE hrs' that the place would one
cay become great city that he resolutely
seeunea 10 sell any 81 his property unless
aftNsa 20 Il by necessity This necessity
S.ese from his own goodness % heart.
sIshy OF his tenants "stooa him OF" for
az ~ rent Tor years; in fact, payment Was
"a % them "a 4 matter Of conscience, fer
vas Rover known 10 sue or eject ans OF