Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-11

Amount due by j. F. Waesaman,. omen
account follows:
Amount due by John O Can't a, a,
$232. IA Ct all
$17, 7O8S4 Ct o'-'
.. Interest from August 2. 1901 to date.
Quarterly interest. s6s52
Quarterly interest. s1366S
Quarterly interest, 1904.
Portion amount due Wesley Heights ac-
count. $137.64
Amount DUE S7O.546.S3.
Stocks Included.
Certificate No. 90 and certificate No. 81
each Tor one hundred shares of the capital
stock of the Emerson Steam Pump Com
pany; shares 500 each
Certificate No. for four hundred shares
or the capital stock of the National Lun-
Der Company shares IS each.
Ceitihate NO II for five hundred shares
OF the preferred capital stock of the Red
Dragon Seltzer Company; shares 500 each
Certificate No. 52S for twenty-five shares
OF the capital stock of the District Title
insurance company: shares $40 each
Certificate No. 8 for one share of the .ant
tai stock of the Anglers Association of the
District district OF Columbia: shares $50.
capital stock of the Woodmont Rod and
Gun Club. N
Certificate No 2for 49l shares of the cap
ital stock Of the Alaska Gold Mining Com
pany.
Certificate No. 5212 for 100000 shares of
the capital stock of the Alaska Gold Min
Ing Company.
Contracts of January 20, 1904. assigned TO
Thomas E. Waggaman with reference to
10000 shares and Jo,2J0 shares respectively
OF the capital stock of said Alaska Gold
Mining Company.
Policy No 2J,3T1 paid I'D issued nv Ma
tonal insurance Company of the United
States, on life of Thomas E. Waggaman.
for the sum of $4,000.
Provokes Comment
Considerable surprise was evoked in
some quarters by the statement of Referee
Bradley, which appeared in Yesterday
evenings Star. to the effect that the at
torneys representing the Waggaman cred
ttors would be required to produce either
a general or special letter of attorney in
order that they might take part in the
bankruptcy proceedings. The statement
was called to the attention of Mr. F. G.
Brandenburg OF the firm of Brandenburg
Brandenburg, who is professor of pro-
cedure IN bankruptcy and insolvency at
the George Washington University and
the author OF several works on bank
ruptcy. When asked for an expression of
his views as to the position taken by Mr.
Bradley. he stated that there was no
doubt that the referee has correctly inter-
preted the law in this respect. Neither
the statute nor the general orders pro-
mulgated by the Supreme Court of the
United States In pursuance thereof said
Mr.. Brandenburg. in terms requires that a
representative of a creditor, whether 1t be
an attorney or counselor at law or an
agent or proxy, shall as a condition prece-
dent to voting or taking part in the pro-
ceedngs produce power of attorney; still
there is sufficient in the law as well as the
general orders to make it clear that such
was the intention of Congress as well as
OF the Supreme Court
Must Prove Claim
In order that a creditor of Mr.. Wagga-
man may take part In the proceedings or
share in the estate. he must first prove his
claim in the bankruptcy proceedings re-
quired by law, unless he intends to rest
upon security, and the fact that he Is
personally present in the bankruptcy court
and at the meetings of creditors. will not
operate to waive this requirement OF the
statute.
If he be represented by an attorney.
agent or PROXY. such representative must
be duly authorized" as provided by the
first section of the law. BY the general
orders promulgated by the United States
Supreme Court provision Is made for the
persons before whom 1.-THE execution of any
letter o. attorney to represent a creditor.
may be made while the forms provided by
the Supreme Court contain powers Of at
torney for this purpose. thus clearly indi-
eating that the position now taken Is tie
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