Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-11
Legal Notices.
NOTICE.

To GENERAL UNSECURED CREDITORS
OF THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY
COMPANY:
The following order. fixing the time for
olinR general and unsecured claims of cred
itors against the Missouri Pacific Railway
Company and referring such claims to spe-
cisl Master, Hon. George C, hitchcock,
Room sll, New National Bank OF Com
merce Building. AIS Pine Street. st. Louis,
Missouri, was entered July Sd. 1915, by
Honorable william G. Hook. United States
Circuit Judge for the Eastern Division,
Eastern District Of Missouri, in the Receiv-
ership proceedings against the MISSOURI IA
che Railway Company:
ORDER,
REFERRING CLAIMS OF CREDITORS TO
SPECIAL MASTER AND FIXING
TIME FOR FILING CLAIMS.
IT rs ORDERED that the holder or hold
ers of unsecured claims or demands against
said defendant The Missouri Pacific Rail-
way Company. and all persons tother than
the holders OF bonds or other obligations
payable by said Railway Company ana Sc
cured by mortgage or pledge OF COLLATERAL
the respective trustees of mortgages or
trust indentures given to secure payment or
the same, and the holders Of such claims as
may have been approved for payment by
orders herein) who claim any interest In, or
lien upon any OF the funds or property In
possession of tho Receiver of said Railway
Company. are hereby required to hle state,
ments of the nature, dates of accrual and
amounts Of their respective claims and de-
mands, duly verified by the oath of the
person or by an officer of the corporation
making such claims, with GEORGE c.
HITCHCOCK, heretofore appointed Special
Master in this cause, at his office, Rooms
sll to s13, New National Bank Of Com
merce Building 415 Pine Street, in the City
Of St. Louis, State of Missouri, on or before
the FIFTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST. 1915
Claims shall be proved on the basis OF
allowance of interest to August 10. 1915. the
date Of the appointment OF the receiver
herein without prejudice to the right of the
claimants to claim interest accruing there
after upon the amounts found to be due to
| said claimants, respectively. on said 18th
day Of August, 1915.
ANY party to this cause, said receiver. AND
any party who files his claim or demand
In accordance with this order. may file
| with said Special Master within thirty day.
after AUGUST 18TH an answer to any
claim or demand fled with him as hereir
ordered, and may contest the same. Al
claims and demands so filed are hereb,
| referred to said Special Master to inyesti
gate. hear proof and report thereon boti
as to the amounts justly owing thereon. a
| to any liens by which they arc secured ant
as to the order in which they are lawful!
entitled to payment. The Special Maste
may in his discretion hear proofs In re
| speot Of claims contested or uncontested
| In the City Of st. Louis or elsewhere. ant
shall notify all solicitors Of record of tn
| times and places of all hearings. and ma!
adjourn such hearings from time to tim
| and from place to place. Said Special Mas
ter is hereby directed to proceed under thi
order with all reasonable diligence AM
| make and file In writing his report or re
ports on all claims or demands which hav
been filed and presented to him, and all soil
citors of record In this cause, as well as tn
| of record for the parties present
ing said claims or demands, shall be notihe
by the Special Master, IL writing. and an
filing of said report or reports, and an
party to this cause, or holding any sue
claim or demand, filed al aforesaid. or sal
receiver, may, within twenty days from
the time of the filing Of any such report Q
the Special Master, file specific exception
thereto Exceptions not 80 fled will not b
considered by the Court. and II no exception
are filed within such twenty-day period tn
report or reports shall stand CONFIRMED
The Special Master herein shall cause tina
portion of this order relating to the presen
tation and allowance Of claims to be pub
lished forthwith, once each week. for fou
successive weeks In newspaper OF genera
circulation published in the City Of s
Louis, State of Missouri; In a newspaper 9
general circulation published in the City c
Kansas City, State Of Missouri; In news
paper of general circulation published
the City of Omaha, State Of Nebraska;
Ia newspaper of general circulation publishe
in the City of Atchison. State Of Kansa,
In a Newspaper of general circulation pull
lished In the City Of Pueblo. State Of Co
orado, and in a newspaper Of general eli
culation published In the City Of New Yorl
State of New York.
tsigned) WILLIAM c. HOOK,
United States Circuit Judge.
Dated July Sd, 1915. siOJy1o-17-24-31