THE

FEDERAL REPORTER.

VOLUME 131.

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS AND CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS OF THE

UNITED STATES.

PERMANENT EDITION.

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER, 1904.

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ST. PAUL:
WEST PUBLISHING CO.

1904.

COPYRIGIT, 1904,

BY

WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY.

FEDERAL REPORTER, VOLUME 131.

JUDGES

OF THE

UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS AND THE

CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS.

FIRST CIRCUIT.

Hon. OLIVER WENDELL IIOLNES, Circuit Justice...
Hon. LE BARON B. COLT, Circuit Judge.....
Hon. WII LIAM L. PUTNAM, Circuit Judge..
Hon. CLARENCE HALE, District Judge, Maine
Hon. EDGAR ALDRICH, District Judge, New llampshire.
Hon. FRANCIS C. LOWELL, District Judge, Massachusetts.
Ho ARTHUR L. BROWN, District Judge, Rhode Island.

Washington, D. C.

..Bristol, R. I.
.Portland, Me.

.Portland, Me.
.Littleton, N. H.

.. Boston, Mass. .Providence, R. I.

SECOND CIRCUIT.

Hon. RUFUS W. PECKHAM, Circuit Justice..

Washington, D. C. Hon. WILLIAM J. WALLACE, Circuit Judge.......

...Albany, N. Y. Hon. E. HENRY LACOMBE. Circuit Judge......

New York, N. Y. Hon. WILLIAM K. TOWNSEND, Circuit Judge

New Haven, Conn. Hon. ALFRED C. COXE, Circuit Judge

.....Utica, N. Y. Hon. GEORGE C. HOLT, District Judge, S. D. New York

.... New York, N. Y. Hon. JAMES P. PLATT, District Judge, Connecticut.

....Hartford, Conn. Hon. GEORGE W. RAY, District Judge, N. D. New York

.Norwich, N. Y. Hon. GEORGE B. ADAMS, District Judge, s. D. New York

New York, N. Y. Hon. EDWARD B. THOMAS, District Judge, E. D. New York....29 Liberty St., New York. Hon. HOYT H. WHEELER. District Judge, Vermont..

..Brattleboro, Vt. Hon. JOHN R. HAZEL, District Judge, W. D. New York.

...Buffalo, N. Y.

THIRD CIRCUIT, .

Hon. HENRY B. BROWN, Circuit Justice
Hon. MARCUS W. ACHESON, Circuit Judge..
Hon. GEORGE M. DALLAS, Circuit Judge.....
Hon. GEORGE GRAY, Circuit Judge
Hon. EDWARD G. BRADFORD, District Judge, Delaware.
Hon. WILLIAM M. LANNING, District Judge, New Jersey
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Washington, D. C.

.Pittsburgh, Pa. Philadelphia, Pa. . Wilmington, Del. Wilmington, Del.

.Trenton, N. J.

Hon. JOHN B. McPIIERSON, District Judge, E. D. Pennsylvania......Philadelphia, Pa.
Hon. J. B. HOLLAND, District Judge, E. D. Pennsylvania

...Philadelphia, Pa. Hon. ROBERT WODROW ARCHBALD, District Judge, M. D. Pennsylvania. .Scranton, Pa. Hon. JOSEPH BUFFINGTON, District Judge, W. D. Pennsylvania... .....Pittsburgh, Pa.

FOURTH CIRCUIT.

Hon. MELVILLE W. FULLER, Circuit Justice.....

Washington, D. C. Uon. NATHAN GOFF, Circuit Judge......

..Clarksburg, W. Va. Hon. JETER C. PRITCHARD, Circuit Judge

.Asheville, N. C. Hon. THOMAS J. MORRIS, District Judge, Maryland.

.Baltimore. Md. Hon. THOMAS R. PURNELL, District Judge, E. D. North Carolina..........

..Raleigh, N. C. Hon. JAMES E. BOYD, District Judge, W. D. North Carolina. .......... Greensboro, N. C. Hon. WILLIAM H. BRAWLEY, District Judge, E. and W. D. South Car..Charleston, S. C. Hon. EDMUND WADDILL, Jr., District Judge, E. D. Virginia....

..Richmond, Va. Hon. HENRY CLAY MCDOWELL, District Judge. W. D. Virginia.... ..Lynchburg, Va. Hon. JOHN J. JACKSON, District Judge, N. D. West Virginia..... .Parkersburg, W. Va. Hon. BENJAMIN F. KELLER, District Judge, S. D. West Virginia.. .Branwell, W. Va.

FIFTH CIRCUIT.

Hon. EDWARD D. WHITE, Circuit Justice.....

Washington, D. C. Hon. DON A. PARDEE, Circuit Judge...

..... Atlanta, Ga. Hon. A. P. McCORMICK, Circuit Judge...

.Dallas, Tex. Hon. DAVID D. SHELBY, Circuit Judge

Huntsville, Ala. Hon. THOMAS GOODE JONES, District Judge, M. and N. D. Alabama...Montgomery, Ala. Hon. HARRY T. TOULMIN, District Judge, S. D. Alabama.

Mobile, Ala. Hon. CHARLES SWAYNE, District Judge, N. D. Florida...

.Pensacola, Fla. Hon. JAMES W. LOCKE, District Judge, S. D. Florida..

.Jacksonville, Fla. Hon. WILLIAM T. NEWMAN, District Judge, N. D. Georgia.

.. Atlanta, Ga. Hon. EMORY SPEER, District Judge, s. D. Georgia...

Macon, Ga. Hon. CHARLES PARLANGE, District Judge, E. D. Louisiana.

New Orleans, La. Hon. ALECK BOARMAN, District Judge, W. D. Louisiana....

....Shreveport, La. Hon. HENRY C. NILES, District Judge, N. and S. D. Mississippi.. ....Kosciusko, Miss. Hon. DAVID E. BRYANT, District Judge, E. D. Texas....

Sherman, Tex. Hon. EDWARD R. MEEK, District Judge, N. D. Texas.

....Ft. Worth, Tex. Hon. THOMAS S. MAXEY, District Judge, W. D. Texas.

......Austin, Tex. Hon. WALLER T. BURNS, District Judge, S. D. Texas.

Houston, Tex.

SIXTH CIRCUIT.

Hon. JOHN M. HARLAN, Circuit Justice....

Washington, D. C. Hon. HENRY F. SEVERENS, Circuit Judge.

Kalamazoo, Mich. Hon. HORACE H. LURTON, Circuit Judge..

Nashville, Tenn. Hon. JOHN K. RICHARDS, Circuit Judge

Ironton, Ohio. Hon. ANDREW M. J. COCHRAN, District Judge, E. D. Kentucky. ....Covington, Ky. Hon. WALTER EVANS, District Judge, W. D. Kentucky...

.Louisville, Ky. Hon. HENRY H. SWAN, District Judge, E. D. Michigan...

......Detroit, Mich. Hon. GEORGE P. WANTY, District Judge, W. D. Micbigan. Grand Rapids, Mich. Hon. AUGUSTUS J. RICKS, District Judge, N. D. Ohio...

...Cleveland, Ohio. Hon. FRANCIS J. WING, District Judge, N. D. Ohio

.Cleveland, Ohio. lon. ALBERT C. HOMPSON, District Judge, S. D. Ohio

... Cincinnati, Ohio, Hon. CHARLES D. CLARK, District Judge, E. and M. D. Tennessee....Chattanooga, Tenn. Hon. ELI S. HAMMOND, District Judge, W. D. Tennessee..

..Memphis, Tenn.