205 U.S. Opinions Per Curiam, Etc. 401 and Mr. Herbert J. Goudge for appellants in No. 415. The Attorney General and Mr. Assistant-Attorney General Sanford for appellee. No. 18, Original. Ex parte: IN THE MATTER OF FERNANDO VAZQUEZ MORALES ET AL.; PETITIONERS. Motion for leave to file submitted April 8, 1907. Decided April 15, 1907. Motion for leave to file petition for appeal granted, and appeal allowed on appellants filing bond in the penal sum of $1,000, conditioned according to law, to be approved by the Supreme Court of Porto Rico. Mr. Charles C. Lancaster and Mr. Herbert E. Smith for petitioners. Nos. 502 and 503. WILLIAM MCCOACH, COLLECTOR, ETC., PETITIONER, V. THE PHILADELPHIA TRUST, SAFE DEPOSIT AND INSURANCE COMPANY ET AL., EXECUTORS, ETC.; and No. 504. WILLIAM MCCOACH, COLLECTOR, ETC., PETITIONER, v. George W. NORRIS ET AL., EXECUTORS, ETC. On writs of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Argued April 15 and 16, 1907. Decided April 22, 1907. Judgments affirmed with costs by a divided court, and causes remanded to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. No. 505. THE UNITED STATES, PETITIONER, V. THE MARION TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE, ETC. On writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Argued April 15 and 16, 1907. Decided April 22, 1907. Judgment affirmed by a divided court, and cause remanded to the District Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. The Attorney General, The Solicitor General and Mr. J. C., McReynolds for the petitioners. Mr. H. Gordon McCouch for respondents in Nos. 502, 503 and 504. Mr. Morris M. Townley and Mr. E. W. Bradford for respondent in No. 505. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. 205 U. S. No. 642. WILLIAM SPAUGH, JR., APPELLANT, v. H. L. FITTS, SHERIFF, ETC. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. Argued for appellee and submitted for appellant April 23, 1907. Decided April 29, 1907. Per Curiam. Final order affirmed with costs. Valentina v. Mercer, 201 U. S. 131; Felts v. Murphy, 201 U. S. 123; Urquhart v. Brown, 205 U. S. 179; In re Eckart, 166 U.S. 481, 483; Tinsley v. Anderson, 171 U. S. 101, 105; Craemer v. Washington, 168 U. S. 124; Ex parte Harding, 120 U. S. 782. Mr. Charles F. Wilson for appellant. Mr. Herbert S. Hadley and Mr. North T. Gentry for appellee. No. 412. WHITE STAR MINING COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. NELS O. HULTBERG ET AL.; No. 647. CLAES W. JOHNSON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. WHITE STAR MINING COMPANY OF ILLINOIS ET AL.; and No. 648. PETER H. ANDERSON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. WHITE STAR MINING COMPANY OF ILLINOIS ET AL. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois. Motion to dismiss submitted April 22, 1907. Decided April 29, 1907. Per Curiam. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction. Sayward v. Denny, 158 U. S. 180; San Francisco v. Scott, 111 U. S. 769; Delmas v. Insurance Company, 14 Wall. 661; Erie Railroad Company v. Purdy, 185 U. S. 148; Oxley Stave Company v. Butler County, 166 U. S. 648. Case below, 220 Illinois, 578. Mr. Harris F. Williams, Mr. Frederick S. Winston, Mr. John Barton Payne and Mr. Silas H. Strawn in support of motion to dismiss. Mr. Charles H. Hamill and Mr. Carl R. Chindblom in opposition thereto. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari from February 27 to April 29, 1907. No. 616. WILLIAM F. D. TAYLOR, PETITIONER, V. THE UNITED STATES. March 4, 1907. Petition for a writ of cer 205 U.S. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. tiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Mr. Lucius H. Beers and Mr. William G. Choate for petitioner. No. 574. ROBERT S. BRIGHT, TRUSTEE, PETITIONER, V. THE FIFTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WASHINGTON, D. C. March 4, 1907. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia denied. Mr. Heber J. May and Mr. S. Herbert Giesy for petitioner. Mr. W. C. Sullivan for respondent. No. 595. ALFRED KESSLER ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. THE ENSLEY LAND COMPANY ET AL. March 4, 1907. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. William A. Gunter and Mr. J. W. Baker for petitioners. Mr. John B. Knox for respondents. No. 596. JOHN STEPHENS ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. A. E. BRAST ET AL. March 4, 1907. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied. Mr. V. B. Archer for petitioners. Mr. R. E. Hornor for respondents. No. 600. ST. LOUIS AND SAN FRANCISCO RAILROAD COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. JOHN R. McSWEAN. March 4, 1907. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. Theodore Mack and Mr. Thomas F. West for petitioners. No appearance for respondent. No. 621. WILLIAM H. WILDER, PETITIONER, v. Atwell J. BLACKFORD. March 4, 1907. Petition for a writ of certiorari Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. 205 U.S. to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia denied. Mr. Charles H. Duell and Mr. C. E. Littlefield for petitioner. Mr. Philip Mauro for respondent. Petition No. 568. CONTINENTAL PAPER BAG COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. EASTERN PAPER BAG COMPANY. March 11, 1907. for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit granted. Mr. Albert H. Walker for petitioner. Mr. Samuel R. Betts and Mr. Francis T. Chambers for respondent. No. 602. T. M. ANGLE, PETITIONER, V. THE UNITED STATES. March 11, 1907. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied. Mr. George E. Hamilton for petitioner. The Attorney General and The Solicitor General for respondent. No. 624. FREDERICK W. WARD, PETITIONER, v. JOHN B. HART, TRUSTEE, ET AL. March 11, 1907. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied. Mr. V. B. Archer for petitioner. No appearance for respondents. No. 632. LUIGI GANDOLFI ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. ALFREDO C. SIEGERT, as surviving partner, etc. March 11, 1907. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Edmund Wetmore and Mr. John Brooks Leavitt for petitioners. Mr. Edward B. Whitney for respondent. 205 U.S. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. No. 620. THOMAS J. SHEA, PETITIONER, v. CITY OF MOBILE. March 18, 1907. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. Harry T. Smith and Mr. Gregory L. Smith for petitioner. Mr. Burwell B. Boone for respondent. No. 627. CONVENT OF ST. ROSE, PETITIONER, V. THE UNITED STATES SAVINGS AND LOAN COMPANY. March 18, 1907. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied. Mr. Charles W. Needham for petitioner. Mr. Corwin S. Shank for respondent. No. 629. LOUIS W. DOWNES, PETITIONER, v. THE TETERHEANY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. March 18, 1907. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied. Mr. Philip Mauro and Mr. Reeve Lewis for petitioner. Mr. Henry E. Everding for respondent. No. 640. KENTUCKY DISTILLERIES AND WAREHOUSE COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. J. I. BLANTON, ASSIGNEE, ETC. March 18, 1907. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Mr. William Marshall Bullitt, Mr. Alfred S. Austrian and Mr. Levy Mayer for petitioner. Mr. Helm Bruce for respondent. No. 630. MORRIS EDELSTEIN, PETITIONER, V. THE UNITED STATES. March 25, 1907. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth |