to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Fifth circuit. Granted. See 31 C. C. A. 315, 87 Fed. 948.

SPURR v. UNITED STATES. (November 7. 1898.) No. 448. B. P. Waggener, A. H. Horton, and John A. Pitts, for petitioner. The Attorney General, Sol. Gen. Richards, Asst. Atty. Gen. Thompson, and Ed. Baxter, for the United States. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Sixth circuit. Granted. See 31 C. C. A. 202, 87 Fed. 701, 19 Sup. Ct. 812.

STATE BANK OF AMBIA v. CHICAGO TITLE & TRUST CO. et al. (March 13, 1899.) No. 719. Otto Gresham and Mr. Daniel Fraser, for petitioner. Samuel O. Pickens and Smiley N. Chambers, for respondents. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Seventh circuit. Denied. See 30 C. C. A. 443, 86 Fed. 863.

STEINWENDER et al. v. THE MEXICAN PRICE. (May 1, 1899.) No. 793. Lawrence Kneeland, Harrington Putnam, and Lewis Cass Ledyard, for petitioners. J. Parker Kirlin, for respondent. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Second circuit. Denied.

STORROW et al. v. TEXAS CONSOL. COMPRESS & MANUFACTURING CO. (April 24, 1899.) No. 761. W. S. Herndon, for petitioners. J. M. McCormick, for respondent. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Fifth circuit. Denied.

TAYLOR et al. v. LOUISVILLE & N. R. CO. (December 19, 1898.) No. 626. George W. Pickle, William L. Granbery, and Albert D. Marks, for petitioners. J. M. Dickinson, for respondent. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Sixth circuit. See 31 C. C. A. 537, 88 Fed. 350. This is an application for a writ of certiorari to review a decree of the circuit court of appeals for the Sixth circuit on appeal from an interlocutory order, and is denied on the authority of Railway Co. v. Osborne, 146 U. S. 354, 13 Sup. Ct. 281; Forsyth v. Hammond, 166 U. S. 506, 17 Sup. Ct. 665.

THIRD NAT. BANK OF PHILADELPHIA ▼. NATIONAL BANK OF CHESTER VALLEY. (October 17, 1898.) No. 337. Henry B. Tompkins, for petitioner. W. D. Ellis, for respondent. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Fifth circuit. Denied. See 30 C. C. A. 436, 86 Fed. 852.

TRAVIS COUNTY v. KING IRON BRIDGE & MANUFACTURING CO. (May 1, 1899.) No. 781. Clarence H. Miller, for petitioner. M. W. Garnett, for respondent. No opinion.

Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Fifth cir cuit. Denied. See 92 Fed. 690.

UNITED STATES v. BACHARACH et al. (May 22, 1899.) No. 824. The Attorney General and Sol. Gen. Richards, for the United States. Stephen G. Clarke, for respondents. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Second circuit. Denied. See 92 Fed. 990.

UNITED STATES ▼. HARRIS et al. (December 19, 1898.) No. 630. The Attorney General and Sol. Gen. Richards, for the United States. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Third circuit. Granted. See 29 C. C. A. 327, 85 Fed. 533.

UNITED STATES ex rel. ADRIAANS ▼. ALVEY et al. (March 6, 1899.) No. 627. William A. Cook and William A. Meloy, for petitioner. The Attorney General and Sol. Gen. Richards, for respondents. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the court of ap peals of the District of Columbia. Denied.

VENNER v. FARMERS' LOAN & TRUST CO. (February 27, 1899.) No. 684. Alfred Russell, for petitioner. Frederick B. Van Vorst, for respondent. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Sixth circuit. Denied. See 33 C. C. A. 95, 90 Fed. 348.

WHEELER v. THE LA BOURGOGNE. (November 14, 1898.) No. 603. Everett P. Wheeler, for petitioner. Edward K. Jones, for respondent. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Second circuit. Denied.

WHITTIER v. PACKER. (May 15, 1899.) No. 734. Arthur D. Hill and Chapin Brown, for petitioner. James J. Storrow, for respondent. No opinion. Petition for a writ of cer tiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the First circuit. Denied.

WILLS V. JONES. (January 23, 1899.) No 668. D. W. Baker, for petitioner. Chapin Brown, for respondent. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the court of appeals of the District of Columbia. Denied.

WINSTON v. UNITED STATES. STRATHER v. SAME. SMITH v. SAME. (October 31, 1898.) Nos. 431-433. George Kearney, Samuel D. Truitt, Tracy L. Jeffords, and Chapin Brown, for petitioners. The Attorney General, Asst. Atty. Gen. Boyd, and Henry E. Davis, for the United States. No opinion. Petitions for writs of certiorari to the court of appeals of the District of Columbia. Granted. See 19 Sup. Ct. 212.