THE

FEDERAL REPORTER.

VOLUME 131.

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS AND CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES.

COPYRIGHT, 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 HOLMES, 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 Hampshire..
Hon. FRANCIS C. LOWELL, District Judge, Massachusetts....
Hon. 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..
Hon. WILLIAM J. WALLACE, Circuit Judge.
Hon. E. HENRY LACOMBE, Circuit Judge..
Hon. WILLIAM K. TOWNSEND, Circuit Judge
Hon. ALFRED C. COXE, Circuit Judge

Hon. GEORGE C. HOLT, District Judge, S. D. New York
Hon. JAMES P. PLATT, District Judge, Connecticut.
Hon. GEORGE W. RAY, District Judge, N. D. New York
Hon. GEORGE B. ADAMS, District Judge, S. D. New York
Hon. EDWARD B. THOMAS, District Judge, E. D. New York....29
Hon. HOYT H. WHEELER, District Judge, Vermont....
Hon. JOHN R. HAZEL, District Judge, W. D. New York.

.Washington, D. C.
..Albany, N. Y.
New York, N. Y.
New Haven, Conn.

..Utica, N. Y. ..New York, N. Y. .Hartford, Conn. ....Norwich, N. Y. .......New York, N. Y. Liberty St., New York.

.Brattleboro, Vt.
.Buffalo, N. Y.

Hon. JOHN B. MCPHERSON, 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.

.Clarksburg, W. Va.
..Asheville, N. C.
..Baltimore, Md.
..Raleigh, N. C.

Hon. THOMAS R. PURNELL, District Judge, E. D. North Carolina..
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..
Hon. HENRY CLAY MCDOWELL, District Judge, W. D. Virginia..
Hon. JOHN J. JACKSON, District Judge, N. D. West Virginia....
Hon. BENJAMIN F. KELLER, District Judge, S. D. West Virginia......Branwell, W. Va.

.......Richmond, Va. ..Lynchburg, Va. .Parkersburg, W. Va.

FIFTH CIRCUIT.

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

Hon. DON A. PARDEE, Circuit Judge...

Hon. A. P. McCORMICK, Circuit Judge...................
Hon. DAVID D. SHELBY, Circuit Judge

Washington, D. C.

..Atlanta, Ga. ........Dallas, Tex. ..Huntsville, Ala.

Hon. THOMAS GOODE JONES, District Judge, M. and N. D. Alabama...Montgomery, Ala.

Hon. HARRY T. TOULMIN, District Judge, S. D. Alabama.
Hon. CHARLES SWAYNE, District Judge, N. D. Florida..
Hon. JAMES W. LOCKE, District Judge, S. D. Florida..
Hon. WILLIAM T. NEWMAN, District Judge, N. D. Georgia.
Hon. EMORY SPEER, District Judge, S. D. Georgia..
Hon. CHARLES PARLANGE, District Judge, E. D. Louisiana.
Hon. ALECK BOARMAN, District Judge, W. D. Louisiana..
Hon. HENRY C. NILES, District Judge, N. and S. D. Mississippi.
Hon. DAVID E. BRYANT, District Judge, E. D. Texas..
Hon. EDWARD R. MEEK, District Judge, N. D. Texas.
Hon. THOMAS S. MAXEY, District Judge, W. D. Texas.
Hon. WALLER T. BURNS, District Judge, S. D. Texas.

.Mobile, Ala. .Pensacola, Fla. .Jacksonville, Fla.

..Atlanta, Ga. .Macon, Ga. ..New Orleans, La.

Shreveport, La. .Kosciusko, Miss. .Sherman, Tex. .Ft. Worth, Tex. ..Austin, Tex. .Houston, Tex.

SIXTH CIRCUIT.

Hon. JOHN M. HARLAN, Circuit Justice..

Hon. HENRY F. SEVERENS, Circuit Judge.
Hon. HORACE H. LURTON, Circuit Judge..
Hon. JOHN K. RICHARDS, Circuit Judge

..Washington, D. C. .....Kalamazoo, Mich.

.....

.Nashville, Tenn. ......Ironton, Ohio. ....Covington, Ky.

..Louisville, Ky.

.Detroit, Mich.

Hon. ANDREW M. J. COCHRAN, District Judge, E. D. Kentucky..
Hon. WALTER EVANS, District Judge, W. D. Kentucky..
Hon. HENRY H. SWAN, District Judge, E. D. Michigan..
Hon. GEORGE P. WANTY, District Judge, W. D. Michigan. ........Grand Rapids, Mich.
Hon. AUGUSTUS J. RICKS, District Judge, N. D. Ohio.......
Hon. FRANCIS J. WING, District Judge, N. D. Ohio ...
Hon. ALBERT C. THOMPSON, District Judge, S. D. Ohio
Hon. CHARLES D. CLARK, District Judge, E. and M. D. Tennessee....Chattanooga, Tenn.
Hon. ELI S. HAMMOND, District Judge, W. D. Tennessee..

....Cleveland, Ohio. ...Cleveland, Ohio. .Cincinnati, Ohio.

...Memphis, Tenn.