196 U. S. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. No. 475. SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., PETITIONER, v. MERCHANTS' BANKING COMPANY (LIMITED). January 9, 1905. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Harrington Putnam and Mr. Appleton L. Clark for petitioner. Mr. Frederick M. Brown for respondent. No. 471. THE CITY OF DAVENPORT, PETITIONER, v. WILLIAM RUSSELL ALLEN ET AL. January 16, 1905. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. Joe R. Lane for petitioner. Mr. Frederick N. Judson for respondents. No. 465. CHARLES W. MORSE ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. READING COMPANY, CLAIMANT, ETC. January 23, 1905. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied. Mr. Eugene P. Carver and Mr. Edward E. Blodgett for petitioners. Mr. Robert M. Morse and Mr. Wm. M. Richardson for respondents. No. 488. AUGUSTUS L. SHAFFER, PETITIONER, V. The United STATES. January 23, 1905. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia denied. Mr. Henry E. Davis, Mr. Wilton J. Lambert and Mr. D. W. Baker for petitioner. The Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor General Hoyt for respondent. No. 474. THOMAS F. HOLDEN, PETITIONER, v. The United Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. 196 U. S. STATES. January 30, 1905. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia denied. Mr. R. Ross Perry and Mr. R. Ross Perry, Jr., for petitioner. The Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor General Hoyt for respondent. No. 490. GEORGE E. LORENZ ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. THE UNITED STATES. January 30, 1905. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia denied. Mr. Conrad H. Syme, Mr. Samuel Maddox and Mr. Charles A. Douglass for petitioners. The Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor General Hoyt and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Purdy for respondent. No. 506. MINERAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. WINFIELD SCOTT ET AL. January 30, 1905. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Mr. S. B. Dishman for petitioner. No appearance for respondents. No. 508. RUSSIA CEMENT COMPANY, PETITIONER. v. ABRAHAM B. FRAUENHAR ET AL. January 30, 1905. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. John F. Dillon and Mr. John Dane, Jr., for petitioner. Mr. Ralph Nathan for respondents. No. 511. ALBERT R. MOULTON, PETITIONER, v. George M. COBURN ET AL. January 30, 1905. Petition for a writ of 196 U. S. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied. Mr. Charles P. Searle and Mr. Lee M. Friedman for petitioner. Mr. Frederic D. McKenney for respondents. No. 512. EDWARD H. HARRIMAN ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. NORTHERN SECURITIES COMPANY. January 30, 1905. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit granted. Mr. William D. Guthrie, Mr. R. S. Lovett, Mr. D. T. Watson, Mr. John F. Dillon and Mr. Maxwell Evarts for petitioners. Mr. John G. Johnson, Mr. Elihu Root, Mr. Francis Lynde Stetson and Mr. John W. Griggs for respondent. No. 467. WILLIAM E. BROWN, PETITIONER, v. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF NEWTON, KANS. February 20, 1905. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. William Eugene Brown for petitioner. No. 502. I. B. KLEINERT RUBBER COMPANY ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. ALBERT STEIN ET AL. February 20, 1905. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied. Mr. Louis C. Raegener for petitioners. Mr. James H. Peirce, Mr. George P. Fisher, Jr., and Mr. William Henry Dennis for respondents. No. 507. AMERICAN ALKALI COMPANY, ETC., PETITIONER, v. PEDRO G. SALOM. February 20, 1905. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for VOL. CXCVI-41 Cases Disposed of Without Consideration by the Court. 196 U. S. the Third Circuit denied. Mr. Reynolds D. Brown for petitioner. Mr. Joseph C. Fraley for respondent. No. 518. J. CAMPBELL THOMPSON, PETITIONER, v. AUGUSTUS H. SKILLIN, TRUSTEE, ETC. February 20, 1905. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, or other writs, denied. Mr. Roger Foster for petitioner. Mr. William Jno. Barr for respondent. CASES DISPOSED OF WITHOUT CONSIDERATION BY THE COURT FROM DECEMBER 13, 1904, TO FEBRUARY 20, 1905. No. 300. BANQUERO & GANDARA ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. A. RAUSCHENPLAT. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Porto Rico. December 19, 1904. Dismissed with costs, on motion of Mr. J. S. Flannery for the appellants. Mr. Frederic D. McKenney and Mr. J. S. Flannery for appellants. No appearance for appellee. No. 485. CHARLES H. BROOKS, APPELLANT, v. THE UNITED STATES. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of California. January 3, 1905. Docketed and dismissed, on motion of Mr. Solicitor General Hoyt for the appellee. No one opposing. No. 486. CARL C. L. WULFF, APPELLANT, v. L. LINDSAY ET AL. Appeal from the Supreme Court of the Territory of Arizona. January 3, 1905. Docketed and dismissed with costs, on motion of Mr. Charles L. Frailey for the appellees. No one opposing. 196 U. S. Cases Disposed of Without Consideration by the Court. No. 124. WILLIAM R. LYTLE, APPELLANT, v. ADOLPHUS GERALD, CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY, ALA. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama. January 9, 1905. Dismissed with costs, pursuant to the tenth rule. Mr. W. S. Reese, Jr., for appellant. No appearance for appellee. No. 132. THE TERRITORY OF OKLAHOMA EX REL. OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, APPELLANT, v. J. E. DE WOLFE ET AL. Appeal from the Supreme Court of the Territory of Oklahoma. January 16, 1905. Dismissed with costs, on authority of counsel for the appellant. Mr. Charles B. Ames for appellant. No appearance for appellees. No. 190. THE HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. JOHN C. PERKINS, COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Dakota. January 17, 1905. Dismissed with costs, on motion of Mr. F. W. McReynolds for the appellants. Mr. Abner E. Hitchcock and Mr. F. W. McReynolds for appellants. No appearance for appellee. No. 155. ROBERT PHILPOT, APPELLANT, v. FULTON O'BRION ET AL. Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. January 20, 1905. Dismissed with costs, pursuant to the tenth rule. Mr. Edmund A. Whitman for appellant. Mr. Frank H. Stewart for appellees. No. 127. SOTIRIOS S. LONTOS CHARALAMBIS, APPELLANT, |