Decisions announced without Opinions. DECISIONS ANNOUNCED WITHOUT OPINIONS DURING THE TIME COVERED BY THIS VOLUME. No. 413. GREGORY v. PIKE. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. Motions to dismiss or affirm submitted April 8, 1901. Decided April 15, 1901. Per Curiam. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction. Mr. Thomas H. Talbot for the motions. Mr. F. A. Brooks opposing. No. 272. TERRITORY OF OKLAHOMA UPON THE RELATION OF RIDINGS, COUNTY ATTORNEY, v. NEVILLE ET AL., BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. Appeal from the Supreme Court of the Territory of Oklahoma. Submitted April 24, 1901. Decided April 29, 1901. Per Curiam. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction on the authority of Smith v. Adams, 130 U. S. 167; Thomas v. Wooldridge, 23 Wall. 283, 288. Mr. John W. Shartel and Mr. J. R. Keaton for the appellant. Mr. Horace Speed for the appellees. No. 311. MANCHESTER V. CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH AND SOCIETY OF TIVERTON. Error to the Supreme Court of the State. of Rhode Island. Motions to dismiss or affirm submitted April 29, 1901. Decided May 13, 1901. Per Curiam. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction. Mr. William P. Sheffield, Jr., for the motions. No one opposing. No. 388. NORDSTROM (BY HIS NEXT FRIEND DENNING) v. VAN DE VANTER, SHERIFF, ETC. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Washington. Motions to dismiss or affirm submitted April 29, 1901. Decided May 13, 1901. Per Curiam. Order affirmed with costs on the author Decisions announced without Opinions. ity of Nobles v. Georgia, 168 U. S. 398; Kohl v. Lehlback, 160 U. S. 293, and see State v. Nordstrom, 21 Wash. 403; Nordstrom v. Moyer, Sheriff, 170 U. S. 703; Nordstrom v. Washington, 164 U. S. 705; Craemer v. Washington, 168 U. S. 124; State v. Nordstrom, 7 Wash. 506. Mr. Walter S. Fulton and Mr. Frank B. Crosthwaite for the motions. Mr. James Hamilton Lewis opposing. No. 469. GRAND ISLAND AND WYOMING CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY V. SWEENEY. Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Motions to dismiss or affirm submitted May 13, 1901. Decided May 20, 1901. Per Curiam. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction. Mr. Charles W. Brown for the motions. Mr. Charles F. Maderson and Mr. N. K. Griggs opposing. Error to the No. 389. NORDSTROM v. STATE OF WASHINGTON. Supreme Court of the State of Washington. Motions to dismiss or affirm submitted May 27, 1901. Decided May 28, 1901. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed, with costs, on the authority of Nobles v. Georgia, 168 U. S. 398; Nordstrom v. Van de Vanter, 181 U. S. 616, and cases cited. Mr. Walter S. Fulton and Mr. Frank B. Crosthwaite for the motions. Mr. James Hamilton Lewis opposing. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. No. 606. BOARD OF LIQUIDATION OF THE CITY DEBT OF NEW ORLEANS v. UNITED STATES ex rel. WARNER. Fifth Circuit. Denied April 8, 1901. (Mr. Justice White and Mr. Justice Peckham took no part in the consideration and disposition of this application.) Mr. Branch K. Miller for the petitioner. Mr. Richard DeGray, Mr. J. D. Rouse, Mr. Wm. Grant and Mr. H. M. Jordan opposing. Decisions announced without Opinions. No. 607. BOARD OF LIQUIDATION OF THE CITY DEBT OF NEW ORLEANS V. UNITED STATES ex rel. FISHER. Fifth Circuit. Denied April 8, 1901. (Mr. Justice White and Mr. Justice Peckham took no part in the consideration and disposition of this application.) Mr. Branch K. Miller for the petitioner. Mr. Charles Louque and Mr. E. Howard McCaleb opposing. No. 594. PASSAIC PRINT WORKS v. ELY AND WALKER DRY GOODS COMPANY. Eighth Circuit. Denied April 15, 1901. Mr. Frederick V. Van Vorst for the petitioner. Mr. William B. Thompson opposing. No. 605. PARKER v. SQUIRES. Sixth Circuit. Denied April 15, 1901. Mr. William J. Gray for the petitioner. Mr. Ronald Kelly opposing. No. 623. KELLY v. JUTTE AND FOLEY COMPANY. Third Circuit. Denied April 15, 1901. Mr. E. Spencer Miller for the petitioner. Mr. Richard P. White opposing. No. 624. RIEGER V. UNITED STATES. Eighth Circuit. Denied April 15, 1901. Mr. Frark Hagerman and Mr. Willard P. Hall for the petitioner. Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Wm. H. Wallace opposing. No. 625. HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY v. WILSON. Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. Granted April 15, 1901. Mr. Alexander Wolf and Mr. Samuel B. Paul for the petitioner. Mr. Henry P. Blair opposing. No. 610. BURT v. UNION CENTRAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Fifth Circuit. Granted April 22, 1901. Mr. A. W. Terrell for the petitioners. Decisions announced without Opinions. No. 617. ALLEGHENY OIL COMPANY v. SNYDER. Sixth Cir- cuit. Denied April 22, 1901. No. 618. GILLMOR V. BROWN. Sixth Circuit. Denied April 22, 1901. Mr. W. H. H. Miller and Mr. J. B. Chapman for petitioners. Mr. D. A. Hollingsworth and Mr. Edward McSweeney opposing. No. 619. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. ALLISON. Second Circuit. Denied April 22, 1901. Mr. E. E. McCall, Mr. G. W. Hubbell and Mr. Frederic D. McKenney for petitioner. Mr. A. J. Dittenhoefer opposing. No. 631. TERRE HAUTE AND INDIANAPOLIS RAILROAD COMPANY v. Cox. Seventh Circuit. Denied April 22, 1901. Mr. Lawrence Maxwell, Jr., and Mr. S. O. Pickens for petitioners. Mr. John G. Williams and Mr. G. W. Wickersham opposing. No. 633. FALK v. UNITED STATES. Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. Denied April 22, 1901. Mr. Edwin Forrest for petitioner. Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor General Richards and Mr. Thomas H. Anderson opposing. No. 632. LAWDER v. STONE, COLLECTOR. Fourth Circuit. Granted April 29, 1901. Mr. Edward S. Hatch and Mr. Thomas P. Wickes for petitioner. Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor General Richards opposing. No. 640. LOEB V. UNITED STATES. Second Circuit. Denied April 29, 1901. Mr. W. Wickham Smith and Mr. Charles Decisions announced without Opinions. Curie for petitioners. Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor General Richards opposing. DROFF. Mr. F. R. No. 642. TUCKER, VICE CONSUL, v. U. S. ex rel. ALEXANThird Circuit. Granted April 29, 1901. Condert, Jr., Mr. Paul Fuller, and Mr. John F. petitioner. Lewis for Granted No. 626. FRANCIS V. UNITED STATES. Sixth Circuit. April 29, 1901. Mr. Miller Outcalt and Mr. Thomas F. Shay for petitioners. No. 621. HALE, AS RECEIVER, v. ALLINSON. Third Circuit. Granted May 13, 1901. Mr. M. H. Boutelle, Mr. Joseph K. McCammon and Mr. James H. Hayden for petitioner. Mr. John G. Johnson opposing. No. 638. REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA V. CAUCA COMPANY. Fourth Circuit. Denied May 13, 1901. Mr. Calderon Carlisle and Mr. William G. Johnson for petitioner. No. 643. JONES v. NEWTON. Fourth Circuit. Denied May 13, 1901. Mr. Samuel Park and Mr. R. G. Bickford for petitioner. Mr. Thomas Evans opposing. First No. 645. NEW ENGLAND RAILROAD COMPANY V. HYDE. Circuit. Denied May 13, 1901. Mr. Frank A. Farnham and Mr. Frederic D. McKenney for petitioner. Mr. Donald G. Perkins opposing. No. 647. ROWAN v. IDE. Fifth Circuit. Denied May 13, |