ET AL., ETC. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of South Carolina. Submitted October 10, 1906. Decided January 21, 1907. Per Curiam: Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction. French v. Taylor, 199 U. S. 274; Leonard v. Railroad Company, 198 U. S. 416; Murdock v. Memphis, 20 Wall. 590; Eustis v. Bolles, 150 U. S. 361. Mr. Levi H. David and Mr. Charles A. Douglass for plaintiff in error. Mr. Duncan C. Ray for defendants in error. No. 182. SUM GAY ALIAS SAM LEE, APPELLANT, V. THE UNITED STATES. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. Submitted by appellee January 25, 1907. Decided January 28, 1907. Per Curiam: Decree affirmed. The Attorney General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Cooley for the appellee. No brief filed for appellant. No.. Original. Ex parte: IN THE MATTER OF HARRISON BOYNTON, PETITIONER. Submitted January 28, 1907. Decided February 4, 1907. Per Curiam: Motion for leave to file petition for a writ of habeas corpus and to proceed in forma pauperis denied. Mr. A. B. Browne for petitioner. No. 136. THE UNITED STATES ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. WILLIAM B. KIRK. Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Argued January 25, 1907. Decided February 25, 1907. Decree affirmed by a divided court, and cause remanded to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. The Attorney General, The Solicitor General, Mr. Robert A. Howard and Mr. Henry C. Lewis for appellants. Mr. Abram J. Rose and Mr. Alfred C. Petté for appellee. 204 U. S. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. No. 200. SIGMOND ORNSTINE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. W. J. CARY. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Wisconsin. Argued January 31, 1907. Decided February 25, 1907. Per Curiam: Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction. DeWolf v. Johnson, 10 Wheat. 386; Missouri, Kansas and Texas Trust Company v. Krumseig, 172 U. S. 351; Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company v. Kentucky, 161 U. S. 677, 700; Frisbie v. United States, 157 U. S. 160; Lawton v. Steele, 152 U. S. 133; Dunham v. Gould, 16 Johnson, 378; Commonwealth v. Danziger, 176 Massachusetts, 290; Ex parte Berger, 193 Missouri, 16; case below, State v. Cary, 126 Wisconsin, 135, and see State v. Kreutzberg, 114 Wisconsin, 530. Mr. E. M. McVicker for plaintiff in error. Mr. A. C. Titus and Mr. L. M. Sturdevant for defendant in error. No. 386. KATHARINE TODD STEARNS ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. JAMES E. TODD ET AL. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia. Submitted January 28, 1907. Decided February 25, 1907, Per Curiam: Decree affirmed with costs. Wheless v. St. Louis et al., 180 U. S. 379, 382; Miller v. Clark, 138 U. S. 223. Mr. James Bumgardner, Jr., and Mr. C. S. W. Barnes for appellants. Mr. Charles Curry for appellees. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari from January 7 to February 25, 1907. No. 528. FRANK D. ZELL, PETITIONER, v. B. W. LEIGH ET AL. January 7, 1907. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied. Mr. William L. Royall, Mr. Charles L. Frailey, Mr. Charles H. Burr, Mr. Reynolds D. Brown and Mr. Malcolm Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. 204 U.S. Lloyd, Jr., for petitioner. Mr. D. Lawrence Groner, Mr. Tazewell Taylor and Mr. Floyd Hughes for respondents. No. 533. EMPIRE STATE CATTLE COMPANY ET AL., PETITIONERS, V. THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY; and No. 534. THE MINNESOTA AND DAKOTA CATTLE COMPANY, PETITIONER, V. THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY. January 21, 1907. Petitions for writs of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted. Mr. James S. Botsford and Mr. R. E. Ball for petitioners. Mr. Gardiner Lathrop, Mr. Robert Dunlap and Mr. A. B. Browne for respondent. No. 559. EDWARD S. THOMAS ET AL., TRUSTEES, PETITIONERS, v. ANNA D. TAGGART ET AL. January 21, 1907. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Mr. Abram I. Elkus for petitioners. Mr. Thomas Thacher, Mr. Richard L. Sweezy and Mr. George E. Hall for respondents. No. 542. THE NEWS AND COURIER COMPANY ET AL., PETITIONERS, V. FRANK E. BUTLER ET UX. January 21, 1907. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied. Mr. Henry A. M. Smith and Mr. Wm. Henry Parker for petitioners. Mr. Adrian H. Joline and Mr. Augustine T. Smythe for respond ents. No. 549. KNUDSEN-FERGUSON FRUIT COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS, MINNEAPOLIS AND OMAHA RAILWAY 204 U. S. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. COMPANY. January 21, 1907. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied. Mr. Roger S. Powell for petitioner. Mr. Cordenio A. Severance and Mr. Frank B. Kellogg for respondent. No. 550. KNUDSEN-FERGUSON FRUIT COMPANY, PETITIONER, V. MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY. January 21, 1907. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. Roger S. Powell for petitioner. Mr. Cordenio A. Severance and Mr. Frank B. Kellogg for respondent. No. 552. T. H. ADRIAN TROMP, PETITIONER, V. THE WILLIAM CRAMP & SONS SHIP AND ENGINE BUILDING COMPANY. January 21, 1907. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Norman G. Johnson and Mr. Ernest Dichman for petitioner. Mr. Henry G. Ward for respondent. No. 557. MAGNUS J. PALSON ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. NORTH GERMAN LLOYD, CLAIMANT. January 21, 1907. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Edward E. Blodgett for petitioners. Mr. Joseph Larocque, Jr., for respondent. No. 560. EDWARD FLICKINGER, PETITIONER, V. THE UNITED STATES. January 21, 1907. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. 204 U. S. Circuit denied. Mr. Edward T. Powell, Mr. Thomas E. Powell and Mr. Charles W. Baker for petitioner. The Attorney General and The Solicitor General for respondent. No. 551. MARY SHERMAN MCCALLUM, PETITIONER, v. PHILLIPS L. GOLDSBOROUGH, COLLECTOR, ETC. January 28, 1907. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied. Mr. J. Altheus Johnson and Mr. E. O. Wagenhorst for petitioner. The Attorney General and The Solicitor General for respondent. No. 553. THE PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAILWAY COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. JULIA KLUTT, ETC. February 4, 1907. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied. Mr. John G. Lamb for petitioner. Mr. Francis Fisher Kane for respond ent. No. 561. HORACE F. BROWN ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. ROBERT HENRY LANYON ET AL. February 4, 1907. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. Francis M. Phelps and Mr. Douglas Dyrenforth for the petitioners. No appearance for respondents. No. 562. BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD, PETITIONER, v. JOHN N. GOKEY. February 4, 1907. Petition for a writ of |