THE

FEDERAL REPORTER.

VOLUME 63.

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

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

PERMANENT EDITION.

OCTOBER-DECEMBER, 1894.

A TABLE OF STATUTES CONSTRUED IS GIVEN
IN THE INDEX.

ST. PAUL:

WEST PUBLISHING CO.

COPYRIGHT, 1895,

BY

WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY.

FEDERAL REPORTER, VOLUME 63.

JUDGES

OF THE

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

FIRST CIRCUIT.

HON. HORACE GRAY, CIRCUIT JUSTICE.
HON. LE BARON B. COLT, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

HON. WILLIAM L. PUTNAM, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

HON. NATHAN WEBB, DISTRICT JUDGE, MAINE.

HON. EDGAR ALDRICH, DISTRICT JUDGE, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
HON. THOMAS L. NELSON, DISTRICT JUDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.
HON. GEORGE M. CARPENTER, DISTRICT JUDGE, RHODE ISLAND.

SECOND CIRCUIT.

HON. HENRY B. BROWN, CIRCUIT JUSTICE.

HON. WILLIAM J. WALLACE, CIRCUIT JUDGE.
HON. E HENRY LACOMBE, CIRCUIT Judge.

HON. NATHANIEL SHIPMAN, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

HON. WILLIAM K. TOWNSEND, DISTRICT JUDGE, CONNECTICUT.
HON. ALFRED C. COXE, DISTRICT JUDGE, N. D. NEW YORK.
HON. ADDISON BROWN, DISTRICT JUDGE, S. D. NEW YORK.
HON. CHARLES L. BENEDICT, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. NEW YORK
HON. HOYT H. WHEELER, DISTRICT JUDGE, VERMONT.

THIRD CIRCUIT.

HON. GEORGE SHIRAS, JR., CIRCUIT JUSTICE
HON. MARCUS W. ACHESON, CIRCUIT JUDGE
HON. GEORGE M. DALLAS, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

HON. LEONARD E. WALES, DISTRICT JUDGE, DELAWARE.

HON. EDWARD T. GREEN, DISTRICT JUDGE, NEW JERSEY.

HON. WILLIAM BUTLER, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. PENNSYLVANIA.

HON. JOSEPH BUFFINGTON, DISTRICT JUDGE, W D. PENNSYLVANIA

FOURTH CIRCUIT.

HON. MELVILLE W. FULLER, CIRCUIT JUSTICE.

HON. NATHAN GOFF, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

HON. CHARLES H. SIMONTON, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

HON. THOMAS J. MORRIS, DISTRICT JUDGE, MARYLAND.

HON. AUGUSTUS S. SEYMOUR, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. NORTH CAROLINA

HON. ROBERT P DICK, DISTRICT JUDGE, W D. NORTH CAROLINA.

HON. WILLIAM H. BRAWLEY, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. AND W. D. SOUTH CARO

LINA.

HON. ROBERT W HUGHES, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. VIRGINIA

HON. JOHN PAUL, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. VIRGINIA.

HON.JOHN J. JACKSON, JR., DISTRICT JUDGE, WEST VIRGINIA

FIFTH CIRCUIT.

HON. EDWARD D. WHITE, CIRCUIT JUSTICE.

HON. DON A. PARDEE, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

HON. A. P. MCCORMICK, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

HON. JOHN BRUCE, DISTRICT JUDGE, M. AND N. D. ALABAMA
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. MISSISSIPPL
HON. DAVID E. BRYANT, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. TEXAS.
HON. JOHN B. RECTOR, DISTRICT JUDGE, N. D. TEXAS.
HON. THOMAS S. MAXEY, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. TEXAS.

SIXTH CIRCUIT.

HON. HOWELL E. JACKSON, CIRCUIT JUSTICE.
HON. WILLIAM H. TAFT, CIRCUIT Judge.

HON. HORACE H. LURTON, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

HON. JOHN WATSON BARR, DISTRICT JUDGE, KENTUCKY.
HON. HENRY H. SWAN, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. MICHIGAN.
HON. HENRY F. SEVERENS, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. MICHIGAN.
HON. AUGUSTUS J. RICKS, DISTRICT JUDGE, N. D. OHIO.
HON. GEORGE R. SAGE, DISTRICT JUDGE, S. D. OHIO.
HON. D. M. KEY, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. AND M. D. TENNESSEE
HON. ELI S HAMMOND, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. TENNESSEE.

SEVENTH CIRCUIT.

HON. JOHN M. HARLAN, CIRCUIT JUSTICE.
HON. WILLIAM A. WOODS, CIRCUIT JUdge.
HON. JAMES G. JENKINS, CIRCUIT JUDGE.1

HON. PETER S. GROSSCUP, DA TRICT JUDGE, N. D. ILLINOIS.
HON. WILLIAM J. ALLEN, DISTRICT JUDGE, S. D. ILLINOIS.
HON. JOHN H. BAKER, DISTRICT JUDGE, INDIANA.

HON. JAMES G. JENKINS, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. WISCONSIN. HON. WILLIAM H. SEAMAN, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. WISCONSIN. HON. ROMANZO BUNN, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. WISCONSIN.

EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

HON. DAVID J BREWER, CIRCUIT JUSTICE.
HON HENRY C. CALDWELL, CIRCUIT JUDGE.
HON. WALTER H. SANBORN, CIRCUIT Judge.
HON. AMOS M. THAYER, CIRCUIT JUDGE.2

HON. JOHN A. WILLIAMS, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. ARKANSAS.
HON ISAAC C. PARKER, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D ARKANSAS.
HON. MOSES HALLETT, DISTRICT JUDGE, COLORADO.
HON. OLIVER P SHIRAS, DISTRICT JUDGE, N. D. Iowa.
HON JOHN S. WOOLSON, DISTRICT JUDGE, S. D. Iowa
HON. CASSIUS G. FOSTER, DISTRICT JUDGE, KANSAS.
HON. RENSSELAER R. NELSON, DISTRICT JUDGE, MINNESOTA
HON. AMOS M. THAYER, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. MISSOURI
HON. HENRY S PRIEST, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. MISSOURI.
HON. JOHN F. PHILIPS, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. MISSOURL
HON. ELMER 8 DUNDY, DISTRICT JUDGE, NEBRASKA.
HON. ALFRED D THOMAS, DISTRICT JUDGE, NORTH DAKOTA
HON. ALONZO J. EDGERTON, DISTRICT JUDGE, SOUTH DAKOTA
HON. JOHN A. RINER, DISTRICT JUDGE, WYOMING.

'Commissioned Circuit Judge, March 23, 1893.
Commissioned Circuit Judge, August 9, 1894.
'Commissioned August 9, 1894.