Opinion of the Court. Not going beyond what is required for the purposes of this case, we are of opinion that the originals of these communications, and consequently the certified copies thereof from the Confederate Archives Office, are competent and persuasive evidence that the Confederate authorities did not obtain possession of the Eastport by capture or by other forcible and compulsory appropriation. The claimant therefore wholly fails to support the allegation of her petition that the Eastport was captured by the insurgents. Judgment affirmed. Decisions announced without Opinions. DECISIONS ANNOUNCED WITHOUT OPINIONS DURING THE TIME COVERED BY THIS VOL UME. No. 261. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS, v. STATE OF KANSAS. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas. Argued and submitted April 24, 1899. Decided May 1, 1899. Per Curiam. Dismissed on the authority of Union Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Kirchoff, 160 U. S. 374. Mr. S. S. Ashbaugh for plaintiff in error. Mr. A. A. Godard for defendant in error. No. 356. STONE v. BANK OF KENTUCKY. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kentucky. Argued February 28 and March 2 and 3, 1899. Decided May 15, 1899. Decree affirmed with costs by a divided court. Mr. H. L. Stone, Mr. W. S. Taylor and Mr. Ira Julian for appellants. Mr. Alexander Pope Humphrey and Mr. George M. Davie for appellees. No. 357. CITY OF LOUISVILLE v. BANK OF KENTUCKY. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kentucky. Argued February 28 and March 2 and 3, 1899. Decided May 15, 1839. Decree affirmed with costs by a divided court. Mr. H. L. Stone for appellant. Mr. Alexander Pope Humphrey and Mr. George M. Davie for appellee. No. 360. STONE v. LOUISVILLE BANKING COMPANY. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kentucky. Argued February 28 and March 2 and 3, 1899. Decided May 15, 1899. Decree affirmed with costs by a divided court. Mr. II. L. Stone and Mr. W. S. Taylor for appellants. Mr. James P. Helm and Mr. Helm Bruce for appellee. Decisions announced without Opinions. No. 361. CITY OF LOUISVILLE v. LOUISVILLE BANKING COмPANY. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kentucky. Argued February 28 and March 2 and 3, 1899. Decided May 15, 1899. Decree affirmed with costs by a divided court. Mr. H. L. Stone for appellant. Mr. James P. Helm and Mr. Helm Bruce for appellee. No. 387. STONE v. DEPOSIT BANK OF FRANKFORT. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kentucky. Argued February 28 and March 2 and 3, 1899. Decided May 15, 1899. Decree affirmed with costs by a divided court. Mr. H. L. Stone, Mr. W. S. Taylor and Mr. Ira Julian for appellants. Mr. Frank Chinn for appellee. No. 113. ADAMS ET AL., ADMINISTRATORS, v. COWEN ET AL., TRUSTEES. On writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Argued January 9 and 10, 1899. Decided May 22, 1899. Decree affirmed with costs, by a divided court, and cause remanded to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kentucky. Mr. Lawrence Maxwell Jr., Mr. John F. Hager and Mr. J. L. Anderson for petitioners. Mr. Judson Harmon, Mr. John J. Glidden and Mr. John Little for respondents. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. No. 761. STORROW v. TEXAS CONSOLIDATED COMPRESS AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Fifth Circuit. Denied April 24, 1899. Mr. W. S. Herndon for petitioner. Mr. J. M. McCormick opposing. No. 773. CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE AND ST. PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY V. CLARK. Second Circuit. Granted April 24, 1899. Mr. Charles W. Bangs, Mr. George R. Peck and Mr. Burton Ilanson for petitioner. Mr. Abram J. Rose opposing. Decisions announced without Opinions. No. 777. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PRATT COUNTY, KANSAS, V. SOCIETY FOR SAVINGS. Eighth Circuit. Denied April 24, 1899. Mr. S. S. Ashbaugh for petitioner. No. 786. FLORIDA MORTGAGE AND INVESTMENT COMPANY, LIMITED, V. FINLAYSON. Fifth Circuit. Denied April 24, 1899. Mr. N. B. K. Pettingill and Mr. T. M. Shackleford for petitioner. Mr. W. B. Lamar opposing. No. 781. TRAVIS COUNTY v. KING IRON BRIDGE AND MANU FACTURING COMPANY. Fifth Circuit. Denied May 1, 1899. Mr. Clarence H. Miller for petitioner. Mr. M. W. Garnett opposing. No. 746. LEOVY V. UNITED STATES. Fifth Circuit. Granted May 1, 1899. Mr. Alexander Porter Morse, Mr. H. J. Leovy and Mr. Victor Leovy for petitioner. No. 747. COEUR D'ALENE RAILWAY AND NAVIGATION COMPANY V. SPALDING. Ninth Circuit. Denied May 1, 1899. Mr. C. W. Bunn, Mr. A. T. Britton and Mr. A. B. Browne for petitioner. Mr. John Goode and Mr. Willis Sweet opposing. No. 779. SIOUX CITY, O'NEILL AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY V. MANHATTAN TRUST COMPANY. Eighth Circuit. Denied May 1, 1899. Mr. Henry J. Taylor and Mr. John C. Coombs for petitioner. Mr. John L. Webster and Mr. G. W. Wickersham opposing. No. 793. STEINWENDER V. STEAMSHIP MEXICAN PRINCE. Second Circuit. Denied May 1, 1889. Mr. Laurence Kneeland, Mr. Harrington Putnam and Mr. Lewis Cass Ledyard for petitioner. Mr. J. Parker Kirlin opposing. VOL. CLXXIV-51 Decisions announced without Opinions. No. 795. JAKOBSEN v. SPRINGER. Fifth Circuit. Granted May 1, 1899. Mr. John W. Warner, Mr. J. D. Rouse, Mr. William Grant and Mr. John S. Blair for petitioner. Mr. Richard De Gray opposing. No. 734. May 15, 1899. for petitioner. WHITTIER V. PACKER. First Circuit. Denied No. 796. OVERWEIGHT COUNTERBALANCE ELEVATOR COMPANY v. IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN'S HALL ASSOCIATION. Ninth Circuit. Denied May 15, 1899. Mr. Frederic D. McKenney and Mr. W. H. H. Hart for petitioner. Mr. M. A. Wheaton opposing. No. 799. GOULD v. HUGHES. Third Circuit. Granted May 15, 1899. Mr. Eugene P. Carver and Mr. Henry R. Edmunds for petitioners. No. 805. MITCHELL V. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO. Second Circuit. Granted May 15, 1899. Mr. Theodore M. Maltbie for petitioner. Mr. William C. Case opposing. No. 806. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS v. FISHER. Fifth Circuit. Granted May 15, 1899. Mr. James J. McLoughlin, Mr. Samuel L. Gilmore, Mr. Branch K. Miller and Mr. H. Generes Dufour for petitioner. Mr. Charles Louque and Mr. E. Howard McCaleb opposing. No. 804. CITY OF MILWAUKEE v. SHAILER AND SCHNIGLAU COMPANY. Seventh Circuit. Denied May 22, 1899. Mr. C. H. Hamilton for petitioner. Mr. James G. Flanders opposing. |