District Court, D. Washington February 3, 1902 (The Lakme)

HANFORD, District Judge.

For convenience in designating the different parties to these suits, the Queen Elizabeth Company, owner of the ship Queen Elizabeth, will be referred to as the “libelant”; Charles Nelson, owner of the steam schooner Eakme, will be referred to as the “cross libelant”; and the Puget Sound Tugboat Company, owner of the steam tug Tyee, will be referred to as the “respondent.