The El Monte

ADAMS, District Judge.

These actions arose out of a collision between the steamship Rappahannock and the steamship El Monte, which occurred in a dense fog in the early morning of the 5th day of October, 1900, about 50 miles in a northeasterly direction from Cap£ Charles. The Rappahannock was bound into Newport News from Liverpool. She was practically in ballast, having very little-cargo on board. The El Monte was proceeding up the coast, fully laden with general cargo, on a voyage from New Orleans to New York.

The contentions of the respective parties as to the main facts areas follows:

On the…