The decision in this case has been withheld to await action of the Supreme Court on appeal in Kahn v. Cone Export & Commission Company, 115 Fed. 290, 53 C. C. A. 92, decided by this court March 15, 1902, an appeal from the District Court, whose opinion is found in 111 Fed. 518, and wherein the same question of preference was involved; and, said appeal having been dismissed, we now affirm the decree of the District Court in this •case (113 Fed. 969), with costs.