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Show HIS HEAD IS DEMANDED Case of Joseph Pcrrault of Idaho Is Acute. BITTER FIGHT AGAINST HIM Not Only Docs the Civil Servlco Com-mission Com-mission Ask for His OIHclnl Head, but National Committeeman Stand-rod Stand-rod Is Opposed to His Appointment Eaglcson Is Now Being Pushed, for the Tlace nnd Indications An That He May Succeed, ns Republicans Republi-cans of Idaho Are Behind Him. Tmnu.N'ij mmKAU. i JWI K Stieet, I Washington, 1) Mirch 8, I'm:. The enso of Joseph Perrault, Sur- Nejor-General of Idaho. I, becoming acute ngnln. Two or three weeks ago lie Civil bervlco commission renewed is attack upon him, as reported In heo dispatches, nnd the Secretary of mo Interior sent the new documents lo lerrnult for rebuttal. Tho latter a rejoinder Is expected by Monday, it not satisfactory there Is no doubt a change will bo made. Only i fcw W(pk, nRO Il0 Court of ;'""" K" a Judgment In tho sum of J300 In favor of one I.ellman, a Demo-crut, Demo-crut, whom Pcrrault had dismissed from tho servlco of tho Government In tho Surveyor-General s olllce, tho Court holding that Iy-llmnn had h proprietary Interest in the position ho held under the laws and tho regulations of tho CUM Bervlco commission Tho re. suit of this case In court seems further to Justify the ctlon ot the Civil Herv-00 Herv-00 """mission in Its demand for Pcrrault Pcr-rault s head CHANCIKf MUST ItH MADE. Tribune readers will recall tho fact that In the supplementary charge Pcrrault Pcr-rault was alleged to have oxtorted campaign cam-paign moncj from employees under his influence. Hn must meet these accusations accu-sations fully or pay the peinlty. While his chances of reappointment wero ctJ good nt one time they were regarded as below par tod i He Is btcked hy the, Democratic henatorn, who do not want to see him sacrificed because ho Is stirring up strlfo among Republicans In Idaho. MIOUP TOR PKRRAUL.T. I'ormer Senator Hhoup, who Ins been here all winter, has also put In some good licks for Perrault. but now Hhoup Is In Cuba, nnd Nation il Committee, mm Mnndrod Is opposed to the reappointment re-appointment of Perrault. He has not recommended the Hureor-Ooneral h reappointment, standing with the Idaho ptnte Republican commltteo nn favoring favor-ing another man, presumably i:rn or naglcson of noise. The litter gentleman Is here. Your correspondent requested him to state whether or not he Is an avowed candldato for Hurv eyor-Gene-rnl, but he declined. He had nn Interview Inter-view with henntor llnnnn. chairman of the Republic in National commltteo today, to-day, the result of which i:agle-on said he wns not nt liberty to disclose. Hngle-son Hngle-son Is a man of fine, nttalnnunts and is rapidly growing ln prominence in Idaho politics. HAOLUION NOW LEADS. Disinterested Jdahoans here say they believe he will be appointed fiur-eor-Oeneral of Idaho, iir be has tho backing of tho wholo organization Hon. John C. lagleson, treasurer of Adi county, Idaho, Is hero with hla brother nnd expects to remain a week If Judge Stnndrod were hem there Is no doubt he could land tho Surveyor-Generalship for Kagleson. NO BDRVKY CONTRMPLATRD. A rumor has been set afloat in Montana Mon-tana to the effect tint the Oeneinl Land oflUo Intended In the near future to have surveys made on tho lallrond grants In lxilo pass Montana, nffectlng the timber land located nt a cutoff from Missoula westward through iola piss. Your correspondent tndHy called upon the Commissioner of Ihe General Gene-ral Land ofllco regarding the. matter, nnd wns Informed hy that ntllclal that no such surveys had been made nnd thnt to hln knowledge no sures of the kind in this vicinity were contemplated contem-plated In tho near future. He stated that ft number of survejs had Already been made In certain sections nf Montana, Mon-tana, but that ho knewr of none nffectlng nf-fectlng any land In tho vicinity of I.oln pass POSTMASTER APPOINTED. George E. Jacobs was today appointed appoint-ed postmastnr nt Talks Store Canyon county, Idaho, vlco F. L. Wild, re- signed. TENSIONS GRANTED. Utah Mexican wnr. Increase, Dan Tjler. Reaver City, J12. Idaho -Widows, Almlra A. Clinton, Glbbsomtlle, s |