Daily Arkansas Gazette from Little Rock, Arkansas • Page 1

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FZTIUJARY 12. 1907. -TWELVE PAGES. i-minignec that the police al liold fast to his offlce as president- of SENATOR GROSS: SDPT.nrA?EISELE SAYS BE WAS HIRED ABZAN3Aa' WEATEEH pOBECAT 'i Fair Tuesday and Wednesday. Tester-day maxintnm tempersture, d4; iI-mum, 39..

FORFEITS BOND, Did Not Appear, at PenyviHe; UT I Answer Charge of Soliciting' a Bribd and Had No At-. torney There. WARRANT IJSUI0 F0.1. HKV No Attempt Mada ta Snow Why He Wag Not Present Bene Warrant Cannot Be Served Until Sonata By a Staff Correspondent) Perry villa' Feb.1 LL Senator T. His Cor.

-n tut 3 -cti Improved, Feared ReJapcs if He Tools r.v.Up Duiici hi povcrnor, act Hs jffay.Not Resign at Senate, liut Appoint ft Pmid. tug CScer'nom Day Day, Governor Julia 8. Little left hi hom Greenwood yesterday afternoon to Suspend month ea the Texa jlf eoajt, after eoirf erence bad beea held by tat ttnMna nhvaiciana. which resulted ia Gross, representing the Twenty-fifth Sea- atonal district ia the present State Sea did not put a appearanee when court convened tfaia morning to answer tonviueing biui that he weuld taking 1' desperate chances if ka attempted te 5 -resume- uig uuirci vv I Tht governor had reached tha period "via ton recent breakdown where he felt much improved and wm antbusiastie te n-t tn his work. The nhvsieians Who to tlve charges of perjury aad soliciting a bribe which have beea preferred -against him, and on motion ef Presceoi-ing Attorney Lewis Bhoton hi bead waa forfeited and a bench warrant Waa issued for hta arrest the same charge of soliciting a bribe.

Senator Gross- was not even vpresented by an attorney whea court convened this montng, and whea -the ease wss called his name waa called three times from, the, door of the court -room. Prosecutor Bhoton announced that tbe state was ready for trial and moved for a forfeiture of tha bond. Thia was had ipt him ia Quietude during the iTv'. riod of convsjeeeenen nan xearea mat loan their, care too aooa. and jesterday Insisted oa ala leaving the A message wae conveyed to Paal Lit-' tie oir nd secretary of the governor, tailing John Ike Moore, president of the Senate, to preaido the offlee of gov-- eraor the temporarr abaene- of Aoveraer little; weasage der granted and the bench warrant waa la-sued shortly The warrant cannot be served until the- aad of the iivered to Preeident Moore at yea torday afternoon Pn' UtUe, bat tht formality taking the oath of offiff present session tha legislature." Senator Gross is ander indictment a charge of soliciting a bribe la eoaneetioa with tbe pore food bill He Ja also under Indictment on a charge of perjury -ia eoeneetion with evidence given by him before tbe Grand Jury regarding hia connection with this same bilL.

The charge -of soliciting a bribe waa the one which aa aettag governor poatpooea a til thin morninir. 1 "It there ie any lmportaat tvutd0 1 pending I wilt anawer the enmmont at ae," eatd President Moore, ae he pe- Mail th n. i. nsa tea set for trial. nosecutor Bhc ton announced Sunday that he would aa "There ie nothing to be'doae a-aa the answer of Mf.

Wtue. "Evtrf. thing la la Rood ihape and well np anJ dea vor1 to force a trial oa thia charge, and he brought all tha witnesses for the slate from Little Bock Sunday afternoon. These witnesses were recognised ia eoert this morning aad were instructed to be lonorrew wiu oo as wvil" s- Moore Wot present at the opening of court at the' August The ease-will be set for trial at that term of court. President Moore "tef need -te.

tjieeloa the content! of the call ta the original rform. tayihg that it had-been directed to hint aa preaiding officer of the Ben V- te and he would not give Jt contents the public until be had read before So far as. known here, no witaesa for Senator Gross and no attorney or one representing him. waa ia certificate was presented -from his phy-ttcisns showing that he haa been sick and could not attend reonrt Front appear-v mat 600:7. 1 -OaBpaigntng for- Uooraf Plaoe.

lanaediately after the now was aiada peltlie ibat President Moore hd- beea -eaUed to aerve as acting governor thore were renewals for the honor of presiif-- log over the Senate through the remain' dor of 4he term' c' era here, no, attempt had beea made Senator, Gross to keep the state from, so- curing a forfeiture on hia bond. Notice had been given by Bhoton that he would demand forfeiture-of the bond of Senator Grose- nnlesa. ha appeared for trial oc showed cause, the rase should aot be tried at thin- form This eathneiasm was dispelled later, however, vrbea it was ao pre siding officer 'would probably be. elected, i bot that inotniit Prwrfdent Moore wonld TO DEFEATHAUPTON It Altscbul Sue Iron Mountain for Expenses Al leged to Have Beea Incurred During Prim.Dcction. 1 WHY HAWPTOIf1 WAS.

OPPO Altschul Alleges Bailroad Did Not 'Want Him Elected Bailroad Commissioner Because Ha Waa Alleging that hs was employed by the 8b louis, Jron Mountain and Southern Bailwajr Company, through ita general trafhVineaager, 8. H. Stith of 8U Louis, to do speeial work prior to the state Demoeratia primary that was held March 29, 1904, J. l. Altsthul of LitUe Bock filed a suit ia the Circuit Court, second division, yesterday against the railroad company, demanding 92,175.49.

According to the tenor of the complaint filed tha railroad company worked hard to defeat E. Hampton as a candidate for position on tbe Arkansas Bailroad Commission from the old Second aad Third congressional districts. Altschul declares that among the many duties that Traffic Manager Stith baa to perform ia that of preventing any reductions ta the rates of freight carried over the lines of the company ia tbe state, of Arkansas. He deelaree the traffic manager Is to employ other gents. The complaint states that on March 29, a Democratic state primary elec tion was held in Arkansas for the purpose oi choosing candidates for state, distrtet sad county offices, at which time there was a candidate for railroad commissioner from the old Second and Third congressional district.

The candidate to be chosen at this election, he avers, was sure to tie the successful candidate lor, tne seat on the Arkansas Bailroad Commission. It is stated that "on January 15, 1903, K. Hampton qualified ae the rail road commissioner: from the districts named, "and during the year it became known to the Iron Mountain Bailroad Company that Mr. Hampton would be a candidate for re-election. -----1' Bailroad Did Not Want.

Hampton. 'In -this connection the complaint legea that -Mr. Hampton was regarded by the railroad corporations is' unfriendly to their interests in hia capacity aa rail road commissioner, add that to protect their interests St was regarded best to de feat him. During the latter part of 1003. it is al leged, the company decided to support John T.

Bnrkett of Ouachita county, and in October of the same year; employed Altschul to make a campaign through thu districts to aia ia toe election or jDuraeii and to defeat Hampton Altschul declares that in consideration for his servieea he was to be furnished transportation-over tbe company's lines, and that- transportation would be fur nished to ucn others as ae might: desig nate, lie says the company was te reim burse him for all expenses and to pay him a reasonable compensation for hn. services after the primary 'v -Altschul declares ae entered into ine work aad Went from town to town in tha old Second and Third Congressional dis tricts, personally enlisting the support of the voter for Burkett. He declares he got np lists of the voteu ia the different counties, that he sent out literature and did any and all work incident to the conducting -of a political campaign, Alt schul says that ha worked during October, November and December, JU3, ana Janu arv. February and March. 1904.

It is aliened that the expenses incurred amounted, to .1579.40. end that, a reasona ble Compensation for the time would be ai.uw. An itenmed account or tne ai-iefyd claim hs attached to the eomplalat, and the eeurt ia asked to make it a part ef tha complaint, Altschul declares he has asked the company to make settlement, but that jt has MtMi4 iMr At HA 'ITIlA tfrtVt(V 11 lld shit for Altschur are Baldy Vinson aad Pi Wooten. ALPHONSO'S OUST BEMABX. Madrid, Feb.

11. An Anglican chapel has recently been installed in the palace of El Pardoynnde the direction pf King Aipnonso, xor tne use or mneess Henry of Battenberg, mothea of Queen Victoria, when she is staying there. This caused some comment among the more fanatical officers of the eourVwhich, when it came to the king'a ears, caused hm majesty to remark: Well, schora, those who do not like it need not go there. The hint, it ia stated, was Instantly un- ripitreA. 121-123 WSECOND 5TRCCT Our Facilities'1 Our largeand increasing patronage' is the; best argu-' Inent to prove that the public appreciate the superidrcon-veniences atforded in our various' embracing the, execution jot bruslai" the safe keeping of valuables and the receiving of I urn nun ti the tlma ei the raid wena khuki.

uniforms similar to those) of soldiers. F. E. Stark, eostonri Inspector at BrownsvQle. told cf the raid ae a wit ucaeu dniuw wwauri -lilt the eraek of hh-nower gitt Bullets went through Be saw a po-liceman that night dressed' 1a khaki, Kuncin solved.

4 German Youth Confesses He XiQed -Daughter of BrttlJbjDffieer. Eaaen. Germaay, Feb. lL--The mystery of the murder of MUs' Maeiaine Lake, daughter of a British army, whose mutilated body, waa found' oa October last In city hss beea solved. laea, years eyaurreniereu himself at the police atatfea- here Satur-dyrebsTririg himself with being the mnr derer of Mute Lake.

He informed the 'police that for merly waa an employe of, tha Bbine-West-phaliaa Coal Syndicate, and fled to Bel gium His conscience tormenting him, and blng without money, Land returned to Eseea deter mined, to eonresa ana taka the punishment for his uh.ii.iii ni EARTHQUAXE IN VIRGINIA Shock: Wat fieoorded T7nlverslty of Virginia Xaated 20 Seconds. Charlottesville, Feb. 11. Aa earthquake of -considerable violence was felt throughout this seetiou 8:23. this Ia CharlottesviiW dishes rattled at the breakfast tables.

The shock waa recorded at the University of Vir- Saia by Frederick W. Reeti, aseistaat to of. Ormond Stone, director ef the Le-ander MeCormiek obserxatory. Tbe tremor lasted about 0 Seconds. OTHEE PABT8 OP StATB SHAKEN.

Richmond. Ya Feb. 11, This morning a distinct earthquake shock was felt oa the James river division ef the Chesapeake aad Ohio Bailroad between Rockcastle and Columbia, about 65 miles west ef Richmond. No damage ih reported. KILLED 0VIR CARd GAME Old Nnrsa Want to 8m Deal Man's Body, ell TWitt Chair and Ued.

-t NatcbevMise Feb. George Kil- Ietdrew, formerly a member of tha lo. al police force, was shot hud kffled on tha atoamer Betey An by" fialph X. Fatrar of Fayette, while the steam-er waa lying at, a landing down the river last night. Th teen qohrreled ever a game Of cards.

Farrat waa arrested At a preliminary examination' befnr Justice of the this after. aooa, arrar waa aeonttted Eva-wit- neesea declared that KiUetiWew waa -the aggressor. iUUetdrew 's bodv ai lit noma ia tnie ear, uenat Weatherspoon a jieuress. 65 years of age. who bad nursed Killet-drow's wife ia her went to the home to ace his bodv.

While sitting in a chair in aa adjoining feem she fell to the floor. Her head struck- the floor and her neek waa broken. STAGES Or THE MI8S1S3IPPL Wasbiagtoa, Feb, 11. Tha Weather Bureau's flood report tonight saysL crest, of the Mississippi river flood has visited Vieksburg at a stage of 49.7. The -stage Monday morning at New Orleans was 10.7 feet, a rise .8 la the last t4 hours.

The river will begin to fall at Vickaborg Wednesday. ETJ88ZAK mamvalrliBir get Moscow, A saessei)er belonging ta the government spirit depot here, while on hia. way to a bank today, waa held op by ten armed men and robbed of The highwaymen in their flight1 dropped a bag eontaiaiag A3S00, but got away with the balance. TZMBEEvHUBAK DMOTlANA. Clay Ctj, Feb.

ll.Near the new tine, of the If onon, four miles south of this city. In the timber lands -ot Bel liven there "Is a freak that bow ta eroaslna considerable diseussioa. Two elm trees standing twelve feet apart -at the rround have beeome arefted fa eaeh other at a height, at abewt JS- feet Above this tha two treesrare perfectly blended Into ene trunk. ETjrsCB tir CONVALESCTNO; San Antoaio, Tea Adolphus Buseh aad party passed through Saa An- toniaiooay oa their way to Fasadena, Cal, Mr. Buaeh has many friends and eateosiva Irasuieea intereeta here, but his condition permitted him to see bo one.

Hia physician sa ha is slowly eonva- Ipeclniy CASIIVPCBB For the Best, Costnmrvm This Afternoon Ind Night' AtlDITORIUr. RIKX DONT FORQET THIS. Vbu' woiild loolr iveQ a fancy "icostume, antwould be in line for'a stOlwe, will be glad to seit youwith cui one everyone; invitea. 1 vr k. -T -f 'J- No Masks Will Be Allowed Inside cf the-Eink, I Comer- Jrut.

1 Look fen V.Tiether You E-fcte or Not. ai t-w i 1 the tenats and would simply sj point a resiauiB emcer from nRV Ao oaywaue he was in the office of the governor. benator Moore waa ajaed as to ine roccdure, but refused to discuss it. He had nothing to. fay, neither, confirming aor denying that he expected to retain is as- pmidica officer or tne Senate -while actiug as j- Kuio Ao.

23 ia th ienate boo J-r rules says; 'The president, ahall have right to name in open bonate, ot, if absent, in writing, a senator to per form the duties of the chair, bat such substitute sbali not extend beyond an djournment except bv -unanimous eon. Upon this "rule, it "Is believed, the Pro cedure of holding the office of president of the Senate will be hinged. It is sng- fistea inai aa aipnabetieat, or rou eau rder will be attempted in recrulatina- the wboesale division of the honor of ptesid- inu oacer. under which rale Senator Amu, would -be tha presiding officer to day, Every day a ehanee would be ef fected throughout tha term 'or as long Under this rule President Moore would have the right to return to the Benate as president should uovernor IJttie re turn before the reseat session is. ended.

There waa much discussion last jiieht ss to whether the Senate would consent to the ehansre of a'preaidinsj officer eaeh day, and regardless ef ithcaugestigiL'the Benate may deeidc to 'aeleet regular presiuag. toaay or tomorrow, 4 Foesible Candida tea. Senators Thompson: Ml lan have beea sdobml of ia with the race, if tha Seoat decide to nave a regular premtuag omeer lor tae indefinite- period of hbsrace of President Moore. 'Each admit that he would like to have the honor if the Senate should So elect active campaign will probably be waged until after this morning, when President Moore announces his in-teatioa ia tha vHe refused yes- terday to say wnar action ne wouw suar-geat or advise- to the Senate, i1' Ton wiU set the aewa whea ft apietiL, wag his only reply to qnerlet as io the probable procedure. The impression tha vmanvrtinOrtant bill had accumnlated itt -the goveraora office was dispelled' yesterday, when it beeame anowa that- the-work aad Deea kept no with ia splendid shape by Paul aad the eommunleatioa- ht had maintained wUh bis father; The" set that the work was weir nan trwst evidenced la that -neither -r President Motre aor Mr, Little- thowht titry to take prompt aetfotr the' matter of filling the office after i thAaovernor had left the atate.

fr.u.U,tu The first news that Little waa to leave the etata was sufficient eansa wild stories as, -Id his condition, but those best informed understood that Governor Little was much bettefadd that it was fear of a relapse which caused the' physiciaat insist oa refusing to allow him to come to Little 'Governor Little aad eathuslastie ta rrsnme his duties but gave- wayvf.tbt advice ef others. 7 'rj He will visit flhlfNtoA and Corpus Christ! and inhale the salt breeees of the Gulf eoaet for a month. He was attended oa the trip by hie wife aad J. Pittmani hia Dr Saturday Governor tittty wai eoinildent that it would not be Jieeessary for hinr to leav ilre state, and his wired 'the Oasette that his fstbet would a'gaia fake ao his daties here within a reasonable time. GOVERNOR AND.

PARTY? WERE IN FORT-SMITH Appearance of Chief Ezeeirtiva Indicated That He Had wot unprove Plal tevtfce Oaaette, Fort OovT John ft Little, hit wife aad two- phYsiclaas" ar rived from Greeairood this morning, aad the governor aad hie Wife, with ona of tha physicians, loft fof Corpus Christl where Gov. Little' goes in the hope of benefiting his health. tin arriving here the pftttr was driven to the Leflore hotel: where Got. IJttle remained in the parlor tifltil train: time. He showed marked evidence? of feelile-aemr and there was every indication that hi condition had not improved-te any extent since he was brought to bis home from Little Rock; Very few knew of the eovemor's pre' enec here, and there Wat aa apparent disposition toward secrecy in order that -tbo annoyance of visits niitrht be averted.

J- WEIGHT CCncriCALES- Mr. Hester Make tha Average 52L9S Against 617.68 in Previous Years. New Orleans. tor has just issued a statement of weights for the 8,094,849 bales of cotton handled at outports and across the. Mississippi, unio ana rotomae rivers overland to American manufacturers outside of the cotton belt, for tbe five months from Sep-1 tenvuer to January, lnciiiHive.

showinsr an average per hsle of 521 05-100 pounds, against 617 55-100 pounds for the same period last Tbe details by. states are a ioiiowsi TexHs ports, C34.24, ainlnul 530.93. --LouVana ports, S'HA9, spainst 521.62 i Alabama ports, 520.0S, 526.87.; it Georgia ports, SU3.2S,-. 508.01. South Carolina ports, against.

4S5. North Carobna ports, against Viririnia porta. 802, ncalust 498.77. Tennessee ports, 517.l!i, BgaitiMt IIUI iTCUV 1M P.F1T1I Turkish Vic9 Admiral Pound Bead Sooa After Visit of an Couotantinoiile, Feb. 11.

ThereCCfet ir-itei ini.s sn.fdi death of Vk'e- A'I-nurul Hairi Pasha is oceRsioning'rrmch comment. lie hail just ipiti appointed, by Ii-atlecbuiimMA of the eoiti-" if to ermine, the battle IT Luilt in VrunCo and Iii" 1 )i er I'r ulei "-w-tinn ti it nt r.n i rn. Mii V'n 0 1 UnS ftp fliliilind 1 1 nt I. i ti 1 ft nn ,1 1 I of court. Despite this notice, no ene ap----'' peared for Senator Oroaa aad no attempt was made by the defense to keep the state from securing a forfeiture on tha -2100 bond given by Senator Gross or VERSION, BROWNSVILLE RIOT irmer Sergeant of Com- ipany 25th Iafanlry(Say sthe viaiitsuu vs aa nuuwu uy Gtizens of Town.

-Washington, Feb "shooting up" of th towa of Brownsville wss iu the form of an attack oa the garrison at Fort Brownr according to the testimony given today- by Mingo Sanders, former first sergeant of Company of tbe Twenty-fifth Infantry, before the Senate Committee on Military Affaire. Sanders' story created something of a stir ia the committee as he testified that while running frost hia quartern to Company B's barracks, after being awakened by the firing oa the night of Aagust-13, the shooting was going on, and it came from the towa and was toward the hospital oo the military reservation.) He said bullets were whizzing over his bead, Thio ia the first direct testimony given by any of the-- discharged negroea that the fire came from the towa. Sanders said ha had served in tha army 25 years, 8 months aad 3 days, including the campaign in Cuba and three years in the Philippines. He said he had never been eourt-martialed nor reprimanded. At Brownsville he had a house to the left of the company quarters and directly in front of the hospital.

After being awakened by the snooting, he said, hs started a run to quarter. and just after leaving his house tbe fir ing was renewed, it came from the towa, he said, the bullets flying thick and fast over his head. As he reached the quarters of Company he said, be saw that the men assembIM there were excited and ahouting to each ether. "I hesrd someone yell, 'Fall he said. "Then someone snooted to get the guns, and'anotber pernon answered that they could not get the guns: as the racks were locked and the man with the key could aot be found.

Thea Lieut. Oreer, I know hia voice, said: 'Break those racks There has beea a great deal or testimony given concerning the broken racks Company but no person had testi fied 'positively before as to the manner In which they-we broken. The testimony of Sandera Indicated that the racks were ia good condition before the" shooting and were broken by the command of one of the company officers. i i Nearo Soldiers Praying. Continuing his testimony, Sanders told nf finrlinff hta own Company lit confusion and of bis efforts to- straighten it out.

He said he fonad Some of the. men- en their knee and that Others were yelling to put out the lantern ao that it would not furnish a target for persons to shoot at. "I tbld the men to sUnd up and be sol-, diera, and that it was better td be shot in the. ranks than "outiM said! Sanders. "When the men did aot stand up I told them some other things I don want to reneat here." On cross-examination- Saadera said he inM nnt tall tk location of the first firing.

He said he had beea under Are a number of times and he waa familiar with the reports of ths makes of arms. n- ,1.. tt mtm Xmi-red firincr." IB. ffl he said. He thought it came from six- shooters, Winchesters and Mausers.

At the afternoon session. JBergeant Sanders resumed hia testimony. He said that ha had nothing to, do with the shooting; did not know anyone who had: did not suspect anyone and had made diliirent inauiries among the men ta find out from them what, if anything, they knew, and haa been unawe to get any information, He declared, that he had not withheld any information and that there waa no eonspiraey-of silence. Sanders wss eroas-examined by Delator Waroerr. Hrepeated.

that many of tbe shots fired n. the night or August 13 came from the town and that he had reported thla fact to Ma jot Penrose, although it did aot appear in his evidence taken by Capt. Lyons. Indeed, he said, he had not stated this to anyone else until this time. He had set been asked -about and did B8 o1" unteer information.

I ant looking after Sanders first," he aid. 1 i' Sanders stated that hia gun was aot in the rack at the time of the shooting, but la the sergeants room, and that he returned to-this room for He wes not required to keep his gun in the rack cn account of peculiar duties. He thought there were about nine guns out of the company's racks on the night of the shooting, but they were all accounted for. Bandore' evidence was not concluded when the committee adjourned until tomorrow. to orvB rsr catskillb.

New York, Feb. to aa announcement published here Paknville, a hamlet in the Catskill mountains region, be the scene next summer- of two open-air performances- of "Rin Van Winkle." A summer resident of means, it is said, will finance tbe an-derUktng. -v TO OPEN CUSTOM HOTJSE3. New Chwang, Feb. 11, 'H.

Konovaloff, Busslaa commissioner of customs, has goaw-to Harbin to. arrange for the opou-ihg of- custom, houses along the Busslaa frontier at once." wThe Japanese are said to be causing a delay in the collection of custom at Dalny until the port of Chwang" ia opened, ia order ta- save -duty eat shipments by i r- V--, bicTadvance ts' oil; Marietta, O- JVhf heaviest single advance i'u oil ever ma'de 'by the Standard Oil Company waa announced today. Amber or deep oil was advanced 15 cents: per batrrf and shaliow- oil 5 KILLED IWEU BATE BIXL. Columbia, 8, e.f Fob, 11. The two and a half cent passenger rate bill waa killed in the Senate tonight by a vote of 23, to 4.

The bill passed tbe house last week. 1 W. Scott SnutbT Secretary to Secre- tiry.HitcIicoclf, Km Been Ap-' pointed Superintendent of i -i Hot Spring! ReerTation." ROC.EYELT EXfUM CHANGE Istemal Rtrlfe la Hot. Bprtngt Setweea Politicians and Phyatdam May Hava Part ta'mClui Martin A. Eleele.

-superintendent pf the severnment' atioa at Hot Sprinirs. waa yesterday asked for "his res ignation from that office by President Koosevelt through a communication to Capt- P. W. Tucker, ehairmaiu of Jth cute jtepuDiuaa vossmittee. i Captain Tucker telenaeaoif ta Super- intendeat fisela yesterday morning at Hot Springe, asking him fct come over immediately on Important businees.

TJp- oa arrival here la tha afternoon Superin tendent ftiseis repaired to the" office of Captaia Tacker where a letter was howa him from President Boosevelt. A half hoar Saperiateadeal Eisele naa sent a telegram to President Rooee veil notifying him that he was ready to M. vacate ue omce a any tune. Mr. Eisele aurpriaed.

'tl waa very much surprised at" the action," said Superintendent Eisele Jast night Wore taking his departure for his home la Hot Springs. "The contents of, tha letter were llooaereitiaa ia He simply stated frankly that Secretary of tha Interior Hitchcock had beea hia personal friend for years, aad had asked for bat little. The secretary had recently asked for the ap- poinuaeni ai secretary, wv Seott Smitn, as superintendent of the eovern "ent Teservation, and aa Secretary Hitchcock wee to retire on March the president wanted to grant th request." A' MiKrm eiseie eat President Booeevelt simr.lv atatmi that ha waa reedy to step aside either aia request a the request of Sunenntendest.Eiael was' hnnltj to $he office he yesterday resigned dar. laai year or tbe-arst term Of President MeKinlev. aevea -vears am.

succeeded CoL Wnt J. Little; TV. oerat, who kad managed to retain the omce, nnaer a itepublicaa administration until that tlma, The office pays tiJSQO ner annum a prwidea a handsome residence for tbe home or the superintendent. For twen. ty years tha office baa Vm tvmlmVmA mat polities.

aaf the oecopaney of the- pueuion oy hoou smith will le the first time that a nonresident, of the state has secured the j. tnicmai nn ia npnngs may hs ve had ita part, in the change. Dim ig the past five yeara there has beea a continual rupture between the physicians of eity. Bestrictive rules Which prohibit certain physicians who re alleged to have, emDlovet drummorm from directing the use of the hot water, has been -carried lata the eoiirta, and this contest -4s written en the pagea of tribunals, as high as the United States supreme itmrt or Appeals, where re-' eeatly a decision waa readered from Mil- wauaee. PENROSE C0URT-MAHTIAL rj i Policemen Were Dressed In XhaU; oa vj, Mignt or BrownarultiXaid, Saa Antonio.

Feb. YL-Tt' T. JT. Combe, mayor of testified before the Penrose eourt-martial today. Mayor Combe testified that after the raid ae mada hia way to the peat with neon or eoiuiere who aad eome up with Captain Lyoa.

Witness saw Mai rarose and told Una that tha troop had shot ap tha- town. Penrose' es pressed surprise, saying that it had beea reported- Mia that eltiteaa Bred oq the post. capt, Macklia cam op, lay mg he had beea asleerv From eross-examtnatioa of T. Do. Littlo iWAViv? MAIN AND THTEP.

Oldest Savings Bank the 'f State. 5 Solicits Vour Businea on Fa-' vorable Per cent Savings Accounts. Pays 5 Per Centon Time Safe Dqosit B6xes. 1906 Fs'l and r-r FINECCCD, CORRECT U3 OVL1 tailc; III 1 uw nj-frB-o 10 answer tne charge of a bribe. Sensations War Promised.

From the number of witnesses called la this esse by the state it is believed the Gross ease, had It been tried at thia term of court, would have beta the most sea-. sational boodle trial yet held in thl state. It Is known that the state ex-pected to present evldenee ia this aaaa- which has not beea brought eat at any of the other trials. From inside sources it is leaned that the' atate expects to present evidence la this ease which will touch others thaa -those who have al- ready been connected with boodle trials. Tbe state expects to prove la thia eaa a condition of tenners" ia, the last Senate even 'greater thaa has so far been uncovered ia previous Besides, several witnesses who have testified i the Bntt and Covisgtoa trials, men who were here from St, Louie at the begin- ing of the boodle iaveetigation, ing men, Little Bock bankers and a aura- jN ber of others were summoned as witnesses in thia Just what these men will tell whea placed- on- the stand ia not', known, but it la intimated by Proeecutor Bhoton and those who- are assisting him --ia the prosecution; that had the ease gona -te trial there would have -been evidence Popularity; Beceatljr.a aubteriptioa iraa.

jVtakea among thf leading nea of the city for the ereatioa ef a certain fond. Of the first i twenty-nine checks received ta payment, twenty -aevea theas were' drawn oa the Union Trnst" Company. Kow, while ao baak la tickled by. cheeks, it Is never-- thelcsa pleased with sueh Svi-. denceef popularity.

It must aurn be' interesting ta 'the people at large. to know that -among the beat informed awn of the city there is such anlveraal eonfidence la the Union Trust pompaay. There ia also tbo indication that it ia hoth satisfactory and profitable to have business with the And then it is propel to add that the name eonrteey aad facii- Jties are extended to tmall ens" 4 toners that so- satisfies the larger ones. And lastly that it very easy to become acquainted with the lUnioriTrust.Co;:;; paya 4 per eent interest nip -r ht every facility. si wzt ezcosrn st.

ia Ill Just arrived, 50Q cozen for tnca" ar.d ladies. iliD Cnly 1.22 v.i a on mm; j. Tontlii'tert on peve tl "8ttfft' for Diamonda," Handsome Diamond Valentines Stash valentines as these are certainty ta be highly treasured. Tha 'f giving oi jewels for valentines is a revival of a custom hnadreda of -years old. The writers of tha' period following the Bestoration frequently refer to the custom which has of late years become again so fashionable.

j. Heart-; Brooches, set closely, with real pearls, diamond centers three sises, $15,.: -Heart of real pearls," flanked with peart Mercury wings, diamoad 1 eenter, $30. 5 Solid gold Locketa, 1iearT shaped, decoration af female head and bust, 3 diamonds 3 sixes, $15, $2S and $35. U-T Heart shaped set with (lee large lustrouspoarIs, dia- "Biond 7. H.mrt-shaped Diamond r.

Brooch, Other heart-shaped. Brooches end Pendiyits of dwiaoads np jtine aoggestlona, See back yag for ether Valen- Chas. MAIN AND TB3BTA It -1 1 IK J-1.