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The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-04-06
THE EAST,

AN incendiary fire destroyed the
Clifton house, popular summer resort
on the Clifton shore of Marblehead,
Mass
FLAMES ruined Coxc's iron coal
breaker at Oneida, Pa, the loss being
600, coo. The structure was the only
ohc OF its kind ever builG
NEAR Provincctown, Mass. three
dories containing six fishermen were
wrecked and the men were drowned.
THE mint at Philadelphia has struck
the last of the 5000, 900 worlds fair
souvenir half dollars.
THE republicans of Pennsylvania
will hold their state convention Mt Ilar-
risburg August 80.
AN organization for the gathering
and dissemination of news, to be known
as the American Press, filed articles of
incorporation ut Trenton, N. ]. The
capital stock is 81, 400, 900.
FLAMES swept away the town of
Galena, Md, containing 500 inhabi-
tants.
A FIRE ruined the Electric company's
plant at McKeesport, Pa, the loss being
SlO0, 900.
DAVID MORGAN and Hugh Evans,
two young miners, fought at Wilkes
barre, Pa, over n young woman and
both were horribly cut. The woman
in the case quietly married another
fellow within two hours after the
fight.
CRow's NEST, Joe Jeffcrson's beauti-
ful villa, was destroyed by fire at Buz-
yards Bay, Mass, the loss being $3.50,
900 Helen McGrath, the cook, perished
in the flames,
THr death Of Gibson Peacock, aged
II, editor in chief and principal owner
of the Evening Bulletin at Philadel-
phia, occurred suddenly at his home
while sitting in chair.
WILLIAM DUKE Il Sons cigarette fac
tory in New York was burned, the loss
being SASS, 07O.
THE Higgins house at Bradford, Pa,
| was burned and five lives were lost and
twenty-five persons were injured.
A MlNERs carelessness in filling his
lamp in the slope of the Nelson shaft
ut Shamokin, Pa, caused fire by
| which ten men lost their lives.
Two YOUNG ladies, Blanche Kcister
and Maggie Blair, were drowned in
Slippery Rock creek near Butler, Pa
by the sinking of their boat
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-04-06
A SPANISH SNUB

Causes the Unitcd states War ships
Newark and Bcnnington to Dcpar, from
Havana.
New York, April !. a special dis
patch to the Times from Havana says:
The sudden departure of tho United
States ships Newark and Bennington,
owing to .he snub administered by the
captain.gcneral to the American rear.
admiral, is still subject of discussion
here.
The Newark and the Bennington ap>
pearcd off the port in company
with the Nina and Pinta, the two mod
crn models of the ancient caravels,
which they had escorted across the
ocean, and slowed down to await the
coming of port official to advice the
admiral where to place his ships No
such officer presented himself, how
ever and after waiting for some time
the ships were anchored in that part OF
the harbor usually reserved for such
vessels.
Salutrs were exchanged with Fort
Cabanas and the ships Of the Spanish
fleet. and subsequently the admiral
went ashore and called on the captain.
general, and it was understood that
the captain general and his staff would
return the visit at ) o'clock in the
afternoon, and accordingly elaborate
prepare tions were made for their rrctp-
tion on board the Newark. Finally
at 0 p. III. Il messenger came ont to
the Newark to say that the captain
general would pay his visit on some
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-04-06

IN the Nebraska legislature inp aci-
mcnt proceedings were begun against
"; q. Allen, secretary of state; A. u.
Humphrey, commissioner of publ,
lands and buildings; &. H. Hastings,
utto'ney general, and j. T. Hill, cx.
EtfrSsiirtr bf tic statt. They ara
charged with failing to prevent syste.
matte plundcring OF the state by con-
tractors.
FLAMES burned thirteen buildings at
| Walnut Ridge, Ark, the loss beng
100000 A man and a child perished
IN the Dancs
L ~ San Francisco w. e RiprAy! the
Iold man who shot John w. Mnclay and
shot himself has been indicted by the
I,grand jury for assault with intent to
commit murder.
Fon visiting saloons during working
hours the Rock Island railway dis
charged twenty-sevcn employees at Pc
oria, Ill.
On the Denver g. Rio Grandc road a
train was ditched near Lcadville, Col /,
by tho rails sprrudinG nnd seventeen
: ;ocrsotis were injured
Ar the age OF 9s years George Wash
ington Lusk, d preacher and one of the
nestikpowh rolorcd men IN Ecntueiev.
died in Lexington.
JOHN r. LUvIESE aged 15, and Will
liam Blunck, aged Il, were each SEN
fenced in Chicago to forty years i'm
prisonmcnt for the murder of Albert
Eciroth.
WILL l.. SAcnTLEBEN, OF Alton, ILL.,,
and Thomas G. Allen, of Ferguson, Mo-,
rolled into st. Louis on their bicycles,
having completed tour of the world
In three years.
AT Evanston, H., 4. Ross Smith, of
Portland, Ore, shot and killed Miss
Etlie Clark, daughter of Rev. n. Clark,
OF Spokane Falls, Wash, because she
refused to marry him and then took
his own life.
AT tira, O., Mrs. Philip Kline and
two children died from the effects of
poison obtained in eating pies made
from prepared pie fruits:
HENRY MtKINNEss and his three sons
were killed by boiler explosion at
Lacona, la.
FLAMES swept away four blocks OF
storehpusos and residences comprising
the principal part of Clarksville, Va.
and two colored men were burned to
death.
The receipts for the worlds fair up
to date were Sl7 41G, 1872 and the cx-
pcnses were SIG, 7OS, S2G, leaving n bal
ance on hand of s7s7, COS.
THE Granite Paper Mills company's
plant at Salt Lake City was destroyed
by fire, the loss being 500, Ooo.
THE overturning of sailboat on
Lake Ponchartrain, near New Orleans,
caused the drowning of Mrs Mary A.
Kelly, Miss Agnes and Mamie Flynn
her nieccs, and Miss Eff, Kelly.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-04-06
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A DOUBLE TRhGE6Y.

dang OF whliccnps Attack the Huuss
NJ hrurEr Binck. spauiard, Near
Jonesbofo, Arh.-.Tbo Leader OF the
Party, y. W. Mstenii, Mortality wounded
by B'nck. aHd tlin tnttrr sbnt Down
ani Left Tor Dead Many t..css- Being
Made.
JoNESBoRo, Ark, April 4. l.-.Toncsboro
has been IN fever of excitement to-
day over the 'Huflrr of n Spanard and
the killing Of prom5iicHi mnn Of this
city, the leader Of gang Uf yShitc.
caps, at an early hour Sunday MORN
ing. GcOrgc Black, Spiniard las
been living ON his farm few mics
from .IoncshOro. About o'cl0rl; Sum
hhY morning Il gang Of about 100
whitecaps, icadcl by j. w. Mctcalfc,
Of this place. went TO nlacts residence
and demanded that he open The door.
Black refused, whercupon the gang
proceeded to batter down the
door. The Spnniard's family be.
came tcrror-stricltcn and sought
refuge in wardrobe, but tho
head of the family coolly armed him
self with an army musKct loaded with
slugs and disputed the entrance Of the
maraudcrs. The moment Mctcalfe
stepped in the door he received the
)ond of sluga in the breast jusi below
the right nipple The gang then
dragged tlieit wounded conrudc into
the yard, and ,rltch black attempted to
leave the honsc he WdS et'o' down and
left for dead
After the whitcc,ps left. Black
crawled to the public road, "A few hum
drcd yards away, where he was found
in dying condition by party of ne
grocs.
When the news Of the tragedy
reached Joncsboro the sheriff organ.
lied posse and started in pursuit of
the whitccaps. Mrtcalf was soon
found and placed IN the railway hos
pital, where lie died Sunday night
Bacl, fingered until Sunday after
noon, when he died. He crnnde sworn
statement in which he tcstiitd Tint he
recognized Me,cnlf, bnt could not ilcn-
tify the others, as tlicy were all
masked. Mctcalf refused to make any
statement further than that Black was
not the man they were after.
The sheriff made eight arrests Sum
day night and eight yesterday OH sua'
picion of being implicated in Black's
murder. Several parties are we'll
known about town ard their arrest
has created sensation.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-04-06
THE BOYCOTT STILL ON,

Notwithstanding the Dccision OF Judges
fhcks Rnd TAFT NJ Toledo, o., In tho
Cases Growing Ont Of tho Ann Arbor
Strike-The Questions Involved VIII be
Taken to the Highest Courts for Final
Adjudication.
TERRE lIAurE, Ind, April 4.-Grand
Master Frank y. Sargent of the Broth
erhood ~ Locomotive Firemcn, stated
last evening that The decisions rendered
by Judges Kicks and Taft was wasted,
"a far as affecting n strike or boycott,
ard Judge Rick's decision that the men
had right 90 resign will be carried
out to the letter, and the courts will
not get chance to summon employees
f'r contempt. lie questioned the de-
cision Of Judge Taft in declaring Rule
12 of the engineers as n violence and
criminal conspiracy against the coun.
try. The granting of temporary in.
junction against Chief Arthur of tho
engineers does not affect the law of
the engineers, and Individual members
will still be compelled to carry out that
order Notwithstanding the decision
rendered by Judge Taft The rule can
only he changed by the supreme Off
GERS of the organization at general
convention, The boycott will be en-
forced by the men, and instead of re-
fusing to handle trains containing Ann
Arbor cars the engineers and ilrcmcu
will simply resign their positions and
the courts will then be compelled to
prove that they refused to handle Ann
krbor IN order to hold them for con-
tempt If the boycott already acted
on by the engineers is criminal
conspiracy against the country, as
decided by Judge Taft, then boycotts
are at an end in America II it APP
plies to II company 1t applies to the in"
dividual and all the railroad companies
which boycottcd the Chicago e Alton
recently by refusing to sell tickets over
that road were guilty of criminal con.
spiracy
Mr.. Sargent cmphatically disagrecs
with the decision, and questions il
there is statute covering this point.
These cases will be carried to the su.
prcmc court.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-04-06
Epitome of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
U. S. SENATE IN EXTRA SESSION,

v. D. SENATE IN EXTRA SESSION,
WEDNESDAY, Murrh 20. .s-rhs senate
confirmed the Nominations pre- yiously
sent in by the president. The nomina.
tion of Herman Stump, OF Maryland, to
be superintendent OF immigration, vice
William d. Owen, resigned, was re-
ccived. Tho report OF the committee
on privileges and elections In favor Of
seating the three senators upt ointed
by the governors Of tile states Of Mon
taBh, Wyoming and Washington was
discussed, but no action was taken.
THURSDAY, March 30.-Tbe discus
sion over the seating OF three western
senators was resumed in the senate,
but no action was taken. The follow
ing nominations, were received from
tho president: Thomas i. Bayard, OF
Delaware, to be am mbassador TO England;
J. ID. Porter, Of Tennessee, minister
to Chilli; James A. Mckenzie, OF Red.
tucIsy, to i'cru; Lewis Baker, of Min.
ncsota, TO Nicaragua; Pierce NJ. d
Young OF Georgia, TO ,Guatemala. Ed
win Dur ID jabhn; Join n. Reynolds,
of Pennsylvania, to be assistant sccre.
tury Of the interior; Lawrence Max
well, Jr., OF Ohio, to be solicitor gem
eral, John I. Hall, of Georgia, to be
assistant attorney general Adjourned
TO April 8.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-04-06
WEST AND SOUTH,


ABOUT half of the town of McComb,
o., was burned by an incendiary Loss,
sl0O. 900.
WILLIAM GRAY was killed and Lewis
Mitchell fatally injured in wreck on
the Georgia Pacific ut Waco, Ala.
A PEDESTRIAN named q. ii. Howard,
left Englewood, H., for Bucna Vista,
Col, in an attempt to cover the dis
tance, 1,020 miles, in twenty-scven
days.
Mosr of the business portion Of To-
ronto, Kan, was destroyed by fire.
AT Anderson, Ind, the Doxie music
hall and theater was burned, the loss
being $4,000
THE wife of j. NJ. RenfrO, of Glad
tone, Ia, charges him with having
four other wives when he. married her
one year ago Renfro's whcreabo
are unknown.
STRINGENT orders have been issued
by nearly every western railway presi-
dent against the issuance of free pas
senger transportation after April l.
Tho orders are all alike, and forbid
the issuance of free transportation
and the CANCELLATION Of any already is
sued.
In Kansas City, Mo, building oc-
cupied by the Campbell Paint & Glass
company was partially destroyed by
fire with its contents, the loss being
500, 000
ONE of the Oldest Pottaw atamie
squaws In southern Michigan, Mother
Vnonin dtad In Van luran ,,ountv
aged over 100 years
The maple sugar output in Michigan
this season will be triple that of last
year.
On Lake Erie navigation between
Cleveland and tho head Of the lake ID
open. af1
MAR Durango. Col, a snowslide
buried two men under thoasapas ei
tons Of snow.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-04-06
CHRISTIANITY DISGRnCED
by u Fist Fight Among tire Brethern OF
the Presbytery of Chicago, Caused by
Charges of FrIvolity Against Pastor
TnthprnH

by II Fist Fight Among tire Brethern OF
the Presbytery of Chicago, Caused by
Charges of Frivolity Against Pastor
Tothcrnh,
CHICAGO, Aprl 4,--A disgracefui
fight during which several blows were
rvrhaugcd and more or less blood was
shed, occurred at the annual sprinR
meeting of thc prcsbytcry of Chicago
yesterday at the Baldwin-avenue
church, of which Rev. X. D. Scott is
pastor The alteration WAS caused by
the threat of Elder Singles 70 prefer
charges of frivolitv against his pastor.
Rev. Tothcroh, of Hyde Park church.
Singles advanced toward the pastors
staunch friend, Mr.. Freeman, and,
shaking his fist in Frecman's face,
shOuted You are liar
"Yon are another" came back tho
reply, and then the two men clinched
and fought Rev. Tothcroh also came
forward and said he wanted hand in
the fight, but Pastor Scott and friends
of the belligerants crowded themselves
around the combatants and averted
further violence.
The charges were once before heard
by Dr. Toiheroh's congregation and
| the pastor was cSoneratcd. At that
hearing Singles had physical cncoun-
ter with another member of the con-
gregation and was thrown from the
church. He declared yesterday after
noon that he would take the charges to
the general assembly.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-04-06
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A TERRIFIC BATTLE
Retween Railway Employees and Mechan-
les aud Fnrmrrs-The Railway Men
Masters of tho Field.

Between Railway Employees and Mechan-
les and Fnrmcrs-The Railway Men
Masters Of tho Field.
WEST UNION, Ia, April "A terrific
battle took place at Jackson Junction,
20 miles from here, yesterday. be-
tween the employees of the Chicago.
Milwaukee ,S st. Paul railway and me-
chanics and farmers. Miles McGovcrn
and Peter Meyers We're determined to
build warehouse in spite of orders
from the railway to the contrary.
Yesterday noon the company sent
scvcnty-tive men to lay rails on tho
building spot to prevent the building.
McGovern and Meyers and band Of
farmers resisted, and bloody battle
took place resulting in seven or eight
men being terribly injured, one of
whom will die. The men became wild
and fought like demons with crow
bars, hammers, rocks and clubs. The
con- panv did not want to make n ship
ping point of the junction. The rail-
way is now in full possession OF the
Hn1I
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-04-06
LATER NEWS

IN the senate, on the Sd, the petition
of Jos. w. Ady, claiming legal election
ms Senator from Kansas as against
John Martin, was read and referred.
The report of the committee on privi-
leges and elections in favor of the ad-
mission of the three senator's appointed
by the governors of Montana, Wyom-
ing and Washington was then taken
up and argued until the senate went
into secret session for the consideration
OF executive business.
In consequence OF the opposition OF
the park commissioners of Chicago to
the use of any portion of Washington
park MS an encampment ground for
troops, it now appears that the inten-
tion of the war department to have n
battalion of regular troops and corps
of cadets from West Point at Chicago
during the summer will have to se
abandoned.
In the Ann Arbor cases at Toledo,
o., Judge Kicks rendered his decision,
on the Sd, granting the injunction
prayed for against the Lake Shore and
other roads which refused to handle
Ann Arbor freight, and against Chief
Arthur OF the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers, in the matter of order
ing boycott.
Miss NELLIE Villas, eldest daughter
OF Senator Villas, died at her home in
Madison, Wis, on the Sd. She was a
great favorite, both at her home and in
Washington. Senator Villas was fish,
ing in Florida at the time. and the
family had not been able to reach him
by telegraph for several days.
Two MEN were drowned by the sud
den flooding OF the Laurel Hill mine,
on the outskirts of Hazleton, Pa, on
the I'd. Although 500 men worked in
the mine, but ten were present at the
time. The water burst in from an
abandoned chamber of the Sugar Loaf
mine adjoining
ADvrcEs received from Hayti, on the
Sd, state that President Hippolyte, with
his army, had reached Cape Haytien.
All along his line of march hy met
with enthusiastic receptions, although
It is possible that much of the enthusi'
asm was forced through fear.
A MUrINY that threatened to have
serious consequences broke out, on the
evening of the cd, in the St Michael
prison. in Rome, owing to discomfort
on account of the poor quality and
meager quantity of rations allowed the
prisoners.
~ The boiler of shifting engine ex-
pioded near Connellsville, Pa, on the
baltimore d Ohio railroad, on the Sd
And three brakemen were fatally
ksealded and otherwise injured.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-04-06

ROSETTA WASHINGTON, diminutive
mass Of wrinkles, backed by negro
complexion, called at Mayor Tyler's Of
flee in Louisville to ask for supply OF
coal, and got it after telling her story.
She said she wanted little coal to
keep warm by until her "little girl" 81
years old, could get well. She is 1870
years old, has had two husbands, and
her s7-year-old girl has one son living.
He is 81 years old, and tn. last OF TWEEN
ty-six children born to her little daugh-
ter. The old woman looks the age she
claims, and says that she spent short
period of her life in Louisiana, having
lived there sixty years.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-04-06
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A Parallel of tho Cutting Case.

Ell PAso, Tex, April 4,--Francifco 4,
Aquillar, carrier for Espano-Amarl-
cano, of this city, who was arrested
for distributing the pap,r to
Mexican subscribers in Juarez, Mex
leo, was yesterday sentenced to six
months imprisonment in the latter
city, by the government This is the
first case of the kind to happen since
the Cutting affair, and is exactly sim
liar in that the government has taken
the claim of jurisdiction in the case.
The offcnse which the Espano-Ameri-
cano committed was publishing matter
regarding the Garla revolution.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-04-06
Cot. Townsend Ordered to Antlers to Re'
connolter.

CHICAGO, April 4.-Gen. Miles yester.
day wired Col. Townsend, at Fort
Leavcnworth, to proceed at once to the
seat of trouble among the Choctaw In
dams in the Indian territory. This
was done in compliance with instruc-
tions received by the war department
Col. Townsend belongs to the Twelfth
infantry, and is now acting as COM
mander of the post at Fort Leaven.
worth. He goes alone and is author.
lied to call troops to his aid by wire II,
In his judgment, there be any neces.
sity for their presence.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-04-06
Arthur A. Libby. sr., Of Chicago, Mental.
Iy Incapncltnted.

CHICAGO, April 4. 4.-Arthur A. Libby,
Jr,, filed a petition in the probate
court yesterday, asking that conscrva-
tor be appointed for his father, Arthur
A. Libby, the senior member Of the
packing house firm of Libby, Meinll &
Libby. 1t is charged that Mr. Libby
is mentally disordered, and is incapa-
BILE Of handling his immense business
lie is reputed to be worth in the neigh
borhood of sl,O00,00o, and the concern
of which he is the head is one of the pio-
neer institutions in the packing busi'
naSg
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-04-06

Rev. {. II. TYNDALL, OF New York,
Is The first person TO illustrate his SER
mon with menagerie effects. lie used
stuffed lion ms his latest inspiration,
and TO make it more impressive had it
fixed up with roaring apparatus,
which enabled it to emit u soul corrod-
ing sound like that of dull saw tear
ing its way through n knotty board.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-04-06

mo LIVING germ Of disease can re-
sist the antiseptic power of essence of
cinnamon for more than few hours, -"
is the conclusion announced by NJ.
Chamberland as the result of prolonged
research and experiment in NJ Pas
tours laboratory. 1t is said to destroy
microbes as effectively, If not as rapid
ly, as corrosive sublimate. Even the
scent of it is fatal to microbes, and nj.
Chamberland says decoction of Gin
namon should be taken freely by per-
sons living in places affected by ty
phoid or cholera.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-04-06

NEXT to the gold brick swindlc, the
green goods" game is tho gauziest OF
all frauds, yet 1t is the most popular.
II seems to have a fascination even for
men who must have read repeated ex-
posures of the. trick, for often we read
of city men presumably well acquaint-
ed with the shams of the world "going
against" the green goods even as the
charmed bird goes against the jaws of
the snake. The money fooled away in
this manner must amount to an enor.
nous sum, for cases that find their
way into print represent stealage of
from 81, 900 to $40, 600 per week, but an
inhnitesimal proportion of the total.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-04-06

New YORK spiritualists have ar
ranged big celebration in Carnegie
hall on July of the anniversary of
the celebrated Rochester rappings.
Mrs. Fox-Kane, who did some OF this
rapping, confessed in 1883 that the raps
were produced by the Fox sisters crack.
ing their toe joints, ability to do which
they discovered accidentally. They
practiced the trick until they became
proficient in toe-cracking, and then
they set about fooling the world. l.
took some time oc-nail this lie.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-04-06

PHILADELPHIA has been called the
SLEEPY City," but 1t has awakened
and Is to inaugurate an electric rail
road to New York. A speed of from rs
to 90 miles an hour is looked for. No
freight Is to be hauled, and each pas
senger will be limited to "150 pounds OF
wearing apparel" The road is to have
three tracks, two for through traffic
and one for local business. The power
will be furnished by two stations, one
in Philadelphia and one in New York,
with duplicate sets Of engines, boil
ers and generators ut each TO guard
against delay by accident to the ma
chinery,
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-04-06

WHAT would you do" the Cosit,b-
rolitan Magazine wahts 10 KNOW, 'if
assured by scientific men that the
world wonla come to an end within the
seSt twelve weeksp" Do? says the Min
hcapolis Journal; we would eat our
bread in peace and singlencss of heart.
and not endeavor to get out an iujunc-
tion against the cutaclasm.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-04-06

THE world has reclaimed about 4O,-
100000 acres of land by irrigation,
India has IS, O00, 900 acres, Egypt 8, OOo,.
600. Europe 5000, 600. and the United
States 1000, 200. But tine United States
is only beginner and will yet cause
many millions of acres OF arid or semi
arid lands to blossom as the rose as
population crowds the fertile portions
Of the country.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-04-06

SoMR idea of the extent of Office seek.
Ing may be gathered from the statistics
relating to fourth-class post offices.
Of these there are over os,oO0 1t has
been estimated that an average of ten
applicants exist for each. office. This
would make an aggregate OF $50, 900.
This seems Incredible, and when one
takes into consideration that there is a
vast number Of other offices with per-
haps greater average number OF ap-
plicants astonishment is increased.