LOCAL TIME TABLES DANVILLE AND BLOOMS BURG STREET RAILWAY. Car* leave Bloom Street Crossiug for Bloomsbnrg aw follows: — A M.—6:20; 7:00; 7:40; 8:30; 9:00; 9 40; 10:30; 11:00; 11 40. P M 13:30; 1:00: 1:40 ; 3 20; 3:00. 8 40; 4:20: 5 00; 5:40; 6:20; 7:00; 7:40; 8:20: 9:00; 9:40. Saturday aud Srimlay fart* will rnn every 20 minutes from 10:20 A. M. Last car Saturday and Sunday will leave Danville and Bloomsbnrg at 11:00 P M. PESN'A. R. R. EAST. WEST. 7.11 A. M 9.00 A. M. 10.17 " 12.10 P.M. 2.21 P M 4.81 " 5.50 " 7.51 ' SUNDAYS, 10.17 A. M 4.81 P. M D. L ft W R R EAST. WKST. 7.07 A. M. 015 A - M 10.19 " 18 «P. M. 211 P. M 4.33 " 5.48 " 905 " SUNDAYS. 707 A M 12 .44 P M ■ 5.48 PM 9.05 ' PHILA READI NO RR. NORTH. 30UTH. 7.53 A. M. 11.35 A. M. 3 56 P.M. 6.36 P.M. BLOOM STREET 7.55 A. M. 11.83 A. M. 3.5* V M 6.38 P M. THE LOSSES 111 BARN FIRES There was nothing but praise for the Danville firemen Tuesday, Good Will, Continental, Friendship and Washington hoys coming in for equal shares of couimendatiou for excellent work at the baru fire of Monday night. Everybody recognized what heroic servioe the volunteer firefighters rend ered,and it was a common remark that no paid fire department could more suc cessfully have coped with the difficult situation. The Water Works men also were commended for their share in the good work in getting great force back of the streams. It was more apparent than ever yes terday how uairowly a terrible con flagration, one that would have been the worst in the city's history, was averted. Not only Market street houses, but Front and Mill street resi dences were in imminent danger of getting afire. Smoke arose from the rear of several residences that were scorched by the intense heat. It was only the untiring and skilful endeav ors of the firemen that saved the block from complete destruction and the ap preciation of their hard labor is gener al. People residing in the fire district provided coffee for the wet. tired men when the dying out of the flames gave them a chance to partake of refresh ment. The burned barns certainly looked bad Tuesday. Ruined tigs that had been run oat while still flaming in parts and the flames then beaten out, were in evidence at numerous plaoes in the vicinity of the fire. The alley was a dismal sight. All day teams were hauling awav the debris in an effort to get the place cleared up quick iy- The losses that were sustained are here given estimated as closely as it is possible to give them: J. E. Moore, who used the Lotier and one of the Slioop barus, SIOO. The Lotier barn possibly was worth about ♦.500. John Keim, who used a Shoop barn, SIOO. G M. Slioop,total loss on two barns of possibly #1,500. Dr. .Tames Oglesby's barn practical ly destroyed and loss SSOO. H M School), damage to barn to the extt»ut of |IOO. Foust Brothers, barns destroyed, 11.000. F. O. Angle, on barn in rear of resi dence SI,OOO and SI,OOO on barn In rear of Litz's restaurant, the latter includ ing damage to large stock of newspap er in rolls. voters Will Number 3000. With several mass meetings recently breaking the monotony of the political quiet it is still a fact that the present campaign has been one of the least strenuous in the history of Montour county. What a prominent local poli tician has to say in explanation of the sitoation is interesting. "It is quiet on the surface," fte re marked, "but the work is being done notwithstanding. The quiet work is the kind that is effective. It is the kind called for by the State Committee aud for a fact every man of my paity in the county has been seen." Such a plan of procedure rails for wore actual work than the arrange ment for torch light jiarades, brass band music and stirring speeches. The old methods are still indulged into some extent, but it is doubtless true that the modern form of work is grad ually supplanting the other and has made cerrain and definite resolts. It is thought that Montour county will poll a good vote this year. At least 3000 ballots are expected to be cast. Delegates in the City. The Dauville & Bloomsburg trolley line afforded many of the Women's Christian Temperauce Union members who have been attending the Slate Convention at Blooimbr rg an oppor tunity to visit in this city and yester day ladies wearing the emblamatio white ribbons of the Union were fre- here The con veniences of the trolley line is being demonstrated every day and the travel keeps up withoat intermission. Many of the delegates who visited hero yesterday would probably not ] have come had they been obliged to use the trains aud thus limit them selves to special times, but the ability fco come or go atraost at will by trol ley makes the new system a great boon. This phase of the sitoatiou seems to appeal strongly to business and oom meroial men, whose numbers among Ihe many other pttssongers are increas ing each day. IMPWEM OF D. L.i #. The desire for improvement is so general iu Dauville that even the rail road* of the oity are getting in line. The Delaware,Lackawanna & Western Is to begin at once on extensive im provemeuts all along their right of way here. This will be weloome news to all citizens. Arrangements for the work to be doue weie made yesterday, when Division Roadmaster Soofield was in Danville for that purpose. The first task to be taken op will be started right away today. It is the plaoing of temporary walks over the canal on Mill street. Two oars of ciuder will arrive here today and Con tractor D. J Rogers will begin plac ing it on the street to form a pave ment, he having been given the con tract for the job. He will make a safe and serviceable walk of it and the ciuder will do servioe throughout the winter, bat iu the spring substantial concrete pavements will be laid. Probably the next work to be start ed will be the laying of flve-inch rails at the Mill street crossing. This will be done to make it possible to pave be tween the rails of the D. L. & W. track. A Sunday probably will be taken for the work in order not to in terfere with the running of trains. The largest job, for part of which Mr. Rogers also holds the contract, will be io the line of general improve ments at the D. L. & W. railroad sta tion. This work also will be done thie Fall and when it is completed the ap pearance of the station will be not a little improved. The plan is to fill iu and raise the surface fftl around the station. Crashed stone will be placed on the grouud and Contractor Rogers will roll it iuto a hard, firm bed that not only will look good but will make a substantial driveway and platfoim around the station. No delay will be experienced iu the work, which is to be finished as soon as possible. A railroad station being the first thing noticed by strangers on entering a oity,any improvement of a local one should find great publio appreciation. Hallowe'en Pranks. The height of the ridiculous surely was attained by the boys and girls who celebrated Hallow E'en Monday eve. Yet it was a happy orderly crowd that ;oarsed the atreeU, making a terrific Jin with horns and bells but not re torting to rowdyism in any form and jot doing seme of the mean things ■omplained of in other years, such as hrowing soot and flour. The police were on the alert and while on the >ack streets possibly a door step here md there was moved there was no ser ous mischief indulged in. But to return to the oarnival, for loch it really may be oalled, it was a eoord breaker for size and variety, volume uf noise and outlandish make ips. There were Chinamen, darkies, farmers, policemen and what not. 'Happy Hooligau" and other comic ■upplement characters were imperson ated. Girls joined in the sport with much zest as the boys and the fun was fast and furious. As fast as one baud of merry-makers passed another and funnier one, appeared, the several crowds forming an unbroken string as they paraded from Market street down Mill to Bloom aud out to the Reading railroad aud then back again. Corn and paper throwing were indulged in aud that was the most strenuous part of the celebration. The dealers iu horns, masks, wigs and like articles must have reaped a good harvest yesterday, for the num ber of persons who were decked out in strange oostumes was larger than at any previous celebration .In the city's history. Undergrade at "A" Street. Nothing has been said for soma time concerning the pro]>osed undergrade ciossing at A street, through which the Dauville & Bloomsburg trolley track will run and thus get by the Philadelphia & Reading railroad track. The matter ig not being neglected, however, and in a very short time ex tensive operations will be under way and'will be pushed rapidly to comple tion. The job of excavating, putting in a system of braces and erecting the railroad bridge will not be a small one, but wheu the work is uuder way it will be hustled right along by the railroad people. The trolley people yesterday bogau activities by delivering rails on A street from Bloom stniet to the Phila delphia & Reading railroad. They placed them the entire distance on this stretch and iu the afternoon a team was engaged in hauling rails on Walnut street,from the railroad at the point where the crossing from A street will he cut through the embankment, to Bloom street. The Philadelphia & Readiug also has doue a little work leading up to the big job that soon will be started. Yesterday a large amount of lumber and heavy timbers that will be used were unloaded on the side of the track near A street. Lack of Accommodations. The lack of a bridge made itself very forcibly felt to Riverside i>eople Mon day night when the big fire was rag ing in this city. Many persons across the river who saw the hlaze were eager to reach of the fire, but the ferry was on this side of the river, there were no boats aud all communi cation was cut off The loss of the bridge brings no end of inconvenience and everyone in this section who is obliged to the slow ly moving ferry is looking forward eargnrlv to the completion of the bridge. Hen Thrown Off NVagon. The driver of a P. L. brewery wag on at about 5 :30 o'clock Saturday even ing had passengers on his vehicle, three Suuburyiteo, who were riding from South Danville to this city. When the ferry was effecting a landing on this side of the river the brewery wag on in making a start suddenly threw the passengers off. They all got more or less wet and as they scrambled to shore afforded amusement to a big throug on the hank J TJE ELECTION SUPPLIES HERE Couuty Commissioners' Clerk Blue was busy unpacking a large box of election supplies that yesterday arriv ed at the Court House. There is enough material on hand to cover every detail of the election and with the supplies provided the election officers will havrf no trouble in making official records of the votes cast and getting them in the form the law requires. In the box of supplies are fourteen packages of material, one for each election precinct of the county. Each box contains. tally sheets, poll books, return sheets, directions for officers in charge of the elections and other forms of a similar nature. Each box also has in it a copy of the ballot laws which will of course be for the guidance ol the election officers, who by consult ing it can learn just what is required if at any time a point should be In dispute. While these ate the main part of the supplies there are alto pens, blank jiaper, blotters, wax, tape ami envelopes bearing the names ot the officials to whom reports are to be turned in. The outfit that goes to each precinct is very complete and should prove a great in 'simplifying the onerous duties the electiou always en tails. NEVER TIRE OF IT. Dauville People are Pleased to Show the Gratitude They Feel. People cured of lame,weak and ach ing backs, kidney weaknesses and urinary troubles, never tiie of letting others know about the remedv which did it. —Doan's Kidney Pills. The cures are permanent cures, as people who were cured years ago now testify. Here is a case of the thorough work ings of Doan's Kidney Pills in Dan ville. John B. Hollister, pnddler, of fill Mill St., says: "Some years ago I suffered from distressing kidney and bladder weakness which had clung to me for some time. I also was annoyed with severe pains right across my loins so severe at times as to almost pros trate me. The kidney secretions were very annoying and painful and too frequent, particularly at night. I used a number of remedies but with no ap parent effect. Doan's Kidney Fills were recommended to me and I used them. The result was a perfect cure. I can recommend Doan's Kidney Pills as being all that is claimed for them." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburu Go , Buffalo, N. Y., solo agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan's, —and take no other. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. Miss Helen Miller Gould completed (Monday. October 21th), at Moberly, Mo., a unique tour of visitation throughout the West and Southwest. In twenty-three days Miss Gould has visited twenty railroad and city Young Men's Ohristaian Associations, travel ed over fi.OOO miles, and greeted and shaken hands with at h-ast 80,000 to 80,000 railroad men. The day at Mob erly was practically a holiday for the railroad employes at this division point of the Wabash. Men were will ing to lose their pay for a day's work or a round trip to get an opportunity to shako hands with Miss Gould, throogh whose generosity Associa tions have been established at twenty division points on the Gould lines. She has contributed largely toward the funds to erect this building at Moberly, Mo., costing $20,000, given a library of 2,000 volumes,a self-playing piano, music box. talking machine, stereoscopic outfit of hundreds of views the usual gifts Miss Gould lias made the Associations on the Gould hues. At Horace, Kan., a little town ot 100 population and a division point on the railroad, the occasion was taken to dedicate and open the new railroad men's building. Three hundred people came to town to atteud and 100 rail road men along the line bought mem bership tickets At Fine Blurt, Ark., another railroad Association building was opened by Miss Gould, and over 1,500 people were present. At a service for men at the Opera House on Suuday, at which the veter an railroad engineer, Tom Keeuau, spoke to 700 men, Miss Gould and tarty occupied seats on the stage, and many ot the "toughest" railroad uien in that section of the country declar ed for the Christian life. The mem bership of the Association jumped from 267 to 350 as a result ol Miss Gould's visit. A third building was dedicated by Miss Gould at Van Buren, Ark. Miss Gould traveled in her own priv ate car, Al, and was accompanied by representatives of the Young Men's Christian Association, and her private secretaries and a group of friends. Af ter a short visit to the World's Fair Miss Gould will return to New York. A Family Reunion. At the home of Lewis Byerly, 214 Walnut street, there was a family re union on Sunday at which were pres ent a daughter, Mrs. Jennie Coldren aud children of Shamokiu ; a son, Will iam Byerly and wife, of VV'illiamsport aud two other sons, both of Danville, Jacob aud his children and Daniel Byerly and his wife, aud Sarah and Rose Byerly. The affair was a very happy one. nade a Poor Estimate. Among those who were in attend ance at the Twelfth Regiment reun ion at Milton on Saturday was a young Spaniard named Tony, who i.-. a mem ber ot the Gaskins' band. He was called onto say something and told the boys that when he left Spain, it was on the promise that they would clean this country up in less than three months. He fought at Santiago and after the war came to this country and is now making good wages painting in the shops at Sunburv. He has tak en out his first pap< rs and will short ly be a naturalized citizen of Uncle Sam's. Made First Survey. Kngiunre Leonard yesterday had surveyors working on the Cafawissa [river bridge, making the first survey. OLD TUB KIN ANOTHER r Two games of basket bull at the Armory Friday night were enjoyed by about Three hundred spectators. The first game between the Old Timer He serves and Silk Mill was a little slow and showed a lack of practice on the part of the Silk Mill team. Tha scwe was 18 to 2 iu favor of the Reserves. The sceoud and main game was be twee the Old Timers of Danville and the Bloomsburg team called the Clover Wheelmen and was well played,result ing in favor of the Old Timers by a score of 13 to 15. The local team had better control of the ball in goal throw ing than their opponets. Gaskins was injured in the first half and delayed the game a few minutes. He recovered and did excellent work. The line up and summaries of both games, in the order played, follow.!: RESERVES. SILK MILL. Edmondson . forward Heller Gillaspy forward Kloom Reifsnyder center Jenkins Roberts guard Smith Beyer guard Montague Goals from field : Gillaspy, 3, Reif snyder, 3, Edmondson, 2, Beyer, 1, Smith, 1. Score: Reserves 18, Silk Mill 2. Time of halves 15 an 1 10 min utes. Umpire, Edmondson. OLD TIMERS. BLOOMSBURG. Gaskins forward Williams Bedea .. . forward Appleman Sechler center Gilmore Dougherty defense Price Russell defense . Taylor Goals from field : Gaskins, 3, Bedea, 1, Sechler, 1, Dougherty, 1, Russell. 1, Williams, 3, Appleman, 1. Gilmore, 1, Price, 1, Taylor, 1 On fouls: Gask ins, 5, Appleman, 1. Time of halves, 20 minutes. Umpires,Bedea and Rosen thai. Score: Old Timers, 151, Blooms burg, 15. Neither Side Scoree. On Saturday the Sunbury foot ball team came to this city with t ; «e inten tion of repeating the defeat administ ered to the Danville team a week ago. But the local gridiron warriors had profited by the lessons of that previous game, so that thu lean that lined up for Danville on Saturday was better in nearly every way than the one on which 15 points had beeu scored a week before. The Danville team played good foot ball, but bad to contend with the heavier weight of their opponents, which no doubt accounts for The fail ure To score. The ball tor the greater part of the 35 minutes ot play was in Suubury's territory. The game, from n spectators standpoint, was greatly marred by the many disputes between the teams. The line up: Danville. Positions. Sunbury. Wagner center Zimmerman W. Acker right gaard Campbell Springer .... . left guard . Rhoebuck Uuuzberger right tackle .Knoble I Fisher) right tackle Faust left tackle. Reffugle Krowu right eud .. Fausold H. Miller left end Spenhl Smith. . quarterback . Mohler Johnson right half back Williard Pet res left half back..St. Clair Johns ... . ... full back . Geist Time of halves, 20 and 15 mintues. Referee, Prof. J. C. Carey. Umpire, Adams, Sunbury. Linesmen, Williams, Danville; Loug, Sunbury. Timekeep ers, Dreifuss and Raver. ville, 0; Sunbury, 0. Zeke and Daisy. Fred Raymond's famous comedy "The Missouri Girl" has beeu seen so frequently in Danville that the major ity of the theatre-goers are familial with "Zeke" ami "Daisy" and tin other characters of this remarkably successful play. The company thit seasou is said to be even stronger than the one here two years ago, beinf headed of course by Miss Sadie Ray mond who jjortravs the title role. Tin Logansport (Indiana) Journal of a re cent date in reviewing a performance of this company says:"lt is the best show of its kind ever teen at the local theatre. " The Decatur (Indiana) Even ing News says:"The play has losl none of its attractive features since it? last appearance here audit gave Tin besT of satisfaetioj). This was the fiftl appearance of the play iu this city but it never grows old and always draws n good house." A Sharon, (Pa ) papei says: 'The company is the strougest that ever presented the popular come dy and the specialties are much bettei tliau in previous appearances here." The press iu every city visited en dorses this play and there is littlt question but that it is the best re [ires entative of the rural comedy now on the road. The play is now in its t >nth season. This company will come to the Dau ville Opera House for one perform ance, Saturday, November sth. Prices 25, 35, 60 and 75 cents. Entertained. Mr. and Mrs. George Hale enter tained a number of friends at theii home on Ash street, Friday evening, in honor of Miss Lydia Ruch of North umberland. Those present were Misses Alda Got!', Anna Springer, Stella Nevius, Julia Mowrey. Susie Hale, Mary Haukey.Rose Heller, Mary Hale, Charlotte liose, Charlotte and Earl McCleuahen, Ly/.dia Ruch and Mrs. May Brosius; Messrs. 'i'hoiiia- Mitchell, Charles Kehl,George Werle, Ed. Snyder, Fred Smith, Jacob Miller, John Meiucer. Ephraim Hale, Will Old, C. Everett, Sam Hoffman, Jaini's Miller, Will Brown. Alfred Misbangli of Bloombsurg. A very enjoyable even ing was spent. Refreshments were served. Thousands Cured. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve has cured thousands of cases of Piles. "I bought a box of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve on the recommendation of our drug gist," so writws C. H. LaCroix, of Z tvalla, Tex.,"and used it for a stub born ease of Piles It cured me ]ier manently." Sold by Panics & Co., (iosh & (Jo. To gunners: Don't take chances on liitTing anything but game. If iu doubt, do not shoot. IT is better to al low a deer or bear to escape than it is to kill or wound a man THE LATE WAR VETERANS lEET The second annual reunion of the Twelfth Kegiui< nt Spanish-American War Veterans Association,held in Mil ton ou Saturday was a highly success ful affair in every detail. There were in all 111(5 veterans in attendance. The Compaay F delegation was composed of O. P. Gear hart, H. F. Prentiss, Dr. K. L. Davis. William K. Russell, Michael I' iiil. y. William Marshall, E Iward Klase, E. IJ.1 J . Thomas, H. li. Dreifuss and H. R. Shfer. At tie* afternoon business moating the veterans were welcomed by Hon. Wilduti Scott, in ivor of Milton, and Major John M. Caldwell and a re sponse was made by Colonel James B. Coryell. The election resulted in the choice of the following officers to serve for the ensuing year: President, Col onel Jam s B. Coryell; Vice Presi dent-!, Major William 11. Straub and | Captaiu Charles P. Gearhart; Secre tary, Colonel M. II Taggart; Treasur er, A. Guuyoti. It was decide 1 to hold the next re union at Snnbury 011 October 28th, 11)03, the "iStli hi chosen because the regular date, October 2S)th, next year falls 011 Sunday. Lewisburg,Sun bury ami Lock Haven all were after the next gathering, but Sunbury was clioscn by a majority of sixty votes. The supp?r that was served in the Aruiory was an elaborate one, which was greatly enjoyel- by the soldier boys, who in fa t bad a royal good tirn" throughout the reunion and spoke in warm praise of the hospitality of Milton. The short parade in the evening was followed by a me< ting at S o'clock at: which Brigadier General J. P. S. Gohin, of Lebanon, made an able ad J dress that was hoard with great in terest. The singing of I'ravette Maf fet, of Wii liamsport, and the music of Ga-kins' Military Band were features of the meeting. Officers of the stalT and line made short addresses of a timely nature. Disastrous Wrecks. Carele-sness is r sponsible for many a railway wreck and the same causes are making human wrecks of sufferers rom'Throat and Lung troubles. But since the adv. Nt of Dr. King's New Disco\cry for Consumption, Coughs and Colds,even rll * worst cases can be cured, and Imp-less resignation is no longer nec<-- irv. Mr-, f.ois Cragg of Dorchester, Mas-., is one of many whose lite was saved by Dr. King's New Discovery. This gr at remedy is guaranteed fen all Throat an i Lung diseases by I'iulcs & Co., Druggists. Price 50c, and SI.OO. Trial bottles free. Was a I nique Celebration. To take one's first trolley rideon the 98th anniversary of om's birth is to say the lea-t a unique method of cele bration. fhis is what Mrs. Margaret Sechler, "Aunt Peggy," of East Dan ville, did on Satuidav. In company with Mrs. S F. llickstts Mrs. Sarah Forre-ter ind Mrs. John Sechler, "Aunt Peggy" made a trip to Blooms burg an I i> turn and enjoyed it great ly. Many p -rsons 1 tiled 011 the aged lady during the day, Saturday, and con gratulated her,among them beiue Mis. J. Swei.-fort, Mrs. Stickle, Mrs. Cleav er, Mr- Wallez Mr- 1 A. Fenian, Rev. and Mrs. Limhert and Paul Lim bert. A Good Complexion. 'Sparkling eye* and rosy cheeks re stored by using Di Witt's Little Early Risers, -o writes S. P. Moore, of Nacogdoches T> x A certain cure for biliousne-s, constipation, etc. Small pill—easy to take—easy to act. Sold by l'aule- A: (Jo., Gosh & Co. Attendance at Rural SCIKMIIS. It is pretty hard to enforce the school I i\\ as ng 11 1- attendance in the rural districts just now. There is an abundance of corn tohu-k and oth er work remaining to be done on the farm, and owing to the approach ot winter and s arcity of hands the boys are very much in demand. The school law appli - t 1 ti.e country as well as to town. The truant officer, whose duty it 1 s to keep pupils in school, it seems ha- not as yet found his way in to the rural districts. Not a Sick Day Since. "I was taken -everely sick with kid ney trouble. I trii (I all sorts of medi cines,none of which relieved me. One day I -»w an ad. of your Electric Bit tors and determine Ito try that. Af ter taking a few do.- s 1 felt relieved, and soon thereafter was entirely cured and have not seen a ?-1 < k day since. Neighbors of mine have lit >II cured of Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Liver and Kidney troubles and Gin -ral Debil ity." This 1- what B. F. Bas-s, of Fremont, N. C., writes. Only 50c at Paules it Oo's Drug store. Will "lean "lore Business. No people appear to he in » jollier frame of min I thai arc the people of Danville over their trolley connection with Blooiii-b irg. which i- producing result* to tiiein t' I*t are calculated to make them happy. < >ue c t the giatify ing consequence, t this trolley con nection 1- the convenient it affords tlie peopl <d Blo'imshurg and Berwick in coming to Danville aid part tkuig of refrtshin ill -a< its hotels aad res taurant-. One ot th' Danvill • pap. rs say- that tiies neighborly call - arc par ticularly mi nerous on Sundays, the visitors taking meal- b t>jre they re turn homo. No doubt t at the ttolley lmo is a benefit in tin- way, an 1 is to be appreciated as am aas of neighbor ly intercourse, but t ie a(vantage it will be to Danville ia general business results will le of 1 far more substant- j ial characf r All the benefit she may I derive from it -he will have deserved for the enler'prise she displav d in 1 helping to build it. Sunburv Item. To Cure a Uold iu One Pay. Take LAXATIVE BROM<> QUININE Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails t» cure. E W Grove's signa tare is 011 each box 20c. TEN MEN DROPPED TO DEATH WILKESBARRE, Nov. 2.-In the most horrifying mine accident record ed in the anthracite coal region for many years ten men were dashed into eternity at the No. i shaft of the Auchiucloss colliery at the D. L. & W. Coal Company at Nanticoke this morning. Tho manner of the accident is in many ways mysterious and neither the officials of the company nor the en gineer are able in any way to explain the cause which leads up to it. The accident happened at t» :40 a. in. and the engines were manned at the time by Jacob Fine, OIH of the most experienced of the company's em ployes. Ten men were aboard the cagt at the time mentioned and were beinj dropped to the bottom of the shall when the frightful tragedy was en acted. The shaft is the deepest in all the coal regions Deing 1800 feet froii the surface to the bottom of the mine. The list of the dead is as follows: William Ashton. John Cook, .Tof Nonk, Frauk Shyzlock, Joe Goshen, John Iganatovitch, John Konliu.Aiex. Balautofski, John Keuipa, Joe Kason. The injured are: John Konockadale, teeth knocked out and arm broken. Harry Vermont, struck with a flyinfj plank, lacerations of the head anri body. David Hosten, severe injurief to his arm. There are three veins in ttie shaft, while under the'shaft at the Hed Asl vein is a sump which has three bun dred feet of water iu it. When tht cage with its load of human freight was being dropped to the bottom, sud denly and without warning the engine, it appears, refused to work and the cage was speedilv lowered to the hot torn. . When the cage was between tlw Baltimore and the Ross veius the cagt broke, the bottom falling out of it, with the result that the ten men were thrown to the bottom iuto the fathom ed depths below. The death was almost instantaneous, because when the bottom of the cage fell out the men dropped fiO feet to wheie the water was in the sump. Tbe fall without striking any obstaTle would have been sufficient to cause death and this accounts tor the fact that all were dead be-fore the water was reached. Portions of the cage fol lowed the men in their mad plunge down the shaft and this killed what ever hope there might h »ve existed for getting a few of them out alive. The dead as far as is known by the officials of the company were all min ers and mine laborers. For a time it was impossible to find out who the men were hut upon investigation by Col. Phillips the names of those who had met the awful end were soon re vealed amid the heartrending cries of those who had been waiting auxi uslv for the sad news upon the surface. At first it was thought that several others hail been killed by the drop of the cagp and the commotion it caused iu falling down the shaft, but upon investigation it was learn d that none of these believed to have perished were even injured in the least. Thousands gathered at the head of the shaft anel it was not until the names of the victims were learned that the demonstrations cc.»sed. The friend and relatives of those who were on the cage became frantic when the list was announced and it required the services of several of those engaged in the work of rescue to paeify the griel stricken people. The bereavod wives, mothers,and the children of those whn had been dashed into eternity present ed a sight which would make even the hardest of hearts melt. The officials of the Delaware, Lack a wanna and Western m charge of 00l Phillips reached the scene of the trag edy in an hour and fifteen minutes af ter the frightful occurrence. They were brought to the mine on a special train from Scmnton and along with them were physicians to earn tor the injured and nurses to assi*i them. Or ders were at ouce given to get at the bottom of the affair and try and as certain if possible the condition of the meu or whether they had all been kill ed. The investigation iu charge of Dis trict Superintendent Davis was begun and in a short time the namrs of the victims and the place where the l>od ies were situated was ascertained. All eyes were auxiously turned to the top of the shaft where the crowd wa* eager to learn the true circumstances. Wild rumors were afloat and for a tim • it was impassible to I' aru the true state of affairs. Excited uiiudsdwilt on th scene ready to kindle the slightest cir cumstance into a blaze of discovery At the itoss vein it was the iuten tiou of those in charge of the work to construct a large platform and th 11 proceed to make the shaft as safe as possible. Wlieu this has been done the cage will be taken out and removed to the head of the shaft ill order to give the workmen a free hand. Then a bucket will be used and this will be devoted to getting out the bodies Whether this plan will work or not it j is hard to tell ami it may happen that ( the water will have to be hoisted out of the shaft. Whether the bodies will be recover ed tonight or not remains to lie wen. Col. Philh|s state I that the mine is HI such shape that it may require work for the next three days before the bod ies ar.- reached. Croat care J will be used iu the construction of the appar atus foi the taking out of the dead. Pieces of iron are scattered on the top of the small portion of the shcav which lemaius aud these aic likely to fall down the shaft at any momt n* This is the most horrifying mine ac cident since the awful Twin -haft dis aster at Pittstou and is the worst in the history of tbe D. I. «V W since the Avondab rone di-aster of isi'.ii. All the mine for- nun and other ex perts of the lower end are retiderinn assistance to those iu charge and if aid counts for anvthing.it will not be long before the bodie-i aie recovered and brought to the suiface It will be sev eral hours, however, before the mine is 'jrought to such a state as would warrant tbe buihling of the platform and placing of the bucket to hoist the bodies. Engineer Jacob Fine vvlio was in charge of the engines stated that he could not account for the accident in the least. Something it seems happen ed that made ttie engines uncontroll able. An effort is being m tde to learn if posiible the cause, but the fact that the cage went through the engine bouse and smashed the engine makes it almost impossible for those engaged in the work to nsoertaiu the true cause. A report from VV'ilkesbarre at 11 o'clock last night stated that up to that hour only one body had been re covered and it had not vet been iden tified. A Heavy Load. 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