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| powers on the subject, he had decided
not to oppose the resolution. (Cheers.
The parliamentary bimetalist COM
lnittee, Immediately after Sir William
Harcourt had announced his accept
ance of Mr.. Everett's motion, tele-
graphed to the Berlin Bimetalist
League, asking it to urge upon Prince
Hohen1ohe, The German Chancellor,
the expediency of opening negotia-
tions for a. monetary conference at
Berlin. The league responded with a
telegram congratulating the English
bimetalists upon the success of Mr..
! Everett's motion. The opinion pre-
walls in the lobby that an information
al conference on the subject is as
sured.
The Daily News says that it greatly
regrets the decision of the government
to accept Mr.. Everett's proposal in re-
gard to the monetary question. Be-
lieving that bimettalism would be in
furious, if not fatal, to British COM
mercial supremacy, it cannot help
fearing that the acquiescense of the
ministers means renewal of negoiia-
tions from which no useful result can
be expected, and which may stimulate
and encourage a fallacious and perni-
cious movement. Nevertheless, the
News rejoices that Sir William Har-
court made it plain that the cabinet
adheres to the settled financial policy
of the United Kingdom.
The Standard says: We are absolute
ly bound not to swerve from the gold
standard, nor can we afford to give
the smallest color to the supposition
that we are likely to relax the whole
some rigidity of this rule. But as far
as can be accomplished without the
impairment of this principle, it is ur-
gently to our interest to promote
steadiness in the comparative value
Of the two metals. Sir William Har-
court, therefore, wisely spoke in sym
pathy with the projected, conference.
Nothing is likely to result from it, but
it would have been ungracious and
impolitic to exclude any suggestion
offering the faintest glimmer of hope.
Terrible Mine Disaster.
CERR1LLos, N. NJ, Feb. PA dis
astrous mining accident was reported
from White Ash, three miles from
here, this afternoon. At 4 p. M, eleven
bodies had been taken out. The acci-
dent occurred this morning in the
mines of the Santa Fe Company. 1t
was caused by an explosion. At that
hour, the employees at the entrance to
the mine heard terrific roar, followed
by the ground trembling. A dense
volume of smoke poured from the
entrance, making it impossible to en-
ter until it had partially cleared. The
first body recovered was that of a dri-
yer, who was near the mouth when
the explosion took place. Judging
from his fatethere is little hope for any
in ..the mine. Over half of the men
employed in the mine have families
and they are gathered around the
mouth of the mine in dire distress.
The first 1ntimation of the disaster was
muffled roar and clouds of smoke
and dust rolling from the mouth of the
mine. Nearly 200 mel re employed
in the mine, but only fifty were at
work when the explosion occurred.
Only eleven of them escaped alive and
some of them may die yet. Twenty
eight dead bodies have been taken from
the mines and it is doubtful if those
remaining are alive. Ralays of men
have been working heroica1ly all day
to reach those who are still imprisoned
in the mine, but little progress can be
made on account of the gas, which
permeates every shaft and overpowers
the workers in a short time. Up to A
o'clock those on the inside could be
heard trying to work their way out
from the cave-in, but as nothing has
been heard since then, the imprisoned
men in all probability have succumbed
to the deadly gas. The scene at the
shaft after the explosion was heart
rending. Men cursed, while women
cried and prayed for their fathers, hus-
bands and brothers, who were entom-
bed alive or brought up dead. One
woman, supposing her husband to
have been killed, tried to commit sui
eide by throwing herself in front of a
moving train. Her husband was af-
terward rescued alive and the reaction
from insane grief to delirious joy was
nearly fatal. The mine was known
to be badly ventilated and full of bad
air and gas, and catastrophe of this
kind has been frequently predicted. A
bill was introduced in the New Mexico
Legislature this afternoon 70 appropri-
ate SIS, 900 for the relief of the widows
and orphans. 1t will probably pass.
The cause of the explosion is not yet
known and the facts are hard to get.
All the efforts of men in the vicinity
are being put forth to iberate those
imprisoned in the mine.
A Religious Riot.
SAVANNAH, Feb. 26.-Sannah es-
capped riot tonight through the in
tervention of the military. The