NEWS FACILITIES, Those of the Record-Union are the best that can be procured on the Pacific Slope- VOLUME XCIV.—KO. 155. SAN FRANCISCANS HAVE A SCARE. Greatly Excited Over a Report That a Ferry Boat Is Burning. Turned Out to bs a Snail Fire on I Schooner, Doing Little Damage. an Explosion Occurs While the Vessel Was Being Loaded With Gasoline, but No One Was In jured and the Loss Will Amount to but a Few Hundred Dollars. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24.—The city was thrown into a state of great excitement about 7:15 o'clock this evening by the report that one of the crowded ferry boats plying between Oakland and San Francisco was on fire just outside the slip. A lire alarm rung in from the water-front district served in a measure to confirm the report, and rumors of a terrible catastrophe spread with great rapidity. The cause for the alarm was the ex plosion of a tank of gasoline on the gasoline schooner Moro, lying at Mis sion-street wharf. The vessel was be ing made ready for sea and her tanks ■were being filled with gasoline, when, 5n some unaccountable way, the pipe through which the gasoline was con ducted to the tank became displaced, and a stream of gasoline shot down Into the cabin, catching fire on one of the lights. The flames spread rapidly, and soon the cabin was enveloped in flames, which spread to the gasoline tanks, causing several explosions. Hap pily, the force of the explosion was not great, and no one was hurt. One man •was thrown overboard, but was res cued The Moro is owned by J. S. Kimball of this city, and plies between this port and the Coquille River, in Ore gon, touching at way ports. Captain Jorgenson was ready to take the ves sel to sea to-night, but her trip will have to be postponed for a week or so for repairs. The loss will amount to Beveral hundred dollars. NEW STEAMERS. Contracts Which the Union Iron Works Now Has on Hand. PAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 24—The growing iportance of trade with the far Northwest has caused the Alaska Commercial Company to provide for a new steel steamer for the run between San Francisco and St. Michaels. The contract for its construction was signed to-day with the Union Iron Works, a provision being made that the vessel must be ready in April. Its tonnage ■will be 2.CN10, It will have staterooms for f>oo passengers, and will not make less than fifteen knots an hour. The ves sel will resemble the Pomona, but will "be a larger and firmer ship. Other steamers to be constructed here this winter are a new ferry' boat for the s>an Francisco-Oakland service, a Pa cific Mail steamer and a small vessel lor inter-island trade at Hawaii. The contract for the ferry boat was signed to-day. It will be of steel and about the size of the Piedmont. The new vessel for the Pacific Mail Company is to replace the Orizaba running as a freight boat between this city and Mexico. These contracts, together with the iGovernment orders and the building of a Japanese cruiser, will make the sea son one of the most prosperous in the liistory of the big ship yard. STANFORD ESTATE. Seven Legacies of 8100,000 Each to be Paid in Cash. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24.—Mrs. Pane Stanford will pay in cash seven legacies of $10*1.000 each, left by her late husband. The legatees are Leland Stanford of this State. Charles Stanford of New York and five other Eastern relatives of the late Senator. Mrs. Stanford claimed the right to pay these legacies in real property sit uated in Alameda. Napa. San Bernar dino San Mateo and other counties. The legatees entered a general demur rer. The case was heard before Judge Coffey to-day. Mrs. Stanford was rep resenfed by Russell J. Wilson, who made no contest. In fact, she sent a cablegram from Europe to Judge Cof fey stating that she desired a speedy adjustment of the difficulty. Judge Coffey sustained the demurrer. Caving that the testator evidently in tended the legacies to be paid in cash, und that if this could be done without r>reiudiee to other interests, it was so KILLING OF TODD. Doll Discharged at the Preliminary Examination. NEVADA CITY, Sept. 24.—The pre liminary examination of Emil W. Doll, accused of murdering U. G. Todd a Veek ago while the two were on a spree together, resulted this afternoon in the discharge of the accused. Although a Coroner's jury had found that Todd was murdered. Magistrate Holbrook held that the testimony at the preliminary examination, which •was the same as that at the inquest, failed to show that the deceased did tiot die from natural causes. The examination was conducted with closed doors by demand of Doll's at torney, and the defense did not intro duce any testimony. Hnmboldt Fair. EUREKA, Sept. 24.—Another large Crowd attended the Ninth District Fair at Femdale to-day. about 2,500 peo ple being present. The fair practically closed to-night, although special races wvill occur to-morrow. To-day's races resulted as follows: Running, half mile dash. Fi Fi won. {Tim* —0:50. Trotting and pacing, three In five. Gossip won. Fitz Almon second. Best time—2:29. Trotting, three in five, Beecher won THE RECORD-UNION. in three straight heats. Time—2:39, 2:3BVi. 2:35. Aimie Rooney second. A Weaverville Woman Missing. SAX FRANCISCO. Sept. 24.— The authorities here are searching for Mrs. I* A. Vinai of Weaverville, who came to this city about six months ago from her home on her way East. She has never reaehird her destination, and her friends have htard a rumor that she has been robbtd of her money, about $1,700, and that the ioss has affected her mind. Sheriff Whelan, who was appealed to, has been unable to find any clew to the woman's whereabouts. New Fish Hatcheries. SANTA CRUZ. Sept. 24.—The Board of Supervisors to-d ly appropriated $T«0fl toward the construction of fish hatch eries at Boulder Cretk. The hatch eries wfll cost $1,500. the larger por tion of which is to be raised by private subscription. The Southern Pacific Company has agreed to maintain them at an annual cost of 13.000. From the hatcheries the streams of the county will be supplied with a million trout each year. Inquiry for California Wines. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24.— J. A. Fileher, Manager of the State Board of Trade, is in receipt of a letter from ! Robert Hector, California's Commis ; sioner at Hamburg, stating that inquiry i for California wines is increasing in i that city. The Austrian Consul at : Hamburg wants California's Hamburg exhibit taken to Vienna. Mr. Fileher is considering the proposition. A Vessel Fired by Sailors. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 24.—The British bark Cloncaird, which is ready to sail for Europe with a cargo of ' wheat, was set on fire this morning, presumably by some of the sailors who wanted to prolong their spree on shore, i The fire was started in the fore peak, ! but was discovered by the second mate j and extinguished before any damage | was done. ! Electric Road for Sonoma County. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept '-'4.—The | Santa Rosa and Sonoma County Elec- I trie Railway has finished fifteen miles !of surveying in the vicinity of Sonoma, ! but will do no more active work, pend ing th> disposal of .5400.000 of Ks bonds. It is proposed to build seventy miles of electric railroad in Sonoma County, connecting with a shipping point at Embarcadero. A Minister Seriously Injured. TACOMA, Sept. 24. —A Montezano (Wash,), special to the "Ledger" says: Rev. W. L Cosper, as a result of a fall sustained a serious injury to his spine, producing paralysis of the lower part of the body, and it is doubtful if he recovers. Rev. Cosper was a pio- Deer missionary of the M. E. Church on the Pacific Coast, having crossed the isthmus in 1851. Charged With Forgery. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 24.— R. A. Bird. ex-Secretary of G. J. Griffith, arrested in San Francisco on a charge of forg ing the name of his employer to num.- j erous checks, and embezzling amounts aggregating $3,000, was arraigned to day before Justice Young, his examina- : tion being set for the 29th inst., and bail fixed at $2,000. Robbed on Their Wedding Tonr. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24.—Among the passengers on the steamer City of j Pueblo, which arrived from Puget Sound this morning, were Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Mcintosh of Seattle. They were on their bridal tour, and during the trip were robbed of $110. Two steer age passengers were arrested on sus pieJon, but were released for want of evidence. Special Freeholders' Election. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 24.—A spec ial election to select fifteen freehold ers to draft a new charter for San Francisco will be held December 14th. This decision was unanimously reached at a meeting of the Election Commis sioners to-day. Mayor Phelan occu- j pied the cnair. and Commissioners Creswell and Black were present. Murder in the First Degree. SANTA ANA. Sep*. 24.—Manual Fel lows, who shot and killed Dolores Gar cia at Capistrino or. the night of Tune 10th last, was to-day found gulity of murder in th*» first degree. Th,-» killing was the result of a long standing feud between the men. Garcia was killed while stand'ng in the doorway of his saloon. Want Retail Liquor Tax Passed. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24.—The Association of Wholesale and Retail Liquor Dealers has asked the Super visors to increase the liquor license tax from $20 to $500. It is thought that the change will decrease the number of retail dealers ft* business by one half, and help the remaining half. Kern County's Outstanding Bonds. BAKERSFIELD. Sept. 24—The Su pervisors have called an election for November 9th to decide the question of refunding county bonds. The issue will be about $235,000. at 4% per cent, in terest .payable semi-annually, the bonds to run ten to twenty years. The Queen to Sail South. SEATTLE. Sept. 24. —The steamer Queen, which has been on the Alaska route during the summer season, has been withdrawn, and sails to-morrow for San Francisco, when she will run south. The Queen will carry no pas sengers to San Francisco. Suicide in Yuba Connty. NAPA. Sept. 24. —John Johnson, who some weeks ago, in company of Leon Pellet, went on a mining prospecting expedition, stoot and killed himself at Brownsville. Yuba County. Cal., on September 23d. after suffering for a week or more with mountain fever. Suit to Oust Supervisors. URIAH (Cal.). Sept. 24.—The Mendo cino County Grand Jury has instruct ed the District Attorney to commence proceedings to oust the Board of Super visors from office on account of alleged malfeasance. Diphtheria Not Epidemic. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 24.—Acting Health Officer O'Brien denies that diph theria is epidemic in the Chinese quar ter, declaring that but two houses have been quarantined in the district. SACRAMENTO, SATUBPAT MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1897.—EIGHT PAGES. THE FEVER STRICKEN SOUTH. Plague at New Orleans as Virulent as It Was in 1878. Nine New Cases and Three Deaths An nounced Yesterday, A Mob Makes a Dastardly Attempt to Burn a School Building Which Was Used as a Hospital for Yellow Fever Patients—The Situation at Mobile. NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 24.—Eminent doctors believe that the work of the Board of Health is productive of good results, and that the fever is not spreading, but on the contrary, is be ing confined to localities. Thus far there have been a few less than 100 cases and fifteen deaths. The death rate is in the neighborhood of 15 per cent. It was in 1878 16 per cent., so that up to the present time the disease is- about as virulent as it was in the last great epidemic New Orleans had. There were nine new cases to-day, and the following deaths: Salvador Casinci. 14L , 3 Chartres street; Frederick Gund, 535 Marais street; Miss Dreyfus, old No. 30 Bourbon street. Of the ninety odd cases inNNc r Or leans from the beginning, only four have been among the negro population. There are several serious cases among those who are ill, but the Board of Health is daily discharging patients as cured. Mayer Flower to-day ordered a force of policemen to guard the Beauregard School, on which a mob made an at tack to burn it last night. Only a por tion of the building was burned, and it is still possible to use the structure as a hospital for the treatment of yel low fever patients. It was shortly af ter midnight that the mob applied the teh to the shoolhouse, and thereby carried into execution a threat that had been repeatedly made during yes terday evening. When the firemen ar rived en the scene their hose was cut, but the department worked pluckily. and with the assistance of a squad of police, ultimately succeeded in quench ing the flames. The burning of the school created intense indignation here, and the outrage was bitterly de nounced. Every newspaper in the city has ring ing editorials, pledging itself to sup port the Mayor in whatever action he may take to punish the culprits and carry into effeot the original determina tion to establish a hospital In the Beauregard school house. A committee during the day called on Mayor Flower to protest against the use of the building as a hospital. His honor fiercely denounced the outrage of last night. He said that such occur rences would do New Orleans more harm than all the yellow fever epidem ics combined. The quesition had arisen whether there should be law and or der here or anarchy. So far as he was cencerned, he proposed to exhaust every power at his command to estab lish peace. A mob might threaten, but the city had decided on the location and all the threats in the world could not deter him from his purpose to pro tect the Sisters of Charity, and the surgeon who woulld be sent to the schoothouse to care for yellow fever pa ti ants. The Mayor has the support of well nigh the entire community. The situation here is generally un changed. Freight is moving slowly, and there is practically no passenger traffic. The theaters are still open, and amusements are not restrained. But that New Orleans is losing hundreds of thousands of dollars by foolish quar antine is not to be doubted. The or dering by the Southern Pacific Com pany of the steamer Del Norte from New York to Galveston means that all Beastern freight destined for the Pa cific Coast will go through the Texas port until the quarantine embargo against this city is raised. THRr.E MORE DEATHS AT MOBILE MOBILE( Ala ). Sept. 24.—There have been three deaths and three new cases the report handed out yesterday at 2 o'clock. The deaths were: John G. Bourne, reported last night; Rev. Daniel Murray of St. Vincent's Par rish: McDonald, aged 71 years, a new case: Frank Stewart, found yes terday afternoon dying in a negro cook shop, on Water street, near Church street. Stewart had been on a spree for the past ten days, and was not supposed, last night, to have the fever. When he died, however, he turned yellow, and thus caused the definition of yellow fe ver death. Fa.her Murray was 30 years of age, and a native of Middleton, County Cork. Ireland. He preached at St. Vin cent's last Sunday, telling the congre gation to be prepared for the final sum mons. That afternoon he was taken sick, and had a continued high fever from start to finish. The bulletin to-day reports 41 cases. G deaths, 19 discharged and 16 under treatment. With one or two exceptions the sick are doing well. Dr. Ceorge A. Ketchum. President of the Board of Health, remarks that the sick of the fever are dwellers in one s-tory houses, that is to say, sleep on the ground floor. He infers that the pjison moves along the ground. The steady effort to get the string ency of the quarantine against Mobile modified is meeting with partial suc cess. The river boats on the Alabama Riv»r and the Torcbigbee left to-night on the first trips for two weeks. They wiS go up these rivers some 200 miles carrying heavy cargoes of all kinds of supplies, but no passengers. The rail roads are also doing more work and bringing in cotton and general mer chandise. YELLOW FEVER AT ATLANTA. ATLANTA (Ga.), Sept. 24. — Dr. James F. Alexander. President of the Board of Health, furnished the follow ing statement at 1 o'clock this after noon: "I oaid a visit to the yellow fever pa tient, Miss Carrie F. Lemming, at 119 Auburn avenue. She is doing well; there are no unfavorable symptoms, and I regard it as a very mild case of yellow fever. From present indications I do not fear serious results. "So far as any danger of the spread of the disease is concerned, there need be no apprehension among our people, as the conditions existing here, in my opinion, preclude the possibility of any danger from an outbreak of yellow fe ver in Atlanta" PAID THEIR BILLS. The Duke and Duchess of Rio Grande Discharged. LONDON, Sept. 24—Edgar Serge de Neil and wife, otherwise known as the "Duke and Duchess of Rio Grande." were discharged from custody to-day, the charges brought against them by well-konwn hotels and boarding-houses having been dismissed upon their coun sel offering to pay the bills, and stating that money for the purpose had been received from the United States. Coun sel also promised that the prisoners would go to the continent immediately if released. A majority of the Judges consented to the discharge of the prisoners, but the foreman of the jury protested against their release, on the ground that it would defeat the ends of justice. The money for the payment of the bills of the complaining boarding-house keepers and hotel proprietors was paid into court. Edgar Serge de Niel is said to be a commander in the Brazilian navy. STORM ON THE ATLANTIC. Waves Roll Seventy-Five Feet High Off Cape Hatteras. NEW YORK, Sept. 24.—The steam ship Andes of the Atlas Hue, which ar rived here to-day from Port Limon and Hayti, encountered very severe weather and heavy seas. Mate Hayden said that off Cape Hatteras the waves were seventy-five feet high and seemed to come from all directions. When they broke together the ship's deck was cov ered with spray. At times the deck of the Andes was almost perpendicular. These heavy seas continued until Bar negat was reached. About thirty miles south of Barnegat there was observed in the sea the deckhouse, apparently of a schooner, five or six barrels of vegetables and much planking. There were some chairs and bits of upholstery, too, in the wreckage. They may have been washed off the deck of a schooner, or possibly a ship may have gone under. BUBONIC PLAGUE. The Scourge Has Again Become Active in India. BOMBAY. Sept. 24.—The native health statistics smow that the bubonic j plague is again active, having crept unobserved from hamlet to hamlet, un til a wide area is affected. The newspapers assert that the with drawal of the medical officers for serv j ice with the troops on the frnntier will | entail consequences infinitely more dis- I astrous than anything happening on the frontier. Miners Retnrn to Work. WASHINGTON (Ind.), Sept. 24 — The Montgomery coal miners went to work in a body to-day. The price paid for mining will be the same as be fore, but the miners will be charged less for their powder and oil. SEPARATE SCHOOL QUESTION. POLICE TAKE A HAND IN THE WAR AT ALTON, ILL. Trouble Over the Debarment of Colored Children From the White Schools. ALTON (HI.), Sept. 24.—The city au thorities have taken a hand in the separate school question. The Chief of Police was instructed to take his entire night and day force and keep the colored children and their parents out of the white school. For a time it seemed that this pol icy would precipitate serious trouble. Policemen were stationed at each of the schools, and when the colored peo ple came with their children and sought to enter, as they had the day before, the officers stood at the doors and refused them admittance at the "Washington School, which is in a por tion ol the city where the colored peo ple outnumber the whites. The ne groes congregated upon a hill back of the school house and held a consulta tion. They decided to attempt to put the children into the school in spite of the officers, and marched over to the school yard. For a time it seemed that trouble could only be averted by permitting the negroes to enter, but the police held their ground and threat ened to arrest any of them who should attempt to enter the school against orders. The men and women remained at a distance and urged the children to go In. Some of them attempted it, but they were sent back by the police, and none were successful save a few boys, who climbed in at the windows while the officers guarded the doors. They were promptly dislodged, and the col ored people then retired again to the hill back of the schoolhouse, where they remained several hours and then re turned to their homes. At the Irving' and Lincoln schools the same scenes were represented. A com mittee of three colored men, accompan ied by their attorney, then called upon President Fink of the School Board and asked him if it was the intention to persist in the pohcy of excluding the colored children from the schools at tended by the whites. Mr. Fink as sured them that such was th~ intention of the board. The colored people then held another meeting and instructed three of their number to go to Spring held and meet General Palmer, who had wired them that he would assist them in an effort to secure in the Fed eral Court a mandamus compelling the city authorities to permit the negroes to attend school with the white chil dren. The negroes insist that the law is on their side and flatly refuse to send their children to the schools built for them. The Supreme Court decisions in similar cases at Galesburg. Quincy and Upper Alton encourage them in the belief that they will triumph in the courts. MINE ACCIDENT IN ILLINOIS. A Terrific Explosion Occurs in Goal Shalt Near Marion. Just as Forty-Five Men Had Disappeared Begin Their Day's Labor. One Man Killed, Three Fatally In jured and Six Others Severely Burned and Bruised—An Un known Miner Also Imprisoned in the Shaft and Is Supposed to be Dead. MARION (I1L). Sept. 24.—One man was killed, three fatally injured, and six were severely burned and bruised by an explosion of gas in the Williams County coal mine to-day. An unknown miner is still Imprisoned in th» shaft, and was undoubtedly instantly killed. The dead Frank Farrar, Italian miner. The injured: G. Grieti, burned by ex plosion, will die; Peter Caster, burned internally, will die; Joe Barlow, driver, burned al>out head, will die. A shift of forty-five men went dow'h the main shaft in the cage at 7 o'clock th\* morning. They had proceeded only a short distance up the main gangway when the lamp on the leader'? cap ig nited a large body of gas. A terrible explosion resulted. Farrar and the un known miner were knocked down, the latter being buried under a mass of broken timbers and rocks. Those who were able to crawl back to the foot of the shaft signaled for the caee, which had been blow n to the sur face by the force of the explosion. Res cuers descended, and soon all the in jured men were brought to the surface. LUETGERT MURDER TRIAL. No Sensational Testimony Brought Out Yesterday. CHICAGO, Sept. 24.—The testimony for the defense in the Luetgert trial to day was for the most part that of wit nesses who said they had seen Mrs. Luetgert in the vicinity of Kenosha Wis., within a few days after the date on which it has been claimed by the the State that she was murdered. An effort was made to introduce evi dence regarding threats that Mrs. Luet gert is satd to have made of leaving her home. When this question was first brought up the court ruled that threats of this kind, when made more than one week prior to the disappear ance of the woman, would be admissi ble, but could not permit testimony on this point dating back further than a week. The witnesses for the defense who j were to testify regarding the intention 'of Mrs. Luetgert to leave her home ■ had heard her make the threats sev ! eial months prior to May Ist, and the court threw out their evidence. To-morrow r the defense will make a strong effort to get the court to alter its ruling on this point. State's Attorney B*eneen was appar ently not disturbed by the evidence of the witnesses from Kenosha, Wis., who identified the picture of Mrs. Luetgert as that of a strange woman they saw in the Wisconsin town on May 3d, 4th and Hth. "Wait until we put on our j rebuttal evidence." said the State's at torney. "We will show this defense up in a way that will be surprising." To-morrow witnesses will be called to show Luetgert's treatment of his wife. It will be sought to be shown that he was a model husband, and that his home life was pleasant or reasonably i so, and that there was no unusual bick ; ering or quarreling between himself and his wife. Next week, the testimony of experts jin regard to the bones found in the fac tory will be heard. PRESIDENT McKINLEY. Receives a Hearty Reception at Lenox, Mass. LENOX (Mass.), Sent. 24.— President j and Mrs. McKinley, with the other members of the party, which, for the past two»days have been visiting in Adams, reached Lenox this afternoon. There was an immense crowd about | the station at Pittsfield to meet them. ' Cheer after cheer was siven for the President and his wife as they appeared j upon the platform. Hon. John Sloane, j whose guests they will be until to-mor j row noon, welcomed them and escorted , them to the vehicles awaiting to take I them to his home. The carriage was stopped in front of the park, which was filled with a strug ; gling mass of young Americans. The President had stated when he received |an Invitation to stop the carriage for a i moment at the park that he would not ! make any remarks. The tremendous ; enthusiasm of the school children was i too much for the President, however, ! and he rose in his carriage and made a | short address to them, referring to the duties of citizenship before them, and advising all to continue to live lives of morality and virtue practiced in their youth. The President was then driven to the links of the Lenox Golf Club where he held a short reception. * In the evening the Presidential party dined at Wyndhurst with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sloane. afterward holding a re ception to cottagers of the locality. GONE STARK MAD. A Murderer Loses His Mind Through Fear of Being Lynched. COLUMBUS (Kan.), Sept. 24.—Ed. Staffieback. one of the notorious family of murderers, in jail here, has gone I stark mad through fear of lynching at i the hands of a mob. Ed. Staffieback is convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of Frank Galbraith, one of the several per sons supposed to have been murdered in the den of the Stafflebacks at Galena, this county. The constant talk of lynch ing heard in connection with the search ing of deserted mine shafts at Galena for the bodies of other vicitms, has caused him to become a raving maniac. He is confined in a straight jacket. VALESQUEZ COMMITS SUICIDE. The Ex-Inspector-General of Police Takes His Own Life in Prison. CITY OF MEXICO. Sept. 24—Ex-In spector-General of Police Eduardo Vel asquez, at the early age of 32 years, lies to-night a corpse, having taken his life in Belem Prison some time during this morning. The Inspector blew his brains out with a revolver. He was proud, exceedingly reserved, rarely being known to smile, and very ambitious, his rise from a humble po sition through various posts to the command of the police having been sufficient to attract attention to him as a man of great talent. He was subjected yesterday to a long examination by Judge Floree, and at the conclusion, on his return to the room in the prison, it was noted that he showed great dejection and anguish of mind. He has always been in the habit of retiring late, and in prison kept up his custom, retiring about 3 o'clock. At 11 o'clock this morning the Warden of the prison went to call him. He found the Inspector dead, with a bullet wound in the right tem ple, and on investigation, found a small two-barreled pistol, with which the act had been committed. The muzzle of the pistol had been placed so close to the temple and pressed into the skin that it practically made no noise on be ing discharged, hence the reason of no report being heard by the guards. In a letter left fn the room, Velasquez said that the crime was suggested to him by Inspector Villavicenio of the Second Police District, who is in pris on. He felt, he said, that his loyalty to the Chief Magistrate, whose life had been attempted, warranted him in put ting Arroyo to death. LIEUTENANT PEARY. The Arctic Explorer Arrives at Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 24.—Lieuten ant R. E. Peary, the Arctic explorer, arrived in this city last night. He went direct to the Lafayette Hotel, and after a light lunch, retired to his room without registering. He gave orders not to be disturbed, saying that he would receive no one. Early this morn ing the explorer was driven to the League Island Navy Yard, where he said he was goting on official business. He stated this morning that what he considered the most important discov ery was the finding of the relics of the Greeley expedition. These were found in Cape Sabine, but he said he would not describe them for the present. The party. Lieutenant Peary said, had ex perienced a most unusual and stormy season. They had but a few days that could be called pleasant; that they could do very little. He had. however, succeeded in establishing headquarters and a base of supplies in Greenland, preparatory to his new expedition next spring. Lieutenant Peary will leave this city for Washington this evening or early to-morrow. GASOLINE EXPLOSION. One Man Fatally Burned and Six Other Persons Injured. CHICAGO, Sept. 24.—One man was fatally burned and six other persons injured last night by the explosion of a gasoline stove at No. 181 West Adams street. .The injured are: Charles E. Mason, will die; John Lewis, J. T. Shel don, Eva Evans, Albert Beach, Arthur Emerson and Henry Martin. The basement was occupied by Beach and Emerson as a tamale kitchen. While Emerson was filling the tank of the stove it exploded, enveloping him in flames and hurling him through the door into an area way. Lewis was blown fifty feet, and the others thrown against the walls and floor. Fears of a Yellow Fever Epidemic. WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—The City 1 of Panama has constracted for a mod ; crn system of water works, having up . to this time relied upon rainwater cis ; terns and bad wells. A Belgian firm j has the contract which is already under i way, and Consul-General Vifquain at Panama, who reports the fact to the State Department, says the necessary ; tearing up of the streets and ancient sew ers will probably cause an epidemic of yellow fever. Peace in Uruguay. WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—A cable j gram received at the State Department , from United States Minister Stewart at i Montevideo announced the proclama tion of peace there. He had previously reported that all arrangements had b«en made looking to this end, but that the plan had to receive the ratification of Congress. It is assumed that this has now been given and that the insur rection is at an end. The Bainbridge Conflagration. CHILLICOTHE (O.), Sept. 24.—A careful estimate of the loss of life and property in the conflagration at Bain bridge yesterday shows two killed, twelve injured, but none fatally, and property valued at $59,700 totally de stroyed. The insurance was only $1,500. Outbreak of Typhoid Fever. LONDON, Sept, 24.—There is an out ' break of typhoid fever at Madstone, Kent, due to the drainage from a hop pickers' encampment polluting the water. The temporary hospitals there already contain 020 cases and the local authorities have telegraphed for addi tional doctors and nurses. Floods Canse Great Loss of Life. MADRAS, Sept. 24.—Floods have washed away a bridge on the Banga lore-Minsore Railroad, near Maddur. An engine and five cars filled with pas sengers were precipitated into the river, causing great loss of life. Export Duty on Coffee Suspended. WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—The State Department has been notified through its Consuls at Carthagena and Barran quilla that the Columbian Government has suspended the export duty on cof fee, which amounted to $1 00 per 110 pounds, and was a war tax. Condition of the Treasury. WASHINGTON". Sept. 24.—T0-day's statement of the condition of the treas ury shows: Available cash balance, $215,521,10U; gold reserve, $146,885,501. FOR YOUR FAMILY You want a paper eieaa-lmmorate and bright with news. The Record- Union tills the want. WHOLE NO. 17,511. NATIONAL LEAGUE OF BASEBALL. A Very Exciting Race for the Sea son's Championship. Boston a Few Notches Above the Team From Baltimore. Nearly Thirteen Thousand People Witness the Bean-Eaters and Orioles Play the First Game of the Closing Series, Which Will Probably Determine Which Team Will Win the Pennant. BALTIMORE, Sept, 24.—Nearly 13, --000 persons saw Boston's baseball players beat the champions to-day and take the lead in the exciting- race for the season's championship. One hun dred and thirty-five of these people were Bostonians, who came over to "root" for their fellow citizens. Be decked with red badges and armed with itin horns, they made noise enough for ten times their number, and to-night they are in an excessively cheerful frame of mind. Not so with the rest of the crowd, for they have no excuse to make for the beaten champions. The game was fairly won by superior play ing, timely batting, better base running, sharper and cleaner fielding, in which Hamilton, Long and Tenney played probably the most conspicuous parts, two of Long's and one of Tenney's catches being of the most sensational order. At first it looked like an easy victory for the Champions, when the visitors went out in one, two, three order in successive innings, and the Orioles had two tallies tucked away, but there was a change in the fourth, when Doyle, usually faultless in his fielding, fesl over an easy bounder right into his hands, giving Stahl a life, and letting Ten ney in with a run. This piece of bad playing was followed by a bit of hard luck, when Stenzel lined out a three bagger, but was instantly caught try ing to come home on Doyle's easy one to Collins. A period of demoralization which dc*> 3 not show in the score overtook the Bal timcreans at this juncture, and two runs put the visitors in the lead. This lead would have been overcome, as the sequel shows, but "Brother Joe" cinch ed it for the visitors by presenting them with two runs in the seventh, a throw over Doyle's head in trying to field an easy bunt, a wild pitch and another fall-down on a simple little grounder by Lowe, netting three runs after gilt-edged chances to retire the side had been offered and lost. It seemed quite hopeful for the Cham pions again in the ninth, when Doyle, Reitz and Robinson singled, one after the other, sending Doyle in with a run, a-nd Reitz followed with another on McGraw's single, Quinn going out in the meantime on a long By to Ham ilton. With four runs in, two men on bases and only one out, it looked good for Baltimore, but Long jumped way up into the air, pulled down Keller's red-hot liner, threw it to Lowe at sec ond doubling Captain Robinson, who had incautiously lit out for third base when Keller hit the ball. This ended the agony and the score tells the rest. Attendance, 12,900. The score: Baltimore. a.b. r. b.h. P.o. a. c. McGraw. 3b 3 1 2 3 3 0 KeHer. rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 Kelly. If 3 0 110 0 Jennings, ss 4 1 2 1 I 0 Stenzef. cf 4 0 1 2 0 0 Doyle, lb 4 1 2 < 0 2 Reitz, 2b 4 1 1 0 1 0 Rol.inson. c 4 0 1 10 1 0 Corbett. p 2 0 0 1 1 I Pond, p 10 10 0 0 Quinn* I_o_o _0 J> Totals 34 4 12 27 8 3 •Batted for Pond. Boston. a.b. r. b.h. P.o. a.c. Hamilton, cf "» 1 0 1 0 0 Tenney. lb 2 1 0 61 0 Luwe, 2b 5 0 2 7 0 0 Stahl. rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 Duffv, If 4 1 1 1 1 0 Collins, 3b 4 0 0 1 4 0 Long, ss 4 1 3 > 3 0 Bergen, c 4 1 1 d 2 0 Nichols, p 4 12_ 2. — Totals 37 ~6 1 »26 12' 0 •Hit by batted ball. Runs by innings. 123456 789 Baltimore 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-4 Boston 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 o—6 Earned runs—Baltimore 3, Boston 2. Two-base hits—Kelly. Lowe, Bergen. Duf fy Long. Three-base hit—Stenzcl. Sacri fice hit—Keeler. Stolen bases—McGraw 2. Jennings, Stahl. Lowe, Long, Duffy. Double plays—Corbett and Jennings; Mc- Graw and Doyle; Long and Lowe. Left on bases—Baltimore 7, Boston 8. * irst base on balls—Off Corbett 2. off Nichols 3, off Tond 2. Struck out—By Corbett b. by Nichols 2. by Pond L Passed balls— Bergen. Robinson. Wild pitch—Corbett. Time—2:ls. Umpires— Emslie and Hurst. BROOKLYN PHILADELPHIA GAME BROOKLYN, Sept. 24.—About th.i most exciting incident connected with the Brooklyn-Philadelphia game here to-day was the behavior of Pitcher TaylDr toward the umpire. He was fin ally fined $25. Attendance, 400. Score: Brooklyn 10, hits 15, errors 4; Phila delphia 9, hits 14, errors 2. Batteries —Dunn, Grim and Burrell; Taylor and Clements. Umpire—Carpenter. DOUBLE-HEADER AT NEW YORK. NEW YORK. Sept. 24.—1n the double-header to-day the Giants and Senators broke even. Score: First game—New York 2, hits 8, errorrs .5; Washington 7, hits 15, errors 3. Bat teries—Sullivan and Zearfoss; McJames and Maguire. Umpire—Lynch. Second game-New York 8. hits 12, errors 3; Washington 4, hits 8, errors 4. Bat teries—Seymour and Warner; Mercer and McGuire. Every Business Honse Bnrned. MUSKOGEE (I. T.). Sept. 24 -Every business house in the town of Alton, fifteen miles west of here, ga» destroyed by fire this afternoon. The Frisco de pot was among the buildings dest™>e