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TIGER LOSES NIXON New Tammany Leader Resigns His Thankless “Portfolio.” ♦ DISAFFECTION IN THE RANKS in Attempting to Defeat Van Wyck for Grand Sachem, Shipbuilder Found That He Lacked a Majority and Quit. A New York special says: Lewis Nixon, , leader of Tammany Hall for nearly six months, resigned that posi tion Wednesday, at a meeting of the district leaders held in Tammany Hall. While the resignation was not entirely unexpected, it was not thought that Mr. Nixon would take such positive action until a later date, awaiting the action of the leaders to see if they would give him a vote of confidence. Instead of this he refused to allow any vote of confidence and went so far as to say that he cou'td no longer retain his self-respect if he remained as leader. The meeting of the thirty-seven dis trict leaders was called at the instance of Mr. Nixon. This action followed a deadlock at the meeting of the sa chems of the Tammany Hall Society Monday when Mr. Nixon’s intention of retaining Thomas L. Feitner as grand sachem was frustrated by a tie. there being six of the sachems for and six against the retention, the thirteenth, George C. Clausen, being absent. The action of that time caused a general discussion of the possibilities of Mr. Nixon losing control of the organiza tion and the combination, headed by John F. Carrol!, ousting him. Mr. Nixon, in an interview on Tuesday, said if he could not have the confi dence of the leaders he would “get out.” As' soon as the meeting had been called to order Wednesday, Mr. Nixon said: “Gentlemen: I have decided to re sign as the leader of Tammany Hall. This resignation is absolute and posi tive and will not be withdrawn. 1 wish it to take effect immediately. I feel that I cannot retain my self-re spect and still remain the leader of Hull. My decision is unal terable.” Colonel Michael C. Murphy made a very complimentary speech in praise of Mr. Nixon. He did not say, how ever, that he wished him to remain as leader. He said that Mr. Nixon had done splendid work as leader and had the confidence of adl his fellow work ers. Mr. Nixon jumped to his feet as soon as Colonel Murphy had finished and said: “I do not desire any vote of confi dence whatever.” He immediately left, the room, fol lowed by an outburst of hand clap ping. Mr. Nixon would only say to the newspaper men: “I am out as the leader of Tam many Hall. Ship building is my busi ness. lam out of politics and am glad of it. I will devote my time to my business of ship building and will talk about that by the hour, but. I will not talk politics hereafter. The cause of any resignation is plain. I could have won out and elected Mr. Feitner grand sachem, hut I will not appeal to Mr. Croker.” Following the departure of Mr. Nix on it was announced that a meeting of the executive committee of district leaders will be held Thursday, at which time time Mr. Nixon’s resigna tion will be acted upon. There were numerous rumors about the hall re garding the future policy of the organ ization. Combine Fails to Materialize. The proposed combination of practi cally all the important hardware firms in the United States, announced some time ago, it is rumored in hardware circles, has been called off. A CROAK FROM CROKER. Ex-Tammany Boss Has Ceased to Med dle in New York Politics. Richard Croker began an interview at London Friday concerning the af fairs of Tammany society with an em phatic declaration that he had ceased to meddle in New York politics. “Thir ty-seven years of political fighting is enough for one life,” he said, “and I am done with it, I tell you once and I for all.” He expressed regret that there should be trouble ki Tammany and ex pressed the hope that Mr. Nixon would ! return to office. SEABOARD AIR LINE. Two-Thousand-Mile Tickets at $40.00 Taken Off Sale. Seaboard Air’Line railway announces i that effective May 15, 1902, 2,000-mile tickets of this issue good over a por tion of the system, heretofore sold at SIO.OO, will be withdrawn from sale. •Seaboard Interchangeable 1.000-mile tickets, at $25.00. will interest you. In quire of ticket agents or tives of the company. fOOHADUN DIXIE SEiS SAIL.| Big Cargo cf Supplies En Route to Martinique tslanc—Sixteen Ships Lest in St. Pierre Harbor. With food enough on board to feed | the population of Martinique for a ! week, the cruiser Dixie sailed from ! New York for the stricken island. She \ will arrive at her destination Monday. Never, even during war time, did the army subsistence department make such a record in collecting a shipload j of food supplies. It was done in 21 i hours’ time, Colonel D. L. Brainard j bringing from Philadelphia three car- j loads of supplies needed to make up the shipment and purchasing the rest j in New York. The Dixie’s cargo will comprise 900.- i 000 rations. It contains: Two hundred j thousand pounds of bread, 85,000 pounds of flour, 900,000 pounds of rice, 200,000 pounds of codfish, 200 cases of chicken and beef soup, 100 cases of evaporated cream, 100 cases condens ed milk, 5,000 pairs cf shoes, 20.000 pairs of khaki trousers, 4,000 pairs of barrack shoes, 2,000 blouses, 1,000 tents, 2.000 pairs balbriggan drawers, 4,000 balbriggan shirts, 500 summer coats. In addition there are large quanti ties of coffee, tea, sugar, vinegar, pep per and in the w r ay of clothing, a large amount of calico undergarments, etc. There is $5,000 worth of medicine in the cargo, and three army surgeons, Dr. Church, Dr. J. H. Reilly and Dr. J. B. Clayton, will accompany the party. They take along a plentiful supply of surgical Instruments. Sixteen Vessels Destroyed. The navy department Wednesday morning,, received a number of mes sages bearing on the Martinique dis aster. Lieutenant B. B. McCormick, commanding the Potomac, sent the fol lowing from Fort De France, dated Tuesday. “In harbor at St. Pierre, 16 vessels totally destroyed. Surrounding vil lages uninhabitable. Island covered (with) iestruction. Ashes within five miles Fort De France. Provisions needed,, 50,000 refugees within ten days. Need extra stores. Inform commandant San Juan.” Commander McLean, of the Cincin nati, cabled from Fort De France, un der Wednesday’s date as follows: “Arrived at St. Pierre this morning. Came here message. Assisting gov ernment Martinique. News disaster St. Vincent; have sent. Potomac. Will follow if necessary.” Admiral Barker, commandant of the Brooklyn navy yard, telegraphed as follows: “Bulk of freight removed from Buf falo. She can sail at any time within two hours’ notice. Secretary Hay also received the following cablegram from Consul Ayme ki answer to the secretary’s in quiry as to whether fresh water and suppligs are needed: “Water not needed, but food imper ative for 50,000 ifcfugees. I have ca bled as to what was wanted. I shall stay here to distribute supplies. The Cincinnati is here.” Adjutant General Corbin has re ceived a cablegram from San Juan, Porto Rico, saying that the collier Sterling would sail Thursday for Mar tinique. ANbTHER AERONAUT KILLED. Tragic Climax to Balloon Ascension at Tallapoosa, Ga. Meredith Rowe, an aeronaut, In making a balloon ascension, at Talla poosa, Ga., late Tuesday afternoon fell and was almost instantly killed. When 100 feet in the air the balloon suddenly collapsed and Rowe was dashed to death. His neck was bro ken, his back a mass of bruises. Hard ly a whole bone remained in his body. EARTHQUAKES AS SHI3OLETH. Seismitic Dangers May Affect Canal Legislation in Congress. The terrible volcanic eruptions in the French West Indies have raised an interesting question at Washington with regard to the proposed isthmian canal, and it is possible that the oc currences of the past few days may have an important bearing upon canal ’ legislation. HISTORIC CHURCH SOLD. House of Worship at Atlanta Pur- 1 chased For Sum of SIOO,OOO. Representing an eastern syndicate, Frank Hawkins, president of the Third National Bank, and E. P. Black have purchased the property owned by the First Methodist church at At lanta, the price paid being SIOO,OOO. The deal is subject to the approval of , the quarterly conference of the church. It is thought that the purchase of the property means that an immense store building will be put upon the , church site as soon as possible. COURT TO HOLD IN ATLANTA. Bid Passes Senate that Will Bring ; New Orleans Judges 4o Georgia. A Washington dispatch says: Boon after the senate convened Wednesday a bill was passed providing that the circuit court cf appeals of the Fifth judicial circuit of the United States 5 shall hold at least one term annually Atlanta. Ga.. beginning on the first londay of October of each year. TWENTY-THREE DEAD Horrible Results From Explosion of Naptlia at Sheridan. SCENES OF ACCIDENT PITIFUL School Children Were Victims and Nearly Every Home in the Town Had an Inmate Either Killed or Injured. A Pittsburg dispatch of Tuesday says: A careful and systematic search for the dead and injured in the Sheri dan horror of Monday reveals a list of twenty-three dead and 202 injured. The complete list of the injured may never be known, as many were able to get away without making known their identity. The conservative estimate made-by those thoroughly familiar with the sit uation places the number more or less seriously hurt at not less than 300. This list will be added to as time passes, as quite a number of the vic tims at the hospitals are reported by the physicians to be in such serious condition that it will be a miracle if they survve. ’Hiere are scores of people in Sheri dan who should be in the hospitals, but for want of room they are being cared for by friends. Some of this class are also expected to die. The scenes in and around Sheridan Tuesday were pitiful in the extreme. Practically every house in the village .had one or more injured inmate, and in many homes mourning families were gathered about the charred and distorted remains of loved ones who were victims of the terrible calamity. Many children were caught by the naphtha flames and as a result the two public school buildings were almost deserted Tuesday morning. Of the 700 pupils enrolled there were but 200 in attendance at the sessions. Of the 500 absent, Professor Hannuam estimates 100 were injured. The children have started a fund for the aid of their un fortunate schoolmates, some of whom are in need of financial assistance. The damage to property by the ex plosions and fire will be heavy. The loss at the mouth of Corks Run tunnel alone will probably exceed SIOO,OOO. In addition to the heavy loss by the rail road company, twenty-five houses were destroyed by the force of the explo sions, or by the fire which followed. Despite the fact that the rain came pouring down all of Tuesday, thou sands went to Sheridan and the cars and trains were crowded with curious people from all parts who went for the sake of seeing what had happened. The scene was gre-wsome. The Sheridan yards lie between two hills. On the north side there is a steep cut but on the south side Jt is not so hig i All over the hills on hither side of the tracks hundreds were engaged in searching for clothing which the in jured had torn from them when the burning fluid was thrown upon them. Lined upon these hills were thousands watching the crews of the wreck trains at work. The smoke from the smould ering wreck filled the cut and the wind blew it against the spectators. Two flat cars lay on the siding covered with clothing picked up during the night, most of It charred rags. Superintendent McCarthy, of the Pan Handle, said that after a careful and thorough investigation the conclusion was reached that the cause of the ac cident was the Inability of the brake man to control a train of cars taken out of the yard. The cars ran into a train loaded with naphtha, breaking a tank, the contents of which ran down the tracks and ignited from a switch lamp. STRIKE FERVOR APATHETIC. Question as to Whether Conflict Will Continue is Clouded. A special from Pa., says: The situation regirding the continua tion of the present total suspension of work in the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania is a trifle clouded. CANAL PAPERS TO SENATt. Secretary Hay Transmits Agreements Reached in Negotiations. The negotiations between Secretary Hay and the ministers from Colombia, Nicaragua and Costa Rica looking to the acquirement of the necessary rights for the cbnstruetion by the Uni ted States government of either the Panama or the Nicaragua canal have at last been concluded and Thursday Secretary Hay sent to the sente these agreements covering the ground. The secretary made no comments upon them. FIVE DIE IN FLAMES. Halocaust in Burning of Hotel at Point Pleasant, W. Va. Five persons perished in the burn ing of the American hotel at Point Pleasant, W. Va., ana three were se riously injured. Two residences also burned and the total loss amounts to $30,000. iThree of the victims were farmers summoned as grand jurors at the criminal court. HABEAS CORPUS UNAVAILING. Gaynor and Grene are Held Prisoners in a Montreal Hotel While Awaiting Trial. On Friday John F. Gaynor and B. D. Greene were involuntarily registered as guests at the Windsor hotel, in Mon treal, each guarded by a local detec tive, with a force of United Stat s se cret service agents unofficially in re serve. They will not go back to Que bec, as they and their friends desire, and in spite of the writ of habeas eor pur granted Thursday by Judge An drews. of Quebec, directing Chief De tective Carpenter to return his prison ers to that city. When the Spiyiy arrived in Montreal Friday iporninj|the party drove N the Windsor. At '[ o’clock they again left the hotel, just as the pursuing force from Qpebec, which had come up from Sorel on the Quebec boat reached the hotel. Chief Carpenter took his prisoners to Judge Lafontaine’s residence and an impromptu court was convened in the judge’s library. Mr. Carpenter handed his prisoners over to the judge and the latter, after remanding them for exam ination on Monday, committed them to the care of two detectives with permis sion to reside at the Windsor. Detective Carpenter handed the judge the warrants with the return marked upon the back as is usual. The prisoners were asked if they were guilty or not guilty, and not replying, the judge’s clerks accepted their fail ure to plead as a plea of not guilty. Judge Lafontaine then said: “Prisoners, I remand you for trial until Monday, the 19th of this month, without bail.” Quebec People Thrown Down. In the meantime High Constable Gale, of Quebec, with the writ of ha beas corpus, was searching diligently for Mr. Carpenter. At 10 o’clock he found him in his office and served the writ. Mr. Carpenter was placed in a dilemma. He was in possession of a document calling upon him to produce the bodies of Gaynor and Greene be fore Judge Andrews in Quebec Friday, and he no longer had the prisoners in his possession, having been delivered to Judge Lafontaine. He consulted his counsel and was informed that if he attempted to return the prisoners to Quebec he would be liable to arrest for contempt of the local court, whose mandate he had received and executed. So an answer setting forth the facts in the matter was prepared and sent down to Quebec, and with that it is ex pected the Quebec people will have to remain satisfied. The jurisdiction of an extradition commissioner extends over the entire dominion and the arrests of Greene and Gaynor were made by an officer qualified to make arrests in any por tion of the province, consequently there is no doubt that they will hold. ,<iENTS AND LAWYER ROASTED. Committee on Methodist War Claim Completes Report to be Present ed to the Conference. The committee on publishing inter ests in the Methodist conference at Dailas, Texas, finished with the war claim matter Friday and will make their report to the conference. There was much excitement among the dele gates when the substance of the re port. was made lyiown. The report reads; . “We deplore any <he part of the attorney from the instruc tions given hi.m ty the book commit tee.” This refers to Maj jr Stahlman. An effort will be made to strike this item out of the report, as many claim that the conference has nothing to do with a matter which delates to an attorney who is not an officer of the church. The second itim reads: “The language of the book agents in the telegrams sent to Senators Bate and Pasco is disapproved, as these senators were misled by it.” The third item concludes the report and is as follows: m “The bishops having*'conditionally tendered the money, ard ,t.he United States senate having signified that the church was undei • obligation to re turn the same, and that no stain rests upon the church, and tty senators over their own sign&t having de clared the church blameless, this should be deemed a full settlement of the whole matter.” It will he seen that the report is a triumph of the conservative element in the committee. The minority, how ever, will also present a report recom mending the immediate return of the money to congress. Columbus Day at Charleston. The Columbus, Ga., Guards voted Friday night to go to Charleston on May 21, which will he “Columbus Day” at the exposition. ANOTHER ROAST FOR “JAKIE.” Civil Governor of Leyte Province Sends in Bad Report. The secretary of war lias transmit ted to the senate committee on Philip pines a report made by Captain J. H. Grant, civil governor of the province of Leyt<*. P. L, concerning differences of tinderstanding between himself and Genera! J. H. Smith concernig the con trol of affairs in that province. Captain Grant vigorously condemns the actions of General Smith. NEGRO’S DEADLY AIM Ends Earthly Career of Three Officers and a Citizen. INCIPIENT RIOT IN ATLANTA Negroes Defying Arrest Barricade Themselves in a Store and Do Deadly Work—Torch Was Ap plied and Three Were Killed. An Atlanta, Ga., special says: An effort by officers of the law to arrest negro outlaws who had barricaded themselves in a store resulted Satur day morning in the most fatal riot that has ever occurred in the history of the city. Seven men were killed, including three policemen, a white cit izen and" three negroes. The most exciting scenes prevailed at the place of the riot and every avail able policeman, with military, called out by the governor, had all they could do to keep down a general riot. The scene of the tragedy was on McDaniel street, a few hundred yards outside the city limits, where mem bers of a notorious gang of negro out laws had assembled to defy arrest. The county police first attempted to raid the place alone and later the city police were called upon for aid. Still later the governor was appealed to and the military ordered out. In the barricaded store were three negroes. It is believed there were at first as many as five and two escaped before daylight. The store was a small arsenal in which were a number of winchester rifles and a small gatling gun. It was a rendezvous for a gang of thieves and murderers. Within were sharpshooters who picked off the men on the outside with precision and deadly effect. Every time a man showed himself he was shot to death. The Torch Applied. The torch was finally brought into requisition and amidst the flames was heard the crack of the- rifles. Thq flames accomplished what the bullets failed to do. Two members of the gang rushed out, one to death and the other, the leader, was burned up after bis body had been riddled with bullets. Before the riot was ended three brave officers had been shot to death, one citizen had fallen with a rifle in his hands, two negroes were killed and many others had been wounded. The dead are: Ed Battle, a bailiff In Fulton county; H. O. Ozburn, a po liceman of Fulton county; Thoma’S Grant, a city policeman; Edward Crab tree, a city policeman; Will Richard son, the negro desperado who killed these men; James Harrison, a negro who attempted to escape from a sew er; Milton Grisby, shot in a nearby yard, died in Tower. The wounded arc: S. A. Kerlin, beaten by negroes; W. A. Wright, a county policeman, wounded in the left shoulder; W. T. Jackson, a street car man, wounded in hip; Owen Heard, a county policeman, wounded in the thigh; Call Officer Spradlin, wounded in the arm; Shepherd Finzed, hackman, shot through the hand. During tile entire affair at least 3,- 000 shots were fired. Citizens had joined the police, armed with shotguns and rifles. The outlaws could not be seen, but the house was riddled wiih bullets in the hope that a stray shot might do its work. The outlaws were cool and shot with great accuracy. One by-one the offi cers and members of their posse were picked off and every bullet' “went straight to its mark. After the burned body of the negro was found, an angry crowd 'of white men seized it and started with it to ward the city. Chief Ball threw a cordon of police across a street at. the city limits and took the body away from the crowd and had it. sent into the city in a wagon. While the procession was passing Will Gregg, a negro, was heard to re mark that it was a'shame to kill ne groes that way, and he had no sooner spoken the words than he was riddled with bullets. When the governor was notified he imrr diately called out the military, but the soldiers arrived too late to take a hand in the fight. Origin of the Trouble. At Atlanta Friday night, five negroes waylaid and tried to murder .ex-Police man S. A. Kerlin on McDaniel street,- just outside the city limits. A passing trolley car saved the ex-policeman’s life. The assault was made by negroes with whore Kerlin had trouble when he was a member of the police force. The affair was reported to County Chief of Police Turner and he detailed three of his men to work on the case. Late Friday night the county police reported that they had located some of the would-be murderers in a negro house on McDaniel street. PHILADELPHIA RECORD SOLD. Attorney Stenger Buys the Stock dT the Big Newspaper for $2,300,000. By order of the United States court of eastern Pennsylvania, Jam - M. Beck, special master commissioner, sold at public auction at Philadelphia, Thursday, 9,050 shares of the 10,000 shares of The Philadelphia Record Publishing Company, par value, SIOO. William S. Stenger, of Philadelphia, bought the stock for $2,300,000. Rotary Notion and Ball-Bearings. FOR SALE BY B. PETERSON, DOUGLAS, GA. BUY the: NEMGME SEWING MACHINE Do not be deceived by those who ad vertise a $(>0.00 Sewing Machine for $20.00. Thiskind of a machine can be bought from us or any of our dealers from $15.00t0 SIB.OO. WE MAKE A VARIETY. THE NEW HOME IS THE BEST. The Feed determines the strength or weakness of Sewing Maehines. The Double Feed combined with other strong points makes the New Koine the best Sewing Machine to buy. Writs lor CIRCULARS SKS wo manufacture and prices before pure nosing THC NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE 80. ORANGE, MASS. 2? Union Sq. N. Y., Chicago, 111., Atlanta, Ga., tit. Louis,Mo., Dallas,Tex., San Frunclsoo, Cal FOR SA > E BY ALFONSO TAKES THE OATH. Young King cf Spain Is Installed With • Elaborate Ceremonies. Alfonso took the oath as king of Spain at Madrid Saturday. He was most noticeable for his iloameanor during the ceremony of taking the oath to uphold the constitution. Dr. J. L. M. Curry, the United States an* voy, who was well placed und able to watch the proceedings closely, said af terwards that one could have bad an inkhng from the king's planner that anything extraordinary was hap pening. King Alfonso delivered' the oath with great distinctness, and put considerable expression into the words, acting throughout In an Intelli gent and self-possessed way. PROHIBITS MACLAY’S HISTORY. Santiago’* Controversy is Again Aired in House Proceedings. The house spent the day Saturday in discussion of the navy appropria tion hIP and the most important fea ture of thei discussion Involved a revi val of the Sampson-Schley controver sy. This an amendment to the hill, >s presnted by Mr. Mudd, of lar*"d'yand which was adopted, prohiSYJandAt*/. IJHe G f Mae lay’s history of thb'hg tjfjkr . ujt; Je lo k at the naval academy! v -y he considera tion of the measure wa< not completed before/the house adjourned for the day. i SAMPSON WILL IS FILED. Widbw Gets Everything Except $4,C00 Life Insurance. The will of the late Admiral William T. Sampson was filed at Washington Saturday. It leaves everything to the widow, save $4,000 life insurance, which Is left, equally among the four daughters. In the petition asking for admission of the will to probate, Mrs. Sampson, who is named a) sole exe cutor, says the admiral died possessed of stocks and other securities valued at sh,s'jo and * tract of land at Man Chester, N. Y., -known as the Marmon Mil: farm, valued at $10,0.00. The will is dated Key West. Fla., April 16. 1393. SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCUSTS. ■ t Pests Have Made Their Appearance in Washington and Vicinity. Large numbers of seventeen-year lo custs have made their appearance in Washington, and reports ot similar visitation have reached the depart ment of agriculture from Altoona. Pa., and Nashville. Term. According to the charts, Maryland and Indiana, with the adjoining counties of their neighbor states, are to be most affect rd by the pest. Justice Bradley Dead. Andrew C. Bradley, one of the jus tices of the supreme court of the Dis trict of Columbia, died in Washington Thursday night.