Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-04-28

continue active service, is announced
by. Vice President Vanderlip, Of the
National City Bank. The gift consists
of United States Steel Corporation s
per cent first mortgage bonds. The
corporation is to be styled THE Car
negie Foundation" 1t will be organ
lied to manage the fund which applies
to universities, colleges and technical
schools, regardless of race, sex, creed
or color. State or Colonial institu-
tions are not included where it Is pre-
ferred that their relation shall remain
exclusively with the state. lnstitu-
tions requiring trustees, officers OF the
faculty or students to belong to any
specified sect are also excluded. Each
institution participating in the fund
shall cast one vote for the trustees,
who are to hold office for five years.
Twenty-six presidents of leading uni
versities, including Presidents Craig
head of Tulane, and Denny Of Wash
inSton and Lee, are named as trustees.
The present value of the bequest Is
eleven million.
Grover Cleveland, on last Tuesday
paid the following tribute to Joseph
Jefferson the actor, who died at West
Palm Beach, Fla, on Sunday: 1T Is
difficult for me to speak of Mr.. JEFF
ferson. He was closely my friend;
his delightful traits were so made
manifest to me in confidential inti-
macy and my love for him was so
great that his death causes me to
feel like a mourner whose sorrow
should be silent. All know my
friends professional supremacy and
his conscientious service in profess
sional work; many knew how zeal
ously he defended dramatic art, and
how completely he illustrated the i'm
portance of it's cleanliness; many
knew how free he was from hatred,
malice and all uncharitableness; but
fewer knew how harmoniously his
qualities of heart and mind and con-
science blended in the creation OF an
honest, upright, sincere and God
fearing man. believe that In death
he has reached a world where the
mercy Of God abounds, and know
that, in the world of men, the sadness
of his loss will be felt the most by
those who knew him best"
- Says Tacoma, Washington spe-
cial to the News and Courier: The
enormous cotton shipments to the
Orient are surprising even the trans
portation men. Every ocean ware
house in Tacoma is piled high with
raw cotton and cotton goods en- route
to China and Japan. More than
hundred cars, it is claimed, are in the
yards awaiting a place to be discharg-
ed, and even the United States quar-
termasters' ware house has been util-
ized to relieve the situation. The
Northern Pacific Railroad company
has a reserve stipulation in its con-
tract with the government, whereby 1t
can stow several hundred tons Of
freight in the quartermasters' sheds,
and full advantage of that privilege
is now being taken. Besides these
enormous quantities of cotton now
here shipments of raw and manufac-
tured cotton from Puget Sound dur
ing the first three months Of this year
amounted in value to $4,S96,322, ac-
cording to customs reports. During
the same period last year the ship
ments amounted to $622,619. Practi-
cally all of the cotton shipped to the
Orient from the Sound goes through
Tacoma At the present time, 1t is
said, that hundreds of cars of cotton
are en- route from the southern ports
for export from Tacoma. The con-
gested condition of the ware houses
will be somewhat relieved within the
coming week. One of the Blue Fun
mel liners will be in next Wednesday
and other Oriental steamers will reach
port soon. Exporters say that the ex-
traordinarily large shipments of cot
ton are due to the war influences, and
that, aside from forage, cotton Is
about the only staple export that is
increased by the war conditions.
Says a Shreveport, La, dispatch
of April 26: After working three hours
with sledge hammers and pick axes
a mob of 25 men broke into the parish
Jail at Homer, La, IS miles northeast
of Shreveport, today, and shot Dick
Craighead, infiicting wounds which
will probably prove fatal. Craighead
was charged with the murder of Mrs.
Ike Mckee, the wife of his half broth
er, and her little son. The authorities
were unaware of the design to mob
the prisoner until it was too late to
protect him. Every telephone and
telegraph wire out of Homer was cut,
and the rifles of the Claiborne guards,
the local military company, were seiz-
ed before the move was made on the
Jail. So quietly did the mob work
that scarcely any one in the little
town was aware of what was taking
place at the Jail. Having dug a hole
through the brick wall, the lynchers
crawled through the opening, but on
reaching the steel cell in which the
prisoner was confined, found 1t i'm
possible to break the lock. They
then began shooting at the covering
prisoner through the bars of his cell,
more than twenty shots being fired
and nearly every one taking effect.
The mans legs, arms and portions of
his body were literally riddled. Be
lieving that Craighead was dead, the
members Of the mob left the prison
. and quickly dispersed. When Sheriff
Kirkpatrick and citizens of the town
reached the Jail they found Craig
head still alive. 1t is stated that he
told the sheriff the names of three