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the Yaquina life saving people. Owing Government the surfmen had no means Within sight of the disaster they had to stand still and watch the sailors drown, while couriers secured the ad- jacent county in search of horses to pull the life boat and beach cart to the water. Had it been possible to launch the life boat at once many of the crew Of the Atalanta might have been alive and well to-day.
 Herman Arnold one of the men res cued from the Atalanta, has just been taken to the United States Marine Hos pital He came here from Grays liar bOr on the schooner James A. Garfield and will carry the memory of the hor- TOT to the grave with him. He is a physical wreck. Do what he may he cannot get the roar of the surf out of his ears nor the sight of his drowning comrades out of his mind Whenever he becomes excited the blood guShes from his nose and ears. At times he lives the whole horrible tragedy over again and then he weeps like a child. He was cook on the Atalanta.
 The Atalanta, Captain Charles Me Bride, was on her way from Tacoma to South Africa with a cargo of grain when the disaster occurred. How she came to pile up on the sandspit at the entrance to AIsea Bay when she ought to have been hundreds of miles off shore will never be known, as all the officers went down with the ship. Cap tain Mcbride was wrecked once before
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on the Welsh coast and all the crew drowned. A young Welsh lady nursed to sea again he married her. In the men drowned
 According to all. that can be gathered the Atalanta was steered southeast that brought her close inshore on our and Cape Foulweather light was ob- scured by fog and sleet.
 When First Mate Hunter was told he saw a fixed light the mate laughed ship.
 the forecas stle, Get on deck, men, for your lives. Don't wait to put your clothes on.''
 A moment later Captain Mcbride ran on deck in his nightclothes, and giving one wild look around shouted: Put your wheel hard overl Square the cross backyard! My God, Hunter, where have you put her?'
 Tt was a roaring, wild night" said Arnold, in talking of the horrors of the wreck, "and the booming of the break CTS is always in my ears and the sight of my drowning mates before my eyes. The noise of the surges Is so great sometimes that I cannot hear questions that are put to fssa.
 When I heard Mate Hunter order all hands on deck I rushed for the poop.
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l" HE most appalling sea disaster
 of the year on the Pacific Coast
 was the loss of the British ship
 Atalanta. One of the four sur
 vivors of the crew of twenty seven souls has jus, reached the city and lies bruised and worn in the Marine Hospital. So hard did the rag ing surf batter him that now when he talks of the wreck blood starts from his nose and mouth, and his ears ring so with the boom of the surf that he cannot hear. The doctors say that this comes from the excitement and nervous strain experienced during the wreck.
 There have been wrecks along our seaboard that occasiOned greater loss of life, but none in which the destruction was so sudden, so unlocked for and so complete. At one moment the Atalanta was scudding along before a strong breeze, under snug canvas. the next she was hard and fast on a sand spit with her keel broken.
 An hour later fragments of the wreck and dead bodies were being washed ashore or swept out to sea. battled for by the wind and tide.
 Of a crew of twenty-seven, all told. only four sailors were saved, and these four will carry the marks of their fierce struggle with the elements to the grave. What adds to the horror of the Ata- lanta tragedy was the helplessness of
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blow from some of the wreckage banged about by the waves.
 When I was carried high on the crest of big wave E>saw Mate Hun ter and the men still. clinging to the mizzen rigging. Then I and the hatch were engulfed in a pit of the sea.
 When we came up again the mast was gone and there was only one man left clinging to the port davit. In a few moments he also joined the strug gling human beings and wreckage in the tempest-tossed waves.
 How l reached the shore I don't know, but I would give ten years of my life if I could only get the roar of the breakers out of my ears and the
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A heavy sea swept me off my feet. I grabbed a stanchion and held on until the wave had passed.
 Then 1 got into the mizZen rigging. Things were topsy-turvey, but in ten minutes the ship managed to straight en up; then she toppled over to star board
 "I crawled over the cross backyard and got into the port rigging, and then the ship broke her back.
 The foremast went by the board when we first struck, and then the mainmast followed it, and this so weak ened the mizzenmast that I thought every minute it would go.
 About dozen poor fellows clinging
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to supports had been swept away. The captain was among them. A dozen more men were with me in the rigging. I saw we were goners unless we got away, so I decided to take to the wa ter, as the nnizzen was getting ready to fall
 "I jumped into the sea and grabbed a hatch that was sweeping by A man was struggling to hold on to 1t, but the waves banged him off and ham mered him a"ainst plank to which he chung. That left me alone trying to hang to the hatch. The roar Of the wind was lost in the roar of the break CTS and every once in a while l would get a smash over the head or @ bad
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sight of my drowning comrades from before my eyes"
 A number of bodies were washed ashore from the wreck, scared andl mutilated beyond recognition. They were buried by the life saving crew and a little cross now marks their last resting place. Only a small portion of the Atalanta's hull remains on the sandspit to show where a noble ship. was wrecked and twenty-three sailors lost their lives.
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oVR MILF Amy ARM.

Before congress adjourns II ought to
provide fully for tho organization. equip
mont and maintenance OF u National milf
tia, that will give us n trained force, al
ways ready to be modified. within week
or ten days, ut any point in the country,
and fully prepared for active service.
The congress ought TO act now in order
that tho present volunteer army may he
used us nucleus for the National re-
serves so soon as the war Is over.
Tho press OF the nation have taken up
this idea and almost without exception an
prove 1t, The Post was one OF the very
first TO advance It, Our so-called Ma
tional" volunteer guard was seen to DO
not national at all when demanded for
war purposes, The preteutious orgauiga
ton crumhled the moment Il was touched.
II not only had the right II seems, to re-
fuse tie call, but was miseraby equipped.
Its ranks were broken by reiusals to enlist
and by the physical examinations of the
army surgeons, II was never in n condi-
tion to "ropcl INVASION end could net be
used for service beyond the countrys lines.
II we had gone on in our dependence on
the State militia until We became involved
with some frst-class military power, we
would quickly have been Inundated. II is
fortunate that We have learned the lesson
while coping with comparatively feeble
antagonist.
But a lesson is of no value unless acted
upon at once We have iust dlsrn,,,,,,
that We are lamentably behind in militia
matters, that our war department is wo-
fully short ON everything, AMI that one Of
tho greatest nations on earth Is one OF
the worst prepared for even defending
itself--to say nothing Of Its want OF oifen.
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made application for her portion Of his es-
tate. Finally tho woman confessed her
guilt. The plot was a diabolical one, for 1t
not only attacked Goulds private life and
character. but was an effort to cast the
shadow OF illegitimacy upon his children,
to all Of whom he was an indulgent and
loving father.
This kind OF conspiracy has become
common one OF late years, threatening the
character and fortunes OF big miIlionaires.
The deserted wife. or the abandoned child.
is at hand ready for business SO soon as
the multi milllonaire's estate gets into the
probate courts. The cIeverest adveDturers,
the most cunning and constituencies at
torneys. and the most reckless witnesses
rally to the assault upon coveted millions,
with boldness that is as remarkable as 1t
Is dangerous.
would be to set salutary precedent, and
In determining, II possible, to send TO
States prison some OF those who we're play
Ing this desperate game against herself and
her brothers and sister. while blackoning
the memory OF her father, Miss Helen
Gould is doubtless doing the public favor
equally valuable with her conspicuous good
deeds In other directions. Her pluck ap-
pears as one OF the admirable features OF
her character
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SHORT TEXAS SPECIALS.

MOSCOW hildrens day was p,stponea
10 Nay " because OF rain; fine programmes
has been prepared
JErFERsoN,-Th public schools closed
iast Friday night; large crowds were pres-
en' TO witness the exercises.
SANDY PoINT.-"Third party" flies or
uuIisio snats, as some call them. are yerv
oau end worry the stock very much.
= -ockHART.-In street fight Charlie
he,fy was frightfully slsshed With knife
aug u very painfully, If not dangerously.
"o"Naea. Berry was removed 10 his hoine'
hosENBERG.--Rev. McCracken. a Chris
Tan MINISTER Of Goliad. commenced nro-
uacted meeting here Suneay morning An
unusually large congregation attended the
evening services.
ruhf WokTii--A Cuban machote ard
seubpard ere tie cause OF much interest he
.ng displayed in a Main street window
ire machete Is Of the finest steel, the hlada
ne,lg iwenty-eight inches in length, donble
painted This deadly weapoa was lie pro,,
CITY o. Cuban who f& months 400
Iasee through here. He was for TIM
on . BOARD The Three Friends taking supplies
and recruits to Cuba. 'Ns''"S
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MISS GOULD AS A pnosncuron.

Miss Helen Gould has displayed an nd.
miNbie disposition to use large amounts
OF her great fortune In tho avenues OF
charity. She is about the only Gould who
has developed this side OF character and
has Justly won the praise OF the public as
well as the gratitude and blessings OF the
poor.
But Miss Gould is capable OF feeling a
bitter resentment. She is SOLE and kind,
but she knows when to dropvhe exhibition
Of these traits and do her duty, even though
the latter may lead to an exhibition OF
seemingly harsh characteristics. She has
determined to prosecute to the full letter
Of the law the people who for so long at
tempted to blacken the reputation of the
late Jay Gould and blacknail his heirs
Indictments for blackmail have been found
against several persons who were supposed
to be connected with this sensational con
spiracy and Miss Helen is Joining vigor-
essaly 10 their prosecution.
Il Will Be- remembered that compare
lively aged woman claimed. after Mr..
0ould's death. 70 - bis discarded wife aud
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WITH THE PASSING THRONG.

Hon. u n Whno,er ov uo,,,,,,
:" ""eo'o'' eN-Heu'ehan' gov
o'hor OF leNas' Was seen at the Lawlor yes
terfay en- route to his home In the village
pcetically known 40 Aronso, ne ~,
in'
soNVinor hao Just returned from Washing
ton, where he had been for several months
past engaged in orystellizlnp ceri,ln ,o,is
1ot,ve r,sas,ros oon,o,,aa .',,,
=, 'Ns NV''"o''ou WIZ" 'cop water
rue i'oiesseu mueh confidence In the ulti-
mate success of a senport =, Aransas pa,
p,orer. and stated that ,verythtno u.,s .,..
a, to,. -. ''''"s "NN NV"
' s'N"o " cave tne government
take charge OF the work Governor Wheeler
is an old "cainpaipner" IN holding uo HI;
end of an interview ,ra can r,rr,. 49,,
"' fN'iS anu
"'us' su'h questions as he does not care
TO answer with all the adroitness Ct an en-
pert. He Ia enthusiasts in his nraise os
Allen. brown a sor ., poi,,na,,
claims tbev livaa ga, - ',,.,. ' a'nnn''' ani
10 the rnonln ~ W. w ,o 49, ptnNi'se maue
der,ook 10 pe, 1e.n water VIZ" Ne p .neS uh-
"nld ,hev yiye No ason , @s sne tass'
isedg" asked the renorter ""''' 'Hss p'oii-
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TWELVE PAGES
DIFFERENCES IN TIME.
THE CORPORATION TAN.

The proposition In the war revenue bill
As amended In the senate to nut Il tax Oh
corporations will be one of the most hoily
contested. in all likelihood of the many
disputed features OF The measure The
great corporation interests OF the country,
through their paid attorneys in and nut of
congress may be expected TO put up Il Wig
orous fight against the tax.
The recent decision of the supreme court
of the United states In upholdng the hi.
nois inheritance tax law. will undoubtedly
strengthen the advocates Of the corporation
war tax That decision4 upon which The
Iost commented only a few days since
held that the inheritance OF an estate was
not natural right but a privilege enjoyed
by grant of the State under statutes OF de-
scent and that the State had the right to
impose conditions. in the way OF a tax, upon
the enjoyment Of the privilege, Corporation
charters are likewise the grants Of special
privileges and the enjoyment OF the priyi-
lege itsrf ought TO be specially paid for.
Wo were informed the other day that
Senator Allison argued that corporations
should not be taxed to the exclusion OF pri-
waite partnerships. but the democrats have
very properly answered the contention OF
the Iowa senator that corporations enjoy
valuable privileges that are not conferred
upon private partnerships. The former, for
example, have perpetual life. n seal limit
ed liabilities and other advantages given
by law that are withheld from mere part
nerships. One Intelligent authority points
out that while corporate charters are grant
ed by the States, yet commerce between the
States under limited liability is sanctioned
only by the suiferance OF the Federal goy
eminent and Is, therefore, a Natonarmlyi-
iegc properly subject to National exactlons
and regulations.
These great corporations pay little into
the National treasury aud not much more
into the State treasures Many of them
Will derive more profit from the war than
any other class OF business ana contribute
less toward the wars expenses unless spe-
cslly taxed in the manner proposed
The democrats, therefore. who are cham.
pioning this feature OF the revenue hin
have both law and justice on their side
but IL remains to be seen whether such con.
alterations will weigh with majority thai
has frequently OF late d, monstrated rs
more than Willingness to shield corporate
interests at the expense OF the masses.
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ORANGE LOCALS.
Hccruits for the Galveston Regi-
ment-->otcs.

Orange. Texas May 2s-Co'cnel Walter u,
ncus, who is recruiting mere for tho Calves
ton volunteer regiment, secured six recruits
today, thee OF whom will be sent to calves
ton tonight and thu others follow tomorrow.
1ieutepG,n Franklin of the regular army, who
WAS expected here today to recruit for the
regular service, was ordered TO New Orleans
and did rot stop here. There were one or two
recruits AWAITING his arrival who were consid-
Grady disappointed
AZ pccting Of the city school board. Prof.
Miller OF Mansfield. TeNns, was elected prnc-
pal NJ the white schools here and Mrs AInhn
G, johnson Of uvalde was elected 10 teach the
the third grade. With these exceptions The
faculty for the next session will remain as be-
fare, with Superintendent 4. II. Sebrlng at
tho head.
symuastic club was organized yesterday
bs the young men OF Orange. the meeting be-
ink held IN the office of City Attorney c. A.
Teaplc, Organization was effected by the
election OF the following officers President,
George W. bancroft vice president, nr H. "
Seasuunk, secretary-treasurer Thomas Seer-
gent. Fifty members have been secured 10
start with, and large hall has been secured
which Will be fitted up with all the eauip-
mente OF modern gymnasium.
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PROCLAMATION.

Whereas. The live stock sanitary COM
mission of the State Of Texas on the Nth
day of May. A. d. 1898, passed the follow
ing regulation;
1T is hereby ordered by the Live Stock
Sanitary Commission of the State of Texas
that 10 cattle in the counties OF Midland,
scurIy, Upton, Borden. Crane, Glesscoch,
Howard, Stonewall King, Cottle aud
Hardeman shall be shipped, moved or
driven from or out of eithSr Of said coun-
ties or into each other, or into the area
OF country lying west and north of SAID
counties prior to the LIST day Of October,
1888 Provided. however. that cattle in
said counties may be moved, shipped or
driven upon the owner or person in charge
of same making affidavit before the county
judge CT the county where located, support
ed by the oath of two disinterestel resi-
dent citizens Of said county stating that
said cattle ore healthy and free from ticks
and fever, and giving the brand of said
cattle and number thereof, where located
and where they are 10 be driven; which al
hdayit must be made in duplicate ono TO
be forwarded to w. b. Tullis, live stock
sanitary commissioner, Quanah Texas. by
said county Judge, and one to be d-.ivercd
by the shipper TO the railroad agent where
cattle are shipped 1t is further ordered
that all railway companies, their oinc?fs
and agents, shall require said allida ~. be-
fore accepting any cattle from said coun-
ties for shipment It is further ordered
that any violation of this order shall be
punished as provided by the laws o. the
State of Texas"
Now Therefore, |, C. A. Culberson gov
ernor Of the State of Texas, in conformity
with the provisions of chapter Z, lille no.,
OF the Revised Statutes OF Texas of jcG,
do hereby declare that the quarantine lres,
rules and regulations set forth in the nbovc
recited order Of the live stock sanitary Com-
mission of Texas shall be in fun force
ana effect from and after the date herein
under set forth.
In testimony whereof, | hare heTtupto
set my hand and caused the seal of State
to be affixed at Austin this, 23d day Of
May, A. d. 1898. c. a. Culberson
Governor OF Texas.
BY the governor J w. Madden, sctre-
tary OF state.
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4 nnilcr ErnInxinn

Yves, Point, Texas, May 2s.-The boiler OF
tho ru-p engine of the San Antonio and
Aransas Pass exploded this afternoon Mt .
ociotk. The rumper. Tom Lynch. was badly
sealded All over the body. Tom Reynolds. a
pnN. aged about II years, was badly hurt
risht arm broken and piece OF tho boiler
sh'ereu ms SIDE tramp boy. aged rs wears.
was near the engine room ut the time ana was
haey burned, but not fatally. Mir. Lynch
VAS taken TO San Antonio to the hospital after
pr' NJ H. Clary had dressed his wounds.
thev had only forty pounds OF steam.
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'Nhe IcrnS EiItn

pallas Texas May 2S.-About 100 represent
atves OF the Texas Press association are in
i l.a tonight on route to the big Interstate
80 S asseesau meeting Al Eureka Springs.
me Gun, Colorado aud Santa Fe raiIwsv 70.
i,,s morning for their destinat,o,, in =,
tte.lai train Travelling Passenger Agent W.
Vii, MY OF me s., Louis and San Francisco
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STATE CAPITAL ITEMS
MIR. CRANE DOESN'T WANT TO BE
A. AND NJ. PRESIDENT.
Decisions BY supreme Court-Cor-
porations Chnrtcred-Lirc Stock
Quarantine Proclamation

Austin. Texas. May %. THE following is
self-ex explanatory:
TO the Editor of The Post.
noted in your issue OF yesterday that
was mentioned as possible candidate for
the presidency of the Agricultural and Me-
chanical college The suggestion was I'M
authorized by me. do not want to De
considered in that connection. am
lawyer by profession and have no expert
ence in the management OF colleges.
deem 1t but Just to myself to say that
could not possibly accept the position even
if unanimously rendered me.
M, NJ Crane.
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harn and Animal. nurnc,

Luiins Texas May 2s.-This morn,,,
s"s p''n OF 5 NJ. Nixon was destroyed ~
nre burning TO death his horse COW ana
nog ana burning his buggy and horne a'.'
Use s'So' partly insured in Luline aec,,e,.
r.I ne Luiing Lumber company and Tho
seslaenee OF R. J. Parsons we're sllehtiv
inoendiary " nave psSn
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SUPREME COURT.

The following proceedings We're had in
the supreme court today
Judgment Of court of civil appenis re-
versed and judgment OF district couri sf-
iirmed: l.. A. Clemens ct al VS.. Mrs. s..
j. Clemens ct al. from Washington
Mandamus refused; r. S. Hogue VS..
Andrew j, Baker, land commissioner.
Cause submitted: w. r. Morris VS.. j.
A. Morgan ct al, from Karnas.
Motion to issue writ of error and citation
without filing bond overruled: e. W. An
drews VS.. Union Central Life Insurance
COMPANY
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Fort Worth Texas, May 2s.-Tho,nas
Wright was today convicted ct stephenvile
OF the crime OF numbering Constable John
will hang. 80 "D'
Frank Leslie was put on trial today as
an aeeomnlice, The fatal trouble was tie
ou.stow,n OF the officers energies N pros