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recalling his early training, the death
of his mother when he was young, his
early struggle for an education, his
earnest desire to lead a Christian life,
the scandal which attached to his name
when he taught school and the injus-
tice of the accusations then made
against him.
s'Ten years I have worked hard,
walked circumspectly, to live down that
unjust suspicion, and now that I have
about done it there comes up this other
trouble, which is equally untrue" he
said. But circumstances are against
me in this, and I must face it alone.
1 leave this statement of the exact facts
that my wife and my children may go
out into the world, If anything happens
to me, without the fear of the con-
tempt and scorn of the world
Said Samuel Whitlow today: II sup
pose I'll go to prison, but know I'm
innocent. I shall not spend any money
on lawyers. I'll leave my home and
what have for my family. They will
know that I'm innocent"
Rev. Walter F. Wharton, pastor Of
the Methodist Episcopal church at
Moran, visited Whitlow in Jail. Whit
low has been prominent worker in
that church.
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VAUDEVILLE AT SEA.
Managers Hasten to Follow the Lead OF
Charles Frohman.

New York, Oct. 11.-When Charles
F'rohman announced recently his plan
for presenting his American-English
stars in their plays on the steamships of
the Cunard lines he said that vaudeville
managers would soon follow his lead.
This they have done almost SOON
er than was expected. Hardly had the
first news of. Mr.. Frohmans plan ap-
peared before vaudeville managers,
headed by Perry G. Williams began to
arrange to give ocean travellers variety
bills mdae up of the most expensive
acts on both sides of the Atlantic.
1t is announced that in a few days
contracts will be signed with the North
German Lloyd line by which passengers
on it's steamships will be able to see
vaudeville performance at sea every
night in the week beginning early next
spring. All the headliners to come to
this country to appear in theaters of
the U. S. booking offices will help make
up the weekly bill at sea coming this
way while the American vaudeville
performers bound for the London halls
will entertain eastward passengers.
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They will not stop until Roswell has as

They will not stop until Roswell has as
fair a freight rate as other localities.
Examples of the lodging that is be-
the case of Chicago, as a shipping
point. The commission did not make
specific rate from this point, leaving
it for the railroad to make propor-
tionate rate. While the railroad did
make a slight reduction from Chicago,
they are still charging more, per mile,
from Chicago than other points. Sec
ond. in the case of Galveston, as
shipping point. The commissions find
ing was for big reduction on lumber
from Beaumont. 1t meant, undoubt-
edly, the Beaumont district, for very
little lumber is started out of Beau
mont, as an original shipping point.
But the railroad iEterprets the report
literally, and grants the reduction
from the town of Beaumont alone. On
account of this technical mistake the
lumber dealers in the Beaumont dis
trict can ship only small quantities of
lumber to Roswell on the new rate,
because there is not enough lumber
in the town of Beaumont to supply the
trade. They can not get the rate from
the logging camps on the little branch
railroads that should come under the
ruling. There are many more similar
evasions.
The reductions which went into eff
feet September amounted to an aver
age of 81 n cents from Chicago, 13A
cents from Kansas City 1SA cents
from st. Louis, and about cents from
Calves ton.
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MARKET REPORTS

Chicago, Oct. 11--WHEAT-The wheat
market today opened firm and with a fair
to active trade. The opening prices were
higher because Of the firm market at
weakened realizing sales. Increased
receipts in the northwest formed a bear
ish factor. December wheat opened &c
sold at s1.04ss@1. 041k. Minneapolis, Duluth
and Chicago reported receipts of III
cars.
prices dropped &c below the high price of
the day. During the, last hour prices rail-
lied on covering by shorts. The close
was steady, with December Nc lower, at
CORN-The corn market was firm on
higher cables, but soon weakened along
with wheat. Both receipts were above
estimated receipts. December corn opened
6ossce 20
The low point for December was 6oAc.
Prices rallied late in the day along with
cember higher, at 61Ac.
OATS-The oats market opened firm,
but soon declined on realizing sales. De-
eember oats was Ac higher at the open
ing, selling at soc, and then declined to
PROVISIONS The provisions market
was easy because of a decrease in corn.
and sold off to s16.021h. Lard was shade
to 21kd5c lower. at So. 1908. 121z. Ribs were
219c lower. at SIC.
CASH: No. red, sLO41ka1 061h; No. red,
81 021zq105; No. hard, s1041k@1.OS; No.
hard, S1.0214@10 6as; No. L northern, $11S@
l5 IS Nc ;, o z northern 70 sI1Sa1H; No
CoRN-Dec.. size; May, 61Ac.
0ATscDec.. 541ke; May. 567sc.
BARLE E7sn s1G'Oe s1ooa1. oos.
TIMOTHY-March s4.60
CLOVER-Oct.. $500.
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New York Stock Markex.

Wall St.. New York, Oct. I.-STOCKS-
First prices of stocks were but little
changed from last night and there were
both declines and advances. The declines
were the more numerous and conspicuous
Kansas City Southern preferred sold at a
loss of 8 points, Canadian Pacific 1%
points, National Biscuit point and Lou
isville and Nashville and Anaconda large
fractions. The volume of dealings was
moderate.
The speculation was nervous in tone.
with some stocks fluctuating a point until
the list became weak all around. The
low level reflected losses of 25s points in
Canadian Pacific, 2 points in Missouri
Pacific. American Smelling and National
Pacific and General Electric and Nation
al Lead, IA points in Anaconda and 1
point in Union Pacific and Amalgamated
Copper. American Car preferred rose 2as
points, Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Omaha 1H points and Union Pacific pre-
ferred 1 point.
Stocks came upon the market in large
volume during the second hour. Declines
in a number of these for which the mar
ket is usually most active reached a point
or more, but the fall in prices was VIC
lent where the market is usually narrow
and in some of the active industrials,
Nashville. Chattanooga and St. Louis
sold at a decline of II points. Colorado
Fuel 5A points, Missouri Pacific 3az points,
dian Pacific 81 points, American Sme1t-
ing 3h points, National Lead IA points,
Great Northern Ore Certificates and An
aconda "a points, General Electric and
Sugar and Copper and American Locomo-
tive ~ points, st. Paul, Southern Pacific,
Rio Grande Great Northern preferred u
8. Steel preferred and others 1 to IA
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WILL START 1T OVER.
Investigation of SuDerintendent Mar
shall to Be Resumed.

The investigation of superintendent
E. E. Marshall of the Hutchinson re-
formatory will be renewed, it is an
nounced, about the end of the present
month. Notice to this effect was sent
to Chairman J. s. Simmons of the
board today by Governor Hoch. The
delay is occasioned, it is said, by the
failure of the stenographer to
transcribe the proceedings of the in
vestigation.
1t is believed by some that the in
vestigation will never be resumed, and
that Superintendent Marshall may re-
sign before the notes are tran
Scribed.
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Funeral of william BERGMAN,

The funeral of William Bergman,
who died at his home in Tecumseh
Thursday morning, will be held from
his late home Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Mr.. Bergman was born in
Saxony, Germany, 10 years ago and 20
years ago moved directly to Shawnee
county from his birthplace in the old
country. For short time a number
of years ago he conducted a tailoring
shop in Topeka. but most of his 26
years residence in this county has beer
spent on his farm near Tecumseh. He
is survived by a wife, eight daughters
and one son, all of WHIT ON were at his
bedside at the time of his death.
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BLACkMAILER, TOO.
Denver Dynamiter Confesses to At
tempting Extortion.

Denver, Oct. 11.-Kemp V. Biglow
the young clerk from Farmer, O., who
mailed dynamite packages last Monday
to Governor Henry A. Buchtel and sew
eral other prominent citizens of Den
yer, has confessed that he was also the
author of letters mailed on August 90
last to the Burlington railroad, the Moi
fat road, the Adams Express company,
the Daniels & Fisher Stores company,
the May Shoe and Clothing company
and to Postmaster Paul Sours, demand
ing amounts varying from $4,000 to
$5O.OOO and aggregating $3.50, 900.
These letters contained threats that
unless the demands were complied with
passenger trains would be wrecked with
dynamite, and the Daniels & Fisher
and May stores, and the federal build
ing in this city would be blown up and
c. M. Day, local agent of the Adams
Express company, would be killed with
in 80 days.
Biglow's confession was made to
Chief of Police Michael Delaney in the
presence of Mr.. Day and John F. VAL
lery, general agent Of the Burlington
railroad in Denver.
The letter to the Burlington railroad
follows:
Denver, Aug. %, 1907
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail-
"Gentlemen:-we demand that your
press company September Z, $50 900,
same to be put in one of their envel-
opes, marked T. T. D. NJ G., and they
put it off at the stock yards that day.
We mean business and if it is not done
as we say, one of your best trains will
be blown up with Nitro G..
Remember the 7th of Septem Der.
1IE-Es I'D. NJ. G.
Denver M. r. H.. NJ =
The other letters We're similar. Mr..
Day was named in all OF them as the
man to whom the money was to be
paid, and upon whom was placed the
of delivering it to the
unknown writer. The letters contained
for placing a different mark |
upon each package and demanded that |
hey should be put in one bundle and |
thrown from certain Burlington train |
rs it passed the Denver stock yards on |
he night of September z.
A dummy package was made up and |
brown off the train, as directed. De- |
ectives were in hiding near the spot !
designated for leaving the package of |
money and kept UP a vigil all night, but
nobody appeared, and next morning the
was returned to Agent Day.
Suspicion was directed to Biglow by
he similarity between the handwriting
n the threatening letters and the adj
,resses on the internal machines mail
ID this week to Governor BuchteI and
'thers. At first Big1ow denied the ac-j
.usation that he wrote the Matchmaking
etters, but he finally broke down and |
confessed. He will be turned over to
he federal authorities and prosecuted
IN the charge of using the mails to de-
raud.
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Kansas CITY Produce Market.

Kansas City, Oct. 11.-Close-WHEAT-
Receipts IA cars. Market 1c lower. Dec,
997sc; May, AO4s. Cash: No. hard
s1.02@1. OH; No. 3 hard, s10o@l ;o21s; No
red. sos; No 8 red. $1.o3d1 06k-
541kc; May, 55Hc. Cash: No. 2 mixed, 59%
@60c; No 8 mixed. 59az G60c; No. white
601A@6O14c; No. 8 white, 60c.
OATS+Unchange to 1kc lower. No. 2
white 4S1sc; No. mixed, 4S@4S1sc.
HAY-choice timothy, s1a 5a1s.75 choice
BUTTER-Ffrm. Creamery. soc; packing
stock, 21&c.
EGGSsteady. Extras, 2sc; firsts, 21c.
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points. The market steadied before mid
Day, but became very dull. Bonds were
steady and quiet
The ralyy was of Dried duration. the
market relapsing to the lowest under "a
large outpouring of stocks. Specialties
We're the weakest features. Amer lean
Smelling Securities preferred dropped
as points, American Smelling points
Northern Pacific points, Amagamated
Copper 21z points, Denver and Rio Grande
preferred 2h points and U. p, r. l. pre-
ferred, Great Northern preferred, st. Paul,
Pfttsburg, c., c. and st. Louis and Inter-
national Pump preferred 2 points.
The market became dull again on small
rallies.
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Boston Americans Took Two.

Boston, Oct. 11.-By winning both
of two games here, for the champion
ship Of the city, the Boston Americans
have made it necessary for the Boston
Nationals to win five straight games in
order to deprive their rivals of the
honor. The scores were 2 to 1 and
5 to 4.
Score by innings: Ri E.
Americans ..........1 0OOO10*-2
Nationals ....-.......0 0 o. o
Batteries - Morgan and Shaw;
Young and Needham.
Second game-Score by innings R.HE.
Americans ...........0 0 0 90 OILS
Nationals ........... o 2 . o o. /
Batterfes-Young and Corrigan;
Frock and Bill.
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New York Produce Market.

New York Oct. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
steady and unchanged. Western factory.
common to firsts, 2@2315c.
CHEESE-Market unchanged. State full
cream small, colored and white. Sept,
fine, 16c; good to- prime. 1514@15%c; COM
mon to fair, 13G15c; large colored Sept.
white 15%c common to prime, 130151zc.
EGGSLMarket steady and unchanged.
Firsts, 22623c: seconds. 19@21c.
POULTRY-Allve poultry easy SprinG
chickens, 13c; fowls, 14c; turkeys, 13c.
Dressed poultry was quoted firm. West
ern spring chickens, 12@1sc; turkeys, 100
16c; fowls, 12G1411c.
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Free entertainment Tonigbt.

A free entertainment will be given
this evening by the East Side Inn
provement association at its hall on
the corner of Eighth and Lake
streets. The following program has
been arranged for:
Address by Councilman c. H. Kutz.
Recitation, "a Union Man." Harold
Staten
Selections by Gibbons and Nc
Laughlin. musical entertainers.
Recitation by Miss Wilma Alexan-
der.
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ST. Louis Teams Are Even.

ST. Louis. Oct. 1.-THE ST. Louis
American league team again won a
game in the post-season series with the
Nationals by taking Thursdays game,
IL to Z, making two for each
Score by innings: R. H. E
Americans .......OO44 21-11 II 2
Nationals ...........O o o o 90 ST 10 z
Enthusiastically, Bailey and Spen-
GER; Lush, McGlynn, Raymond and
Marshall.
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Kansas CITY Live StocK.

Kansas City, Mo, Oct. n:-CATTLEaomo
Receipts today 5000 head, including 500
head of southerns Market steady. Ma
tive steers, 81 9oa7 90; southern steers, s.. So
@425; southern cows. s20093.35; native
feeders, s.. 00d5 90; bulls, 81. 40@3.7 20; calves
s3.5O@700; western steers, So. 1856; west
ern cows, s.. 2514.00.
HOGS-Receipts today 5000 head. Mar
ket steady. Bulk of sales, So 1905. so;
heavy, Sc. 20G6 40: packers, $6.3O@6.50; pigs
and lights Sc. 25@660.
SHEEP-Receipts today, 5000 head.
Market steady. Muttons, s4.90@5. co. lambs.
S. 00@7.40; range wethers, $4.75@5.75; fed
ewes 81 5O66. co.
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Emporia Wants commission Plan.

EmpOrfa, Kan, Oct. 11.-At a
meeting of business men here yester-
day noon, committees were appointed
to circulate petitions to bring the
commission plan of city government
to a vote of the people. The business
men of Emporia were responsible for
the law passed last winter by the state
legislature, enabling cities Of the sec
ond class to adopt this new plan of
city government
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Chicaro Produce Market.

Chicago. Ill, Oct. 11.-CHE Market
steady to firm Daisies, 14A6D141zc; Twins,
1216@12Nc; Young Americas, 14@144c.
POULTRY-Alive poultry weaker. Tur-
keys, 13c; chickens, 1Oc; springs, lie.
BUTTER-Market weak. Creamery, "a
@2S1kc; dairy, 22@2612c.
EGGS-Marlzet steadier. At mark, cases
included, 151zG1S1zc.
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Died on a Santa Fe Train.

Newton, Kan, Oct 11.-George T.
Owens, saloonkeeper of Fort Madi-
son, Iowa, died suddenly on Santa Fe
train No. II at Peabody Thursday. The
body was removed from tn train here
Heart failure is supposed to have been
the cause of the death.
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Hindus Must Go Back.

Vancouver. B. C., Oct. 11-of the SIS
Hindus who arrived by the steamship
Tartar, 179 will be deported to their ma
tive land owing to either lack of funds
or failure to pass physical inspection.
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Kansasa City, Oct.

Kansas City, Oct. IL.
CATTLE-Receipts today 5000 head.
Market steady to weak.
HOGS-Receipts today 5000 head. Mar
ket steady to strong. Bulk of sales, s6SoQ
$50; top, $780,
SHEEP-Receipts today, 5000 heao.
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ar lots at K. c. today: Wheat, 90;

Car lots at K. C. today: Wheat, 80;
Estimated car, lots at K. c. tomorrow
Wheat, IA; corn, Is; oats, u.
Car lots at Chicago today: Wheat, IA
corn 403; oats, 1874.
Estimated car lots tomorrow at Chi
cago: Wheat, IS; corn, 328; oats, 214.
N. w. car lots of wheat today were $50.
Liverpool closing cables: Wheat A01d
lower; corn I'D higher.
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New York sugar and Coree.

steady Fair refining, $3.45; centrifugal.
Sc test, 1895; molasses sugar, $40. Re
fined sugar steady. Crushed, So. TO- pow.
dered IS. 10; graduated, $500.
COFFEE-Market steady. No. Rio,
SIC: No. Santos, SIC.
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For CoIonization In Siberia.

St. Petersburg, Oct. 1.-THE coun-
ell of ministers today approved 3d.
100000 for colonization purposes in
Siberia.
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Market Gossip.

FURNISHED by ]. E. Gall, Commissions
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
office no West Sixth street Phone 4S6
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telephoned to The Topeka State Journal
by Clay, Robinson & Co, live stock COM
mission merchants. with offices at all
markets.l
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Chicago Live Stock Market.

Chicago, III, Oct. 1.-CATTLE-Receip
today were about 5000 head. Market
steady Beeves $4.OG67 So; cows, $1,000
$40: Texans, $3.SO94S0; calves. s5.5O@8. 90;
westerns. 81. O0@6. 10; stockers and feeders,
s.. 60@4 So.
7HOGS-Receipts today were about 1900
head Market steady. Lights, Sc. 45@7.O0
mixed, 6.30G7. 90; heavy, Sc. 10000; rough,
Sc. 1905 so.
SHEEP-Receipts today, We're about s.
900 head Market steady Natives, 5000
$50: western, $3OOd5. go; yearlings. S.. 500
6.25; lambs, s5.0O07. So; western, s5.00Q7. 40.
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EGGS AND POULTRY.
rEurnished by the Topeka Packing Co.,
IL -. l14-116 West Laurent street,
POULTRY-Springs, 11zQ2lz pounds, lie;
over ~ pounds, &c; hens, SIC; old roOst-
EGGS-Fresh country. 1sc.
BUTTER-Fresh country. lS922c;
ltGTnrnniNSWEsNPer box. 50 25
SANBERRIES-Per Dbl, $500 =
4GSNEY-Per "a rack case. 1915.
-Valencia, 81. 25G5.75. s----
UnAHO ITALIAN PRUNES-Per crate.
sl21SR APES-Toi1ay. per crate. s3Qo.zSJTR
IEMoNs-Per box. Lefingwsn. $6.oOQ
~ IANANAs-Medium sized punches. S2oo;
20 lunches, $50; Jumbo, S275G3.Oo.-
&C. TOMATOES-Home grown. per basket,
SOC S;EAcHEs-Utah. per. box. s1&
APPLEs.Per Blu. box. 500; Arkansas.
SUMNER sQUAsH-Per 1zbu... basket.
S 1A1ETHAASGMEEIeEs Ept Ell h.. 1c;
LOUPES-Oklahoma, per, crate.
'2 ss%;E RSfkER o FeAd' Szs bu.. soO
oNioNs-Red or yellow. per bu.. $780,
EG aIio APEPPE X f;s oI SasEet ssc
Pot 4 TG9REAR H PEI Sc
Tic ID: N. Y. state white. lie ID. :, Block
Swiss. 1sc Id. Limburger, Ice h.; Daisy,
Iec ID. Dairy Twin, 2 to box. Ice h.: Wis
c9GnAsiNHN Tn,'e oiYsTIERs-N Y. Extra Sc
,scte i5c: n. Y Counts, Soc
BULK OYSTERS-N. Y. Counts. per
Gallon, $40; Extra Selects. $3.50.
Grain Market.
by. j. b. Billiard, corner Kan
sas ave. and Curtis street,
wHEAT-.No. p sogs2c; No. 8. 7s9snc:
No. 4, 7417Sc.
o4TSNo. 2. SIC; No. 8. SIC.
Topeka Hide Market.
Prices paid in Topeka this week, based
on Boston Quotations.1
Topeka, Oct. IL.
rs. Mo SAhT 5Oas sl g
No i TALLOW .......ss......-... &c
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Chicago Market.

Furnished by ]. E. Gall. Commissions.
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Office Ito West Sixth street. Phone 1856 ]
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Range OF Price on Stocks.
Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions
Grains, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks
Office no West Sixth street. Phone 4S6
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Topeka Market.

| FURNISHED by Charles Wolff Packing Co.
Yards close at, noon Saturday.
| Topeka, Oct IL
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Kansas City Grain Market.
FURNISHED by ]. E. Gall. Commissions,
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Office ITO West Sixth street. Phone 1885, /
Kansas City, Oct. IL.
Open High Low Close Yes
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Kansas City Live Stock Sales Today.
1.-THE following sales were made today at
the stock yards, Kansas City, Mo-. and
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FURNISHED by. J. b. Billiard, corner Kan.
sas ave. and Curtis street,
wHEAT-No. 2. soqS2c; No. 3. 7S9Snc
No. 4, 741ISc.
OATSNo. 2. SIC; No. g. Sc
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-18
No ONE WANTS TO CAMP THERE
An inviting Spot On Gravesend Bay That
RemaAs Unoccupied.


On the easterly shore Of Gravesend Bay.
becween the mouth Of Coney Island Creek
and Stillwsu's, is a strip OF high AND dry
ground Of which the ownership has long
been in dispute. IL has been for years a
favovite place for campers in tents.
The trees there are mostly too small to
b ranked above underbrush, with the
exception Of one good sized oak that stands
close to the shore.
To persons passing in boats on the bay
tho curved line Of tents on the edge OF the
underbrush presents an interesting picture
Of camp life. But It lie a puzzle to strangers
why what seems to be the most inviting
camp spot Of all is never occupied. There
10 no tent on the high ground around the
roots Of the old oak close to the water.
Persons better acquainted With tho region
have a convincing way OF explaining TO
strangers why the shade Of the oak is not
coveted by any Of h campers. They point
to a gray stripe In the bark OF the tree that
can be traced from one OF its highest
branches. down the trunk and along one OF
the roots above ground to where II enters
the soil. The stripe 10 80 broad that IL can
be seen fromA considerable distance out on
the bay.
Two years ago there was a big oamn
consisting OF several tents under the shade
OF the oak. On the afternoon when a bolt
OF lightning struck the fiagpoIe At the
Parkway baths, Brighton Beach, killing
five pereons, a bolt almost simultaneously
hit the old oak on the Gravesend beach and
killed q man in the tent beneath.
Since that day nobody has wanted In taxi
the risk Of making a camp there. and that
10 Why the most inviting looking mot re-
mains unoccupied.