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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-09-02
SPECIFIC HEAT EXPLAINED.
Capacity For Heat Varies In the Diff
ferent Metals.

The specific heat of the body is INT
times spoken of as capacity for heat.
and here. be it remembered, that the
unit of heat is such a quantity as will
raise the temperature of one pound Of
pure distilled water from 80 to 40 de-
grees Il. This Is one British thermal
unit or one B. Il. U. The conception
of heat is entirely different from that
Of temperature. as is often shown In a
simple laboratory experiment. A cake
of beeswax about one-half inch thick
is placed in a horizontal position a
short distance above the top of a table.
A number of metal balls are immersed
in a liquid having. say. a high temper
AZURE. All the balls OOH have the
same temperature as the liquid. and
each of the balls Is at the same tenn
p%erature as all the others. :
If these balls with equal tempera-
lures be placed on the cake Of
they will all begin to melt the wax
and sink into the cake as they part
with their heat. but the rate and depth
Of penetration into the cake will vary.
For example, under these circum-
stances an iron ball will melt its way
through the wax first. 1t will be fol-
lowed by a copper ball of equal size.
A tin ball will probably just show on
the underside of the wax. while a lead
ball and a bismuth ball may not be
able to do more than sink half their
diameter into the wax.
This experiment proves that while
the temperature Of all the balls was
equal. the amount Of heat or the num-
Der of British thermal units possessed
by each varied considerably. The iron
ball contained the greatest number of
B. T. U. and the bismuth least. At
the close Of the experiment the tenn
peratures Of the balls would all be
different. but the capacity for heat of
each is a property Of the metal itself.
and each maintained its own specific
heat when all were at the same tenn
perature.
OF all bodies, water has the greatest
specific heat. and consequently it takes
a greater number of thermal units
to raise its temperature through any
given number of degrees. Water heats
comparatively slowly and cools ON
paratively slowly. Mercury and plati-
mum heat rapidly. but they also cool
quickly.-Railway and Locomotive En-
cheering.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-09-02

tween the sovereign's position as en-
peror of Germany and king of Prus-
STA, and they aver that his RESPONSE
bility to the empire as a whole pre-
cludes declarations az king OF Prus'
STA, which are inconsistent with the
headship of the empire.
Inquiry is everywhere raised wheth
err the imperial chancellor, DR.. Won
Betman-Hollweg, knew in advance OF
speech of such a nature.
The press generally comments also
upon the necessity of the German par
lament taking some action on the
subject when it meets.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-09-02
Cape to Cairo Railway.

The completion Of the Cape to Cairo
railway, the dream Of Cecil Rhodes, is
now well in sight, says a correspondent
Of the London Daily Mail. By the end
of this year the whole extent of the
line will have been surveyed. From
Khartum, in the north, and from Bro
ken Hills, in the south, the line is
creeping forward. The line. with its
6,6O0 miles of track. will be the longest
in the world. The great bulk Of the
line, including some thousands of miles
at the northern and southern ends, will
be British and the remainder will pass
through Belgian territory.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-09-02
Taft Will Keep Hands Off.

BEVERLY, Mass.-Indications con-
tinue to multiply here that President
Taft's participation in the New York
state fight is ended for good. The
president is not a resident of New
York and does not feel it to be the
province of the president % interfere
in local politics.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-09-02
EMPEROR'S SPEECH
AROUSES GERMANY
Declaration Crown Bestowed
by God Provokes Protest
From Press.

BERLIN.-The speech delivered by
Emperor William of Germany before
t%.provincial banquet at Koenigs-
burg, in which he emphasized his be-
lief in a divine mandate by which he
rules, referred to the Prussian crown
as Bestowed by Gods grace and not
by parliaments or peoples assem-
blies," and laid a lance against the
movement for woman's suffrage, is
the polical sensation of the hour.
Every shade of disapproval is
voiced, from mild regret to mockery
of the alleged absolutist pretensions
Of the emperor. The opinions ex
pressed in the minor German capitals
appear to make no distinction be
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-09-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST
THROUGHOUT IDAHO
Chronicle Of Important Events
OF Interest to Our
Readers.
Indians Would Show Products.


LEWISTON.-Urging the lewiston
Charleston fair management to make
an Indian farming exhibit, Stephen
Reuben, sub-chief of the Nez Perez
tribe, has written a forceful letter, in
which he deplores the disposition Of
white men to treat the red man as a
joke, as the creator of a~musements
through his dances and war-like an
tics, Chief Reuben does not believe it
is %elevating to the Indian to be urged
to give exhibitions of the sacred war
dance, which reminds them of the
customs of their savage days, but that
instead the Indian should be encour-
aged to live more the life of civilized
beings.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-09-02
Stork Turks Near.

BERLIN.-News has Just reached
here that the Russian royal family Is
expecting another visit from the stork
and that, for the benefit of the Gar
mas health, the Gar and family will
s~ojourn in Germany.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-09-02
Fire Under Control,

LEWISTON.-Forest fires in the
Clearwater forest reserve are many
Of them under control, according to
advices from the front received by
Major Fem at Kooskia headquarters.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-09-02
Tin q Sound Deadener.

For the purpose Of making the tele-
phone booth really sound proof a Ger
man inventor lines 1t with tin. It
seems that tiles of thii is in every way
81 distance all others in theft pr
ate gain since the 18th census W
:. taken.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-09-02
Indians Receive Cattle,

KLAMATH FALLS. Ore Three
cars containing 100 head OF shorthorn
and Hereford pure-bred bulls arrived
here from South Omaha for the Khan
ath Indians. These cattle we're pur-
chased in Nebraska by an agent of
the Government, and wsrs shipped
from South Omaha.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-09-02

The man who pauses In his honesty
wants little Of being q viuain.-Mar-
tyn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-26
CAN'T REFORM PARTY.
Osborne Declares Newspapers Will
Never Dictate to Democracy.

New York. Feb. 26-"No man and no
group of men can ever reform a politi-
cal party" is the declaration of Thos.
NJ. Osborne of Auburn. an upstate
New York Democrat of prominence in
state and national politics.
Were we SO idiotic,' continues Mr..
Osborne. in statement to the newly
formed Democratic League of New
York state" "as to attempt the task of
reforming a Democratic party accord
ing to newspaper formula We should
only have our labor for our pains. What
we can do, however. is to say to our
party associates. here is a group of
men who want better things and who
mean to have them.'"
The situation in the Republican party,
says Mr.. Osborne, is critical "but it will
not profit the Democrats unless they
show new purposes and new ambitions,
because, though the majority of voters
have lost faith in the Republican party,
they have also long ceased to have any
faith whatever in the Democratic party.
But the Republican organization %
he continued. sis tottering to it's fau.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-26
BREAKING UP DAY
Smithsonian African Sci ntific
Expedition Is Disbanding.
Roosevelt Hunting Party Will
Do More Shooting.
WILL START MONDAY
For Lake No on Lower Reaches
of the Nile.
A Dinner Will Be Given by
Governor of Mongolia.

Gondokoro, Sudan. on the Upper
Nile. Feb. 26.-This was breaking up
day for the Smithsonian African sci
entific expedition, all of the porters
and half of the servants returning to
Kampala and Nairobi. Colonel Roose-
velt and Kermit Roosevelt. who were
to return to Rejaf today. are expected
here on the Belgian steamer tomor-
row.
Colonel Roosevelt's hunting party
will leave again Monday for a shoot on
Lake No, a body of water on the
lower reaches of the Nile, which is so
overgrown with weeds that its exact
extent has never been determined.
During this excursion, the former
president will be entertained by the
governors of the Lado, Enclave and
Mongolia provinces. Plans are being
made to give him an enthusiastic re-
ception. Mongolia is being decorated
with flags which will be flying high
when the guest arrives. A dinner for
Mr.. Roosevelt's party will be given by
the governor of Mongolia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-26
ODD EXPERIMENTS.
Efforts to Obtain Results on Animal
Life of Darkness.

Hampstead, N. Y, Feb. 26.-To de-
termine the effect of darkness upon
various forms of animal life. DIR. A. M.
Banta of the Carnegie branch for ex-
perimental evolution, at Cold Spring
Harbor, L. l., has built a concrete cave
AZ feet long, ten feet wide and feet
high. 1t is equipped with tanks in
which live dshes of various kinds
have been placed, while crickets and
other insects are allotted compart-
ments that are dry but without a ray
of light.
other odd experiments have been in
progress at the experimental station
for several years past
One of the more interesting is to
breed a tailless cat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-26
1T IS NO JOKE.
Garven Says Beef Trust Indictment Is
the Real Thing.

New York, Feb. 26.-"I see that ac-
cording to dispatches from Chicago.
the packers there regard this prose-
cution as a joke" said Prosecutor
Garven of Hudson county, New Jersey
today, alluding to the indictments Of
the companies and individuals in the
alleged beef trust. found by the grand
jury in Jersey City yesterday.
well, they will find out before we
get through that this is a serious mat
ter and the laugh will be on the beef
barons and not on me-" continued
the prosecutor.
Mr.. Garven declared there would
be further evidence ready for submis-
sion to the grand jury when it meets
on Wednesday next. The machinery
of the prosecutors office is working
at full speed to expedite the legal
notification of the indicted men and
corporations and to bring the individ-
uals named to New Jersey for trial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-26
CLOSE MEAT MARKETS.
Nearly 200 Small Butcher Shops
Forced to Shut Up.

New York Feb. 26.-Nearly 200 butch
ers with little markets ON the east and
west sides of New York city have been
forced out of business during the last
three months by the high cost of meats,
according to a statement given out here
today by Charles Young, secretary Of
the retail butchers association.
"It is not the consumer or the big
butcher Or the packer who suffers from
high prices,'' said Mr.. Young, but the
little fellow with poor customers Many
more of these smaller merchants will
60 under as a result of the high prices.
1 expect that about five hundred of
them will be forced to close their shops
bY the beef trust
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-26
KILLED BORKS.
A Negro COnfesses to Numbering
the Family
Whose Bodies Were Found Near
Pittsburg Last Fall.
HAD AN ACCOMPLICE.
Secretly Tried and Sent to Pen.
itentiary for Life.
His Partner in Crime Is in Jail
at Ft. Scott.

PittsbIrg, Kan, Feb. 26.-Gus Thorn
as, alias Ed Young, negro aged 26
years, confessed at Girard, near here,
last night to the murder of William
Bork. a white farmer. the latter's wife
and child, and another negro. He was
arraigned secretly last night, pleaded
guilty, was sentenced to Imprisonment
for life and was taken to the peniten-
tiary at Lansing today. Thomas inn
plicated Ed Chailes. another negro, who
was arrested with him. Chailles was
hurried away to the Jail at Fort Scott,
Kan, for safe-keeping.
Besides the four murders, Thomas
confessed that he and Chailes had COM
m;tted numerous highway robberies.
Thomas and Chailes were arrested in
Girard last Thursday. but because of
the feeling aroused by the crimes with
which they were charged their arrest
was kept secret. The crimes were the
most brutal ever committed in this Sec
ton.
Bork apparently was killed first be-
fore he could leave the vehicle, having
been shot in the back. Then the child
was dispatched, evidently to prevent its
giving an alarm.
The woman was next attacked. She
was rendered unconscious by blow on
the head and then dragged to a near
by corn field. When the bodies were
found next day those of Bork and
wife were badly mutilated and there
were evidences that the couple had
made terrific fight for their lives. The
bodies had been robbed
Thomas alst confessed to the muir
der and robbery a year ago of James
White, a negro. at Dunkirk, a mining
camp, ten miles from here. After
shooting him Whites murderers cut
his throat, robbed the body and threw
it under the ice of a pond.
Thomas and Chailes were arrested
following a voluntary statement made
by Thomas's wife to the wife of an
attorney at Girard, that she believed
her husband guilty of some crime, as
she had washed blood stains from his
clothing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-26
IN RUSSIAN STYLE.
East Side RevoIutionists Open Court
With Afternoon Tea.

New York Feb. 26-Afternoon tea
in Russia style is a preliminary to the
opening of court each day in little
hall on New York's east side.
The court IL question is that estab-
lished by the committee of Russian
revolutionists who have in hand the
series of secret trials of men suspect
ed of treachery to the cause.
At the daily hearings the accused
man on entering is greeted cordially
by the committee of judges and is in
vited to join them in their cup of tea
Consideration and Difference is the at
titude of both parties while this cere-
mony is being concluded. The sam
ovar emptied. the committee turns to
it's grilling to establish whether the
accused man IS to be held in continued
confidence or sent forth branded as a
betrayer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-26
IT IS GROWING COLDER.
February While Peculiar Month Has
Not Broken Records.

While it has been an unusual month
in many respects February has broken
no records unless it be in the number
of cold waves recorded Four of them
have swept down upon Kansas during
the last three and a half weeks. No
record is kept of the number of cold
waves that have visited Topeka in the
past and the old timer can tell his un-
truthful tale without fear of contra
diction so far as the weather records
for the Topeka office are concerned.
Another distinctive feature of Feb
ruar- weather is that it vindicated the
weather man in his statement earlier
that there was nothing in the ground
hog tale. Early this month a state
ment was given out at the local wealth
er office that the ground hog knew no
more about weather than anyone else.
The ground hog did not see his shadow
and therefore his guess was that
warmer weather was coming. A Feb
ruary colder than the average follow
ed. And there is still room for an
other cold wave.
The month now closing was five
degrees colder than the average Feb
ruary. 1t was dryer than the aver
age February only .S6 inches of pre-
cipitation being recorded. The tenn
perature was high, but not abnormal
ly so, the maximum being "a de-
gress recorded on the 14th instant.
The coolest weather of the month
came on the 23rd inst. when the
mercury registered 2 degrees below;
A inches of snow fell. This is light
fall for the month but breaks no rec
ords The wind was high, averaging
II miles an hour, but last year it was
13 miles an hour and no record was
broken. The month of February was
lust nasty, mean, disagreeable
month as far as weather is concern
ed and that is about all that can be
said for it.
At noon today it was getting colder
rapidly and a temperature of freezing
was predicted by dark. A hard freeze
tonight with a fair day tomorrow and
temperatures about the same as today
was the weather mans statement at 2
o'clock The wind was blowing 20
miles an hour from the northwest The
highest temperature of the past "a hours
occurred at 2 o'clock this morning when
the mercury stopped at the AZ degree
mark Following are the hourly tenn
nda
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-26

sible hereafter the utilization of the
natural resources and the natural ad-
vantages for the benefit of all the peo
pie instead merely for the profit of a
few.
when this story has been told, and
the witnesses whom 1 shall ask you to
call have been heard. you will realize
that the interests of the people are not
safe in Mr.. Ballinger'S hands and that
the country will demand of this COM
mittee a verdict in harmony with the
general conviction that the secretary
of the interior has beer. unfaithful both
to the public. whose property he has
endangered, and to the president, whom
he has deceived"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-26
TRY A new PLAN.
Church Women Have Made Some Dis
closures ON License Petitions.

Salem, N. J., Feb. 26.-Church women
of this town who have been waging an
ineffective war for several years
against the granting of saloon licenses,
have adopted a novel plan in their cam
paign this year. They have dug up
from the files of the county clerks Of
flee lists of those who last year signed
the petitions which the law requires of
applicants for licenses and are publish
ing these names in the advertising COL
umns of the newspapers. Among the
long list of names they have made sew
eral interesting finds, they announce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-26

balloon race Of 1909.
The trophy will arrive here shortly
from Switzerland. The official reward
removes all obstacles to holding the
1910 contest IN this country, and an
nouncement of the place and date for
the event will be made here next Tues
day. st. Louis, Denver, Kansas City,
Omaha and Indianapolis are all can
didates for the meeting Three Ameri-
can pilots will be selected to defend
the cup. The European entries in
clude three Frenchmen, three Ger
mans, two Italians, one Dane, one
Englishman and two Swiss experts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-26
TWO DEAD FROM COLD.
Milk Dealer and Ex-Prisoner Perish in
Maine Blizzard.

Portland, Ne. Feb. 26.-The ex-
treme cold weather of the past few
days has caused two deaths in this
part of Maine. Frank A. Burnham, a
milk dealer of Scarboro- became ex-
hausted while walking home and. stop
ping to rest. was frozen to death be-
side the road
John McDermott of Lewiston, just
released from the county Jail at Au-
burn, was found today dead from ex-
posure on the road between the Jail
and the town of West Oxford.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-26
SOLD TO THE STANDARD
Large Oil Interests in Oklahoma
Change Hands.

Pittsburg, Feb. 26-Jennings Brothers
and the Kanawha Oil company have
sold oil interests in Oklahoma to the
Prairie Oil company a subsidiary of
the Standard Oil company. The con-
sideration was $2.O00,000 and includes
the leases on 14,000 acres on which there
are Ala oil and gas wells, the former
producing $500 barrels a day
]. c. Jennings and James z. O'Neil
of Independence. Kan, vice president
and general manager of the Prairie Oil
company, cOnSummated the deal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-26
ACROSS THE DIVIDE.
Weston Has Averaged 40 Miles Day
Since Starting.

Albuquerque, n. NJ, Feb. 26.-With
a scheduled walk of SO miles before
him today, Edward Payson Weston left
McCartys, N. NJ, early this morning.
1t is his intention to stop at Rio Puerco
tonight
Tomorrow. Sunday, the veteran will
walk 21 miles to Is1eta and spend the
day with the Pueblo Indians. He will
reach Albuquerque Monday
To date Weston has averaged forty
miles daily and the long climb of the
continental divide is now behind him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-26
MELODY WINS BOUT.
Honey Gets Verdict in Fast Twelve
Round Mill.

Brockton. Mass, Feb. 26.-Honey
Melody won from Young Jack John
son in a fast IL round bout before the
Union Athletic club. Johnson had but
two days notice to prepare for the con-
test. and taking this into consideration.
he put up a good fight, and had Melody
going in the eighth round After the
eighth Melody had johnson on the de-
fenSiVe,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-26
THEY'LL FEEL ROPE.
Three Sentenced to Death by Russian
Court Martial.

Kursk. Russia. Feb. Pa timber
merchant named Levisky and two peas
ants of this province. have been con-
demned to death by the military court
for arson, committed merely to make
a market for Levisky's building timber
Testimony introduced showed that
Levisky's terms We're 81 for every peas
ants house fired and that the peasants
had applied the torch to ten houses
filled with sleeping peasants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-26
LOST TUG NINA.
Hopes of News of Missing Boat
Abandoned.

New York. Feb. 26.-Annuities for the
families of Uncle Sans sailors who
perished in the lost naval tug Nina
have been voted by the Navy League
of America. This action, taken at a
special meeting held at the Leagues
headquarters in the Brooklyn navy
yard indicates that the last hopes of
news from the missing boat has been
abandoned by navy men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-26
IN HOUSEHOLD ARTS.
Walters Will Receive Benefit of Tech
nicaI Education.

New York. Feb. 26.-Waiters and
mattresses are now to receive the ben
efits of a technical education. The
school of household arts. part of the
teachers college of Columbia univer-
sity, announces a course of instruction
in table service. the care of the din
ing room and table equipment and af-
ternoon tea service
The optimist who will conduct the
course believes that all this can be
taught in ten lessons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-26
KEPT OPEN AT NIGHT.
Marriage License Bureau Waits for
Belmont and Miss Robson.

New York, Feb. 26.-The marriage
license bureau in the city hall was kept
open after hours last night for the
issuance of marriage license to Au-
gust Belmont and Eleanor Robson, the
actress, whose engagement was recent
ly announced. Mr.. Belmont made the
arrangement by telephone. In the ap-
plication for he license Mr.. Belmont
gave his age as 81 years, while Miss
Robson's age was given as 81.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-26
CALHOUN BANQUETED.
Chinese Merchants and Students Honor
Minister to China.

Chicago, Feb. 26.-Chinese mer-
chants and Chinese students of the
University of Chicago Joined last night
in honoring VIM. J. Calhoun, the re-
Gently appointed minister to China, at
a banquet given in a State street
Chinese restaurant The place was
decorated with Chinese and United
States flags and Chinese lanterns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-26
PRIZE GOES TO MIX.
Receives Official Notice of Victory in
Balloon Race.

New York. Feb. 26.-After a delay
of more than two months Courtlandt
Field Bishop. president of the Aero
Club of America, has received official
word for the Aero Club of Switzerland
and from the International Aeronautic
Federation awarding to Edward w.
Mix the victory in the international