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(Emis Mmm Sunday Edition USE TIMES WANT ADS e Member of Associated Press. vol. 1 THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIEED, OREGON, SUNDAY, MA 5, 1007. No. 200 mm MEXICO MAY HAVE A WAR Guatemala Refuses to Deliver Up Prisoners and Diplomatic Relations Between the Countries Will Likely Be Severed. Mexico City, May 4. Guatemala lias refused to comply with the re quest of the Mexican government that General Limn, ana Colonel Bore, charged with complicity in the assassination of General Barillas, bo ex tradited. The cabinet is now in session and It is suid the ministers aro debating the advisability of immediately -severing diplomatic relations with Guatemala. TENNIS CLUB GIVES DANCE Last of the Season and is An Elaborate Social Affair. HALL DECORATED Large Number of Guests Who Enjoy Excellent Music and Dancing. The Tennis club ball given last evening was probably the event of the season from a social standpoint, and was undoubtedly a grand success in every particular. The attendance for the evening was large. The mu sic was furnished by the Irish or chestra of five pieces. This ball marks the close of the social season In Marshfleld, and soon the majority of the social leaders will be out of the city for the summer, enjoying their vacation. Beautiful Decoration The hall was decorated in a most charming manner; even surpassing In appearance on the occasion of the ball given by the club some w-eeks ago. The walls were tastily decorat ed with evergreens and Ivy, while along the edge of the balcony ivy was'used abundantly and so arranged In clusters to attract the eye favor ably. The lights along the lower edge of the balcony were all covered with various colored Japanese lant erns as were also the celling lights, not an unshaded light being visible. The soft glow obtained added ma terially to the grandeur of the room and showed off to good advantage the beautiful costumes of the ladles. Hanging between each of the lights along the balcony was an lvy-twlned basket filled with rhododendums. At either end of the hall an Indian canoe was hung, which added much to the embellishment of the room. Pennants of all colors and descrip tions were nicely arranged along the walls above the gallery and across the room, from gallery to gallery, were hung several tennis and fish nets from which a number of prettily colored Japanese lanterns were sus pended. The stage was hidden from view with a profusion of green, and the background of the stage was also green. The frappe was served from a little booth in one corner of the room. This was popular through out the evening. A couple of cozy corners were also arranged and proved attractive as well as popular. HAVE SODA FOUNTAIN. Blanco Cigar Store Makes Improve ment in the Place, The Blanco cigar store has made an Improvement by the addition of a soda fountain. A great deal of call has been made for soda water drinks, and It was thought necessary to in stall a soda fountain for the summer trade. All kinds of ice cream and soda water dvinks will bo served at the store during the summer months. s Many Chinooks and Silversides Have Been Liberated During Past Few Months. NOTHING FROM COOS Or the CoquillqRiyer Hatcheries Has Been Reported to the Mas ter Warden. H. G. Van Dusen, the master fish warden, has made his report for the month of March. He states that since he was provided with a fund permitting the purchase of two gaso line boats for patrol service he has been enabled to take very good care of tho spring closed season period on the Columbia river and its tribu taries. Statements are given regarding the various fish hatcheries. On tho Ump qua river the last fry were liberated January G, and the station closed down for the season. Tho result of the season's work shows that 5,026, 000 Chinook eggs were taken; 340, 000 eggs and young fry were lost during the Incubation and young fry period, and that 4,685,900 fry were liberated In the Umpqua river in tho immediate vicinity of the hatchery during December and January. At the Tillamook station the lib eration of Chinook fry began Febru ary 12 and Sllverside fry March 8, Reports show that 312,700 Chinook and 2,250,000 Silversides were turned out. At the Sluslaw 608,949 Chinook and 60,000 Silversides were liber ated. No reports have been received by tho master flsh warden from the Coos river or the Coquille river hatcheries. TELEPHONE STRIKE IS STILL UNSETTLED San Francisco People Aro Suffering - Because 01 Crippled Tele phono Service. San Francisco, May 4. There Is little change in the telephone strike today. The company had a few more operatives at work, but the ser vice Is badly crippled. Tonight the cables containing all the wires run ning Into the "west" exchange were cut on one of the poles, and until re paired this leaves a large part of the city entirely without telephone con nections. . MAJOR FOUND GUILTY. Belmont Set Back in the Ranks of Promotion. New York, May 4. Tho Tribune tomorrow will say Major Francis P. Belmont, of tho Fifth infantry, who was tried before a court martial, has been found guilty of seven of the twelve counts. The court sentenced him to lose stfty files in military rank in the list of majors. 1 BY FISH WARDEN CARMEN WILL CO ON STRIKE Situation at San Francisco is Hope less and no Settlement -Is Reached ' HOLD MASS MEETING In the Night and Employes Probably Decide to Quit Work. Will San Francisco, May 4. Mayor Schmltz this afternoon made a last futile effort to bring President Cal houn of the United Railroads and the executive committee of tho car men together In a compromise that might avert the tleup of the street railway of the city. The conference was productive of no results. The situation Is now declared to be Hopei, less, and It Is feared the carmen will vote to strike when they gather In a mass meeting at 1 o'clock tonight. BASEBAIili SCORES. Pacific Const League. San Francisco, May 4. -San Francisco, 7; Portland, 1. Los Angeles, May 4. Los Angeles, 6; Oakland, 3. Northwest League. Seattle, May 4. Seattle, 9; Spokane, 8. Vancouver, B. C, May 4. Butte, 5; Vancouver, 3. BURLINGTON FAST TRAIN IS WRECKED Fireman Killed and Twenty-five Pas sengers Aro Injured, Many Seriously. Butte, May 4. A Miner special from Manhattan says a fireman was Instantly killed in a wreck of tho west bound flyer on the Burlington just east of Manhattan, Mantana, this evening, and twenty-five passengers sustained Injuries, many serious and one fatal. The train ran down a handcar. The Burlington train was traveling in two sections, which was apparently unknown to tho section men, who were pumping their car leisurely along when tho second sec tion crashed Into it. ARRANGE FOR MEETINGS. Christian Church Members Will Send for Evangelist. The members of the Christian church will meet this morning at 11 o'clock In the city hall. At this meet ing a decisive step will be taken in regard to the protracted meetings to be held here In the near future. Sev eral evangelists may be secured to come here, but no definite action will bo taken until the meeting today. The contemplated church which will be started this summer will become a subject of general interest among the members of the church as soon as the evengelist meetings are fin ished. CHICAGO OFFICIALS ARE INDICTED Grand Jury Gets After Former Chief of Police and Other Ofiicers. Chicago, May 4. The gvond jury today returned four joint Indictments against Former Chief of Police Col lins and against other police and city officials in connection with corrup tion In the police department. The action follows the allegation that the police force has been used during the recent campaign to further the Inter ests of Former Mayor Dunne. Those Indicted are Collins, W. L. Connell, former commissioner of public works, and chairman of the democratic city committee; Edmund H. Roche, city purchasing agent; Frank D. Comer ford, former pollco attorney, and De tectives McGrath and McNulty. MAYOR LANE RENOMINATED Democrats at Portland Put Him Up Fer Mayor and Republicans Name Devlin. LARGE MAJORITIES Arc Given the Candidates by Their Respective Parties in the Nomination. Portland, Ore., May 4. Mayor Harry Lane, democrat, was today re nominated, and Thomas A. Devlin, republican,- and the present city auditor, was nominator for mayor by their respective parties. Both mfeh wero selected oy handsome ma joritles. CAR OF POTATOES COSIES. Fj S. Dow Received a Big Shipment - -From Minnesota. F. S. Dow will receive a car of po tatoes on the next trip of the M. F. Plant. They were shipped from Min nesota, it is tne plan to snip in a car of potatoes from Minnesota each trip of the Plant. A strange feature of the shipping of potatoes to this port Is that the Plant took a car load of Bpuds out on the last trip and had over 1,000 sacks the trip before. These spuds are being Bold on tho San Francisco market. The shipped in potatoes are a half cent cheaper than the local product. INTERSCHOLISTIC MEET IS HELD Pendleton Student Wins tho Indi vidual Championship in the Athletic Contest. Walla Walla, Wash., May 4. In tho finals of the trl-stato lnterscho lastic track meet, In which seventeen high schools and academies of Ore gon, Washington and Idaho partici pated, Oakdale carried away the hon ors with 29 points; Pendleton second, with 23 points; Baker City third, 21 points; Spokane' fourth, 15 points; and Lewlston fifth, with 14 points. Jay, of Pendleton, won the Individual championship with 19 points; Knapp, of Oakdale, second, 18. Chester Maxey, of Ellensburg. won the declamation contest, with May Cronln, of Spokand; second, and Mary Aldrich, of Waltsburg, third. JURY AT BOISE WILL KEEP HOUSE .Boise, Idaho, May 4. The Jury which Is to try Haywood, the first of the accused In the Steunenberg case, will keep house during the trial. The Idaho law Is very emphatic that juries In such cases be kept in se clusion from public contact. Sheriff Hodgln has hired a house for them within 300 feet of the court room. An official cook has been retained, and arrangements made with local stores for a good and varied supply of foods. Two bailiffs will guard the Jury night and day. Tho house' will be kept constantly watched. Tho court room has been partly recon structed to increase tho seating ca pacity. Special arrangements have been made for newspaper correspond ents and artists. RAILROAD COMMITTEE. James H. Flanagan is a member of tho committee of five to confer with the other cities Interested re garding tho electric lino from Rose burg to Coos Bay. His name was accidentally left out when the list of members was given. DISCOVER A MINE, Guatemala City, May 4. Another mine containing fifty pounds of dy namlto was discovered yesterday on Seventh avenue in front of a build ing not far from the residence of. President Cabrera. CREAMERY AT COQUILLE DISTR0YED BY FIRE Plant was a Large One and Loss Building Is Burned to the Ground. Myrtle Point, Coquille, Bandon and Intervening towns are confronted by an Ice famine as the result of tho fire which totally destroyed the Dav enport & Levene creamery and arti ficial Ice and cold storage plant at Coquille about 3 o'clock Saturday morning. Already the first effects of tho shortage are being felt. The origin of the conflagration, which reduced to ashes nnd warped iron tho ?8,600 establishment, is ap parently an impenetrable mystery. An explosion which Jarred the whole town and awakened people within a radius of five miles, was tho signal that brought out willing citizens, who found themselves powerless to stay the progress of the flames. S. M. Nosier, manager of the Co quille Steam Laundry, was one of the flrst to hear tho explosion. Mr. Nos ier lives In the second floor of the building that houses tho laundry, which Is but a few hundred feet from the creamery. He was awakened by" the explosion about 3 o'clock, and the lurid reflection from the flames aroused him to a full realization of impending danger. He sprang out of bed and rushed to the fire station, but some one had anticipated him, and no sooner had he gained the street than the Are bell sounded. Coquille's fire equipment consists of a hook and ladder truck and a hose reel. As tho fire was 1,000 feet away from tho nearest hydrant nnd there was but 600 feet of available hose, It was Impossible to utilize the water. J. E. Porrott, foreman of the Coquille volunteer fire department, was on tho scene Immediately, but the volunteers were rendered help less by lack of water. Closo watch was kept on the railroad station, the only building In possible danger, and some boats and a gasoline launch which wero moored to tho dock were moved. Though the source of the fire Is unknown, It is tho supposition that tho fire was caused by tho intense heat which the ammonia tank, used In the process of making artificial Ice, was subjected to. There was no night watchman at the plant, and the fires had been banked tho previous night. Tho artificial Ice plant had a ca pacity of five tons of'lce a day, and T UP FOR HEARING Man Charged With Trying to Bribe Juror at Boise is Meld. BAIL FIXED AT $500 Must Answer the Charge hi the Dis trict Court of Ada County, Idaho. Boise, Idaho, May 4. W. N. Yost, charged with an attempt to corruptly influence J. L. Waggoner, one of tho jurors who will bo subject to service In tho Steunenberg cases, was to night held in ball or $600 to tho dis trict court of Ada county. Tho pre liminary examination was held in a Justico's court and attracted very little attention. Waggoner testified today that on April 4, while ho was serving as a Juror in tho murder case, that Yost approached him and offered him $20 to poll the White Cross pre cinct as to the attltudo on Mayor. Yost further stated, according to Waggoner, that tho men on trial for the murder of Stounenberg wero be ing railroaded through to the gal lows. Waggoner refused to take the monoy, stating to Yost that ho was on the jury at that time and had only been excused for one day, and that ho Is Big was the main plant of It's kind on tho Coquille river, supplying practically all tho demand. There wero three milk vats, with a capacity each ot 250 gallons. There was one turbine separator which could handle 1,000 pounds of butter fat an hour. The butter cut tor had 300 squares. The can used for the purpose of starting the" pro cess of making butter had a capacity of thirty gallons. At the time of tho flro the Ice plant was running to full capacity, and an average of 1,000 pounds of pasteurized butter were being put out dally. Tho absence of tho creamery and cold storage plant will not bo seriously felt, as there are two others on tho Coquille river, tho Fred B. Halght creamery and artificial ico plant, the capacity of which is but two. tons of ice daily, and tho Fred Hlllner creamery, about a half mllo south ot Coquille. There was ?4,600 insurance on tho establishment, taaking tho total loss to the owners ?4,000. The building waB constructed and equipped In 1903, and shortly after was leased to J. N. Jacobson. who has been in charge since that time. J. W. Le vene and J. A. Davenport wero tho sole owners. Mr. Levene states that the plant paid about twenty-five per cent on the Investment In 1906. It has not yet been decided whether to rebuild. The complete equipment of the plant was as follows: Two milk testers and apparatus, one 600-pound Simplex churn, one five-ton artificial Ice machine, one flfteon-horse power boiler, forty-two Ice cans nnd tank for making Ice, four cold storage rooms, nnd two Ice machines with a capacity of two tons ench per day. It Is thought that Coqulllo, Myrtlo Point, Bandon nnd Intervening places will have to depend In a largo measure on Coos Bay Tor ico. It is not believed that tho plant on tho bay will be able to meet tho Increased domand, as the local trade In tho summer is almost equal to the out put. Tho firo Saturday morning was tho flrst of consequenco in Coquille since tho big one In tho year 1892, which entirely devastated tho business dis trict of Coquille. wns very busy on his farm and could not spare the time. Waggoner said ho told Yost that ho (Waggoner) was no friend of Gooding's or of the state administration, and according to tho testimony given ho gave as his reason for not undertaking the work, hla lack of time. Waggoner also testi fied that he himself did not know positively at that tlmo that ho would likely bo one of tho jurors In tho Haywood caso, and had no reason to believe that Yost know that ho would be. Attorney Nugent, one of tho Haywood, Moyer and Pcttlbono coun sel, represented Yost, and moved that ho bo discharged for lack of evidence. This was opposed by tho prosecution and rofused by tho Jus tice. Yesterday was tho first day tnls season that strawberries wero seen on the local market. While they aro nlco nnd aro liked by almost every one, nt the present time they aro so exponslvo as to bo a luxury only for a fow. WEATHER FORECAST. Tho weather forecast for to day follows; Oregon, Idaho and eastern Washington, fair except showers near tho north coast. LOCAL WEATHER. Tho local weather for yester day, as reported by Dr. Mingus, tho Marshlleld observer, fol lows: Highest ..... .57 degrees Lowest fSO degrees O p. in 51 degrees Wind in northwest. Cloudy.