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Three Sections Tlli: TIMJ5H fOUNDMD 1SSO. TIIK Dlsi'ATcii FOUND13D 1R50. 8w ffltous? Exposition Edition WHOLE NTTMBEK HM& RICHMOND, VA,., SATURDAY, APim, 27, KX)?. FORTY-EIGHT PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS. MOST IMPOSING CEREMONIAL IN AMERICAN HISTORY MARKS THE CELEBRATION OF THE NATIONS THREE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY AND THE BRILLIANT OPENING OF THE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I'ARADK Hl-;i.\e; RBVIB-WBD BY PltESIDENT. Tlila pnrnilc ????? ?nr ?f Ihe nolalilc features ?f tbe opentng dny of tho expoaltlon, i Women In Serious Danger Of Being Trampled Upon President Roosevelt Averts This by Ap pealing to Men as Virginians to Protect the Weak. CAVALRY AND INFANTRY RELIEVE THE PRESSURE By Skillful Movements the Crush From the Out" skirts is Stopped, and No More Trouble Oc curs?-Mr. Roosevelt's Views . on Important Subjects. IJV ALLEN POTTS. JAMESTOWN" EXPOSITION GROUNDS, April 26.?"Old Virginia ealutes von!'' was the welcome extended to President Roosevelt this morn? ing at 11 o'clock liy President Tueker as the chief executive laaded at the government pier. The day broke witli typical Roosevelt weather, bright smishine over Ii'ead and a pleasant brecze making the Exposition Grounds as attractlve ns the country iu May. Crowds began to swarrn'as early as 7 and 8 o'clock, nnd there wero possibly not less than 100,000 people withln the ihclosuro when'tlie battory of the Third'United States Artillery, in coinmand of Major Horn, fired the saluto of twenly-one guns that announced the arrival of tlie Prosident. When day broke this morning the view in Hampton Roads ou the Exposition Grounds was possibly the most remarkable one of its kind this country has ever seen. Not less than sixty warships belonging to Uncle Snm, Great Britain, Germany, Austria, Argentine, Chile, Mexico and Uruguay, formed two great lines, reach ing from Fort Monroo at one end to tho mouth of Norfolk harbor nt the other. The brilliant white of tho Unlted States warships, with their yellow tunnels', showed in sharp con? trast to tlie iighting gray of England's squadron and the hulls of the other fighting machines. Crafl. of every doscription swarmed among the line of battle-ships? gteamers, tugs, yachts and sailing yessels ran \\p and down thc line, look? ing like pigmies corripared with the monster war vossels. WHOLE KI/KET FIUKS NATIONAL SALUT.E. At S o'clock Secretary Metcalf, on board tho yacht Dolphin, came into tho roads, and the guns of tho American and foreign vessels broke into a loud greeting. A littlo later Governor Warneld, of Maryland, on board the yacht. Coiurabla, stqamed down tho line and received tho executive salute ol nineteen guns. Later still tho wholo fleet. eohoed with round after round of salules, whon the President. passed down tho review line on board tho Mayflower, and iinally the wholo fleot flied SOO guns in honor of the ibree-liundredth blrthday of, tho nation. At. 0:30 o'clock Prosident Roosovelt. received the eonunanding offieer? of tho foreign warships on board hls yacht, which had dropped anchor mid wny down tho line, and next the nnchorago of the giaflt gray cruiser Good Hopo, AdmlraL Nevllle's flagshtp, commandlng the British squadron. During the eeremonlos the crowd on shore had largoly increased, thou ?ands coming iu by every kind of transportation. Boat loads of people Burgod through tha gates, and those at tho railway station and electric car llnes fought to gain entranco into the grounds. Women and children fnlnted in the struggle, and mnny accidents wero occasloned on account of the crush, Tho day, of courso, began offlclally with the landing of tho President lor not untll ho had reached tho shore and had been driven between llnot of Infantry rogulars lo Lee's Parado Grounds and had pressed thoro a gold button, was tho cxposition officiully opened, rilKSlDEXT APPLAUDS "GAKHY 0.'? Having reached tho stand on Loe's Parado Grounds the ceromonies ol tlio day woro begun by prayer by Right Rov. Arthur McGill Randolph, I'.lshop of Southern Virginia. Mr. Tueker thon dolivered an eloquont address doaling with the plan and scopo of the exposition, and doscribing the reasor of its bolng hold. Tlio romark that callod forth most vigorous applauso wk that wklch, stated that had it not been for President Roosevelt tho expoai ? tlon could nover havo taken placo, and that it waa duo to hiB assistamcc and cc/iiiisol that it has reuchod sucli a sueccs'aful oponlng. Followlng Mr /^??^.^ -_T.. .\(.C.ofltiauJaa -ou-. Sacoudjp^ge.j^' ? '*-* c'v"^'^ SrBAKER CAX.VON AND SECIIETAHY TAFT. Thc IntcrrstiiiK plcturos on thln and sueoee<UnB paccs, Uiustrntlng <he opening of thc cxposition, were inken, efl'necluily for The Timcs-Dianntcb hy tlie Janicfttovrn Ofllciul rotograph Coiniiniiy. VISIT TO RICHMOND , PLEKHTEST OF ALL J'rcsident Roosevelt Tclls Licu tenanl-Govcrnor Ellyson Rccol lcctions of Visit Delightfuli [Special From a StalT Correspondent.] JAMESTOWN KXP0S1T1ON, VA., April 26.?Prosidont Roosovelt has not forgotten hls visit to Kichmond, paid ab?ut clghtecri months ago, for in a. eonversatlon 'tn-ritiy witli Lleutenant Govcrnor J", Taylor Ellyson, ho took occasion to speak of tho estoom ln which lio holds tho pooplo of Rich? mond. lt was at tho presldentlal luncheon, hold ln the Adnilnlstration Building, and tho Prosidont had been discusslng "tho beauties of Leo Parado. lie snid: "I am very much dcllghtcd wlth everytlilUB 1 have seen, nnd wlth my very oortllal reeeptiim heret liut 1 want to tell you, Governor Blly nou, that tlie moHt ilcliKlitful recol? lectlon I hnve of nny visit I luivc ever paid ls of the one spent in iho hospf tiililc clty of Iticlunoud." Secretary Cortelyou sald to-day to tho reprosentntlvo of Tho Tlmes-Dls? patch: "1 nm astonlshcd thnt so much has beon dono horo undor auch ndverso circumBtancps, and I co'ngratulato the exposltion oflicials upon their aceom plishmcnt." Notable Gathering of Prominent Men. At tho Exposltion Grounds to-day, besldo tho Prosidont anil tha mombors . of hls Cablnot and tho rnnkJn* olfi I cers of tho army and navy, woro 160 mombors oC tlio diploniatlo corps, rep rosentlng' thlrty.-soyen countrles, twen? ty Governors of Statos, wlth 300 col? onels in tholr train; 100 mombors of Unlted Hthtos Sonnto and Congress, 200 Stato commisslon'ors, G,000 soldlers, i,r,00 sailors, twonty dologatos from hlstorical soeietlos, and 16b newspaper roprosantatives, lt ls romarkablo that tho groutost gnthering ot modern war-shlps whlch tho world has over suon should havo taken plnco to-duy ln tho very watora Jiiuiia nMinornblo by tho battlo between '*_..... ^QhUnupii'pn^hjra^agfctf.._*_. CUT THROAT, THEN J. R. Bush Found Dead After Long Search by llis Kelatives. [Special to Tho Times-Dispatch.] TOANO. VA., Aprll 2tf.?J. R. Bush, ono of thc most prominent men of the Penlnsula, commltted sulcido this morning by first cutting his tliroat and afterwards shootlng hlmself. Alr. Bush liad been suffering from nervous prostratlon for several weeks, und his family thought ho was some better yosterday. Whon hls nephew went to hls room this morning to givo him a toddy ho found it vacant, and at onco wont in search oe hlm. Not llndlng hlm ln tho houso or around tho placo, ho becamo alannod and notified tho nelghbors, wlio soarehod thc woods all day. Tho body was found thls afternoon about one mile from hls home. He was lylng on hls faco with a small gash on tho right slde of hls throat and a ropo tied around hls nock. Hls knife was found in his poekot bloody, showlng that ho hnd attempted to commlt sul? cldo by cutting hls throat. lio wrote. a note and plnrie'd It on a troo a fow yards from where hls body wns found, saying: "I dlo to-night. Bury mo whore I lio. My people, rolativcs and friends, none better; I love you." Mr. Bush was of one of tho best fnm llioa ln Vlrglnia, being related to some of the best peoplo of the State. He waB slxty-two years old nnd "a bachMor. Ho leaves ono brother, who is n proinl nont lawyer ln Blrmlngham, Ala., and ono sistor. Lynchburg Liquor Fight. lynchburg; va. Aprii Ni.-^jiuigo Alden, of Danvllle. sittlng ln tho Cor? poratlon Court. ,ls. hearlng tho con tosted applicatlons of four retail liquor liconses on the four corners of tho lntorsootlon of Twolfih and Maln Stroets, Tho ovldonco of tho potltlon ers was heard to-day, many wltncsscis bolng hoarcl. Tho contestants will bo hoarj to-morrow morning. Tho con? test Is nttractlng great laterest, nnd lt ls bollovod if the llcensns mm grant? ed that lt will meafcB^ocaVppticuL.fllp.tfr . U_atJioj.eiuho.i',Uy.,'. -- >? ---??>??-. General Approyal Expressed and All rieascd Witli Tromisc of Great Show. | Speclal From a Staff Correspondenl.] JAMKSTOWN EXPOSITION, Aprll 26. ?All Riehnionel Avas at tho exposltlon to-day.' So, at lonst, it would' seem from a walk through t: p grounds, when familiar faoos wero. found on ovory hand. Ijargo crowds patronlzpd tho exonrslons over tho Norfolk and Western and tho ChosaVoako and Ohio, tho latter \road carrying two long tralns woll filled wlth Uieliiuondor.c Qiilto a lurgo numbor hatl mado nr rangpmpnts for belng on tho ground in good tlnio. and wont down Thnrs I day, either by train or by tlio nlght j bont. \ Tho excursions wore admirauly han j dled In nearly ovory part ieul.ir. tho I tralns leavlng promptly on schedulo timo and maklng a. good, cloar run wlthout" imnecesBary dej(iy, Tho only sorlous hltcli ln thn arrajigevnents l'or tho comfort of thn Rlchmonders oc , curred on tho Chesaponko aud Ohlo trlp after tho arrlval at Nowport Nows. A well-nrrnnged and swlft passenger forry wns Ih walting for tho crowd, tho bont belng a doitble-ender, somc what after the Now York Clty typo. Curlously enough, however, only a sln glo gang-plank wns put over tho sldo. nnd tho paysongors wero made to pasj ln slnglo (ilo and show tickets. There was oonsoQuantly cohsCderable delay ln gettlng tho largo nunibei*. of peoplo. ou boarcl, and still greater dolrty lu un loadltig at tho Plne Beach plor, General Approvnl. The government plai- ut Jamostown j aro not yot completotl, uud from their j appoaraiifo will bo tho last thlng iln? Isliotl ou tho grounds. Meanwhilu tho stoaiucirs nro bollig lautlod. at lhe Plne. Beach plor, about iU'ieeu iulnuten' walk from thu oxpcuililou gutoti. No urruligo ments apparently wciro nmclo for our sorvleo along* thls wuy, although thuru WftB a dimblo-track* trolley llno, Anotlier eongeatlon of thu ero wd , iCoatiaRoU^flaSos.*ipriii Va&ojij TlIB IMtKSIDRXT AHOVT TO nilGI.V HIS SPI415CII. Thc I?resl"cnt'H little *on, Kcrmlt, >vlll bc reeoRnUcd to the, rljrht ot Mt. IlooscvcK. President Presses Gold Button A nd Opens Exposition Exercises Held in Presence of Tens of Thousands?All Nations of World Represented. GREAT NAVAL REVIEW FEATURE OF PROGRAM President Took Great Interest inThis Event; Fleets of All Nations Greet Him With Roar of Cannon; Reception Dinncr to Executive Close Eventful Day, BY* WALTER EDWARD HAItElS. JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION GROUNDS, April JC.?Tho ceJcbratioa to-day of the three-hundredth anniversary of the founding of Anglo-Saxon bupremacy iu America must stand as being tho most. impresslve ceremonlal event in our history thus far. The President of the Unlted States, hla Cabinet, representatlves of all tho great powers al. Washington, detacli ments of the threo branches of tho military service and tho most powerful (feet ever assomblod in American history, all wore united In the ceremoi nies to-day, combining to create ono of tho most mtigiiificent spectaclea over prcsentcd. No exposiiion was over opened witli such impresslve eere'vioiiies; none ever threw open its gaios upon such a meiuorable anniversary, and nona ever had such a niagniticeiu sotting for tho spectacle provided. Thousanda of flags of all nations flying in the balmy bree/.e of spring, gave color to ilic scone; booming cannon, crnshlng music, the martial array of marching toldiery, the I'ar-flung line of.soa-lighters of many nations nnchored on tha placid waters of Hampton Roads, gleaming silver in tho April sunshine?? ui! theso wero worked into a spectacle of unapproachable magnlflcence, and one which must have improssed the meauest of the tons of thousands oi beholders. It was such a spectacle as has not. boen witnessed beforo and will hardly be seen again for years to come. It was a day whicli mado a most profound impression upon President Roosevelt, as he frequently remarked, and as ho rests to-night aboard Ma yitcht on tlie waters of tho Jamos on hls way to visit the ruins of James? town aud tho colonial homos along the banks of tho historic stream, ha drearns, perchanco, of tho wondert'ul plcturo of to-day, ono in which ho wus a central flgure. THUXDER OE GUXS GREETS THE PRESIDENT. The President. and his party, aboard thc Mayflower. arrived In Hampton Roads before 7 o'clock thls morning. Tho arrival of the presidentlal vessel was marked by a salute of twenty-one guns from lhe Connecticut, the flag ship of Rear Admlral Rohtey D. Evans, in command-of tho squadron anch r-ied in tho roads, from a point opposite Fort Monroo, for two milea or more up towards Newport. Nows. The batteries at the fort echoed, the saluto from rhe flagship as the Mayflower came to a halt. The vesstda were formed ln a triangle, tho two bascs resting to tho north opposite the fort, the apex two milos up the river. Tho forelgn vessels?the German, Kritish, tho Austrlan uud tho Argentlne craft-r-were glvcu posts of honor insldo the llnes. There was a short wah of probably loss than an hour, and then the Mayflower proceeded at two-thirds speed up tlus line between tho columnt lo the south'ward, lt was a beautiful and Insplrlng slght to watch the prOgi'ess of the cruft, her works covored with bunting, tlie President ou tho trldge with Captaln Long, Intently observing e-ery dotall of tho appear. niico of the vcshoIs as they woro pointed. otu to him by the naval man at hla slde, Al! tho vossels were flying. overy charactor of sigual flag known to ihe service, making a wonderful comblnatlon of colors. Tlie jackles and marines, spiek and span, dressed ship, and as tho Presldent'a yacht camo opposite each vessel ol' tlie fleet, a guu hoomed forth the llrst of a saluto of twenty-one, and this contlnued tho entiro distaneo untll tho Mayflower had made i lio clrcuil and camo to anohov iuside tlio two columna oppoaite tlie flagship Connecticut, which was about. tlie centro of th? forinatlon. Adiniral Evans at ouco came aboard, and was speedlly followed by tha communders of all tho othor Amorlean and foreign vessels. Tho Presldenls* and Mrs. Roosevelt recolvod them in tlio cabhi of tho yacht, a ceromony which roiisuniotl over an hour. At. its conclusion, the Mayflower feteaiued over to UUovery,,Pier at tl ^-p.oakU^^ iiu?an.u'^'-(,coaii,r4^a;'tJiJ^p