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ROOSEVELT DAY AT JAM ESTOWN The Main Feature n Opening of Ter-Centennial Exposition* program made public President Will Take Part in Every Func tion Slated for First Day and WiU be Kept Busy the W hole lime. President Roosevelt is to be the feature, of the opening of the James town Centennial exposition, the of ficial program of which has just been announced. The opening exercises, which take place Friday, April 26, will begin at sunrise by a salute by the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues, commemorating the three hundredth anniversary of the first English set tlement of America. The president will reach the exposition grounds at 11:30 o’clock, after passing on the Mayflower through the columns of saluting foreign and American war ships in Hampton Roads. He will be escorted to the reviewing stand on Lee’s parade in the rear of the audi torium building. The speech-making features of the program will begin at ©nee, and'in the open air, should the weather permit. An ovation by the Right Rev. Fred McGill Randolph, bishop of the diocese of soutnern Vir ginia and a brief introductory ad dress by Harry St. George Tucker, president of the exposition company, will precede the president’s remarks. When the president has concluded he will press a gold button and im mediately the machinery of the great show will be in motion, a thousand flags will be unfurled on the expo sition buildings and- a salute to the nation will be fired in the roads, and by the garrison at Fort Monroe. At the conclusion of the salute the ex position bands will play “The Star- Spangied Banner,’’ the troops will “present arms” and the concourse will stand with uncovered heads while the parade of the soldiers and sail ers of the United States under Major General Frederick Grant, will review the parade from a grand stand, where also will be gathered the honored guests of the occasion, including the diplomatic corps, the official commit tees cl the senate and house of rep resentatives and governors of states, twenty of whom have accepted invi tations to be present. The day will close with a recep tion to President Roosevelt between 5 and 8 o’clock. SLAP IS AVENGED BY MURDER. Prominent Dentist Held to Face the Charge of Killing His Wife. A New York dispatch says: Dr. Samuel S. Guy, a prominent dentist of Far Rockaway and for a number of years coroner of Queene Borough, is under arerst charged with the mur der of his wife in -their home Mon day night. The woman’s body wa3 found lying in the dining room floor with two bullet wounds in the breast. A servant girl says that as husband and wife entered the dining room Mrs. Guy slapped his face. Immediate ly afterward the door closed and i* a few minutes two shots startled the girl. DARGAN LOSES RECEIVERSHIP But is Allowed to Take Part in Winding Up Company Affairs. By an order passed by Judge New man in the federal court at Atlanta Monday afternoon, J. T. Dargan, president of the Atlanta-Birmingham Fire Insurance company, was reliev ed from further connection with the receivership, but, as president of the company, was associated with the administration of the affairs, and al lowed a fee to be paid out of the es tate to be settled. WOMAN ARMED WITH RIFLE Holds Louisiana Sheriff and Deputies at Bay for Many Hours. Armed with a nde and standing guard over her dead husband’s body, Mrs. L. C. Drew held a sheriff and four deputies at bay for over twenty hours at Water Talley, La. It i-i charged that Mag. Drew shot her bus- A\'hen ■ ft* ft > ft <! AMENS” DON’T COUNT. Not Worth a D—n Unless Backed Up by Deeds, Says Editor Stead to Meth- 9 odists in Conference. William T. Stead, the English edi tor, in an address before the New York conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in New York city Monday, pleaded for the assistance of American Methodists in the move ment for international peace, which is to be considered at the next Hague conference. “Are you American churchmen you members of tbe church of Jesus Cnnst in America —willing to take ac tion to secure the enactment of this law as an international statute,” he asked, “and say that there shall L-e a moment’s pause before the dogs of war are unleashed?” “Amen, Amen!” came-in a chorus from all over the church. “Amen; oh, nobody cares a damn for amen, unless it leads you to and something to put into effect your prayers,” the speaker responded. He declared that in his visits tj various parts of the world, he has found no one who thought the Chrix-- tiau church was a force in the world today. He said: “You speak to the great men of Europe, and ask their opinion of its power and they shrug their shoul ders, and tell you chat the Chris tian church has been allowed to go to the devil. Is the church of Christ going to do anything to help in the secular work of the nations —the sec ular uplifting of the world? You Methodists are at least the second church in this American country. If you should decide to put your forces to work to the task that is before us we might have great results from this meeting. We had a meeting at Leeds before I came over here to consider this, and the Free church announced that it was ready to act under the direction of the archbishop of Can terbury in the matter, and when I left they were considering whether it would not be better for the Church of England and the Roman Catholic church to unite in joint action. I do not know whether you do this here, but are you willing to act to gether?” As the speaker sat down there were loud cries of “Yes! yes! yes!'' from all over the auditorium. A committee of three to draft suit able resolutions was appointed by Bishop Berry. WILLED HER CAT TO TEDDY. New York Woman Bequeaths All Her Earthly Possessions to Roosevelt. President Roosevelt is the sole ben efleiary under the will of one Lula B. Grover, which was filed in the of fice of the surrogate at New York on Monday. No petition was filed with the will and the value of President Roosevelt’s bequests are, therefore, unknown. The main parts of the will, which are very brief, read as follows: "I give to Theodore Roosevelt at my death everything that is mine; household furniture, personal proper ty, jewelry, diamonds, estate, all mon ey in bank to my credit, and my cat, Snow Drop Low, and everything that is mine. I owe to Theodore Roosevelt a debt greater than I can ever pay in this world and in this way I wish to show I am not ungrateful. He has been my good angel who spread his wings of shelter over my peace through life and was my only true friend in trouble. I gladly give my little all to him and only wish -t were millions instead of so small an amount. 1 hope he will accept it in the spirit I give it and with God’s blessing.” It has been announced that Presi dent Roosevjelt will accept the estate bequeathed to him and turn it over to some New York charity. The cat is now being cared for under direc j tions issued by the president. CABLE BETWEEN COLON AND CUBA. Permit is Given by War Bepartment for a Landing at Guantanamo. The acting secretary of war has issued a permit to the South and Cen tral American Cable Company to land a submarine cable at Guantanamo, Cuba, connecting that naval station with Colon. It is believed that the establishment of this line of cable un der private ownership will relieve the government from the necessity of lay ing a purely military cable connecting the Isthmus with the United States by way of Cuba. RICH COMBINE AFTER TEDDY Monied Interests Will Unite to De feat His Reform Po Ici:s* CONSPIRACY ON TAPIS Plan is to Buy Up Newspapers, and Legis latures if neccessary, to Accomplish Design—Roosevelt is Unruffled. A Washington special says: Quite the most startling r* velopment since the president’s application of the word "liar” to Mr. ITarriman was the statement given out at the white house Thursday that a conspiracy is on foot to defeat the president's reform policies, and that the opposi tion has already subscribed $5,000, 000 to prosecute such a campaign. With a barrel of this proportion at their back and a determination based upon thorough realization of the struggle in store, it is apparent lhat the fuLure holds some interest ing things in store. The spokesman of the administration said: “The trail of the conspirators goes right across uie continent. They will stop at nothing and will buy legisla tures, newspapers and votes, if nec essary, to accomplish their purpose and down the president. “It seems that the first inkling of this conspiracy, the existence of which is firmly believed at the white house, was obtained from an ill-con sidered remark made at a banquet oy a friend of the alleged “Harriman-< Hearst-and-Rockefeller’ combination. The gentleman who made the slip Is understood to be Senator Pen rose of Pensylvania, who is close to Rockefeller. “Senator Foraker is supposed to be in the advisory counsel of the con spirators, and the president has also issued a defy to the Ohio senator. The negotiations between them in future will be all in the open, and a rough and tumble light is inevitable. The president believes Senator Foraker will receive the backing of the in terests who are opposing his plans.” It was also stated authoritatively at the white house that part of the plan to encompass the defeat of the presi dent’s policy is the election of state delegates to the national convention from those states known to favor the president, these delegates to be in structed for President Roosevelt with the knowledge in advance that the president would not be a candi date for renomination. Then, accord ing to the statement made, these del egates, upon the president declining to be a candidate for renomination, as he has said he would decline, the delegates are to consider themselves free, and are to be switched over to some opponents of the president, and the policies for which he is stand ing. The men behind this movement are said to be E. H. Harriman, J. Pier pont Morgan, the Rockefellers and other Standard Oil interests, the to bacco trust and certain other capital istic combinations which have suffer ed from the president’s activity. The movement is much l>ke what is known as the “Rich Men’s Con spiracy of 1904,” when, at a meet ing, Harriman, so the president has bee* informed, solemnly expressed Iwis conviction that he could deliver the delegates to the republican con vention from lowa> Kansas, Nebraska, Idaho, Colorado and CafifdWilfi'tb au anti-Roosevelt man.' Investigation demonstrated that this c'aiin was pre posterous. It was apparent from what the president said to newspaper men that he is not at all concerned about the movement which has been started against him. The president is quite content to accept the gage of battle offered by Harriman and the other trust magnates. It is out f the ques ! tion now for him and Harriman ever ! to resume friendly relation*. LOUISIANA LAW UPHELD. High Court Says State Can Tax Notes Taaen by Non-Residents. The constitutionality of the Louisi ana law of ISSB making taxable in that state notes taken by non-resi dents on account of business trans acted there was brought into question in the case of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York, vs. the city of New Orleans, which was decided by the supreme court of the United States Monday in favor of the city. HARRY THAW IS SANE According to Unanimous Report of Lunacy Commission—Jerome is Displeased and Will Make Appeal. A New York dispatch says: Harry K! Thaw is declared sane by the unanimous report of the commission in lunacy, appointed to iuquire into his present mental condition. The moment the decision was handed down from Justice Fitzgeralds desk Thursday, District Attorney Jerome was on his feet, vigorously protest ing against its confirmation by the court, lie charged that he had beeu excluded from the last sesslou of ilie commission, and demanded to he allowed to have access to the minutes and stenographic notes of what trans pired at the final mental and physi cal examination of the defendant. When Justice Fitzgerald declined to turn the minutes over to the dis trict attorney, Mr. Jerome declare! he would carry the case to the ap pellate division of the supreme court, asking that a writ of prohibition or mandamus be granted to prevent a continuance of the Thaw trial until the higher court had ruled upon the legality of the commission’s course Justice Fitzgerald reminded Mr. Je rome that lie had waived the statu tory right of attending the last ses sion of the commission by suggest ing himself that all the attorneys be excluded from the sitting in ques tion. lie then granted the district attorney an adjournment until Mon day in order that lie might have time to prepare his application to the ap pellate division. Mr. Jerome protest ed that the time was not sufficient, but Justice Fitzgerald cut him sliort with the announcement that the trial must be concluded forthwith. It was authoritatively stated late Thursday night that District Attorney Jerome will appeal trom the decision of Justice Fitzgerald. The appeal will be in the nature of au action to ob tain areview of the justice's decis ion, and will be taken in the appellate division of the supreme court. FOR SELLING PERSONAL LETTER Former Stenographer of Harriman is Ar rested in New York. Frank W. Hill, a stenographer, was arrested in New York Thursday night charged with having sold to a news paper a personal letter of E. H. Har riman. The warrant was sworn to by Alexander Miller, secretary of the Union Pacific Railroad company, of which Mr. Harriman is the president, and was served by a detective from the district attorney’s office. Hill was locked up at police headquarters. The letter in quest*on *was address ed by Mr. Harriman to Sydney Web ster and was first published by The World last Tuesday morning. State ments therein contained called forth the controversy between President Roosevelt and Harriman. Hill is 37 years of age and lives in Brooklyn. Action against Hill was taken un der the section of the penal code, which defines as a misdemeanor the act of “a person who willfully and without authority either takes a let ter, telegram or private paper be longing to another, or a copy there of. and publishes the whole or any portion thereof." ~ ■ —— FIFTEEN VICTIMS OF FLAMES. Holocaust Results from Fire in Italian Boarding House in 'Frisco. Fifteen Italian laborers were * ed to death and a score badly burn ed or injured in a lire which de stroyed a lodging house in San Fran cisco early 'lnursday morning. The names of the dead, with two exceptions, are unknown. The victims were asleep in their rooms when the fire started. Before they could be aroused, the flames had spread all through the building. The inmates were burned in the ruins, twenty being taken out dead and dying. WRONG NEGRO WAS ARRESTED. i Mrs. Talbert Declared Jim Lewis Was Not her Assailant. The negro, Jim Lewis, was carried before Mrs. Hugh Tolbert Thursday at Fairmount, Ga., for identification. “He is not the negro who assaulted me and murdered my baby,” declar ed Mrs. Tolbert. A large crowd had gathered wait ing the result of the identification. When it was found that he was the wrong man a purse was made up for him, and he was carried back to his home in Alabama. ROOT SEEKING TO END SCRAP Being Pulled Off By Little Central American Republics. THE TIME IS NOW RIPE Conference Held with Mexican Ambassador at Washington and Matter ot joint Action tor Peace is Discussed. Secratary Root and Mexican Am bassador Creel, at a conference in Washington Saturday, decided that tile time was ripe for concerted ac tion to terminate hostilities in Cen tral America if that result could be accomplished by moral suasion and earnest representation, beyond which point neither the United States nor Mexico is willing to go. The appearance in Washington of a minister from Salvador with large powers, believed to be authorized to speak for Honduras, seemed to af ford the opportunity for uiplomutic action at tins end. Therefore a se ries of conferences began early Sat urday morning at the Btaio depart ment between these interested par ties, which it is stated by the partici pants will probably lead to a peacelul settlement of the trouble, and more over one that will endure longer than the few months that frequently marks the life of these Central American compacts. The basis for the agree ment is yet to be defined In its de tails; indeed it was stated that be yond the agreement among the par ties to the conference, that the time had now come for action by them, that the plan had not been perfected. A notable fact was the absence of the Nicaraguan minister, Senor Corea. It was suggested that the purpose of the conference is to frame an agree ment for the future settlement of all disputes between Central American countries and then submit this to Nicaragua and request her adhesion, failing which that country would find itself standing alone among the Cen tral American states and without their sympathy. It is believed that a few days will bring about important developments and that either peace will bo declared or a general war will follow between Nicaragua and the four other states. PRICES BOOSTED BY DAIRYMEN. Some Four Hundred Meet in Atlanta and Form a Combine. Some 400 dairymen held a council in Atlanta Saturday night, agreed upon a scale of prices, an increase over the existing ones, formed a ua ion and decided to employ a milk in spector of their own. In future milk will be sold to the retail trade at 44 cents per gallen, an increase of lo per cent; to hotels, res taurants and soda fountains at 35 cents, an increase of 16 cents; to tlia dealers at 25 cents, an increase of 25 per cent. Cream will be sold to the retail trade at SI.BO per gallon; to hotels, restaurants and soda foun tains at $1.40; to the dealers, sl. PRICES OF GRAIN ARE JUGGLED. Telegraph operator Exposes Crooked Deal ing by hoard of Trade. A. W. Harris, former telegraph operator of the Superior board of trade, at Minneapolis, testified in the federal inquiry, now on in tuat city, that grain quotations were there ma nipulated, and then telegraphed to St. Paul, Cincinnati, Kansas City aiul Omaha. inis evidence was brought out Sat urday In the suit of the Minneapolis chamber of commerce against the Su perior board of trade to restrain ic irom using the chamber s market quo tations. INVESTIGATORS TAKE A RECESS. Notorious Brownsville Case ia Laid on Shelf Until May 14th Next. a Washington dispatch says: The senate committee on military affairs, which is making an investigation of the Brownsville affray, agreed Friday to take a recess until May 14. It ia not thought likely that the commit tee will go to Brownsville until fail when a trip will be made merely for the purpose of giving the committee an opportunity to look over the town and see for themselves the marks of bullets in the various buildings.