The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-04-01


ions; he (johnstou) wanted TO see
whether the senator from Ohio (Shcr-
MANI, who had so builded up the credit
of the United States, would vote for
Riddleberger. He proceeded to give a
brief record of the public acts OF Ma
hone and Riddleberger. 10 show that
they were Democrats and regulators,
and in reply TO q suggestion by Senator
Dawes. that his (Johnston's) colleague.
(Mahone) was sick and absent, lie said
he was willing to postpone his speech if
Dawes would postpone his resolution on
| agreement, which Dawes declined TO do
Senator Logan inquired what effect
the election of sergeant-at-arms could
have upon the public credit
Senator johnson replied that if the
| Republicans elected u man, they en-
| dorsed his public life and career. He
| quoted from editorials in prominent Re
publican journals strongly condemnatory
of Riddleberger's bill.
| General Grant Resigns the Presidency of
the Worlds Fair.
New YORK, March 23-At a meeting
| ofthe executive committee ofthe Worlds
Fair to-day the following letter was
read:
NEW YORK CITY, March 81
GENTLEMEN: / have the honor very re-
spectfully to tender my resignation Us prc>i-
dent of the Worlds Fair commiss sion OF ISS.l.
1 am Sat1Sded that to make the enterprise
success 1t will require the undivided time OF
whoever may hold the position of president.
1t will be impossible Tor me to devote any
time to the duties of the Office tor a number
OF month to come, aau 1 expect 10 be SO en-
gagged as to mako IL iuconyenient TO devote
much time even 1t Il later date.
Hoping your enterprise may meet with the
greatest success. l am very truly yours,
lSignedI L. :. GRANT.
Resolutions were offered accepting
the resignation, ''only because the other
engagements of Gen. Grant will not per
nit HIM to devote his undivided time to
the responsible and laborious duties of
the presidency" and wishing our IL
lustrious countryman length of days
and that fullness of honor and happiness
so well merIted by his devotioas to our
common country"
The executive committee unanimous
ly named Hugh ]. Jewett for president
of the commission.
JEwETr Will. ACCEPT.
New YORK, March PA Times re
porter had an interview with Jewett,
and in reply to the question of accept
ance of The worlds fair commission,
Jewett answered:
Il see no reason TO change the opinion
expressed on the subject at ChickcTing
hall, in January, 1880"
Jewett at that meeting presided and
said that because of the interest he felt
in the enterprise it afforded him pleas
ure to discharge any duty in connection
with it which the committee imposed,
and 10 contribute in any degree possible
10 its success. He closed his speech by
expressing the hope that the fair would
be the grandest and most successful the
world has ever seen.
The Worlds report of yesterdays
meeting says it was stated that if Jewett
declines, the presidency will be rendered
Gen. Mcclellan, or eX-Secrciary of Stale
Fish
Buchanan's Revelations.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March 24.-The
Record tomorrow will publish the CON
fession of the bogus diploma vender,
Dean John Buchanan, now undergoing
| imprisonment in consequence of the eN-
posure by that paper some time ago of
the character of his different medical
| colleges Buchanan has given up all
| the books he had naturalization books,
minutes Of faculty, minutes of trustees,
| account books, alumni minutes, and a
mass Of valuable information, in
| Guiding list of foreign di-
plomas sold and catalogue
of addresses, concluding over
| five thousand names of persons who had
| correspondence with him. He gives the
names of wholesale druggists in Phila
| delphia who hive sold his diplomas and
the names of parties to whom the di-
plomas were issued. He related how
the diplomas were signed by the faculty;
how, in one instance, three professors,
| for So each, signed five hundred diplo-
mas and how for $3.50, diplomas which
were TO be sent abroad were certified tn
| by the Spanish consul. In all about ten
thousand names are tangled up in his
| disclosure. He gives the names of
| MANY PROFESSIONAL ABoRTIoNIsTs,
| and the means whereby they destroy
life. He tells of the tricks of his trade;
| quack nostrums that are advertised 10
cure all diseases, and of impostors who
prey on public credulity. He reciies the
! incidents wherein he robbed graves, and
how, on one Saturday morning, he stole
| five bodies from the Blockley aims
house. He tells how he kept himself
| clear of the courts and their penalties.
| He tells of twenty-five concerns in this
/ country and in Europe by which de
| grees are sold. He figures that fully
TWENTY THOUSAND BOGUS DIPLOMAS
| Are current in America and forty th0us-
and more in Europe.
Buchanan also tells the story Of his
| attempt 10 lead the public 10 believe
| that he had committed suicide. He says
that on the night in August last he went
/ to the Market street ferry where Van
| duZen and 4 man known as Shep were
/ waiting. Buchanan gave a coat 10 his
/ double and drove off TO the railroad.
| Shep passed on to the ferry boat, 10 be
saluted by Holtcn as doc" and be
| pointed out by Vanduzen as DIR. Buchan-
/ an. Shep had nothing to say on the boat,
and this point was used by VanduZen TO
impress on the deck hands the fact that
the doctor is acting strangely tonight"
1 As the ferry boat turned 10 enter the can
| al separating RIdgeway park from
/ Windmill island, O skiff crossed its bow
and lay clo3e in under the shadow of
the piles. Shep
/ STRIPPED HIMSELF OF BUCHANAN's COAT
and plunged over board, and with few
/ strokes caught hold Of his partners
skiff, and clutching lightly TO the stern,
| was hauled down the river to below
| Point Airy, where he clambered in and
| was rowed along the Jersey side, and
| thence across the river to his home in
Kensington.
The Yorktown Celebration.
RICHMOND, Va, March 24.-The head
quarters of the Yorktown Centennial
association, at the Exchange hotel, were
formally opened TO night with imposing
ceremonies, embracing q military dis
play of the first regiment, Richmond
Light infantry, Blues and Richmond
howitzers, and a procession Of German
singing and other societies. Ceremonies
| were begun IN the rooms of the sssocia-
ton in the hotel, where Rt Rev. J. j.
Keane, Catholic bishop, offered a prayer
for the success of the approaching com
| memoration of the event, and hoping the
last embers of sectional animosiiy Will
be extinguished, and all selhshness
of aim and narrowness OF mind will
be taken away, so that all who share
in the country's glory may labor togeth-
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together towards the glorious destiny in
store The prayer was offered in the
presence of the state and city officials,
the city council and commercial organ
IZations. Speeches were made from the
portico of the hotel by Gov. Halliday.
Congressman Goode, the president Of the
Centennial association. and other gentle
men, after which Rev. NJ. D. Hogue,
| Presbyterian closet the exercises with
prayer. The principal features of the
affair was the singing of the Star Spaug-
led Banner by German societies, for the
first time since the war ON any public
occasion, and the playing of yankee
Doodle'' by the bands Both were greet
ed with cheers.
KaIlOeh Cleared
SAN FRANCISCO, March 24.-After be
!. ing out twenty -four hours the jury in the
2 Kalloch case this afternoon brought in a
verdict of not guilty. The verdict was
received with much applause. The de-
PENDANT was heartily congratulated by
his friends. When Kalloch was dis
. charged and got in acarriageto go home,
an immense crowd took the horses
from the vehicle and pulled him - his
|. house, some three miles.
SAN FRANcIsCo, March 25.-lt trans
pires that the deliberations of the jury
in the Kalloch case were mainly regard
. | ing the six shots theory. The theory of
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