Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-20
WASHINGTON GOSSIP,
THE LAST CLUE TO HOWGATE
LOST.

Foreman DicksOn's Alleged WOuld-b
Bribers- Chandler Reported Again fol
BIaine-The War Over Pleasants-SiOul
Lands to be GObbIed-GOing Home tC
Vote.
I WASHINGTON, Septemb l8-The last cleW
! TO the whereabouts of Howgate has disap
| peared. and it disappeared right under the
nose of the detectives. Howgate. when he
| escaped from Jail. planned his going with the
assistance of the young woman named Nellie
| Burrill, who was his paramour openly before
| the whole world. That young woman was
| allowed Co visit him at the Jail daily, and
between the two was the plan for escape con
/ cocted and carried out so very successfully and
! Sc secretly. The woman did not accompany
/ Howeate in his flight. She remained al
4 her rooms on Thirteenth street in this
city. To watch her furnished the only clew to
Eowgate'S whereabouts that the detectives
/ possessed They watched her for months
She would go out alone, and walk around
the city making various purchases now and
then, and return to her rooms. She was always
alone. She conducted herself in a very exem-
piary manner for a single woman without rela
/. dTes or friends in the city, or visible means of
support A short time ago the detectives
somewhat drew off their surveillance. Then
came the recent star route noise. When
that had settled down the detectives turned to
the young woman again. They found that she
had left the city, no one knew for where.
Inquiry at the house where she had stopped
showed that she had always paid her board in
advance. 1t was further demonstrated that
for three weeks before she suddenly left she
must have taken her things away by piece
meal. No one ever saw her take anything from
the house, and she left her trunks behind She
quietly stole away The detectives knew no h.
ing about it, and the people Of the house were
in the same state Of ignorant bliss. Once more
has shrewd woman got ahead of the detec-
tiveS. There is now absolutely no clue for the
government officers to work out the solution of
tbs problem, Where is Howgatef"
AB5UT BOWEN AND CAMERON
learn that the reason Bowen and Brewster
Cameron are 10 return to the city is because
Of positive OFaers to that effect from the At
torney General IL has been previously tele-
graphed to YOU that they both deny having
approached Dickson, foreman of the late star
route jury, with offers of bribes on the part of
the government. Their denial is entitled to
more credence than the statement Of Dickson
AS | have stated heretofore, the idea
of the government b'ibing any one
is impossible. In such a case there
could be obtained no money to pay the bribe.
The Department. of Justice, however, does not
wish to rest under any suspicion In this matter.
IL it q true that Dickson even approached
racts in regard to what he says about Brewster
Cameron and Bowen, those two special agents
of the department. will have to go They acted
10 the matter-if they acted at all, which is
doubtful-simply in their over-zeal or in ego
tism to show their authority. II they cannot
clear themselves and establish thoroughly in
evidence their denials of Dickson's state
ments, which they have made by tele
graph to headquarters here, they will be
lncontinenUly bounced the service While
alking upon this subject would like to cor
rect general misapprehension. I5 is gen.
orally printed that Brewster Cameron is a
nephew OF the Attorney General. He is not.
He is simply namesake. He is a distant rela-
tive of Old Simon Cameron, of Pennsyl lvania.
dis father and Brewster were old friends
Brewster was on q hunt in Pennsylvania with
Brewster Cameron's father years ago. One of
the nights that he was at Cameron's
house, resting after the chase, the present
special agent Of the Department of Justice was
born. His father, in honor of his guest and
friend, named the newborn babe Brewster
Cameron. That is all the relationship that
exists between them.
A STRANGE RUMoR
There is 2 report, in which l do not place
very much credenee, that VIM E. Chandler
has again shifted his political base The role
in which Chandler has been best Known-out-
side of that OF State stealng-is the role Of
lieuten ant to Blaine OF Maine. When Blaine
was the big man under Garfield he had Chand
Ter nominated rs Solicitor General of the
United States. Wayne MacVeagh. then Attor
ney General, despised to see the office next in
Importance to his in the Department
OF Justice given, to this, his
arch enemy, and succeeded in having the nomi-
nation rejected by the Senate. When Arthur
came in Chandler still hankered for public
office, and hankered most for that which Hayes
refused him-a Cabinet position. He did not
press himself, however. Arthur hunted him
up and made him Secretary of the Navy. This
was accepted by all politicians as meaning
after Chandler had accepted the place-that he
had gone back on Blaine and was hand in
glove with the movement for the renOmna-
tion Of Arthur. Blaine is deserted by his
faithful lieutenant" was the general verdict
Since the Maine election Chandler has acted 9TH
erwise than as loyal Arthur man. He has acted
as if he were still true to Poll-or rather that
he was still on the Blaine boom for the Presi-
dency. These have given rise to the rumor
that he has never been with Arthur in heart
and that in fact he is Blaine man in the
camp of the enemy. AS have said, there are
elements Of improbability aSout this rumor
Time will show whether it is true or not. II
Chandler is still Blaine boomer and manipu-
lator he will have t. cover his tracks very ef-
fectualIy to be able to remain in the Cabinet OF
Arthur.
ABOUT PLEASANTs.
The attempt to have Peasants removed
from his nice, soft little place in
Savannah has by no means ceased.
His action during the SO called
still held up against him, and other things are
cited to show why he should not longer grasp
his spoil. In fact, the war on Peasants is at
the present time little livelier than it has
no official information ON the suhjecD say thas
Peasants will have to perambulate.
ONCE MORE.
Once again is the progress of civilization in
the West to advance upon the possessions Of
the Indian. The great Sioux Indian reserva-
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the most desirable land ia that country. The
settlers and others want it, and have wanted it
for years The Indians have held out obdu-
rately, as they always do at first. Congress at
its last session, in answer to appeals, author
lied commission to visit and treat
with the Indians for a portion Of the
That commission has just been appointed by
the Secretary of the Interior. It will start at
once to make treaties with the Indians The
commission consists of Senator Edmuuds
Peter C. shannon, Of Dakota, and ]. II. Teller,
of Colorado, relative Ct Secretary Teller. ANY
agreement entered upon between this commits
sior and the Secrs tary of the Interior with the
Indians must be ratified by Congress before
going into effect. 1t will doubtless be the old
story. By treaty the government will first get
a big slice of the Sioux reservation, to be fol
lowed up with a gradual gobbling of the whole
and the opening OF it to railroads and settlers.
Ii is perhaps best, even for the Indian, in the
course Of time, that he should be deprived of
large tracts of valuable land of which he makes
no other use than as hunting ground. But it
is little hard on the red man nevertheless
that it should always be the case that as soon
as his land becomes valuable it is, by one means
or the other, taken from him.
GOING HOME TO VOTE.
The Republican bosses In the different ex
ecutive departments are already drumming
around to get the clerks who live in States
holCing elections this fall to prepare to 90
home and vote. Leaves of absence will be
granted these clerks IN addition to the reeu ar
thirty DAYS leave and special rates will he
secured upon the railroads for transportation.
With such Inducements very few clerks enti-
tied to vote will neglect the opportunity Of
paying a visit to their homes. For fear of any
mistake arising in regard to the matter, Knight
state that all these clerks will vote the Repub
lican ticket. POTOMAC.
THE GRECO TURKISH WAR.