Morning journal and courier., 1882-04-17
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE FUGITIVE HOWGATB NO GLUE TO HIS PRESENT
 WHEREABOUTS. The Police Completely BaffIedD His Family Surprised by His
 Flight. Shipherd to Get a Rest. A Short Eu1I in the Hear
 ing.
Shipherd to Get a Rest
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Howgate's Fl1ght-The Detectives at Fault as to His Whereabouts--The Various Theories of His Escape-Secre-
 tary LincoIn's. Connection With the Cabinet-Other Matters.
 WASHINGTON, April 16.-The police are
 still in the dark as to Howgates whereabouts
 clew was thought to have been found this
 morning and detectives were sent to Alexan- dria to investigate, but it turned out, delu-
 sive. The signal officers express the belief that Howgate is still in the city seereted by friends of high position, and that when mat ters are quieted down he will be spirited away. Search has been made at farm house in the suburbs owned and rented out by Howgate, but no clew was found there
 The police are divided between theories of
 buggy ride across the country and escape by rail to Canada. There is a growing impress sion that his family are as much surprised by l his flight as anyone else. It is generally be- l leved he cannot finally elude capture, though he may escape for few months. The police ! are also unable to obtain any clew of Miss I Burrill, who disappeared at the same time. The session of the House yesterday was devoted to discussion of the tariff bill. MT. 1 Robinson, of Massachusetts, occupied the 1 chair in Committee of the Whole. MT. 1 White, of Kentucky, confined his remarks principally to an attack upon the bill recently passed by the House under the suspension of ! the rules, amending the internal revenue laws, 1 Mr McMillan, of Tennessee, opposed the | pending bill on the ground that it was the | duty of Congress to legislate directly n the i. oE 4lo &o,i Thn 11S11 proposed to appoint a commission to tell | Congress what to do with the tariff. Then
 some one would suggest commissions to in
 form Congress as to it's duty as regards re- | chartering the national banks, the regulation | of inter State commerce and the maintenance | of the Monroe doctrine.
 | The Lyddy brothers arrived from New
 York this morning prepared to argue their case in the Supreme Court on the motion for l a new writ of habeas corpus in the Mason
 case. It has precedence on the. calendar to- | morrow. Lyddy will first be heard on juris- | diction. He has found no exact parallel case, ! but thinks he can establish his point. There
 is an erroneous report that the Attorney ! General is to make this point before the court. The fact is that the chief justice him. self raised 1t at the last hearing, and an
 nounced that he would hear it argued. It is not expected that decision will be rendered on the preliminary point, but that argument | on the direct case will be received and the
 decision reserved on both questions.
 l The E0ent7ag Critic claims to have inform ation from reliable and trustworthy source
 that Minister Lowell is to be recalled aud l that Secretary Lincoln will be appointed his
 successor at the Court of St. James. Moth 1 ing of an official character can be said on the
 subject. Secretary Lincoln denies that he if 1 to relieve Minister Lowell. It is also relia- l bly, ascertained that the withdrawal of MT
 Lowell has not yet been discussed by the 1 Cabinet.
 ] Minister Sargent reached Washington to- 1 day He will remain for instructions unti
 Thursday, when he leaves for New York
 whence he sails on the 27th by the steamer
 Rhynland direct for Antwerp. His family l accompanies him.
 MT. Chicott, the new Colorado Senator ar
 rived to-day and will take his seat to-mor l row.
 Secretaries Teller and Chandler will assume
 their respective portfolios to morrow.
 John w. Guiteau to-day had consultation
 with Mir. Reed relative to the pending lega
 proceedings in the case of the assassin.