The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-08-12

Especial disra'c to the Washington Post.l
NAEEAGANSETT PIER. August lO.-Ihc
summer residents Of this fashionable water
IM"-p!acc are in a CULVER OF excitement
over the alleged tstic encounter between
Senator Conking and Governor Spra2ue.
How much truth there * in the report 1t is
very difficult 10 ascertain. for every one
questioned Processes entire ignorance, or
absolutely refuses to talk. One story is rs
follows: Governor Sprague and family oc-
s.upIrd an elegant summer mansion here
this summer. ~ in years past. and arc en-
loving The cool brccZc> and lovely view
w:Iicn TIC residence affords. 1t is stated
that for few DAYS past the Governor
had been absent on business, and upon
his return he found Senator Conk-
hing Il guest at his house, having
been there. 50 ii is understood. quite a
number OF DAYS. and o! course without his
knowledge or consent. Report has II that
the Governor waNed very angry and or
dcrcd the Senator ou:, but that Roscoe re-
fused 10 co. Words came thick and fast,
and il is alleged the Governor told ConkIinG
hc had seen all Of him he cared to in Wash
iDuon. and would have nothing more 10 do
with him. and.aguin ordered him out OF the
house. Cunkiing not complying. he ran up
stairs, 80 il j. laid, for Il revolver, ana
when he returned the Senator was conSplc-
uou. by his absence. 1t appears that Gov
crnor Spraguc has very beautiful ana at
tractire wife, but that they do not live hap
llv together is no secret. III IN TACT IS Said
that they are 80 cstran.cd that they seldom
speak to each other. Last winter Mrs.
Spraguc was IN Washington, at EugeWood,
her fathers old mansion IN the suburbs OF the
city. her husband being at Providence. In
the lncanw lille she had Il reserved seat IN the
Senate chamber, and was always there when
tomkIing had Il speech to deliver, and she
almost Invariably proceeded 10 herreSldeDce
in the Senator's private carriage. 1t IS well
known III society circles at the capital that
tOHklinG, while ostcnslbly making bis home
III WOrlnl"y's, passed large portion OF his
tire, both day and night, at Mrs. Sprague's
house. This, it is believed here, is the
cause Of the trouble in the Sprague family.
Dame rumor has il that on Friday afternoon
more trouble occurred between Sprague
and Conkliny. The scene was Bi!lington's
cafe, Oil the Pier, and the story OF The affair
is as follows: Conkiing was in the Gale
eating Lilllc-Ncck CLAIMS when Sprague
came down the Pier and saw him. Ii is
Said that he became very angry, ana
rushed at him, eNclaimins: Let me
get al the damned scoundrei!" Conk-
ing bris.Ied up, and was reany TO
meet bis assailant, and there would
undoubtedly have been little bloodshed II
bystanders and friends bad not interlered.
Reports were circulated that pistol was
drawn. but they cannot be traced to any
authentic source. Another side OF the
story is given. by which the French profes7
sor Of tue Governors children is brought
into unenviable uotoriety. 1t is alleged
that the Governor suspected the professor
OF undue familiarity with his wife, ana ttat
be SO told him, and that the result was a
storm and The Frenchman's dismissal. The
aboyefacls seem to be all that can be gath
cred at present, Governor sprague Waa oa
the train from lNarragansett7Pier Tor ProVlT
deace this evening, and aAreporter inter-
viewed ,bIm. The Governor positively re.
fused 70 give any oil the, facts III we sassi