Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-12

| when ne went lO nus HouSc auu iou.iN
senator Conkling there, with whom he
had political misunderstanding in re-
gard to the rights OF natnralized citizens
/ i'm Rhode Island. The local stories OF
/ the affair are naturally exaggerated, ana
| il is a difficult matter to obtain trust
worthy information. From what, now
| ever, is supposed 60 be a well-informed
source. il is learned that Mr.. Sprague
| addressed some unseemly language 10
| Senator COnkling; who courteously anu
CONSIDERABLY fOrebore to reply. Mr.
Sprague thereupOn, producing a pistol,
| told senator Conkling that uni less he
| left the house i'm brief, given time, he
/ would blow his brains ont. senator
/ Conkling thereupon retired from the
scene"
II is said further, that there was a
/ hostile meeting subsequently at the
/ cafe. but that can not be verified, and Is
nrobably not true. This is the talk Of
an the Clubs to-day. 1t is on every
body's tongue, snd send it just as il is
told. What the upshot OF this matter
will be. can not now be foretold. The
trouble will sooner or later, come out
There were many witnesses, and the
air is full of il. 1t is true that Ex-Gov-
ernOr Sprague is man of a violent
temper, and may have acted hastily in
the matter, but his friends here assert
tonight. that he regards himself rs hav-
ing been grossly insulted by Senator
C0nkling and means 10 insist upon full
public apology. IL is known that he
has OF late been talking with friends OF
troubles which were preying on his
mind. and has said also, that the time
had arrived when the duellO should
again be put in force into this country.
He is understood 10 have said that there
are certain insnlts which can only be
wiped out with blood.
The News at Conkling's Home.
Urea, y. Y, August l0.-The publi-
cation here this morning OF the Assocl-
ated Press telegram relative TO the
trouble in Ex-Governor Sprague's sum
mer residence at NarraganSett Pier,
Rhode Island, on Friday afternoon,
again revived the reports current here
last June. Ii was then asserted that
Mrs. COnkling was 10 institute divorce
proceedings against her husband; that
a separation had already taken place,
and that the Seaator would not again re-
turn 10 Utica. The SIMS denial ol these
stories early i'm July was given editorial
prominence in the Utica ObSSrrT, and
for the time being it killed the scandal,
particularly as il was followed almost
Immediately by the SenrtOr's return 10
this city. Ii may be again stated that
Mrs. COnkling will institute no divorce
proceedings. All stories to the ELECT
that there is rupture in the Senators
home relations are unfounded. The
scandals or ISLANDERS from the outside
have not broken the peace OF hlS house
hold. This is authentic.
The Suns Account.
New YOrK, August l0.-A special To
TO the San from Newport, says: after
the trouble at Governor Sprlgue's sum-
mer residence at Narragansett Pier on
Friday afternoon, Mrs. Sprague and her
guests left the house and drove down to
the village, where they took rooms ut
one OF the hotels, Governor Sprlgue re-
manning mt home. Yesterday Mrs.
Sprague and her children left fOr Provi-
dence, where il is understood that she
went 10 the house of one OF her hus-
bands relatives in that city, where she
now Is.
NUNS the Word With Conkling.
New YoRK, August Ex-senator Conk-
lingarriyed here to-day and went TO the
Fifth Avenue Hotel. He utterly re-
fused 10 see newspaper correspondents
or reporters. Ii was impossible to get
an interview with him.