Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-15

OF the care ana CaIleQ 10 the senator. he
was quickly by her side. She spoke hurri-
eddy to him and drove away. Then she re-
turned and again called him to the carriage.
The boy does not know
MRS. sPRAaUE
by sight and did not know who this lady
was. The Senator remained at the cafe un-
til within a few minutes of the time of the
he walked to the depot. His trunk and
valise were there, having been sent from
Canonchet, which is the name given to the
Sprague country place. It seems clear that
there has been an agreement, either tacit or
expressed, on the part of all those who know
personally anything about the encounter to
say nothing about it either in the way of
AFFIRMATION OR DENIAL.
Gov. Sprague, who on Monday went so
far as to soy that the trouble was purely a
domestic one, declines to day even to be
seen. He is in Providence on business con-
nected with his estate. Mrs. Sprague still
remains in the greatest seclusion ct the Mar
ragansett hotel here. Prof. Linck, the Ger
man tutor, is at Narragansett Pier, and re-
fuses to add anything to the statement pub
lished by him. The guests who were at
Canonchet have gone to distant cities.
CoNL1NG's DECEIT.
When Senator Conkling arrived hero last
Friday evening he went to the Office of tho
Providence Journal, of which his warm
friend Senator Anthony,is editor. Mr.. Conk-
Ii ng spent some time in the Office, and while
there was informed by Mr.. Danielson, the
managing editor, that newspaper cor res
pondent at Narragansett Pier had sent to the
Providence and Boston Sunday papers, mott
flying them that there had been an alterca-
ton between Gov. Sprague and Senator
Conkling. This Senator CoDkling denied.
He said there had been no trouble or diff
Guilty whatever-not even hard language. It
was then suggested that in order to break
the force of any account that might be pub
lished of any difficulty at Narragansett Pier,
ment which Mr.. Danielson would give to
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
This was done, and the first public connec-
tion of Senator Conkling's name with the
domestic trouble at Cenonchet was by his
consent and even at his dictation. This
statement was centrally accepted at Provi-
dence until further accounts showed that the
meeting in front OF the restaurant was wit.
messed by 80 many persons as to make it
impossible not to doubt the truth of Senator
COnkllng's assertion, and gentlemen with
whom have conversed, and who heard Sen
ator Conkling deny that there had been any
alteration or unpleasantness, said that the
Senator had SO emphatically declared that he
was in no way involved in the affair, that it
was hard to account for these
DISCREPANCIES.
In view of the attempt to mislead the
public in regard to the trouble by sending
dispatch that Senator Conkling practi-
cally dictated, and connecting his name
with comparatively trivial domestic disa-
greement with tutor, and in a manner
which the tutor does not even mention
in his very detailed statement, it is common
ly believed in Providence that Senator Conk-
ling was involved in a most serious difficulty
at Canonchet with Gov. Sprague, which the
Senator and his friends have their reasons
for wishing to suppress.
sPRAGUE TO WATSON.
It is certain that Gov. Sprague has been
somewhat disposed to make statement over
his own name, but has now decided not to
do SO. He was visited, however, yesterday
ny d nF. VdlSOu, OI Wak0u6lO, WHO
talked with him some time. MIR. Watson
says Gov. Sprague, without wishing the
statement to appear as specially authorita-
tive, said that he objected to tho German
because he was too poor to pay for such SER
vices, and that such extravagances greatly
hampered him in his financial difficulties.
Mr.. Watson says that he asked him about
the connection Senator Conkling had with
tie matter and that the Governor replied:
"He has tried to do here for my home
WHAT HE DID IN WASHINGTON
And when pressed for further explanation,
simply said. "Have you not read the Wash
ington papers?" This was oil the public
statement he desired to make, and he did
not desire even this to appear in the form of
g statement directly from him. Mrs.
Sprague has not been in communication
with Gov. Sprague's friends since her ar
rival in Providence. She has seen no one,
and the report that was current here that
STEPS TOWARD DIVORCE
were to be taken is also, so far as can now
be learned, entirely unfounded. Governor
Sprague positively refuses to be questioned,
but his friends insist that tho paragraph in
the Press contains all he desires said upon
the matter.