Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-03-21
WHEELING W. VA MONDAY MORNING, MARCH D. 1892

ter from you dated February. This is
the only communication that has
reached me from your hands, and the
one to which you allude must have mis-
carried in consequence OF my absence
from London in Germany.
''In reply to your suggestion that
should be willing to meet in Paris to
discuss certain matters OF interest to US
both, call your attention TO the fact
that, excepting for a brief period, l
have been in almostdaily contact with
you for several years past, during which
time every opportunity has been given
you to present for my consideration any
matter that can imagine requiring dis
cussion. You will, of course, not con-
strue this as declination on my part
TO discuss any proper subject with you
In Paris or elsewhere, but as demand
that you communicate to me the
grounds upon which you base you pro-
posal. [Sgned.
"HALLETr ALsoP BURRowE."
Mr.. Drayton having digested the
above, becomes little more explicit
and he wrote the following on Febru-
ary 8:
81 gave you the choice of behaving
once in your life like a gentleman and
you do not choose 10 except!t. Do you,
or not, care TO meet me in Paris for
matters impossible to settle here?"
The contents OF the above induced
Mr.. Burrowe to visit Paris and he in-
vited friend, Edward Fox, to accom-
pany him. The parties subsequently
met by proxy and arranged for seconds.
The seconds OF both parties then drew
up process verbal in French and
signed it. The translation reads as fol-
lows:
"For reasons OF purely private ma
ture, ]. Coleman Drayton has demanded
from Hallett Alsop Burrowe repara-
tion Pas les armes.
"This reparation has been refused by
the seconds of Mr.. Burrowe acting for
him, because the facts that have given
TO this affair do not give the right to
Coleman Drayton to claim this repara-
tion."s
A jury of honor was suggested, but.
rejected, as subterfuge, by Drayton's
friends. Thus the duel was declared
off.
The announcement by cable that
Drayton and Burrowe are aboard the
same ship in mid ocean has caused no
end of speculation in all circles in this
city, where both men are well known
and have hosts os intimate friends. 1t
is feared that Drayton will come TO re-
alize that Burrowe is on board the ves-
sci merely to taunt him with his own
dishonor and may assassinate him
en- route.
Drayton, of course knows nothin g OF
the fact that his family troubles have
become public property or that the
news of the challenge and the reason
for which it was not accepted have been
printed here, the whole affair having
been cabed after he sailed on the Ma
jestic. 1t is the feeling among Dray-
toms friends that he should be apprised
of this at the earliest moment and that
he should defend his honor at any cost.
it is also the prevailing opinion that
Drayton's seconds in the Paris affair
were duped by those of Burrowe's and
that the reasons assigned for refusing
to consider his challenge are not well
founded in the French duellng code.
1t is stated that Drayton's brother
and two of his influential friends are
authority for the statement that Dray-
ton does not krow of the recent devel-
opments OF the case. The result is that
the friends of both Drayton and Bur
rowe propose TO charter tugs on Monday
next, and as soon as the steamship Ma
iestic is sighted there will be race
down the bay for the steamship. The
Drayton tug will contain his brother,
two Philadelphia friends and number
of prominent New Workers.
On the Burrowe tug will be crowd
OF his friends. Drayton's brother, II Is
said, purposes to inform him OF all that
has occurred. II hostilities are not in
dulged in then, Drayton may have
something to tell his enemy.
Burrowe's friends purpose to put him
on his guard, and they may clash with
the Drayton faction while doing so. 1t
is expected that very lively row will
take place on the Majestic on her way
up to this city from the lower bay as
the result of people on the two tugs
getting aboard her.
U
Francis CherbouQuet, one OF the Sec
onds in the contemplated Coleman Dray-
ton duel with Hallett Borrowe, said: "lt
happened as far back as the end OF jan
uary. You are probably aware that
IL is asserted that they offered to COM
promise the affair by referring ii to
Jury Of honor, but, as the. motive OF
the encounter was not Of nature 10
permit OF its discussion, Bois-
sac0 and / did not consider our
selves justified In submitting the
case. They simply maintain that the
grounds for duel were insufficient.
During the whole OF the negotiation, no
aspersion was ever cast upon the honor
OF my client. The reason why Mr..
Burrowe's second laid so much stress
upon having recourse TO jury Of honor
is, / take it, because Mr.. Burrowe was
not oyer-anxious TO fight, nor were they
particularly desirous OF seeing him face
to face with his opponent. IL was
Drayton himself who found out the
hotel at which his wife and Burrowe
were stopping under an assumed name,
and thereupon took steps to prove their
criminal relations"
The strike situation Serious.
WINSIPEG, MAN, March 20.-The strike
situation on the Canadian Pacific looks
more serious tonight than at any time
since the men went out, from the fact that
deputation Of the engineers have had sew
eral Interviews with Superintendent White
since yesterday afternoon, and that trouble
also exists on the Pacific division 70 Van
couver, as well as on the Western division
from Fort William to Donald.
The result Of the interview Of the en-
gineers with Superintendent Whyte IS
kept secret By both men aud officials. but
tba c,ararai sunnoSitiOu Is that the en-