Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 28, 1880, Page 1

VOLUME XL. NEW YEAR CALLING CARDS. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, the authorities, The Parnoll defense fund, which reached $70,000 yesterday, hos been A GREAT SCANDAL, + 4 sy ee | Che Tribune, |= =e. RPAGE, Ci ‘Two Fnvsaur trains left Charlotte, N. C., cCHOYNES.C QE TUESDAY; DECEMBER 2, 1850, Sunday morning In sections. Fourteen ears Important Statement to Our broke away froin the first train nt a place called De Paw, rin back agalnst tho second train, and a frightful collision followed. Three passengers tn the caboose of tho first train were killed, one of them belng burned. alive. ‘fwo othors wero sorlousty bruised. Special Correspond- Belail Slationers and Blank Book Kanufaclurers, a (88! DIARIES (881. New Year Calling Cards. (881 DIARIES 1881. New Year Calling Cards. A Full Line of Blank Books of all kinds, HOLIDAY GOODS. Joun Briar has replied briefly to tho Ictter of Lord Carnarvon, In anawer to the charge that he wns disloyal to the mon- archy Mr. Bright says that he has defended the monarchy on many occastons, although adofense {fs liltle needed in this reign, Mr. Bright ts evidently not quite suro that the monarchy may not soon need defenders. As” to the aristocracy, by which ho. means tho louse of Lords, he says ho has only given them warning of the wrath to come,—that is, Cov, Spragne Speaks His Mind in Regard to “ Conkling’s Possession” of lis Household. Ar tho mecting of the Homo-Rulers yester- day !t was resolved to move an address to the Queen's speech at tho opening of Parlin- ment favoring the withdrawal of the military forces from Ireland. The meeting was better attended than usual, thirty-seven members Complete Review of'an Affair ho has warned them that their ‘child: | being present. Foloy, the Nationalist mem- nwannnnnn HOOT nnnnnnnnannenne | Ish tinkering” of tho legisiation agreod to by | ber from Now Ross, lina resigned his sent, as Celebrated as the the representatives of the people may rouse — Plymouth Case. an indignation against thom which may end inthe curtatlment of their privileges. He intlmates that, [f the English Isndownors treated their English tenants as badly as tho Irish landownors trent their tenant, the En- glish tenants would resort to stronger mens- ures than “ Boycotting.’ Tho Earl of. Car- narvon may livo to sce some of Mr, Bright's predictions fulfilled, and may regret that ho and his clasg have not heeded Mr, Bright's warnings, Axona the dentlis reported yesterday were those of Horace W. Hinman, a mining-spec- ulator at Lapeer, Mich.; H. S. Varnum, a druggist nt Jonesville, in the same State; Judge Perey Walker, nn ex-member of Con- gress from Alabama, at Mobile, In that State; and Capt. 8.8. Kenyon, a prom!nent citizen of McLean County, 1 In consequence of the death of Mr. Wm. G. Holmes, the large and well-selected stock of BOOKS. * On hand at 77 Madison-st., Chicago, will be sold AT COST FOR CASH. A purchaser of the stock and fixtures and good will of this old-established business isdesired. hg Kate Chase Sprague as She Ap- peared in the Zenith of Her Beauty. William Sprague, the Young Sen- ator and Owner of Ten‘ Millions of Money. Ain. Wickensitast Introduced au ordi- nance Inst night giving authority to the South Side Rallroad Company to run street- cars by cable machinery. ‘The Council also passed an ordinancs to regulate tho snle of bogus butter, which provides a penalty for —— . LAIsant, the Communtatic member of the French Chambers, has been at {t again. Ilo recently sent a letter from the widow of Du Vergier de Nunrrana to the Committee of Dazzling Entertainments of a Golden 1880—TWELVE PAGES. HOLIDAY Goons, 3 GO-AGHIN & REV-EL. * EASY CHAIRS, PATENT ROGKERS, &¢., For New Year's Presents, received too late for Christmas. BARCAINS. GO-AGAIN & REV-EL, Cor. Fifth-ay. and Randolph-st, COAL Coal! Coal! We are now receiving in CARS from the mines of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Mary- land, all qualities of Hard and Soft Coal. Orders for car loads will receive prompt attention. Trade supplied from Yard, 470 Clark-st. . freee SILVER CREEK & MORRIS COAL CO. STOCKHOLDERS) MEETINGS. Nockboldos Meetng, CHICAGO, oc, 6, 1890. ‘Tho Annual Meoting of tho Stockholders of: Tho, Commorcin! National Hank of Chicago," for the Bleo- Yon of Directors for the onautng year, will bo hold at tho oftca uf sat bank in Chicazo on Tuosday, Jan, It, WL, botweon tha hours of 2 nnd B o'clock p. tn, p GHEORGHE 1, OTIS, Cashier, Stockholders’ Meeting. Tho onuunl mooting of, the stockhollors of tho Morchante’ Savings, Loan & rast Company of Chie men for the oleotton vf ‘Trustecs ho onantin fone, und niso for the tranaaction of auch othor hunts leas is ny como tip before tha meting, WL be held 1 tho oftlee of the Cumpany in Chicago on the fourth {ny of Innunry, 181, botwean tho hoursot 104m, Inquiry into the Do Cisscy matter, and In which sho charged the veteran journalistand statesman Emilo de Girardin with being o spy In tha pay of foreign Powers, and par- tloularly with having communicated -to Prince Bismarck important military secrets, The Committee showed their appreciation of Lalsant by paylng no attention to tho letter. Yesterday M. do Girardin rose in his place tn the Chambors and called on Latsant to re- tract the accusations which -ho had mado, Laisant refused todo so, Tho Chamber then passed a resolution approving the action of tho Committee in refusing to pay any attcn- tion to Laisant’s charges. ee ‘Tus Tribune Is ablo to lay bofora ita read ers this morning 2 complete review of the Sprague-Conkling case, of the events which led to the scandal, the carly history of the partics connected therewith, the disappoint- ments, intrigues, ambitions, ote., of these parties, and the outcome. Tho story equals in interest some of the most startling stories of the Courts of Europe In tho sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Tho true story of the Canonchet affair ts also given In our columns for the first time. Tue Trinuxy also prints Mr. Spraguo’s own: statement, tho first ono which he has made in: connection “with this case. ‘To says that it is his purpose to dis- provo all the charges brought against him by Mrs, Sprague, aud to proyo hor’ guilt, her ureatest boing her relationship with Conk- lings | : Secnerary Scuunz gave atidicnce to tho Ponen Chiefs now In .. Washington, yester- day. Standing Buffalo “and Wilts Engle wero tho principal spokosmen of tho red men. ‘Thoy tract on tlie Sceretary’ the desirability of further achool aecomimodations among the Ponens. Mrs Sehurz promised. that thelr wishes in this respect,-na well ag with re- gard to tho bill providing for thelr owning of Innds in severnity, would: be attended to. They then signed a paner refterating their formar statements as to the fair and gener- ous way in which they and thelr people had been treated by: Seeretary Schurz, and in it ple : which they ask Congress for $148,000 as re- Hi ueaeasre MENEY #Aetary. | muneration -for: giving up thelr Jands In =) -Dakota and Nebraska, and. as-compensation NOTICE. ov. {for the Injuries they-suffered at tho hands of 'Tho Annual Mooting of tho Stockholdors of tho.| thd Stoux.- egpte : i Standard Manufacturing Co. will be hold on Tucrday, January 11, 1881, 010 o'clock a, m,, for tho purpone a! Hecting a Honrd of Directors, and for the transaction Mauch other business as may properly come before FT, JUNE, President. ASSESSMENT NOTICE NOTION OF ANNEASMENT. OFFICH OF THE ORKUON RALWAY & NAVIGATION COMPANY, No, £0 Nanann-st, Mn. PARNetn was revlected Chairman and Parliamentary leader of the Hfome-Rulo mem- bors of Parliament at thelr mecting In Dublin yesterday, - Justin McCarthy was elected Vice-Chairman, and will take Mr, Parnell's pineco as leader in case the latter shall bo pre- vented fromattonding Parllament. A resolu- tion pledging the Home Rulers to act Ine depondently of any party which did-not New Yont, Nov, 2, 180.—'Thg following rosolution hag eon passed by the Hoard uf Directors: _digrolrdt, dtint 8 Bacal nd as ammUne of rept ett make the legisinti‘'e Independenco of Ireland tock of Chis company. (authoriz the Speciat | part of its progrant was passod unanimously. Fe ee eee Payable Ban. 4, aesteat the | When Parnell was leaving the meoting ho Company's oftice in Now York. waa enthusinstically cheored by the assom- bled crowd, tho liorses were taken from his earrlage, which was then drawn through the streots by some patriotic Dubliners, Btockliolors ure requested to presont of mall thelr Eulerrintisn Cortificates with thole chocks in order 0 PANE MAY be properly enter . ie TouAcls Wilt teensurer, OPERA GLASSES, &ce Senator Brcr, of Kentucky, and Senator Jones, of Florida, whose terms exp fre on the 4th of March, are threatened with the loss of thelr seats, and for the saine reason. Nelthor isa natlye of the State ho represents, and neither Is connected with any of tho "first fnmilles” of the South. In fact, tha “blue blooded aristocrats” of both States want to be represented by members of thelr own class. Beek Js n native of Scotland, and Jones is a native of Ircland. Tho Inter should commence at once to establish a ped- igree showing lis descent from somo of the ancient and numerous Kings of his natlyo isle, Fine Spoctactos anted hts on sclonting principles, “Opera and Fel Glussos Telesconon Mt Se croscupos, Harometura. etc WOR SALE, FOR SALE, CHEAP! ‘The elegant hard-wood’ fixtures in the store No. 113 South Clark-st., suitable for Hatters, Milliners, or other Fancy Stores, Must te removed at once, Inquire of W. H. GRU- BEY, 107 South Clark-st. WANTED, Wanted, a Salesman, To travol In Indiana and Michtzan. WOOLENS a Ppecialty. Address, wiving age snd roforonces (no Bitention will be patd tu othors), Q4, Tribuna ofce, WANTED, Aman and hia wife tonct a8 Stoward and Bfatron at Collegiate and Academie Departments 1ako Forest, Univoraity, or a Indy aa Matron, Apply by lotr, wi . ee ratpramosay to IS Lako-at, Chicauo, TO RENT, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Floors of 192 Jacon Gozer, and’ his wife, who resiied near Allentown, Pa,, wore murd ored in their bed early Sunday mornlig. A bloody ax was found in thoapartnfent where the bodies lay, Indicating the instrument of the mur- der. ‘Josoph Snyder, a boarder, was sus- pected of the crime, and he was selzed and lynched by an infuriated mob, He confessed lis crime. Ho courted the daughter of tho Gozels, and, us thoy dll not encourage him, lio determined to remove them. * On another page will be found an interest- ing lotter from our Topeka correspondent on the cultivation of rice-corn in Kansans, ‘This crop js not affected by drought, can grow In aregion in which no rain falls fora wholo year, and it Is probable that its cultivation will be greatly extended in Western Kansas, Oyor The Fate. ani LOE Blatoret; Over 95,000 acres were sown with the crop * WB KERFOOT &¢0,'S,, this year, and with gratifying results. It is YO Washluytouat. sald to be as good as Indian corn for food purposes, .FINA Boo MONEY TO LOAN AT LOW INTEREST On Heal Fatite ta lurge und amull sume, GEOUGH At. BOGU H.W Nonth Clarkeat, xc, SNA FERRE McCORD& PHILLIPS COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Daly do. Margins on Wheat and Be. on Corn royuired, 154 La Salle-st. SEALSKIN CAPS. SEALSKIN UAPS, Alexis, Driv- Ing, College, Jockey, ant ‘Boll Band | wanes made from choice: Shetland and Al Dr Epwimy H. Cita pastor of tho Fourth Universalist Chureh of Now York, died yesterday, Ife had been ailing for a considerable length of time, and had not ap- peared in his pulpit since April last. The Rey, Dr, Ryder, of this city, was invited by tho mangers of Dr, Chapin’s church to preach in hts stead some weeks ago, It is not unlikely that he will succoed him as the pastor, Many of tho jurors in State triats will bo unable to answer when thelrnames are called n the Four Courts, Dublin, to-day, because they are being “Boycotted.” Mra. Dunlop and her daughtor were fired at yesterday In the County Louth, They escaped unhurt, A torchlight processjon which was to take Place at Kildare last wight was prohibited by Alaska Seal. Lowest Prices at RNES? Jus aint Bur Sore, 46 Madlson-o ATvibune Bullding)» solling the bogus articlens the genulne one. ee Turkish Goyernor of Albania, has been ns sasinnted by an emissary of the Albanian League, which body had decreed his death Montenegrins, ‘The authenticity of tho story Ir is rumored that Derviseh Pasha, the after the occupation of Dulcigno by the is doubted in some quarters. eet A BOILER explosion in E, P, Dodge's shoe factory, at Newburyport, BIass., yesterday, Tesulted In kllling the engineor, James Huntington, Daniel Bridges, and James h, Bailoy, employé3 in tho :factory. Several others were serfously hurt, and. tho fireman is reported missing. Twenty saloonkeepers of Detroit were ar- rested yesterday for keeping thelr saloons open on Christmas Day, contrary to the pro- vision of tho State Iaw against tho sale of quor on holidays, The saloonkeepers pro- pose to test the constitutionality of the law, —-— Cxrow Kina and Crooper, two of Sitting- Bull’s most efficient Noutenants, have como into Fort Buford to make terms of surrender tor their Chief and his followers, It Is now thought that tle doughty warrior will have como in.by the 15th of January at latest. —————— A conrtston occurred on tho Mobile & Ohio’ Rallroad at the Loulslana State line between” Q passenger and a froight train, Sunday morning. ‘Che engineers and brakemen of both trains wore killed, and several othor Persons wore fatally wounded, ¢ —_—_— ‘Tur Cabinet-makors have resumed opera- tions, They now make Senator Binine Sec- retary of State and: Chatincey I, Filley Post-' |: master-Genoral. “They protend to know that Senator Conkling will have ino influence with tho Garliold Administration. At ameeting of the Brooklyn Aldermen last nights resolution was offered favoring a license feo of $5 for overy Chineso laundry in the city, An amendment that leenses should be given only to citizens of the United States was adopted, ? : pete o —. Sxererany Raasyy lias announced his purpose. to make a vigorous contest for Senator MoMillan’s seat in the United States Sonate. McM{Unn’s friends nre badlyscared. Thoy acknowludga that Ramsey's eandida- turo {fs formidab! : A MOVEMENT in favor of the displacement of Mr. Gowen as Presilent of the Reading Rallroad js rapidly developing. Mr. Frank 8. Bond, Vice-President of the Toxas & Pa- elfic Rond, is the choice of tha opponents of Mr. Gowen, Peren VANDEnuoor, suspected of being tho leader of a gang of villains who attempt- ed to wreck a passenger train on tho Wiscon- ain Railroad track a week ago last Sunday morning, was arrested in Fond du Lac yes- torday. ‘Ti total population of the State of Ver- mont Is $33,286, The foreign-born citizens number only 40,496, Thore are 1,013 colored, persons, six Indians, and three half-breeds ‘The males outnumber tha.females by 1,401, —_——_—— Aw explosion of fire<lamp occurred ina colliery near St, Ettenne, Franco, yesterday, while tho miners were at work. Several of them wore killed. Eleven dead bodies had beonfaken from the pit last night, — Tue Public Library Board nt its meeting yesterday resolved that they would ask $49,415 of tho Common Councit for Library expenses next year. Of this sum $20,000 Is to be for tho purchase of books, — Le Doc, the Commissioner of Agriculture, has completed all arrangements for the es- tablishment of an experimental tea-farm near Summerville, about twenty-five miles from Charleston, 8. C. Two Traurs who had slept by 9 Imekiln near Richmond, Va, dicd yesterday from the effects of the suffocating gas from the kiln, and two othora are not oxpected to re- coyer, Axordinance passed the Council Inst night directing the City Rallway Company to run cars once overy hour after 13 o'clock at night on Archer avenue and Halsted street, Senator Buown, of Georgia, called on Commissioner Raum yesterday to tonder his assistance in the work of breaking up tho moonshiver system in his State, —_—_ Tur Ilon. John Rowe, formerly Surveyor- General of Pennsylvania, and at one time Spenker of tho House of Hopresentatiies, died yesterday, F i ‘Up to yesterday morning tho number of immigrants who arrlyed at the Port of Now York sinco the 1st of January of this year ‘was 318,037, ; Anona the fires roported yesterday was ono at Kirksville, Mfo,, where yine buildings, valued at $30,000, were destroyed. * aeeemmermamnemnnnt Fine broke out in the Colorado Central Mine, at Georgetown, Colo., Sunday, caus- ing damage estimated at $10,000, * ——SS YesTenDay $1,103,808 were recelved from internal reyenuo, and $053,778 from Customs dues,’ House, Endowed with Every Attraction, Political Ambition of the Wile-and-Daugh- ter—Senatorial Fiasco of the Husband. Death of the Distinguished Father ~Intemperance of the Sen- ator—Dark Days. Coming of Senator Roscoe Conk- ling, the Rejected Suitor of. Former Times. Extraordinary Public Love-Making of the Infatuated Pair of Notables, Statoment, for tho First ;Time, al This Late Day, of tho Exact Facts of the Canonchet _ Mecting. SPRAGUE SPEAKS, OUR CONRESPONDENT GIVEN 18 FULL vinws: Speciat Dispatch to ‘The Chicago Tribune, Provinencr, R. 1, Dec. 97.—Goy. Spraguoa has at Inst decided to make war to the knifo In the coming divorce suit of ils wife against himself, and those who have been saying that his defense would not, je. an. agaressive one will find themselyes,badly fooled. It Is true that, UP TO THE PRESENT TIME, hls inclinations have been In tha direction of simply charging his wifo with neglect of family duties, but now his purpose ts to make tho bitterest kind of n personal fight agalnst his wife and Conkling, and, unless he Is badly fooled .ns to the: naturé of the evi- dence at his command, the developments to bo mundo at tho trial will exceed In rlehness anything heretofore hinted at, TONIGHT Gov, Sprague made to Tu Tamune repro- sentative the first statement regarding this matter that lias passed his Nps. Indecd, as he said, it was only to-day that he decided upon. the course to be taken, ils entire timo heretofore has been taken up with legal affairs relating to his estates His highly-In- teresting statement, this cvening, was as follows: “After the collapsc of my fortune, { caine home, and wanted to resign my posi- ton In tho Sonate, but was not allowed to, and served tho term. My family affairs were somowhat unsatisfactory, ao far as “THE DEVRECIATION OF MY EFFOnTS In public and private were concerned, Mrs, Sprague wns nover a part of my busluess or my politics, and na to her actions and moye- ments, I was toa great extent unconsclous, Sho was abroad during a great portion of my married life, and while 1 was In politics my house hero and at Washington was con-. ducted almost outirely by her. THY THING THAT WEIGHED UPON MK MOST Inmy domestic affairs was that, while ablo tomanage everything connected with my political and business life, I could not con- trolmy domestic affairs, That was a great mortification, but I never mentloned it toa alnglo person until I found Conkling jn Possussion of my houschold at Washington, Thon I called upon Mrs, Spraguo's personal friends andtho irlends of her father to savo her from what I had before been able to pro- tect her, WHEN CONKLING WAS INTNODUCED INTO MY. uovsR I found It utterly impossible to control her, or save her from tho subsequent conse- quences. Ag to tho details from that tlino to tho time of Conkling’s being driven out of my house, I prefer you should gather thot from others,” .When questioned as to his plan of action In tho coming trial, Gov, Sprague sali, * Mrs. Sprague’s petition will bo negatived—every part of It. ‘There fs nothing in it based upon feets. ‘Taking that for granted, the action that I shall follow, Is forced upon mo by tho character of that peti- ton,” “Shall you show facts IN WELATION TO ANYTHING CRIMTNAT, between Senator Conkling and Mrs, Sprague?” asked the reporter, iS “You area funny fellow toask me that,” rejoined the Governor. ‘In all this sinoke there must bo a good deal of fire, TANALE SHOW THE WHOLH RELATIONSII and conneetion~and it has been constant from the summer, of 1878, other than at Washington.” “Hiave you any letters from Conkling to Mra. Sprague?” “Thave a lot of letters, but havo not ex- amined them yet, s0 I can say nothing on that point, [have been ‘ RELUCTANT, ON ACCOUNT OF THE CHILDREN, tooxamine the situation, bug havo come to tho conclusion that, if they grow up, they would never thank me for a course that would palliate a great erline, because St would destroy thelr moral and Intellectual life 1f they were forced to be subjected to it, I shall leave no stone unturned to bring Mira. Sprague’a wholo life out, and THE CROWNING INIQUITY, IN MY NEDIEP, 18 THE CONKILING RELATIONSHIP, Tur Tunuse fs the first paper to which I have had anything to say on this point. You may say thot I ahnll never consent to the divorce proceedings being lield in private, nor to any compromise of the ease."”” BRIEF OF THE CASE, A LONG, BAD BTORY. Bpectal Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune. Wasinxoton, D, C., Dee. 26.—As long azo asthe days of the Tatler, it was discovered that there was a universal thirst for scandal, Itisathirat for which those who have. fol- Jowed the public annals of the country have been abundantly able to satisfy. The story, which begins 1n 2 city fn the Interior of Oliio, and which has the beginning of Itsend at Ca- nonehet, bids falr to become one of the great- est natlonal scandals of thetic. Itisalittie while since Kate Chase wns a brilliant, bean- tiful, and ambitious girl about Columbus, 0., when her distinguished father was Governor of the Stnte. Yet, in the quarter of a century that has passed, that life has witnessed some very eventful scenes, and the saddest and most notable are, perhaps, yet to cone, ‘The bill for divorce that was filed at Providence may be the forerunner of'n story that shall rank in the National annats by the side of the his- tory of the private life of Alexander Hamil- ton,—whose memory fs revered, and whose faults are forgotten, MIS, SPRAQUE’S APPEARANCE. Mrs. Sprague fs not as beautiful a woman as she once was, She now shows traces of years, and ler eyes, which are the chief re- maining beauty, many. would regard as paluted, although her friends insist that there istnot a trace of art about them, She cannot now be far from 45 years of age, although she looks much younger.’ She {s ofimedium hight, perhaps five feet six, and her features still show beautiful outlines, Mer hatr, which fs still abundant, is dark auburn in color, for nature lias yet spared her gray hairs. Ler mouth is a fine feature of her face, and is full of white, regular teeth. Her welght fs probably 140, Ler hands are syminetrieal, and are always In- eased in kids of tho Intest fashion. Not- withstanding the bankruptey of her husband, she always appears neatly and richly dressed. KATE CHASE MERTS SPRAGUE, Kate Chaye first: met Willinin Sprague, the young Senator from Rhode Island, who had been 2 patriotic Governor and a brave Union soldier, at the home of her father In Wash- ington, while the Intter was Seorutary of the Trensury, ‘The wealth of young Sprague was thon estimated at something near ten tallllons of dollars. If bis estate could have then been closed, before he entered upon the hazardous speculative outside business, whieh resulted, in connection with the panic, in tho failure of his house, doubtless this amount could have been realized. The young millionnire Senntor, of course, was regarded as a“ great enteh,” and In view of the thon ripening ambition of her father, it was. not an opportunity which tho not less. mnbitious daughter would be Hkely to spurn. Tho acquaintanes which then began, soon developed into an Intimate friendslilp, als though It was long. before any engagement was announced. Kate Chaso generally ac coinpanied her father on his frequent visits to New York, ant tho Senator from Rhode Island was often in the party. ‘Tho courtship continued, and was soon followed by mar- riage, and the wenlthy bolles and scheming society matrons of Washington were very much annoyed that this Western girl, the daughter of the new Seeretary of the ‘Treasury, should have carried off the prize, Their marringe at Washington ot the resi- dence of her father was the most brilllant socinl event of the senson, and presents of great value were showered upon her, + WILLIAM SPRAGUE came to tha Senate chiefly by virtus of the almighty dollar. Ilo was, to be sure, at that’ time an active business man, and had been prominent a3 a War-Governor of Ithode Isl- nnd, but he had no particular characteristics which quatified him for the. Senate. His most distinguishing porsonal feature is his nose, which is aquiline and large. Itis the singlo notable charactoristic of hisface, He wears glasses, 23 he Is very nenr-sighted; is rathor of s dark brunet, with straight, smooth black hair, now a good deal tinged with gray; wears his face entirely smooth, excopt a rather thin black mustache, dresses plainly, not always neatly, aud has a listless, shambllng, slipshod kind of gait, DALLIANT ENTERTAINMENTS, Tho house of Mr. Sprague, in Washing- ton, during tho early ‘portion of his Sena- torial career was the centro of fashion, of artistic taste, of reflned clegance, and of ‘suelnt luxury, The leading spirit of the housohold was his young and beautiful wife, Kate Chase Sprague, A great many recep- tions were held thore, and they wore always attended by the haute monde. Everything that tho rare taste of the mistress ot the house could suggest, or the wealthy owner of It pny for, was there In rich, and rare, and prodigal abundance, One of those receptions was particularly noticeable, ‘Lhe beautiful hostess stood nenr the entrance, and, assist ed by her father, Chief-Justlce Chase, and by her husband, the patriotie ex-Governor. and wealthy ex-Senutor, recelyed the guests with ngrace and dignity which falrly deserved the title which she recelyed of OH AMERICAN SOCIAT, QUEEN,” ‘Vine trented Mrs, Sprague very tenderly, and, although she was for years at the head of acortain soclal world in Washington, sho seemed always young, Her tall, and slender figure, onco perhaps a trifle too sleuder, lind rounded out into perfect outline, Hor head was placed upon her graveful polished ghoul- dors inamanner which made her figure the admiration of artists and sculptors, who de- suribod her as a most perfect model, Her manners, wore reserved, dignitled,*elegant, and hor.conyersation of the moat brilliant character, She had: been thoroughly edu: ented, and had Inherited tho intellectual chnrneteristles’ and political ambitions of her father, She was much in. his socloty, and shared his politteal and Mterary labors, Lt, perhaps, was for this reason that sho was wore In the society of men than of women, Hor intellectual. tastes and political aapira- tons were masculine, but while sho excited tho untyorsal admiration of the mute sex slic exelted fn no fess degree the cnyy of her own, Sho possessed not only the literary qualities and the brilliant conversational powons of Madame lecamior, such ay made hor win friends of such brilliant men os ROSCOE CONKLING AND CARL sciunz, sand other cultivated leaders at the Nationa! Capital, but sho at the same tie outranked all her own sex in hor taste iu dress, ond In those womanly “arts and ‘graces" to which “queens of soolaty ™ aro supposed to puy so much attention, Sho was in no sense a blue~ stocking, Sho was in garb, 03 wellas io speech, a Queen.” “ Atono of her receptions, whon hor popu- larity was at its hight, her dress was, like herself, a wonder,—a marvelous satin robeot two shades,—a pale blue and a pearly white, A tiut rather than ashade, 1t was embrotd- ered in wreaths on the blue satin petticoat and bouquets on the court-train and square- cut walst, The sleeves were tight to the elbows, and deep white duehcese Inco fell over tha rounded white arms, on whieh aparkled gold bracelets set wit dinmonds, On her head she wore a tara of turanolse and diamonds; her earrings matched tho tlara, Hor receptions were attended by all!the distinguished personages of the National Capital, The Supreme Court, and all the prominent Iawyers practicing before the Court, were there, The Senators and Repre- sentatlyes who had National reputations wera always there, while the Diptomatie Corps hovered about her like the dazed oth miller about the flame, ; Although Mrs, Sprague oceupled a posl- tlon which was very conspicuous in society, nevertheless she never fully received the recognition of the more exclusive set. She was the danghter of an honored Chict Jua- tice, the wife of a millionaire Senator, and Pe .@ great many attractions, to be bu SUR NEVER DECAME A FAVORIT WITIL THE LADIES, | and by many of them was regatded with dls- trust. Of course, her position was sttch that no social slight could be put upon her, Those who knew the family well understood. that the marriage with Sprague was not for love; yet sho wasa faithful, dutinble wife; always treating her husband with respect, aithough his personal peceadllloes and intel- lectual inferiority often caused her embar- Tassment. ‘fhe first time In which sho ts said to have manifested her aversion to her husband was when he made a most. distress- ing failure In an attempt to address the Sen- ateinaspeceh which was reported to have been prepared for him by the somewhat no- torlous * Pet" Halstead. Mrs, Sprague was a frequent visitor at the Senate, and, when there, the centre of a good deal of: curiosity, She happened to be there on this ocension, and wag noticed to have been very Indignant at her husband’s failure. This was a great wound to her pride, which probably never was liealed. SPRAGUE TIPPLES. It was not long after this before a shadow fell upon the houschold. The Scnator, whose drluking habits before he enue to Washing- ton had not been particularly bad, soon yielded to the social attractions of Washing- ton, and became addicted to too liberal an in- dulgence fn the wine-cup, ‘The result was the: beginning ot the habits which Mrs. Sprague, in her bill, charges have been eom- mitted, untll, if her story Js true, the world must belleve that Sprague isa man of gross utemperance, and, ns a result ofjit, that he Is guilty of the most attroclously cruel conduct towards his family. After this, however, tha Senator was very liberal to his beautiful wife, She had been allowed to xo abond, and mnie costly pur- chnses of ince, which were even deemed too expensive for the Empress of tho French or the Queen of Great ritalin, She paid $15,- 000 in gold for six yards of point Ince, which was so costly thatthe manufacturer of It had the Ince photographed and the photograph is now ee upon the walls of the largest Ince house In Europeans an illustration of the Uberality, as he cails it, of wealthy Ameri- cans, KATE SPRAGUE’S AMDITION. Mrs. Sprague was intensely ambitious, She had all that makes life desirable to most women,—wealth, beauty, uernees accomplish- anents, high gociat place and distinction. Yet the May morning when her father was found unconscious In his room with all hope of his recovery gone, was, no doubt, the day on which tho dark eurtain fel] down on her life forever, as that day witnessed the mortal wound (to her ambition, She jind not all those years perfected herself in all the arts ond accomplishments of a woman of the world, and of a socini queen, shuply for the pleasure or the sense: of Rower which tho possession of those accomplishments afford- ed, They, were all.to her but the means to anend, She desired to faseinate and to de- Nght, and studied every graceful pose, and acquatuted herself with every phase of courtly language, and tarn of brilliant repar- tea, net for their own sake alone, but be- eause they equipped her as a successful agunt of her father’s political ambition. HER GOAL WAS'THE WHITE louse. She wished to seo her father placed there, and hoped toreien there herself ns the lead- ing Indy of the Nation. To this ambition it is reported that she sacrificed the love of her early youth, rejected the ian to whom she had given her heart for the sake of the cum- monplace but wealthy suitor, who, as the patriotic War Governor of Rhode Isinnd, and as the imillionalro Senator, could give her the ‘position, the wealth, the social’ distine- tlon, "the politicnl leverage which would better enable her to further the purposes of her {nther’s ambition, It was the great. mls- take ot her life, for the young man whom runor credits her with haying rejected holds n position not inferlor to that of any one in the political world to-lay, while poor. Sprague Js penniless in purse, and held tn tow esteem in other respects, and is Ina divorcee court, charged with being the oppressor of hls wife and the ruln of his family, 1t prob- nly is not known how thoroughly Identi- fied Kate Chase was with all the’ political movements of her father, DURING THE CAMPAIGN OF 1663, prior to tho nomination of Seymour, Mr. Chase's ehfet agents could tell, If thoy would, that Mrs, Sprague was taken Into consulta: tion at. every polnt; that her hopes were high, and that, in his confidential Juterviews with ils trusted friends, Mr, Clase spoke a3 often of his daughter's hopes and destres as ho did of iis oven interest in suceess or failure, and Jt is known that, when success svemed cartaln to- lim (ns it did until the yory day that Seymoanr received the noming- ton), he rejoiced chlatly because of tho great Happiness which he thought the result would Rive to Ars, Sprague, Among tho very first words he uttered when the news of hfs fall- ure came were these; “Doves Mra, Sprazno know?” and, upon belng told that she tld, he inqulred, “And how does she bear it?” Mrs, Spragua did bear it with great fort! tude, but the blow was a fearful ong to her ambltfons her pride prevented her from showlng It in public. APRAGUR’S DOWNFATI« But Spraguo failed of reviettion to the Sennta, and the panic overtook him and rulned his fortunes. Meanwhile, the great Chief Justice, hor fathor, was dead. With Thin ambition and atfection seomed to die out of her life, and tho dark dnys, whieh have aluce grown darker, began, 1tis reported too, that Spraguo’s Intempernte hablts in greased with hls misfortunes, and thore ii hot much doubt that many of the charges of tho divorcee bill rolating to the wine. cup are truc, Irom the porlad of Chivf Justice Chase's death and of Sprague'’s defeat for the Sonate and failure in business, inisfortune laid a heavy hand spon the hang of the Spragues, . Income failed, Itwas hard to aurronder luxurious tastes, or to abandon tho fixed hablts of a gilded lifetime, The ine come which was to come to the clilldren from the annuities established by the grand. mother—the mother of the ex-Sunator—falled also, being fuvolyed in the general wreck of the ‘Sprague fortune, ‘The change in out- ward fife was followed by 9 change not less marked In the home-life of the Spragues, The house became divided agatust Itself. Ttuahand and ; ule began to live apart for munch of the ye ‘ . : ‘Mrs, Sprague ilyed In Washington, at the country seatowned by Chiofalusties Chase, “ Edgewood.” ‘This estate hil been left to her by her father’s will, But the Chasa estate did not leave means enough to mains tain it. ‘Tho taxes were not pald. ‘The mare ket and milk man who suppiied the house hold were not pald, TUE FINST DUKATI OF SCANDAT, In tater times was heard in connectlon with theso matters. ‘The tax-collector pressed hoard, and 9 bill was: introduced and. passed in Congress to rellaye tho estate of the pay- mont of this tax, ‘This bill was especially champtoned by Senator Conkling, who had been a lifetine friend of the Chlef-Justle and who was also a frequent visitor al “Edgowood." Hut Mr, Conkling was not alone in the advocacy of this measure, Other frends of tho ChiefJustice, among them distinguished Democrats Mas Repu Heans, joined in what ity aimed Wan. & proper get for Congress if the daughe ter of one go distinguishes Merican hise tory. In all thts dlset). pin Canercag there never was n sug; made that Edgewood was nt partof Gis thtate-bf Gove Sprague, The amount of taxes remitted by! Congress was nbout $20,000, ROYAL POVERTY, Meanwhile, during tho time that the bill was ponding in Congress, and while her cause was being supported by such distin guished advocates, Mrs, Sprague save many elegant and costly breakfasts at this rural vill, at which the most — brilliant politicians nnd ilterary men wero pres- ent, but to which i¢ was Peover stated that nny ladles were Invited. From oceastonal temarks dropped bi 6 who attended some of these break: oat 1G was lenrned that they were served in tbo’ Highest style of Freneli_art, and that the en- tertalnments partook of the brilliant char. acter of the old-Uime French salon. During i one of the summers, “Edgewood! must - have yielded some tneome, as It was occu- pled by Secretary Schurz and Postmastere ieneral Key, in tho absence of Mrs, Sprague | at Canonchet, as a suminer home. a IN COUNT FOR A MILK DLT. ! Soon after this the milk and produce men { brought sult against Mrs. Sprague oz the | estate in the local magistrate’s Court for a ! petty bin, and the local papers described the! Appearance of Roscoe Conkling ag her coun~1 sel to defend these suits. They probably were settled, as they were never. heard of; afterwards, Dut it caine out subsequently: that the Edgewood property was claimed ng. part of the estate of the insolvent William; prague, Democratic papers made’ muctt cnpital of these, and charged that Congress; had been misted into remitting the taxes of the estate of the ex-inillionnire on the j. grount that it was for the relief of the sep-1 trate estate of the daughter of the late Chic£ | dustlee, 2 ae INDISCRETION TIE CAUSI! OF SCANDAL. - The career of this brilliant woman from: this thie has been fully detafled by the news- papers of the day, The press has auily diss, cussed her movements, and hag no doubt in } many instances done infustice. But for. much of this the unfortunate Indy ts herself responsible, as she hins been guilty at least of, indiscretion tn her public acts which have furnished an easy text for seundal-lovers, Aunong some of the most noted of these have:| been persons of ler own sex, Who envied her | in the d of her wealth and power, ands who have satisfled their ancient grudge and, soelal envy by sharp-tongued malevolence, :| ‘The more notable of these irdisereet. nets? have been the attentions which she lias per- wiltted Roscoe Conkiing to pay her in the. Senate Chamber, in public drives, and ate prrbite pinces, A lady with very inuch less Knowledge of the world couldn’t expect tor escape tongue of — seandal, or: the shafts of enlumny, who would writa notes from. the ~ Senate Nery" > to nm Senator not connected with cher: family, who would show such marked Inter. est In that Senntor’s movements, who would permit that. Seuntor’s private secretary to reserve seats for her on all spectators’ days; ; who would allow herself to take so many?! woodland drives in a bugey with a distii=: gulshed Senator when she was 9 marriedi: woman and he a’ married man, and when i both must have known that the society of the: ; Nutional Capital was so severe {n its regard: + for outward decorum that it does not allow unmarried persons even, who are not ene ruged, to appear much in public except with f chaperone, and never to ride in a buggy unattended, Mrs. Sprague claims that she hus been persecuted by n sensational press; but the press, which is no respeoter of per- sons, has heen furnished by the Indiseretions named with abundant excuse for what has, been said, and with an opportunity to say much more that has been withheld. MLLING AND CouING. So marked were these .attentions . that the Philadelphia Times, speaking of one of tho incidents of this curlous story, once sald: ‘And then, tuo, tho ‘reckless boliincss with which tho twaln carried .on tholr ittla game of love. ‘They did not sevin to muko any pretenso’ of concealing tholr billings und coolngs from the: worhl. ‘ho earners In tho Capitol corridors. were not cnough for than to hide tholr honds In, ‘but oven the front seatof the Henate gall wos known | even. tho - servants . in lobby as the pince of renitezyous for the “tady, while her Senatorial. friend" wid his “devaira" -- to tho -‘inarried enuty oppoait from his conspicuous desk in: the Sonnte Chamber. Even the Sonntor's most brilliant spoeches ecemed to taka their. color frotn the aie iti -oFs Of th, Indy in tho gul> Jery. As sho tripped down the stairs to hor seat, it was n froquent slight forthe knowing oncs to. glance over to Conkling's desk and observe the urranging of tho curly ete Jocks and the read neektle, tho posing of ‘tho stalwart les and the broad shoulders, to say nothing of the animated way in which the Senator would rig up hia trip- hammer to crack whatuvor walnut may bo for the moment beforo tho Sonate. Within tha past year Mrs. Spriyue’s attendance upon tha debates has heen more froqucnt, and ber corre=. spondence with the Senator by mounsof her eyes. und tho we of nm pencil and paper—notes passing to and fro with unblushing publicity and frowns: Almost daily und even nightly during thoextra session Just closed those pranks were carried on in tho sight of guilerivs full of ordinary spectators, Senutors, and tho lackeys of tho Senate. The Scuntar, a8 soon ng tho gavel foll, would utwaya rise and seek the gallery seat and escort tho wife of the Rhode Islander in the moat lover-Ilko way to her carriage. Atd o'clockc in tho morning nt that, too, But in tho Inst “offort” of the Sunntor in the presence of tho” wife of tho ox-Senutor and tho daughter of the Chief Justice the distinguisher Sonutorial Pash seorned to baye run up against dis “kismot'? when Lamar thing in hig fine teoth tho words thut ee tu would desorve and no brave ar. . mun would F ; EARLY SCANDALS, : Tho brenth and _pen of scandal sinco these occurrences have yentured to go back to’ the unmarried days of this lovely: ques ne and to. note that there were stories of Indiscretions when Kate Chase lived at Columbus, before she had become an accomplished woman of the world, or Un A friend of Mrs. Sprague, who was also’ @ very enriest frigml of the late Chict Jnsticas enme some months age to the defense o Mrs, Sprague against the scandals with which she was assolled. ‘This frlond took the ground that the old Southern Rebel eles Inent In Washington was endeavoring ‘ta overwhelm Mrs. Sprague and drive her from soclety, because she was a representative. o! the oll Mepublican régime, tha wife'of a Union oflicer, and tha daughter of Chiof- Justices Chase, ‘Those who were hunting her down were characterized og a pack of baying Southern hounds, who would have beon aulekly driven off, it her husband had bec aman. ‘The attempts to cause her downfall were alded by a good many envious women who had bee Jealous of her high social po- sition and of her conquests in the past, and turned upon her when calumny bad reylved old scandals and created or maguiticd ‘new ones. THE COLUMBUS SCANDAL, ‘ Kate Chaso had bean a very high-spirited, venturesone, Possibly Indiscreet young won as a girl, and did not escape acandals before her married life, although her friends stontly maintalned that those scandals wera almply the result of girlish independence and indiscretion, and that no blame could bo attached to them. Ono of ber inost zealong defenders, in explaining these old Columbug stories, sald: d Now, Kate Cnase has atwaya beon running’ tilt at Mrs. Grundy, From tho timo she wus u Little girl sho bad been petted by one of her futbors frivuds,—u handsome married mas, ‘The Columbus dirs, Grundy bold up her hands and Kato got out hor little galvanic battory an sot about shocking ber, Onw of tho old Indy's otmlasarica got a koy,—aye a whole bundic of koys,—watched bor oppor let d and got access to Kate's room, ‘Tho poor child was in a bourd~ ing-bouse, und ber father Governor of the State. This consurvater of publio morals gut down on her two precious knees bofore Kate's trunk and tried her koys, one ond another, aud another and one, until ono was! found which oponed the trunk, ‘This the excelleat woman ransacked until fully aware of its coutents, and from Antu Unese sho took a packige of letters, smoothol things up, locked the trunk, aud res tired with ber bundle of luttors tohorown room. ‘These letters wore fruin u huudsotue married, man; and, after perusing thotn carefully, their captor wus thrown into spasia, and botoak here seit for treatinent to tho aunlty. physlolan of Gov, Chusv. The physician took sho caso ig hand, kopt tho letters, road thom carefully, cons cluded that Kate's futher ought to know about thom, ted thom up carefully, took thom, tu the Capitol, and buns thom to tho Goy~ ernor. Noxt wook tho bandsome married man and big wife wave 4 large purty in thelr handsome resi- donce, Cov. Chase und bia diuughtor word = everybody was radlunt; and Kate and the beads sumo host danced togethor, whilo tho father and, wife guw nothing wrong, The winter after the Chicago frol was in Columbus, aud met thls old fauiily physlolau.— tho man who hud read tho lettors and giv thom to ber fathor, the re Twas auxigus for intormas 2