Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1882-05-26
WASHINGTON.
4 QUANTITY OF INTERESTING
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Some Sensational Testimony Offered
in the Christiancy Case-AriZ0na
News-Other Telegrapllic
Intelligence.


Washington.
WASHINGTON, May 25.-To-day's confrma-
tions: Ada G. Sweet pension agent, at Chin
cago. Postmasters: Jno. I. Berle, at Tren-
ton; Jas. D. Miller, Kirksville, Mo-; Jennie G.
Prater, North Springfield, Mo-; John O'Con-
nor, Marysville, Mo. The following post
masters were nominated: Frank G. Mas
baugh, Cambridge City, Ind; Stephen Met
calf, Anderson, Ind; Mrs. Elizabeth A. Ste-
venson, Greenville, Ohio; Chas W. Crompton,
Osborne, Kansas; w. G. Smith, Holden, Mo-
In the Christiancy divorce suit the testi-
mony of Ex-senator Christiancy has been
taken. In connection with it several impor-
tant letters have been sent in as evidence,
among them long one written by Chris
tiancy on August Is, 1878, to his wife's father,
Mr.. John w. Lngenbeel, with regard to Mrs.
Christiancy's alleged bad conduct. It be-
gins with reference to correspondence be-
tween the writer and Mrs. Lugenbeel before
their marriage-correspond in which
Christsancy says he endeavored to carefully
and scrupulously convince her that she ought
not marry, and in which he insisted upon
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ter. He admitted he loved her and said if
after full and mature consideration she still
wished to marry him, he would consent. She
declared she still wished him to make zer his
wife and as a gentleman he had only one
course to take. The marriage took
place and if the love which she
professed for him had really existed, nothing,
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morning of the wedding. However, she
heard of the return of James Lugenbeel, and
tainted. When they reached Philadelphia
and were alone she told him that she had
been engaged to Lugenbeel, but the engage
ment had been broken off. She did not know
till then how deeply she loved him. She said
she had perjured herself in her MARI; age
VOW, was miserable, and wanted a divorce
! forthwith. When they returned to the city
| all went we'll until she met Lugenbeel
at the art gallery, and from that
| time she seemed to be detected
| and miserable, and again asked for di-
vorce. Some time after this Frank Ander-
son became attentive to her, and her affec-
| tions seemed to attach themselves alternate
| ly to him and to Lugenbeel, and again came
| the frenzy for divorce. Finally she quieted
down and appeared to think more of her
husband. AT or she returned home in Au-
gust, 1876, her love for Anderson broke out
afresh, and her hatred for her husband in
! creased. She also had fondness for Sam
Register, of Baltimore, and for Mays. She
often declared that she wished her husband
dead, and said he was all that stood between
her and happiness. Christiancy then
refers to the fact that his wife went to Heal
ing springs in preference to going to Sarato
! ga or Arkansas with him and says he felt sus-
picious that she had gone to the spring with
| some old lover. When she wrote him she
taunted him with being old; said she did not
! pretend to live with him; that she would
spend all the money she pleased; that she
| would run him in debt; and that she wanted
divorce. He replied that he would not
quarrel with her nor would he be ruined in
| the way she proposed.
The grand jury is Investigating the star
route service of which J. B. Price is contrac-
tor, and to-day examined I. N. Dirin.
Secretary Lincoln has information that
Payne and twenty y-nine other colonists, while
| attempting to invade the Indian territory,
| were captured by troops sent out from Fort
Reno, and taken back to Kansas. The au
| thorities are undecided what disposition to
make of them.