The New York Herald Newspaper, July 30, 1874, Page 6

BISMARCK. His Attempted Assassination at Kissingen. FULL PARTICULARS OF THE EVENT. Interview with M. Lederer, the Captor of the Would-Be Assassin. Torchlight Procession Serenad- ing the Prince—Bismarck’s Thanks to the People. WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT IT, Sketch of the Criminal—A Priest Arrested— Complot or Fanaticism ? KISSING July 15, 1874. Tarrived at Kissingen at eight o’ciock this morn- ing, having left Homburg immediately on recetpt of the despatch about the sttempted assassination of Prince Bismarck. Though (he event took place at one o’clock of the afternoon of the 18th, the telegraphic despatch was not published in Hom- burg until tate in the evening, and in Frankfort not until ten or eleven o’clock on the morning of the 14th. Snch is newspaper energy in Germany, Well, 1 arrive in this idyllic watering place to fina the excitement of thirty-Six hours ago somewhat subsided, but the attempted assassination the sub- ! neral conversation. 1 am informed by Bistaarck’s pirysician that the Prince's wound is hot atallserious and is doing well, but that the patient suffers irom considerable nervous prostration consequent on the recent excitement, The would-be assassin, Franz Edward Ludwig Kullmann, is im prison. A priest, who was supposed to have had some con- nection with the criminal, was arrested at the neighboring city of Schweinfarth afternoon, and ts at present in this ci opinion here is that he is guilty o/ complicity in the | attempted murder, while there are others who be- lieve that he was only accidentally present when the shot was fired, But permit me first to tell the story of the attempted assassination in proper form. Short accounts have been published in 8 lo- cal newspaper, but nothing very full, The best and most trustworthy account, however, has been told me this morning by M. Jos¢ Lederer, opera singer irom the Court Theatre at Darmstadt, who Saw the whole occurrence and succeeded in captur- ing the would-be assassin, thereby receiving a se- | vere wound himself upon the hand, THE NARRATIVE OF AN EYEWITNESS. I found M. Lederer, a handsome, affable gentle- man, pacing up and down his room, with one arm Ina sling. He toid me that, although he hada German name, he was a native of Hungary. The following is his account as taken down and trans- lated by me at the time :— M. LepERER—It was a quarter past one on the afternoon of the 13th when I crossed the promen- ade bridge towards Count Bismarck’s house, with the intention of seeing the Chancellor ride out. I Stood near a c: ‘The peopie cheered heartily, and while the Prince was beckoning to them with his upraised hand, | signs of regret. wd of persons, mostly ladies, who | had gathered near the nouse, and saw the Prince | leave his house and take @ seat in his carriage. | NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY. JULY 30, 1874—WITH SUPPLEMENT. toexpress in words all that our hearts feel at this moment. God has protected you, and in that he hath protected you He has preserved to us the German Empire, May He preserve you tous much longer to the weal oi Germany aua of civilizea hu- manity.” Prince Bismarck replied :—Gentiemen, I thank you for the congratulations you bring me, so well expressed by M. Lederer, who, however, has suf- fered more im the affair than I, ior tue wretch shot at meas @ man, but he hit M. Lederer like a brute. But such incidents belong to the business of a Minister President. I am sorry to say that the Would-be agsassin ts a special countryman o/ mine, He comes from the neighboriood of Magdeburg (therefore is a Prussian), belongs to the Uatholic Ispoke tohim im prison that he had not known me personally before, but that he had wished to Kul me on account of the ecciesiastical laws. Inope that my slight wound will be betterina few days.” After the orchestra had played, Prince Bismarck appeared on the halcony and thanked the assembled multitude for their sympathy, say- ing:— ENTLEMEN—I thank you for your sympathy. Thank God, with me, that his hand so visibly pro- tected me, blow which was directed against me was not in- tended for my person 2s such, but against the cause to which 1 have devoted my ll(e—the unity, independence and freedom of Germany, And if it had come to pass that I had died, what would this have been more than occurred to thousands of my countrymen, who, three years ago, left their blood and their lives oa tue fields of battle. But the grand work which, with my weak powers | helped to commerce, cannot be destroyed by such means, and God will see that the work is completed by the power of the united “German people. In this hope I veg you to give, with me, a Roch to the united German people ana its confederated princes.” The cheers that fol- lowed were strong and from the heart. A singing society sung the song of the “True German Heart,” and then orchestra, singing society and public roared out the ‘Watch on the Rhine,’ whose melody has so long been silent. The Prince looked onthe sight with evident pleasure. He receivea telegrams at night from ali parts of Germany, ‘Two came from Munich—one from the Emperor Wilham and the other trom King Ludwig, They heard the news while dining together at the Munich depot, the Emperor being on his way to Gastein, THE ASSASSIN. Franz Edward Ludwig Kullmann, and was born at Magdeburg, a cooper by trade, is twenty-one years old and out of- work on the evening of the 12th of July, with the inten- tion of killing Prince Bismarck—an intention which he admits he has carried in his breast tor the past three months. On the way hither he pur- chased an old rusty pistol, stopping occasionally | by the wayside to practise himself in shooting at marks. He declared, when brought before the police, that bis motive in attempting the deed was “on account of the ecclesiastical laws,” and positively denied having been incited by other persons. Prince Bismarck was present during | part of the culprit’s examination, and spoke kindly to his would-be assassin, telling him once in his quiet, pleasant Manner, “It {3 not fair when a man | shoots at his fellow countryman.” Kullmann is in | appearance thick-set and strong, his features do | not betray much intelligence, and his entire con- duct proves him to be more of a fanatic than a re- | sponsible person, He appears indifferent as to the | consequences of his act and does not show any He is to be taken to the district court prison at Neustadt-omethe-Saale, where he will be tried. =~ A PRIEST UNDER SUSPICION. Yesterday aiternoon a priest was arrested at Schweinfurth, on the suspicton of having been an accomplice with Kullmann. The circumstances leading to his arrest do indeed look suspicious, Society of Young Men, and he declared to me when | It toes not beseem me to speak of this | deplorable event; but I can say, indeed, that the | About the person of the assassin, his name is | tor tue past week. He arrived in Kissingen | nan and stormed the prison in order to release & woman prisoner; then they maltreated some of | the officials ana gendarmes and plundered a | brandy store, ‘Two companies of infantry | and one of | and after a sharp contest, during which turee | workmen were severely wounded, 1500f the mal- | contents were arrested and put in prison. The | row arose from difficulties between workmen and work givers. And these poor wretches of work- ingmen in Posen have no redress, no means of making their wrongs known. The Police Presi- dent of Berlin has issued an order declaring that | whenever, in an assembly of workingmen, the so- cailed “labor question” be discussed, the police | shall immediately cl the meeting, What in the world do workingmen wish to talk about in their | public meetings but thelr own abject condition? “This is despotism: complete,” says the Frankfort Zeitung. To tne workmen say the police, “You may not discuss the labor question.” That is to say, “For you, workmen, there is neither freedom of assembly nor of speech.” Our friend Mr. Son- nemann, the proprietor and editor of the Frank- fort Zeitung, is called upon to put in his appear- ance for two months’ imprisonment to-day. He leaves Frankfort this afternoon. He published an article against the Prussian Ministry. Nothing more! A BRIDGEPORT SCANDAL. A Wife and Child Turned Out of Their Home by the Husband and Father Under Legal Process—Culmination of Matrimonial Misery—A Compromise te Result in a Divorce. . Bripcrrogr, Conn., July 29, 1874 Yesterday State street, which is the abode of many of our best citizen, above its bastness por- tion, was the scene of an occurrence which created @ profound impression and stirred up the society here to its inmost depths. The scene referred to was nothing less than the ejection from her home | ofa wife by her husband, she being turned into the street with their only child, a girl of twelve or thirteen years of age, the furniture taken out and the house locked up. The ejectment was done through process oflaw, but at the command of the that he may live with another woman. The facts are briefly these :— Mr. 8. B. Fargurson, of the firm of Furgurson & Howard, leather and findings dealers, is a member of avery old and respectable jamily in this city, which has always stood well in the community. | Mr. Furgurson js a good looking man, of dark com- plexton, about forty-five years of age, and his wite isa littie younger. Report says that since their marriage they have had some occasional unpleas- | antnesses, resulting from incompatibility of tem- per; Dut these differences were always adjusted till the advent upon the scene, some three or four years since, of ANOTHER WOMAN. ‘This woman is a Miss Minnie Howard Briggs, a stylish and attractive person, who was originally stranded upon these shores by the disbanding of a concert company with which she was connected. Miss Briggs at that time won the confidence and excited the sympathy of many excellent people, and was given a position tn the choir of St. Jonn’s cburch, where she sang lor @ season, alterwards singing in other choirs ana organizing various musical societies, giving concerts aud otner- wise creating for herseli quite a musical reputation. Of late she has occupied apart- ments in a public pbuilding og Maiu street. where she has kept a musical conservatory. She | has always dressed in a Very stylish and showy man- | ner, and her appearance on the street was very pro- | nounced and always attracted attention. For a year or two her relations with Mr. Furgurson have been too notorious and pubiic to escape universal attention, and she has openly declared that sne would yet win him from his wiie and lave oim ior her husband. Mrs. Furgurson has been aware of this arste of affairs, and it nas given rise to a great deal of PAINFUL QUARRELLING, the two women having sometimes met and, report says, actnaily come to blows, Miss Briggs always defying the wife and telling her that she would yet have her husvand away trom her and in some ‘in- stances calling him from the house to go away with her against the pleadings of his wife and child. Mr. Furgurson has sought for a divorce, but his wife would never subinit to it, and he, having no actual cause to allege against ber, could not ee cavalry appeared on the scene | husband, who desires a separation from his wife | THE PIPTSBURG DISASTER. | Additional Details of the Flood on Sunday Night. FUNERALS OF THE VICTIMS. The Work of Removing the Debris and Reeovering the Bodies. List of the Dead—Damage to Property— Theory of the Causes—Efforts for the Relief of the Sufferers, PrvTsBuRG, Pa., July 29, 1874, There has been no diminution of people visiting the scene of the great disaster to-day, and thou- sands are coming and going constantly. At Butcher's Run last evening, as the shadows crept over the sad precincts, the scene was a peculiarly dismal one. The thousands of visitors who crowded the ruins during the day had turned from the scene of death and destruction, and in some portions of the district reigned the silence of the tomb, In others careless voices of children sounded in close proximity to the devastated homes which are now heaps of shapeless ruins, and which, doubtless, yet conceala large number of bodies, ‘The loca! journals contain many incidents and heartrending scenes im addition to those already published. ONE SINGULAR FEATURE of the food has not been alluded to, So far as we are able to ascertain only one person who escaped from the flood was injured, The dead ail bore marks of brulses and mangling; bat, notwith- standing the toppling of houses and avalanches of | timber and débris, those who escaped from the wreck came out unhurt, Among the many heroic acts reported are the exer- tions of Frederick Schultz, Iten street, high above the reach of the flood, Iten street runs from the hill to U’Hara street, Schultz heard the piercing screams of the attempted to make his way through the water to O’Hara street. Finding that impossible he swim down to Centre street, and made his way down nearly to Ono street, where he found a skiff. Not- withstanding the swift current he made bis way up to Centre street and Spring Garden avenue, and, with the assistance of two or three other men, who got into the skiff, succeeded in recovering eleven bodies. His descriptions | of the scenes which transpirea during the night were thrilling in the extreme, He it was who discovered the body of UMcer Hees who was drowned on Chestnut street. The victim | was clinging to the corner of the house, and it was found necessary to drag the body away by main | force, 60 tight was | THE DEATH GRIP. The boat in which they were riding was caughtin | | a terrible maelstrom ana was whirled about with | such violence thatthe occupants were forced to | lte down on the bottom to save themselves. | Fortunately the sweep or the water was changed, | the foods having forced a channel through to ; the river. Then the wrecks of houses, board | piles and household goods began to sweep | down, and victims clinging to them or who resides on | drowning victims at his home, and, rushing out, | | Madison avenue. On the night of the dood she was - nelle ne tne mh eta A a gr bereaved by the loss of near and ir lost their all tw a deluge of Sanday osu and bad naught or little left to survive on themselves, and they bad a double loss to mourn—tnat Oo! relation: dead and the loss of their property, Which was swept away. Nearly all of the corpses were taken from the undertaking establishments to some churen, or directly to the cemeteries where the remains were to be deposited, . THE VICTIMS. The Chronicte 8, editorially, this morning, that one of the most remarkable circumstances connected with the great flood disaster is the fact that no list of injured appears, he lists, as pub- lished, read almost invariably, “Dead and miss- ing.” In thé terrible rushing torrent which swept down the numerous runs there was no middle ground, and for those who came in its course there was only one cholce—“sink or swim.” Unlike a railroad accident, the flood leaves no list of maimed or wounded, and along its raging pathway the only issue ts life and death. THE ALLEGHENY DEAD. . The following ts a list of the Allegheny dead, ex- clusive of Wood’s Run:— Jacob Matzler and wife, Conrad Geuzer and wife, Mr. Geisler and wife, Mr. G, F. Fredericks and ehiid, Mr. Schuepper, wife and four children. Mr. Huber, wife and two children, J. Fuchs. Barbara Fuchs and babe, one year old. Joseph Fuchs. George and Sophia Kroebel, children of Jacob Kroebel. Caroline and Andrew Merdins, children of Joseph Merdins. Moilie Winther. Mrs, Henry Leopold and four children. Archibald Arnold, Thomas Hunter and family. Mary Conlon and daughter. Mr. Hatungel, August Bolster. J. Sherron. Emma Stangater, Judson Rikouf, Julia Rikout Harry Malterp. Henry Hess. Charles Maltern. Louisa Howe. Emma Maltern. Henry Shaeffer. William Humbard, 3S. Maltern, Minnie Dalting. IN TEMPBRANCEVILLE, The following in Temperanceville are known to have been drowned. A large number of the bodies have been recovered :- Mrs. Mary Horsley, Charles Throop, Wiliam Horsley, John Throop, Emma Throop, Thomas Horsley, 4 Lizzie Horsley, Patrick mouey Catherine McVay, ‘Thoms Hunter, Ellen McVay, Jane Hunter, Agnes Hunter, Mary Hunter, Jones, John Hunter, Francis O'Neill, James Britton, Kitty O'Neil, Aun Britton, Mrs. Dorothy Sample, Willie Britton, Joseph O'Connor, Elizabeth Jane Lee, George Jones, Tazzie Jones, Josiah Throop, Mrs. Befsie Throop, Isaiah Throop, Tota!, 30. ADDITIONAL NAMES REPORTED. Mrs. John Schaffer and three children, ; plu and Mary Matten, Charlie and an infant. ‘Two unidentified children were buried yesterday in the Lutheran Cemetery, also an unknown man and child. Three sisters, the Misses Schaffer, An English Woman, name unknown, was buried by the Board of Poor Guardians, Joseph Metz. FOUND IN THE RIVER, The body of an unknown man was found yester- day at the foot of l'ranklin street, Allegheny, and taken to Fairman & Vogt’s. ‘The body bore ‘iear- ful marks, being badly cut and horribly bruised. A little girl pamed Minnie Nolting, aged fourteen years, Was recovered yesterday on Soit Soap Ran, hear Buena Vista street, She resided at No, 250 at a neighbor's attending two children that were sick, and when the house was swept away she was taken with the current of destruction. Her re- mains were taken to Vogt’s undertaking rooms, pny or een aa they will be interred this morning at | en o'clock. ‘The body of aman, with black hair was seen floating down the Alegheny River from tho rail- road bridge last evening about six o’clock, and was borne down with the swilt current, The body of Thomas Hunter, the miner, who struggiing in the surging waters could be seen by | flashes of lightning. On one occasion the body | | of @ woman was seen on a pile of lumber, and Mr. Schultz made a grasp | ana secured tne body. Several similar incidents thanking them for the welcome at the same time, as if requesting them not to cheer him any more, I heard the report of a pistol, saw Prince Bismarck but are not convincing. At the very moment when the shot was fired this unknown priest stepped in accomplish it without her cousent, and this she | occurred, but, notwithstanding the efforts of the reiused, Both parties have acted under the ad- | heroic crew, they were not able to rescue a single vice of lawyers, and thus the matter has stood tor | When the water had abated the crew | | | the pile swept by i i | | some time past, the public bemg aware ol most of | 0¢ alive. fail back in his carriage as it startled, and, in the same moment, a young man break through the crowd and attempt to make his escape. Know- ing that he must have fired the shotI imme- diately ran ater him and succeeded in coliar- ing him by the neck. He resisted energetical seizing savagely at my throat and grasp- ing my right hand. During the struggle he pulled my right thumb out of joint. I ment I attempted to grasp him by the throat, but reached td high, end he succeeded in getting my right thumb between his teeth and bit it clear through to the bone. Alter wrestling with the m ho was thickset and powerful, for about a and a half the Inspector of Police, M. ane Together we took assassin to prison, bat with no little ns the crowd had by this time grown violently excited and stopped us at everz moment, ¢ ows that the wretch should be lyncued. We had ciffienity in protecting him trom the rage of the multitude, and woth M. Weber and myself re- t i blows animadvertly given in the contusion. , hiy Own person being covered with blood and my dress a vnged, f think the crowd mis- took me occasionally for the criminal. We de livered him up to the prison authorities, and then I went to my rooms. PRINCE BISMARCK AND M, LEDERER. Je soothing my wounde tions Prin with hit shy sic nature of my wound. e greeted me in a v ked me my name and w iwas trom. 1 told jim 1 was a Hungerian. “1am glad to kuow you,” ae said, “and to be able to tiauk you personaily for your assistance.” After looking at my wounas p his carriage to nis house and pre- a family, the Princess, his wife, intess Bismarc ‘ount Herbert, his son. i was received with the greatest amiability and re- nained there some time. This is all the story, In the evening a deputation of the guests came to me to thank me for the modest part I had taken in he affair, at the same time requesting me to accept the position since it was serenade and a toreblig gratulate nim on his mira CORRESPONDENT—Was the you think, M. Lederer? M. Lepener—Ye: ball entered the fleshy pertof the thumb, ana sped r the sur. face lor a few inches and then making its exit. It was what is called in German a Streiyschuss. But itis my conviction that had not the Prince just held up his band to wave the people to be qui the bullet would have struck him full in the fac By the motion of hs hand the direction of th was changed and the Ch lor’s life pre KISSINGEN UNDER EXCITEMENT. The excitement that prevatied in Kissingen ail the afternoon was something extraordinary. Hundreds of guests assembled before the Unancel- jor’s house, and the joy ana thankfulness of the min Weber, came to my 3 the would- In fa Whi plc d me, bringing der to ascertain the ugh wounded himself, cheeriu! manner and ne t speaker in the evening, the Prince a n and to con- upe. intended to pri shot w aimed, do alo ba erved, entire people were unleigned and hearuelt. Cath- olics atid Protestants were alike filled with feelings or thank/uiness at the wonderlal preservation. At seven in the evening divine service was held in the Evangelical church to give thanks to God for the preservation of the Prince. sion wa ormed embodying certamly 2,000 guests and 1 natives. Afier the serenade Prince Bismarck appeared on the balcony, and, heiding up his wounded hand, exclaimed, “Zs hat nichts zu bedewen” (\t is no account). The vast crowd broke out in endless che nd nota few eyes were Wet with tears o I am not exag- gerating here, and do not wish to say that Prince Bismarck 1s beloved, but he is honore id ree spected for tls servives to Germa ell, the deputation then entered the mansion, and, aiter the ceremonials of presentation, M. Lederer, as apeaker, addressed to the Prince the following words :— A DEPUTATION. «purcnLavcuT—the guests of Kissingen have commissioned us, as & deputation, to congratu late you on your remarkable and provi- dential preservation from death, and to bring toyou the expression of their deepest, heartieit ‘wishes for your welfare. My language is too Weak | ous or two with old muskets, they entered Qued. | tug was the excite- | d with cooling | Shortly alterwards the torchight proces- | front of the Prince’s carriage, and prevented the coachman from ariving on, but whether intention- ally or from the confusion and excitement of the moment 1s not known. Be this as it may he | quickly disappeared, went to the depot and took a , | ticket to Schweinturth, where he was arrested. | In eXamination he said he was a priest in Waichen, | near Kufstein (Tyrol), that his name is Hauthaber, | andthat onthe unfortunate day he had made an excursion irom Schweinfurth to Kissingen, and | | had by accident become so entangled in the matter. | | M. Lederer, with whom I spoke on the subject, is | of the opinion that tve priest is actually an | | accomplice, and that he is an Alsatian. But | I think it better to wait and see the result of | fartner examinations beiore declaring him such. | It he be proved guilty then the question of an | ultramontane complot may be considered. Most | people here, indeed, think that the affair was the | result of a well laid plot. This I doubt, however. | There are fanatics in ali classes of soctety, of | course; but the ultramontane party of Germany | Would not descend to criminal means for the at- tainment of its ends, and certainly would not | think of murdering Prince Bismarck in order to get | the late ecclesiastical laws abolished, knowing well that the Chancellor is but tue representative of a | system which lives on independent of any personal | | existence, If Count, Moltke were to be killed to- morrow that event would not affect the Prussian military organization. If the Kaiser were to be | stabbed at Gastein the existence of the German kmpire would not thereby be threatened. So if Prince Bismarck had fallen under the bullet of the assassin the policy of Germany in regard to the ecclesiastical laws would be carried on just the same, Yesterday evening services of thanksgiving were held im the Evangelical church, which was crowded | to excess. This morning mass was celebrated in | | the Catholic church “as an expression of thanks- | giving to God for the miraculous preservation of | Prince Bismarck’s life.” This evening there will be service in the Hebrew synagogue. The city has again resumed its usual appearance. From the | hotel window where I am writing I hear the first Inviting strains of music from the orchestra, which telis me that it is six o’clock, and that the guests are gathering under the trees jor their | evening promenade. The above embodies as near | w true account of the attempted assassination of | Prince Bismarck as I have been abie to obtain, THE RHINE AND OTHER LEGENDS. While speaking of watering places, therefore of waters in general, logicaily I come to the Rhine, The Duke of Nassau is selitng out at Biebrich, and is going to make bis headquarters at Vienna—the paradise of deposed princes. A num- ber of gunboats have just been placed on the Rhine, at Mayence, Coblentz and Cologne, and now the German Fisheries Union has decided to import the American shad, and the Alewife (Alos: Tyrannus). Mr. Goldsmith thousands of specimens in one of the next Bremen steamers. The Prossian Agricultural Ministry has devoted 500 thulers towards meeting the expense of transportation, Bishop Ketteler, of Mayence, is said to be one of the three German bishops who at the recent Fulda meeting declared for the con- | Unuation of the conflict with the State. The celebrated relics of Aacher are now being ex- | hibited. Some sacrilegious German has calculated that in the various churches of the world are pre- served about 400 dresses that once be- longed to the Virgin, 530 combs, 400 | sets of swaaddling clothes, St. Kian’s Day was kept at Waraburg on the 8th with great ceremony, | The Kilian water fofed freely and thousands upon | thousands of peasants visited the church built in | honor of the saint, to drink of the wonder working | elixir. Pilgrimages to snrines and to miraculous | images are to the poor peasants What the journey | toand sojourn at the watering places are to the rich. Where the people are not occupied in pil- | grimages and harmless religious observances they get to } FIGHTING AND RIOTOUS LIVING, as they did a week ago at Quednan, near Koenigs- berg. The workingmen became dissatisfea bout their condition. They gathered together and, with their wives, paraded through their own and neighboring Villages for recruits, To the num- ber 0/200, armed with knives, manure forks and is to send over some its details and society greatly scandalized thereat. Yesterday afternoon, while Mrs. Furgurson was alone at home, their house being No. 181 State street, near Park avenue, she Was surprised by the advent of City Sheri! seymour Whiting and a | posse, with furniture carts, &c. | cured entrance to tae house and showed docu- Mevts authorizing his action from three prominent lawyers and instructions from Mr. Furgurson to re- move the furniture irom tae house, turn Mrs, Fur- gurson and her daugater out, lock up the house and return the key to Sim at nis place of business on Fairfield avenue. ‘The instructions allowed Mrs. Furgurson to select turniture for two or more rooms aud to take it to some _ respectable boarding touse. ‘these instructions the Sheriff immediately ccmmenced to carry out. Mrs, Fur- ) gurson appealed to one of the neighbors, who came over and examined the documents under whicao the Sheri acung, and declined to interiere, although he expressed his intense indignation at the proceeding. A number oi neighbors gathered and ynited in expressions of indizuation and dis- ust. ‘the dangiter of Mrs. furgurson returned ome while these operations were in progress, and also Mr. Furgurson’s mother, and these two added their weight of woe to the nated | MISERY OF THE U YX WIVE. Finally a stay of proceeaings ¥ made, a parley heid and a messenger sent to the place of busimess of Mr. Furgurson. Alter a time the messenger re- | turned with a proposition from Mr. Furgurson, to tie effect that u his wite would allow him a divorce he would leave her 10 possession of the house, jurniture and child, settling the property on her lewaily, ‘To this the wife consented, and the mov- ing ol the goods was stopped. The matter there rests, as the papers have not yet been drawn up, ‘This culmination of what h2s beeu a very noto- rious scandal for several years, created a profound | impression, and a number oi tie neighvors to-day | Jomed ma card, which tney print in one of the local journals, denouncing the vourse of Mr. Furgurson as an outrage On the community. Mr. Furgurson, on the other hand, claims that te has been driven to the course he has pursued by his wife, who re- jusel to consent to a separation alter it was im- possible for them to any longer live together, and that his relations with Miss Briggs are of an honor- abie characte very uncomfortable affair for ull the parties con- cerhed, WOMAN'S FRAILTY IN NEWARK, In Wilmington, Del., settled two years ago Charles Weldfres and his young and handsome wile. They kept a saloon, It prospered and Charles took a trip to Germany. Meanwhile one Joseph Unger, unlike the abstemious Joseph in Scripture, hun- gered for the exclusive companionship of Mrs. Weldiret. She, it appears, was nothing loath, and the two packed up Charles’ goods and hied to Newark, where they have since lived as man and wile. A few days ago the cruelly de- ceived husband turned up in Newark, traced the gutlty pair to their stopping place, ana, Mrs. Weidiret retusing to give up Joseph, Charles caused the arrest of both on a charge of adultery, On an eXamination mto the case Justice Otto held both parties to ball tor the action of the bigher Court. THE JERSEY BIGAMY CASE, Coughlan Not Found—Another Woman in the Case. The detectives sentin pursuit of Coughian, the convicted bigamist of Hoboken, have thus far been unsnecesstul. Many of Coughlan's real friends regret that he has fed, Influential as they undoubtedly are, they had hoped to be able to obtain for him a mitigation of his sentence, or failing in this to press the case at every session of the Court of Pardons till successtui. | @Xile is to be his lot. | Another woman has turned up in the case, She called at the hous? of Mr. Callaghan, partner of | Coughlan, ana iniormed him that sie bad inform: tion in her possession that would redound greatly to the benefit of Cougnlan. Callaghan, tmaking that she Was an impostor, had ler arrested, and she was locked up allnight. Yesterday morning when she Was brought beiore Recorder Bohnstedt she gave her name as Kate Smith, She was re- spectably dressed and appeared to be earnest and sincere 1 her purpose. Ste reiterated the propo- sition she made to Mr. Callaghan, but the latter spurned the proposition, saying it was now too late. The woman tody, not, howe of instituting pro Vet ull sh dings fo! owed her intention Jalse imprisonment. PIRE IN JOHN STREET. A fire broke out yesterday morning on the top | floor of the four story building No, 86 Jonn street | that caused a damage o1 $4,500, The loft in which the fire originated, with the two immediately be- | neath, were occupied by K. Kagan, dealer in cot- ton waste, Who suffered a loss of $2,000; sured for $3,000. ‘The first floor and basement’ were oc- cupied by Davis & Riker, machinteis, who sus- | tained @ damage of $1,000; insured for $3,500 In tne kings County Insnrance Company. The bufld- jured to the eXtent of $1,500; insured, The Sheruf pro- | As the matter now stands it isa | Now, however, perpetual | as then discharged irom cus | | were completely eXhausted, and for a time it was | feared that two of them would not recover. A | ; baby was found in a crib floating on the Ohio | | River, at the head of Montgomery Island, thirty- two miles below the city, yesterday alteruvon, and was received by Mr. Allen, who lives near the | island. The child was living, but has not teen | identitied. | IN THE SAWMILL RUN DISTRICT there is but little chance of any addiuonal bodies being found. It 1s probable that the renaining | missing ones were carried into the Ohio River. | Some of the bodies will, doubtless, never be re- covered, and others that are found far below will be buried without identification. Workmen are | still Siaptored. iu clearing the streets of the accu- | | mulated rubbish and restoring them to a passable condition. THE WORK OF REMOVING THE BODIES has been diligently prosecuted in the upper Alle- | | gheny district, and though the result does not cor- respond with the anticipations of yesterday there | is still a great deal oj grouna to go over, im some ortions of whica it 1s judged u number of bode: | Me hid. Up to six o’elock last evening, when labo; Was suspended there, the totaluumber of Lodies | removed was fi/ty-iour. The presence of the militia seems to have greatiy tated opera- tions. ‘Ihe workmen were not hnjeded by the | moroid crowd, a8 on Monday, and the labor was much more systematic and‘ efectual in conse- ence. More ground was thorougily searcued | the first hour yesterday morning than during the entire previous day, | IN THE WOODS RUN attention was particularly paid to the repair of dumages, for as but four bouies of those known to be jost still remained concealed, but lew persons | were needed to prosecute the search. it is proba- | ble that one of the bodies tound 1m the Ohto, near | Sewickley, as mentioned in the report below, | floated out with the déoris trom this water course. | The whole neighborhood turned out with @ will to help those who needed it, and at y there is a perceptibie change for the better. Several homes, | rendered wniniabitable by the overflow, have been repaired suficiently to admit of the return of the | occupants. ba ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RIVER reports are more discouraging. The list of drowned grows us fuller particulars are obtained, In our estimate yesterday we stated that the mor- tality on Little Sawmill Ruo would react twenty- The names of twenty-eight persons Known Water in that lo- cality have been obtained, and will be found be- low. Ou McLaughlin's and Painter's runs, both | tributary to Chartier’s Creek, the latest intelh- | gence, though still meagre, shows that the de- struction of property is larger than iudicated in yesterday's reports, and that there is no reason to hope that less has been lost. At Sodom, which 1s | near the head waters of the rfp, eleven bodies were | lying yesterday awatting burial.. On Beck's Run, | whieii empties into the Monongahela near the City | Poor Farm, a toss of one lile is authenticated, Yesterday's mortuary estimate, thereiore, stil | seems to have been correct and will ve borne out | unless the joss in the upper Allegheny district | proves less than suspec \ THE RALS. ; The City of Alicgueuy yesterday presented a scene 01 mourning and sorrow. The stranger, as | he entered the city, was impressed with the gen- | eral dejection, aud. very jew, when nearmg the | undertaking establishinents, or the churehes | where fu S$ Were taking place, could muscer | the courage to speak, ept soltly, of the sad | affair, A‘l the countenances betokened sympathy, | true and sincere, which in mauy cuses ound yent | inaudible expression. ‘Ihe harrowing scenes that were enacied on Sunday night seemed the theme on ail tongues, and iis uot likely that it will be forgotten by any of the witnesses as long as Mile shail last. Ss mdeed, were the sights pre- sented, and they were many. DISTRICT | A RAL SUSPENSION OF BUSINESS, | Mayor Fleming had ordered, by a prociamation, that busin: be suspended during the time that the suncrais were to take piace. The document Was almost au untecessary one, for the general | tone Of sorrow that prevailed prevented any being done, and nearly all business during most o1 the day Was entirely suspended, and espe Unis notavle between two. and tour o'cloe | the funerals of a large proportion of ite dr | Victims took piace, All was quiet, save the tolliug of the belis, which told their own’ story of misery, death and ‘bereavement, and the surging, pitynig crowd that passed to and fro ou the street | AROUND THE UNDERTAKERS’ ROOMS. | | (‘The undertaking establishments were besieged | all day by vast crowds, who seemed jnterested in everything that was ‘going on within, and ti preparations that were going on to get the vi tims ready to deposit them in their last resting places. Many of the dead constituted whole familtes, | and the bodies bad veen left at different places to be prepared for burial, but the funerals generally were conducted irom one church and ali Gepusited near each other. All of the victims had friends, but in some in- | stances they were too poor to defray the expenses of the iunerai, but kindiy hands and charitable hearts did ali their purses would allow to periorm | the last sad rites fittingly to the dead, This was | especially noticcabie im St. Mary's (Catholic) parish, on Liberty street. The chures bad | opened its dvors und cemevery, and the sacred rites were accorded them, and dowes interred irec of cost to thelr relation: if they were unable bear the t ur dem, Many of these iiends, in addition to belug | it with such iorco as | was brought to Fairman & Vogt’s undertaking was lost with his family at Sawmill Run, was found yesterday at the ierry landing at the toot of | Charticrs street, Allegheny. ‘The remains were taken to Fairman & Vogt’s, where they were pre- pared for burial, The body of @ man was recovered last evening at the foot of Thirteenth stree*, this nig't It was clothed in black pants, White shirt, and he had on a pair of boots that were refooted ‘rom the heels forward. He had light hair and a mustache, and | Was apbareutiy aGerman thirty-five years of age. He is Supposed to be the man who went down into the sewer with a child in his arms, The body of a woman was found opposite Dix- mont. in tie Ohio River yesterday afternoon, and sense Up to lasteveping it had not been iden- ufied. The remains of au unknown woman was found | at Industry, Beaver county, yesterday, She was | five fee: three incbes 1n height, had dark hatr, gray eyes, and was of dark complexion. She had on a | dark green wast, calico dress and a small goid | Ting en the third finger of her Jeft hand. She was | a large and weli-deveioped temale. Squire Todd heid an inquest, when a verdict of found drowned | was rendered, | ‘The body ot a boy enveloped in a white shirt, being all the clothes he had ou him, was found in | the Ohio River at Shousetown. He was dark- haired and between s1x and seven years of age, | Another of Mr. ala Tae children was recov- | ered yesterday below Allegheny. The. remains | were taken to Fairman & Vogt’s, on Sandusky | street. | Ali that was left on earth of a man and boy were found opposite Sewickley, in the Ohio River, yes- terday aiternoon. Mr. George W. Rudesil, of Se- wickley, took charge of them. On tie Pittsburg side of the river, opposite Glen- | dale, on the Pittsburg, fort Wayne and Chicago Ratlrvad, the body of an unknown woman was found yesterday evening. She had on a white unde t und gold eardrops, one of which was broke: spotted calico watst was also on her person. vas taken to Fairman & Lowrie’s undertaking rooms, No. 37 Obio street, ‘ ARKABLE ESCAPES, One of the most remarkable escapes incident to | the flood was made yesterday, when two children were taken out alive trom the débris on Kast street. One of them was a little boy, aged about ten years, He was found at the bottom of a nuge pile ol roobisa near Vista street. The boy was hard'y recognizable as a human being, but he was | alive. and thus taken out. A lady took possession | of him, and, a.ter having him washed and dressed, | took him to a physician, It is sald that ne had an arm broken tn two pices. He was badly bruised otherwise and muck exhausted, but it is belleved he will recover, ‘She other child was a little girl, She was found in a house that had been washed from its tounda- tions and was partly wrecked. In the attic, sne had evidently gone for selt-preservation, and It was there that she was found, She was much ex- | hausted, bué not hurt otherwise, though much emaciated, and it is believed that she will also Bid a She was kindiy cared Jor by a charitable ady. In apotber instance a family by the name of Gipericy came down the current on the roof ol a irame house, screaming tor heip, but no one could lend n helping hand, as it seemed one had ail they could do to their own lives. The building, with save its precioug freigit, moved on until it reached O'Hara street, when the ski Baby Annie, im the hands of the Duquesne Boat Club, went to the rescue, ana succeeded in savi wile and chiid, we Ar. Giperick, his 1 intant nine days old. ONAL EXPERIENCES, Until yesterday very Jew of those who met with | narrow escapes were {ree enough trom excitement to convey to & questioner an intelligent descrip- | tion of what the night was to them. Christopher Diebold, a young man who was walking along Caestnut street when the storm was atits height, sone of the earliest eye-wit- uesses of the terrible del but was unable to give any account of the scene other than that the streets in the vicinity Were swimming with houses, | stables, horses, cat ind, above ard over all, | men, women and coildren, Cries and agonizing scream, nid be heard on all hands, and with | each succeeding flash of lightning could be oc- | cagionaily seen heads of persons in the water. The wails soon died away, the roir of the waters gradually lessened until at length they subsided enough to permit those Who had since appeared upon the scene to go to work searching for the dead. Avone time mes- sengers Were despatched to tne river for ski(fs, andone or two persons were rescued by means thereot, Diebold says the water came with the rapidity Ola flash of lightning, filling everybody wita the Wildest consternation, and be doubts not many were drowned by their own foolish attempts fo save themselves by ung. | ing from tnetr houses in the bilnding storm, He had been searching tor @ Mr. Hoover and daughter, who had lived on the north side of Oiara street, just alongside of the run. The bouy of the mother and one child had been found inthe ruins of the house, and the little one had been recovered alive, but the father and daughter Were still missing, ifs opinion was they were under jouse On the opposite side of the street, which had been moved two*blocks, and deposited | in a straignt line wuence the volume of water coursed, DAMAGE DONE. The damage to the Pittsburg and Castle Shannon Railroad along Sawmill Run was comparatively light, Two bridges were somewhat damaged, but have already heen repaired, and passenger and coal trains are now making their regular trips. The first bridge was damaged by having Rev. Isaac Banks’ church washed dowm against to knock out que | With victory let the gentlemen of of the Nothing bat s pile of boards and timber remains of the church, and the Place where it stood is marked by a large hola ‘The upper trestle of tho bridge would have escaped entirely but for ashort fence against which seve ral stacks of wheat lodged and stopved the water untll the pressure became so great that the fence wave way and lodged against the bridge, bending it so that tt stopped the tral! from oing any further up _— the road ‘until this morning at four o'clock. At least half dozen bridges and culverts were washed awal on the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad, “nd the tracks more or less damaged. Repairs have been made, travel fully resumed and trains are now running on time. The handsom@ Presbyterian church, a brick Structure, was moved from its foundation some Six feet, Its walls are badly cracked. But for @ Donde intervening it would have been: totally de ed, Wilson & Trimble’s feed store was totally demob bg Tome, $5,000, ‘ jomas Flocker’ ry stor thoro\ gutted. Loss, ‘$3,000 °°" Tete, wae Morne ‘The dwellings of Jobn Witner, Mr. Bond, James Getty, Mrs. Barker and Mr. Fondevencr were destroyed. The loss of live stock in this valley is very great. Everywhere you turn, almost, the carcasses of hotses anu cows appear betore the eye. Jt 18 safe to Say the total loss in this section wi reach $50,000, mM sp ip, tHE STORM INDICATIONS. The United States signal observer at this point says there Wus no indication of a storm on Sund: night except a slight change in the barometer. It appeared to come from the northwest and passed over the city Westward, The disasters. in Char: tier’s Vailey were perhaps haif an hour later than those at Butcher's Run and Wood’s Run. One weather observer repeats the theory of a waters spout, and thinks that owing to the peculiar geo- graphical formation of this section of the country a disaster could be caused at any time in those sections by what he terms extraordinary ratnialia. THE RELIEF MOVEMENT, The duty of relieving the suffering seems to be fully recognized by the citizens, and active efforts are in operation, At the meeting yesterday $1,560 were subscribed. At @ subsequent meeting of the Executive Committee the following was promul. gated:— “The undersigned having been appointed a com mittee to receive and distribute the funds con- tributed for reltef of the sufferers by the, flood on Sunday night, July 26, 1874, are now prépared to take charge of the same.” Contributions may be paid to John Dean, Esq. Treasurer of Real Estate Savings Banks. Allegheny, Pay Or may be lett at either of the following named hen: ‘Allegheny. vings Bank. Allegheny. German 48 Bank, Alleghen: ings German Nations nk Pi Union Nation ig Smithfi ‘ings Bank, Pittsburg. German American Bank, Penn avenue, Pittsburg. Ward committees were appointed in Pittsburg and Allegheny to solicit subscriptions, with power to appoint assistants, and other means arebelng taken to raise money. CREEDMOOR. Shooting in a Rain Storm—A Match Two- thirds Completed. The fourth of a series of matches from which to select a team of twelve men, six of whom are to shoot with the Irish team in September, was begun at one o'clock yesterday afternoon at Creedmoor. Owing to an accident to a train at Island Trees, on the Central Rall road, the riflemen did not arrive im time to shoot in the morning. Shooting was sus: pended three times in consequence of the rain. After completing the scores at 800 and 900 yaras, the fourth heavy rain setin. Few shots therélore were fired at 1,000 yards, Under the circum. stances the scores made yesterday are good. General J. R. Hawley did not arrive till late in’ the afternoon, and, therefore, shot at but one dis- tance, 900 yards. Out of a possible sixty he mado forty-four, Coionel Scott, of the Eighth regiment and four of his men practiced at 200 and 500 yards. At 200 yards the Colonel made four scOzes of 10, 12, l4and 15; at 500, 7 and 14, the highest posable score being 20. J. Meagher, of Company F, at 200 yards, made four scores Of 6, 6, 8, 8; at 500, 3,3. L. Hane benniste!, at 200, made four scores of 7, 11, 12, 14 R. H. Hutchinson, Company B, at 200, 10, 11, 11, 12; 500, 12, 15. ‘I. RK. Murplly, 200, 7, 9, 9, 125 500, 9, 16, The following are the scores at 800 and 90¢ yards :— 434430 443-80 J. 8. Conlin... eaee $B 1. P, Hepburn... TESS 31954595 ay oe 434343 344 loo2sa850 rem im ‘ 044343 233-43) gq (33434030 344 3-465 s244R ane 4243-80) 7 A. V. Davis... areteteet! 321 oa! ® J.P. M. Richards. $5404 304 fers 81 FS. Gardner.....$3 33301400003 304-00 H. A, Gildersleove.. {3.933092 3 sip sotl w 39423083 283 3-38 John Frageser... rez 058994 a$$ oui 7 2333369 4043-39 J, E. Whitley.......$53 4308 04 0000-204 @ Mr. Yale, who stands third, will go to Canada next week, Shooting at Wimbledon, England. The shooting for the Elcho Challenge Shield, which toox place on the 16th inst, at Wimbledon, England, resuited, as has been announced by cable, in a victory Jor the Scotch team, Their score, however, has never been printed in this conntry. The counting this year at Wimbledon ta 5 for a bull’s eye, 4 for a centre, 3 for an toner and 2foran outer. The highest possible score per team ts 1,800; per man, 225. Annexed is the Scotch score: 80 900 1000 Name: Yas, ¥ds, Yds, Tota Clark. 69°64 195 0: 6 él 191 Whitela Bi 186 Dunlop. 53 OBL 1 Ferguson. be ot itt Clews 6h GL WT Burges: 2 6% § 173 Girdwood Cr er re | Scotland's team made a grand total of 1,437; England’s, 1,405; Ireland’s, 1,378. The Coming Creedmoor Contest A correspondent writes as follows:—“In an ac count of the match at Creedmoor published in the issue of July 23 the HERALD expresses the regret that ‘the call tssued by the Amateur Rifle Club is not meeting with a more hearty response.’ “Speaking for myseif alone, I submit that the club should have consulted those upon whom they evidently relied to do the shootin, before making such @ preposterous match, American riflemen 0 not shoot rites of ‘ten pounds weight and three pounds trigger pull’ at objects half a mile away, and know but very little about that kind of light artillery practice, while the Engtish and Jrish vol- unteer riflemen have been using big bores and long ranges jor years, “if the irish ‘team’ had arranged the terms of the so-called ‘International’ match without con- sulting the wishes of the amateur ciub they could hardly bave suited themselves better or hit upon couditioas that would more certainly insure ab American defeat, “Our best shots are tnose who depend upon their rifles for subsistance, and these men ara | used to quick, close shooting, with easy triggered rifles, and if one of them ever burns powder on a long range it is a safe bet that there’s no meat in his shanty. “lf old Leatherstocking had seen that mattress and pillow practice at Creedmoor could he have ossibly guessed what they were aty When the rish have won the coming match and are flushed the amateur club challenge them to another trial, filty, sixty, seventy or eighty yards at a nail’s head, or irom elhty to 150 yards'at the counterfeit presentment of a moving animal, and the club will have no dit. culty in getting a team to rlustrate American rifle shooting. “A BERDAN SHARPSHOOTER,'T WORK OF THE AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. The American Bible Society are making arrange. ments to place copies of the Scriptures in ratiroad traims and stations in a large portion of the country, and to this end as< the co-operation of all State and local Bible societies. The plan of farnishing hotels with coples of the Bible gratis it is reported has worked remarkably well and there are few large hotels IM a majority of the States of the Union which have not been provided for in this respect. Raliroad travellers alone can tell how irksome travel ts without entertaining liter rature, and the American Bibie Society goon tho principle that the best and most wholesome real. Ing ts to be founa in the pages of thelr chier pub- Ncation, and their efforts to supply the travelling millions with copies free to peruse on their Journey will doubtiess be heartily seconded by a large proportion of the Protestant public. FUNERAL OF MB. JAMES M. SHEEHAN, A solemn requiem mass was celebrated yesterday over the remains of the well known lawyer James M, Shehan, in St. Lawrenc church, Eighty. fourth street and Fourth avenue, by Father siea, the pastor, assisted by Fathers Achau and Dutelier. The church was crowded by the numer: ous iriends of the deceased gentleman. At the conciusion of the service a large procession aw companied the corpse to Calvary Cemetery.