| Show mother of one of the victims goes insane san diego calif auly gunboat bennington is again afloat on an even kesl ke sl and will be towed to the mare island navy yard to be thoroughly examined aid repaired she will be taken up by the iris escorted by the powerful naval tug fortune but it Is now doubtful that she wilt get away before the arrival of tho chicago divers are making an examination of her hull today admiral goodnoh is expected to at alve on his flagship tonight or early tomorrow when an investigation of the disaster will le begun much interest is centered in the question of the condition of acler B at the time of the explosion it being understood that the safety valve had been set to blow off at pounds ten minutes before the explosion the pressure was only pounds and was rising the boiler had been te leaned only a short time before and falle dwyth fresh water from ashore only one boiler exploded an examination of the inside of the ship shows that the bull has been damaged but little it any the water which poured in and caused the listing came through the blow hole and pipes broken by the force of the explosion the centry of water is now under control and no difficulty is expected in making the vessel sufficiently seaworthy jostand to stand the trip to mare island A private dispatch from oakland says that the mother of E B roban eon one of ehte bennington victims has lost her mind through grief DIVER elul investigate califi jelv ag biohn R mc alllan at ho mare island navy yard the most expert alvor on the coast left ifor ban diego today to examine tho bottom of the bennington ning ton he requested commandant mccalla to let ahls regular tender H T stevens accompany him as he would have more confidence when below the surf acot with a man above that ha knew the request was granted and both men left by train the naval tug left with the news sary apparatus she will touch at port harford as she has a coal in tow with three thousand tons I 1 of coal for the wyoming and twelve men for that ship and then depart tor san diego FLOATING exposition mcw york giuy 26 plans havo been completed comple led tor an effort by an eap exp arting company of this city t extend american commerce to foreign countries A floating exposition will be equipped and sent on a tour of the world the american floating exposition as it will be called aul wul start from new york january it will aay a limited number of samples of various merchandise of american manufacture the examples to be displayed at each of the ports where stops will be made space will be allotted to exhibitors and salesmen on the ship the trip wll require 16 months and over comiles will bo covered it will include mirope asia australia south americ ia and ports in central america and tho west indies the steamer will barry a surgeon and competent interpreters of german french and spanish CHANGE IN presidency 26 en days there will be a change in presidency of B I 1 the chicago cincinnati louisville railroad eugene succeeding W A bradford the transfer 0 the stock Is now betas made and a financial settlement will be had with mr bradford as soon aa that gentleman from a pleasure trip when tills la done mr will succeed mr bradford as president of the company this will be the last detail to ba worked out tor the consolidation of the railroads forming the great central cincinnati hamilton te daon the pere Marquet tc and the chicago cincinnati louisville PHIPPS SHOOTING CASE brought up in the house of commons by a member london july 6 the shooting case involving J S and H C phipps sons of henry phipps of pittsburg pa was again mentioned in the house of commons this morning J galoway weir representing ross and cromaty county scotland wanting tho lord advocate for scotland to take steps to prevent the defendants from fleeing from justice the lord advocate however said be had every reason to believe that the phipps would be ready to meet any charges brought against them one of tho young men he understood der stood eras now in paris the two esons of mr phipps recently charged at inverness with the reckless discharge of firearms on the beaufort estate in tho highlands of scotland leased by mr from lord lovatt by which aha young men wounded three persons on july 23 they wera committed for trial and were released on 2500 ball each mr gal away wier called tha attention of the house of commons to the cas july 23 when he asked the lord advocate of scotland whether the defendants were still in the united kingdom |
