Show U S cruiser applied torpedoes to the ship new york sept 26 men ot the cruiser columbia tell an interesting story at their search for the wreck of the lumber schooner edward L alien abandoned at sea june south of nantucket shoals and which has since been drifting about in the path of transatlantic trans atlantic liners tho columbia returned to port yesterday having accomplished the derelicts destruction the cruiser put to sea last thursday with instructions from rear admiral coghlan to find the wreck of the lumber schooner on reaching a point about mile off sandy hook tho search began just as the sun set commander bowyer ordered thit the columbia travel in a square of fourteen miles during the night with the searchlight working all the time A double watch was kept as an unexpected discovery of the wreck might have been disastrous to the columbia herself when day light came on friday the derelict had not been sighted communication muni cation by wireless was immediately established with the brooklyn navy yard via newport A wireless reply was soon received giving a new position to the derelict a short distance to the eastward then the square of search shifted and narrowed to seven miles throughout friday night the columbia steamed around the seven allo square but with no result communication muni cation was kept up with the navy yard but no further information as to the of the derelict hid been received on saturday the columbia was still unsuccessful several liners were queried by wireless but failed to respond and commander bowyer decided to steam slowly 10 the southeast with the wind just as day broke the old schooners ners remains were sighted a couple of knots ahead boats were at once lowered carrying torpedoes fuses wires and batteries the acie luct was boarded but nothing of value was found and it was apparent that she had been looted several times with the aid of a line the men lowered two torpedoes containing gun cotton under the keel directly beneath the deck house when these were arranged the wires were taken in then the chalo boats backed off before connecting the wires with the batteries the columbia had steamed off to a safe distance when the wires connected a terrific explosion shook the sea the whale boats and the cruiser the derelict heaved out of the ocean broken in two pieces the torpedoes had cut her in halt and the drifted in opposite directions more torpedoes were put under the main hatch forward this explosion shattered the bow of the vessel the cargo stored there composed mainly of wooden blocks flew into the air with other debris to a height of feet A third charge of gun cotton blew the hull and the deck apart the hull went down the cargo was reduced to match wood but tho deck went up in tho air and descended as gently as a parachute and another tor was required to complete the work of destruction SUIT CASE MYSTERY boston sept ac the police activity in the sait cabe mystery increased today yesterday the solution was believed to bein be in eight an identification of the suit case and the finding of a bundle of bloody garments gave tile authorities much expectation that the tangle would be unraveled in their efforts to this result they arranged today that corps of divers should visit wynthrop harbor to earch underneath the water for the missing head and limbs of the woman victim of the tragedy f OPERATION ON THE DUCHESS new york september 26 dr B holbrook curels who yesterday performed an operation on the duchess of marlborough Marlboro uRh formerly miss consuelo said today that the operation waa not for throat trouble as reported but it was for a nasal difficulty it was performed to relieve a alight deafness that resulted from a fait received by the duchess in tit ler youth dr curels said that his patient probably would be able to leave tho hospital thursday precipitated A RIOT chicago seafe 26 A dispatch to tho tribune from manitowoc als says S an attempt ogebe manitowoc water works company t opsa n river intake pipe during a est of the plant yesterday Sest erday a riot in velch citizens offered t armed resistance to the plan mayor ho is charged with having been responsible indirectly for the move ladeby e waterworks water works company and who insisted hat the test continue after he had been informed it would be necessary to open the river pipe yaa assaulted by bystanders and knocked down city health officers had issued orders against the opening of the alpo and in seeking to enforce tho order health officer alax stable was injured by being struck in the face by a heavy iron bar manager lowengren Lo was beaten also the riot Is ot a fight that started selection of as mayor on a platform of city ownership of the water plant the test of the waterworks water works was directed by the council two weeks ago and the water company claimed that in order lo 10 meet the requirements of a test it bould be necessary to open the river pipe which would flood the entire system with river water and endanger public health END OF WHISKEY WAR peoria ills sept ag independent and trust distillers announce an increase of 1 per cent in the bagis for finished spirits today this makes the the reason given tor the advance is fhe proportionate advance and scarcity of corn the agreement ot both factions to the increase is considered proof of the end of the whiskey war NO NEW CASES OF CHOLERA berlin sept p m tha official bulletin today announced that no new cases 0 cholera nor deaths from cholera had been reported from noon yesterday to noon today n west prussia sept 26 two new cases of cholera have been discovered here bromberg prussia sept 26 ono case of suspicious illness probably cholera has been reported in this district |