AURORA ON THE WIRES.
OUTRAGE IN A CHU|IIUH. SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Per United Press Association. By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. LONDON, Nov. 1. An agreement has been signed between China and France lor the construction of the Yunnan railway. France was isolated for the greater part of to-day from telegraphic or telephonic communication with the rest of Europe or America. Internal communication is now interrupted. The disturbance ia attributed to a severe electrical earth disturbance due to seismic atmospheric phenomena, including the Aurora Borealis. Communication was suddenly restored at sunset. An infernal machine placed in Belleville Church, Paris, exploded, but only slight damage was done. There was an increased attendance tiue to All Saints' Day. The clergy ascribe the deed to anti-clericals. NEW YORK, Nov. 1. A gravel car, while running down an incline at Indianopolis into a siding telescoped the car of a passing train, containing the Purdue University football team, which, with many other -students, ,\vas 'travelling to contest the Sta^e championship with Indiana University. Fifteen were killed and 50 injured, many being horribly mutilated. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 1. Five thousand attended Sagouini, the Armenian agent's, funeral. His friends are determined to avenge his death, even if it is necessary to do so with their own hands.
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Southland Times, Issue 19193, 3 November 1903, Page 3
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