The Drovers'Jeiirnal special cablegram from
London quotes a liberal supply of American cat
tie; moderate genual supply; demand limited,
but prices higher than last week; best Amer
ican steers, IdR, per lb. estimated dead weight,
BURNED IN I BARN.
Horrible Holocaust on a Karin Near Arlington
Nebraska.
Abi.inoton. At six o’clock on Friday
morning tire was seen on the farm of
Widow Freeze, one mile out. A posse of
citizens went out mid were horrified at
finding the charred remains of 7 human
beings, only identified by their statures,
as follows: old lady Freer , Fred (Irate
lusohen, his wife and throe ohidren
and Fred’s brother Louis, scattered
in different parts of the barn among the
horses and cows, some fifteen of which
were also burned. One theory is foul
play; another in that eacli one of the
family aimed to save (lie animals, and all
failed and were suffocated suddenly. A
daughter, who is away visiting, is the
only survivor of the family. It is re
ported that the hired man can not bo
found.
EIGHI LIVES LOST.
Two Sections of a Broken Train Collide, a car
of Powder Explodes ami a Village is
Kurin and.
Mount Cabmkl, I‘ a. Last Sunday
night about II o’clock the rear section of
a freight train on the Heading road ran
into the front section near Locust <7ap.
A car of powder exploded demolishing
the train, blowing to fragments seven
teen cottages near the track and fi.ing
the ruins. Eight persons were killed and
thirty injured. Those killed lost their
lives in the burning buildings. The dead
are John Quinn and his two children and
five children of Simon Kerwick. The ex
plosion was felt many miles.
