Show I A RUSSIAN HORBOR Some days ago Russian letters reported that 117 persons had dean burned in a barn Naturally the story was received with incredulity but the St Petersburg Golos declares that it is only too true According to this journal 119 women and boys employed in a Urge turnip farm in the district oJ Putinol in the Government of Kourak Southern Russia were much dissatisfied with the bread supplied the farm stew ardalleging that it was unfit for food and threatening to leave off work After their dinner they all withdrew to a barn to red during the hottest period of the afternoon The Steward looked them in and went away soon after four farmers came and let fire to the barn The fire spread rapidly I through the building which was like tinder and soon the whole barn wa in flames The shrieks of thE unfortunate unfor-tunate prisoners soon brought som e people to the spot They could ot help them because the door opened inward and already the mass of frantic fran-tic women so jammed tbs door from within as to < < make any effort to open them fruitless five women were taken out alive but BO fearfully burned that they died almost immediate imme-diate 7 All tbe remaining 114 perished per-ished on the ipet One of the incendiaries incen-diaries went off and drowned himself r right away the other three are in prison The otijecfc of the laborers who fire to the barn wee to free the prisoners but M in case of inctn ± ary attempts in jails these who were lu tended to te saved were the first to aufier |