Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1904 — Govermnent Will Aid the Destitute. [ARTICLE]

Govermnent Will Aid the Destitute.

London. Dec. 16.—Sir A. P. MacDonnell, under secretary for Ireland, in a letter to the boards of guardians in the west of Ireland promises that should the relief of the existing distress there prove an excessive burden on the rate payers the government will make a grant from the public funds for the purpose.