MISCELLANEOUS CABLEGRAMS

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XII, Issue 2371, 30 May 1906, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS CABLEGRAMS

PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. THE HOME RI LE RESOLUTIONS. London. May 29. Mr Rum iniaii. replying to tile question ns to whether, inasmuch as the Commonwealth House of Representatives Home Rule motion was printed us a Parliamentary puper, ami whether tho resolution of tho Sydney meeting on the 24th, and others held

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iu repudiation would be officially issued, stated that Lord Elgin was unable to present Parliament with any resolutions not forwarded by the Go-vernor-General.

IRISH LANGUAGE IN NATIONAL SCHOOLS. (Received this day at 8.33 a.ui.) London, May 29. The Right Hon. James Bryce, Secretary for Ireland, announced that he> would make a grant for three years to teach the Irish language in national schools.

I‘OUK INDCSTRY AT CHICAGO. STARTLING REVELATIONS. (Received this day at 7.57 a.m.) New York, May 20. Revelations in T'pton Sinclair’s novel “The Jungle” have induced President Roosevelt to send a Commissioner to investigate Chicago methods, and their report will be the basis of legislation to be immediately submitted. Newspaper details show that hog* dying of cholera were converted 1 into lard and grease for sardine oil. petrified hams were chemically rendered odourless, bad meat was dyed, and that potted ham was made from mouldy beef. Cattle, dying of disease, were converted into tinned beef, and sausages were made from floor scrapings. When the operatives were mutilated the machinery was not stopped, and lumps of flesh were mixed with canned food and sausages.

GRAIN' ELEVATOR TILT> INTO A RIVER. Ottawa, May 29. An Ogilvie elevator, with kalf-a-million bushels of wheat, tilted into tlie river at Fort William, Ontario, resulting in total loss.

REFUGEES IN SAN FRANCISCO PARKS. Ne« York. May 29. One hundred thousand refugees are still lining the parks at San Francisco. A terrific thunderstorm flooded them out. Tents and provisions were destroyed, and the place is a guagmire. THE SALVATION ARMY. Madrid. May 29. Salvationists are petitioning King Alfonso, through Princess Ena. for permission to carry on the work of the Army in Spain.