The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-11-28
GENERAL NEWS.
II the Canadians' Alaskan boun-
Diary line is established, juneau will
be In British territory.

dairy line is established, juneau will
be In British territory.
Three children in one family died
within "a hours at, Denison, Texas,
and two more are sick.
Sir Henry Fonsonby, formerly
private secretary to Queen Victoria,
and keeper Of the Privy Purse, died
November 21 of paralysis.
Gen. Sir Henry Frederick Pom
sonby, by reason of his long and
confidential relations with the
Queen as her private secretary and
manager OF her personal estate, was
one Of the best-known officials in
England. He was the son Of Gen.
Bir Frederick Ponsonby, aud was
born in 1926. He entered the army
when. youth, having graduated
from tho Royal Military Academy,
sandhurst, in 1S42. He was trans
ferred to the Grenadier Guards, and
appointed aid de camp to the Lord
Lieutenant OF Ireland and in 1s49
was made private secretary to the
Niceroy of Ireland, serving under
the Earl OF Clarendon and Lords st.
Eermain and Carlisle while they
held that office. Gen. Ponsonby
served with the Grenadier Guards in
the Crimes, but at the conclusion Of
the war was appointed equerry to
the Prince Consort. After the lat
ter's death, he served with his bat
TALON In Canada. In 1870 he was
appointed private secretary to the
Queen, an Office which he held until
last January, when he was COM
pelled to retire because of a stroke
o paralysis. Gen. Ponsonby was
member OF the Privy Council,
knight Commander of the Path,
Knight of the Order Of the Medjideh
and Receiver General OF the Duchy
OF Lancaster.
All England and all France are
again sgitated over labor conflicts.
That in France began as strike,
but has obtained its national impor-
tance as a lockout. Several months
ago the glass workers at Carmaux
went out because their employers
refused to reinstate two members Of
their labor union who had been dis
charged for absence from work to
Ierve as delegates to labor conven-
ton. This strike failed, but when
the employees voted to 60 back to
work, agreeing among themselves to
support their blacklisted comrades
by assessments, tho general mana
ePs..sstuaed to re employ them un-
less they submitted to additional
conditions. 1t was at this point that
the interest of the nation was
aroused. Radical and socialist pa
pers in different parts Of France
started subscriptions toward the
support OF the Carmaux glass
workers, and many labor unions
assessed their members a cent day
for the same object. This sympathetic
assessment has accomplished In q
peaceabie way what the sympathetic
strike attempts in a warlike way!
The workmen directly help each
other and indirectly hurt the offend
ing employer, instead Of directly
hurting unoffending employers in the
hope hat indirectly they may helr
each other. Through this outside
support the e,'ployee have beer
able to hold their ground, until now
the matter is before the French Par
lament, and The new Ministry Il
virtually pledged to force the en-
ployers to accept arbitration. TIL.
English strike is less picturesque
but perhaps more important as illus
trating the present course OF indus
trial Development.
ship-bui ding has been PRACTICAL!
suspended in the great yards at Bel
fast, Ireland, and along the Clyde ii
scotland, be auee the restoration o
higher wages, demanded by the men
Ia rejected by the Irish employers
and, although there is no seriou
contention between the men ant
their employers in Scot and, tn
Scotch employers have bound them
selves to support their "competi
tors" in resisting the demands o
labor. The spectacle Of sympa
thetic lockout has aroused the sam
indignation among the disintereste,
! classes throughout Great Britain tina
was aroused by the introduction o
. sympathetic strikes, and the agita
= tion in favor Of compulsory arbitra
tion has as -umed almost irresistibl
proportions.
q With the sudden and unexplaine
q departure from Denver OF Franci
d chatter, the ''healer," ends
chapter in an extremely curiou
psychological story. This man
ssid to be an Alsatian peasant b
birth, and to be of moderate educa
>, tion and intelligence. Very 70,
d facts are known about his early life
% For some years after coming t
" America he was . shoemaker in
u long Island town, where he wa
10 tnown to hold strange religion
siews and to have so-called "Yyii
l.. lhcpa ., Ha maa nrst haard of m