The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-03
EDITORIAL NOTES.


are now IN session. ..-..
Tile "Passion Play" is again
| Threatened and New York ministers
are on the alert.
The Tennessee legislature viii
"excurtr in body 10 witness Gar
fields Inauguration.
The richest mine In New Next
co. now worth $500 600, was, origi-
nally, sold for So in silver, little
gold dust and an old revolver.
Dispatches from Madrid repre-
sent great unaniInity at the Spanish
capital in favor of establishing moro
intimate commercial relations with
the United States and Mexico.
All accounts agree that the Pc
ruvians before Lima were badly
handled. The situation since the
last heavy fighting presents TO new
phases The conquerors have their
feet on the neck OF the conquered.
A lady living In Providence
dreamed that she saw an accident
on the New England Railroad be-
tween that city aud Boston. II made
such an impression on her mind that
she related il TO two persons in the
morning, describing the scene, loeil-
ity and nature of the accident.
Within few DAYS business called
her to Boston. When she was ready
tn return her dream occurred to her.
anu she hesitated whether to take
the train on the New England road,
rs was usually her custom. or to go
by the Boston Il Providence route.
She finally decided to go as usual.
| After proceeding some distance on
her way the train was stopped, and
on going forward TO ascertain the
cause the scene was exactly like that
she had dreamed of several nights
before. . 1900.
by bill which has been intro
| duced in the Wisconsin Legislature
voting on the part of women is
made compulsory. Any woman
who fails or neglects TO vote and
cannot produce doctors certificate
to prove that, BY reason of age, in
| trinity or sickness, she was unable
to go To the polls, is to be subject to
a fine of 800 or imprisonment for
three months; and any man guilty
of illuminating, controlling or will
| fully obstructing any woman in vot-
| inc, or of Insulting any woman in
going to or returning from the polls,
| is to be fined not less than $1,000 or
| imprisoned not more than two years,
or both. If this bill passes the
women are TO have u voice in its
ratification or rejection.
The Philadelphia North Ameij-
can SAYS Paul BOyton, the celebrated
swimmer and inventor o; the rub
Der preserving suit, is believed
to have fallen a victim in the war
between Peru and Chill. Last fall
he entered into contract with the
government OF Peru to superIntend
| a torpedo service, for which he re-
ceived n munificent remuneration.
| Nothing has been heard from him
since Christmas, although previous
| to that time he wrote weekly to an
| Intimate friend in Philadelphia. In
his last letter he inclosed his will,
and stated that the enemy were adj
vancing, and that he believed he
would not survive the impending
battle. The long silence has filled
his friends with alarm. He is be-
lieved TO have been killed.
! The following incident shows
how carefully charges should be sus-
tanned against any one, and espe-
cially against children: For several
weeks Anna Louisa Crawford, girl
of thirteen, has been kept chained
to the dining room wall of her IA
TIERS house in New York, during
the day, and to her bedpost at night
OH the suspicion that she was insane.
When for many reasons she was
allowed greater liberty, she was
watched by the servant, Mary
Dooley, who also slept with her, and
her arms were bound to her side.
The trouble began some months ago
4 with number of thetts, and por-
ton of the property being found
among the girls playthings, she
was punished by her father, Charles
| L. Crawford, and under punishment
confessed. The thefts continued,
and, when she was accused, she con-
tossed, and raid sho had destroyed
the articles. The laundry was set fire
to, destroying 800 worth of linen,
and this, as we'll as additional thefts,
she admitted having been guilty of
The family physician, as well as the
girls parents, thought her insane,
| but the thefts continued after the
| Girl was constantly watched and her
hands bound and fastened to staple
in the walls. Then detectives were
called in, and lost no time in fixing
the crime on Mary Dooley, the SER
want. The linen, supposed to have
been burned in tho laundry, was
| found in her possession, along with
other articles. She confessed, and
showed where other articles had
been hidden inside the house. On
Monday, when charged in the police
court with incendiarism, the woman
acknowledged her guilt, and wai
held in default of $4,000 bail. The
child had been terrified into heI
confessions by the terror OF the
servant and through her fear o.
punishment.