Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-03-25
The District i'm Congress-.

The House committee on the District of c.
lumb1a has agreed to report favorably the bill
introduced by Mr.. Neal, to provide an indus
trial home school for girls in the District Of Co
lum6ia The oil provides for & the e., establish
supervision Of board of five persons to be ap-
pointed by the commissioners, who are to hold
office for the respective terms OF one two.
tees of 'sThe National Soldiers and Sailors
Orphan Home" are authorized to convey to the
District, as trustee, the grounds now held by
square 1863, for the use OF 1.-THE Industrial Home
School for Girls" The board Is empowered
to provide suitable home for any inmate of the
Institution by binding her out to learn trade
until she is eighteen years of age. The tnstitu-
ton is to be used for the safe custody, reforma-
tion, instruction, training to labor and binding
out as apprentices OF girls under eighteen years
OF age, residing in the District, who may be
committed under any of the following circum-
stances:.A minor arrested for any cause: an
parents; female minor exposed to vicious In
f1uences; a female minor destitute Of suitable
home or adequate means of obtaining fveli-
male minor leading a dlsreputable life.
Every inmate is to be instructed in reading,
writing, and the elementary rules of arith-
to be paid the same salaries as those paid to the
teachers in the public schools. Every inmate
is also to be instructed in household work. pre-
paratiOn Of food, cooking, sewing. the use of the
clothing, and the care Of the sick. For the
purpose OF carrying out the provisions OF the bill
$4,000 IS appropriated. the said amount to be
credited as part OF the appropriation of the
United States towards the expenses of the Dis
tr1ct of Columbia.
BILLS OF DISTRICT INTEREST PASSED BY THE
SENATE.
The bill incorporating the National Educa-
tional Association, and the bill amending the
act Of 1879, authorizing the issue of twenty year
five h0ndS District Of
Columbia, were passed by the Senate to-day.
the Oil to incorporate the National Educa-
tional Association was recently published In
THE STAR. 1t passed with an amendment pro-
v1dlng that the property owned by the aSSocta-
ton shall not be exempt from taxation. The
other bill above mentioned enacts: "That the
act entitled AN act authorizing the Com
missioners Of the District Of Columbia to issue
twenty year five per centum bonds of the
District of Columbia to redeem certain funded
June 10th, 1879, be, and the same is
heeny SO amended aS as 9 ns ntho7e fn st the
upon the terms and conditions and in The man
ner provided in said act; and the Secretary OF
the Treasury be. and hereby is, authorized to
exchange registered bonds for coupon bonds
already issued under the authority Of the act
approved June 10, 1879, and to sell either the
registered or coupon bonds, as may be most to
the benefit of the said District, at not less than
their par value, in the redemption of the said
funded Indebtedness of said District: Provided,
That the amount of both the registered and
coupon bonds so issued or exchanged, with
those already issued under said act, shall not
exceed the amount of 81 200, 900, as provided in
said act Of June 10, 1S19.'
PROPOSED PENALTY FOR RAPE.
Mr.. Edmunds presented to the Senate yester-
day memorial signed Dy a large number OF
residents OF Washington, both male and female,
asking for the enactment of law for the pun
ishment. by emasculation, of the crime of rape.
The lemorialists assert that the death penalty
for this crime is not reformatory, but precludes
the possibility OF reformation, and is so cruel,
barbarous and revolving to the feelings of this
age that it is seldom enforced. and has therefore
ceased to be terror to evil-doerS and that this
penalty, If enacted and enforced, would general
ly lead to the murder OF the only witness-the
victim. The memorialists maintain that the
reformation Of criminals and the prevention of
their propagation are in accord with the pro-
gressive and humane spirit of the nineteenth
century; therefore, for the protection OF the
women and children Of the District of Columbia,
they appeal 70 Congress to enact the law sug-
.,..,u. me memorial is signed by large num-
ber of ladies. Among others are the signatures
Of Mrs. NJ. r. Waite, Susan A. Edison, Caroline
B. Winslow, Sara A. Spencer and Belva A.
Lockwood.