The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-05-21
CAPITAL CITY CULLlNGS
CHEMISTRY TALENT ASKING PAY
Aad q tnltefsiiy huss ths Hssult The
Capitol syndicate fnslnus ~ let
49, Contract Tumble a
Newspaper swindled.

| AUSTIN May IA special, .-Au,
now thore IL about % boa mu-s 4
university affairs. The authorities o
Rusk prison sent over some limost0u
To bo examined 10y the professor %
chemistry % ascertain rs adaptlbilitl
for the iron furnaces at the prison. Tn
examination was made, aud the prof =
sor sends In bin for 500 IL has no
hean, nor IL itlilSoly To be, paid, as 1
/ was Understood that tho analysis was q
be FREQ of charge.
| ANOTHER DALLAS SOCIETY CHARTERED
An association Styled tho Dallas Mu
tual filed u charter today,
MORE LGHT ON THE NEW CAPITOL
MIDDLE.
Tho capitol syudicaio Is still doing
nothing. IL is impo sslbl0 to get Texas
stone Tor the building, and II indiana
Ia not not used they viii certainly throw
up tho contract, The special sent TO the
HERALD some weeks ago relative 10
BILE information, and thus far
nothing has turned up that
calls tor n change in the opinion then
| expressed. The contractors can retire
now, pay their bond and still make
about 100000. This talk of wanting 10
substitute Indiana stone, IL Is believed
by many, is simply cunnlnglv laid
scheme 10 set out of paying the $50 600
| bond, should they retire. 10 Is now
we'll settled that tho dimension stone
required by tho specifications cannot be
procured In Texas, aud TO
| change the plans 81 ~ 20
adopt the building TO the GimeuHions
| thai can be obtained within the state
will require tho consent of all parties,
together with that of the designing ar
chitect, and 10 l. well understood that
the latter being under budds will not
consent % any change which may tend
TO we AIKEN the building. II unanimous
consent Is nor given 10y AL, including
| bOrdSmuu, no change can be made, and
| u the capitol board refuses to consent
! 70 tho use al stone irom Oguer states, the
contractors can throw MP tho job and re-
| fuse 10 pay their bond, and the state VIII
| be powerle-s 20 enforce i's collection,
us the contractors can lay the blame Of
! failure upon tho state, she not having
the necessary stone, and refusing 10
| have u brought from other states.
| Under these circumstances the con-
| tractors will pocket ABOUT S5OOCOt
! pr0ht-a sum not 10 he sueeZed n, and
one that will be more than doubled on
| the wrong ii . OF Jha balance sheet n
| Jhey complete tho building, u the testl'
mOny Il expert builders, who. have
been figuring on tuc work. Is
some conclusion Is not arrived al
verv soon 10 j. certain the
work vii. proceed no further
uncer the presonJ contract, aud an cNtra
session Of tho Legislature will be in or
| der To determine what H. best 10 do
Tie extra session is already talked q
| and the atmosphere is rlt2 with talk Of
] 81 a. gR
UUnvicts in granite quarries and The
erection OF a building OF granite undei
state supervision.
A RANK NEWSPAPER swINDLER.
Co. Gaines, of the Statesman, has
just returned from New Orleans
where he hastily went, hoping tC
have arrested one j. w. Cartwright
| Cart wright has been employed as u so
licitor and collector on the Statesman
TOR over year, and two or three weeK:
ago Col. Gaines sent him TO New Or
leans in the interest of his paper. He
collected several hundred dollars, bu
failing to remit the same Col, Gaines
went over TO see about the matter
Cartwright hearing of his presence il
the city skipped out. in addition tt
the money collected he drew severa
drafts on the Statesman and, getting
well known men in New Orleans
cashed at tho city banks. He leaves 6
vito and two children in this city.
BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATIONS TAXABLE
The encouragement to-day advised
tho comptroller that he must exact from
the so-called benevolent associations
not conducted by lodges, the, same state
occupation tax as the regular insurance
companies are subject to; that the act OF
The nineteenth Legislature does not OK
empt them from taxation, but only from
a stringent supervision by the insurance
department. The state tax is $500 per
annum and the county 81.