Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-07


An unusual scene was witnessed in
Kalamazoo Wednesday. At the request
| of the Ministerial alliance, under whose
auspices Evangelists Whttle and Burke
are conducting revival meetings there,
that day was selected as day of prayer
| in the city. All the business houses were
asked to close from 2 to 4, and the great
| majority agreed to do so. 1t was sug-
gested that the saloonkeepers also be
asked to close during these hours and a
committee went around to secure their
consent. AS a result every prominent
saloon in the place was absolutely shut
| up during the two hours requested, and
on some Of the doors was posted this
| sign: "Closed from to for the prayer
meeting" AS far as known II is the
| first time in the State that liquor dealers
| have closed to help out evangelists. The
meeting was crowded and drinks could
not be obtained during the two hours
mentioned.
A big scheme has been evolved to de-
| veiop the northeastern part of Wexford
County. w. w. GUNNER and his Cadillac
associates hold % 900 acres Of hardwood
| land in this district, and they intend, in
stead of taking off the timber and let
| ting the land go to waste, to divide it up
| into farms after it is partially cleared
| The land will be divided into sections and
| standard-guage logging railroads will run
| along each section line, all the cross
roads connecting with the main line. The
| timber will be taken out on each side of
| the railroads. but much will be left in
| the center of each section, when the land
| is offered for sale. The rails will then be
| taken up and good roads made by liberal
| application of gravel The timber, as it
| is cut, will be taken to Cadillac to be
manufactured. The Cummers still own
| 2OO,OOO,OO feet of pine in that vicinity
| and it will take fully three years to clear
| it off. Then they will commence on the
| hardwood.
Port Huron is now In the throes of a
| coal rate war, and consumers are corre-
| spondingly happy. A short time ago all
| the coal dealers of the city advanced the
| price of hard coal to $6 per ton. Shortly
| thereafter III. II. Buckerdge entered the
| field as a coal dealer and started in to
| fight the local association, reducing the
price of his coal to $3.50 per ton. Since
| Mr. Buckeridge has been doing a land
office business, getting more orders than
he could supply. A few days ago, it is
alleged, Mr.. Buckeridge received notice
from the anthracite coal trust not to cut
prices or else suffer a boycott. Mr..
Buckeridge paid no attention to the threat
and all other coal dealers in the city re-
duced the price of hard coal to IS per ton
for cash. 1t is now war of extermina-
ton between the dealers and the price
will perhaps go still lower. Last year
similar war was on and coal sold all win
ter for So per ton. This year the con-
suners are reaping another benefit.
The American, United States, National,
Wells-Fargo, and Pacific express COM
panies have promulgated new schedule.
General Agent Reed of the American ex-
press company said: "Al the companies
have had holdups during the last few
months and robbed of more than $780,
900. The expenses of protecting money
by armed guards on the trains and by de-
tectives has made il necessary to increase
the charges on carrying money, and the
companies have decided to make general
raise in the charge" Asked if the banks
would not retaliate by refusing to cash
the express companies money-orders, he
said: "No, they cannot afford to do SO,
as they know we protect our orders"
The Canadian companies are not in the
combine, it appears, and will maintain
old rates. The Michigan Bankers As
sociation, as soon as notified of the in
crease for transporting money, held
meeting and decided to fight the COM
panies, and as a means of winning will
establish clearing houses.
The last Legislature enacted a law
prohibiting fire insurance companies from
writing policies limiting or restricting
their liability by reason of the failure to
insure his property for any certain
amount or for any proportion of the
actual cash value of the property. This
law was designed to do away with the
so per cent. coinsurance clause which had
for several years been part of the Michi-
gan standard policy. In August last the
State policy commission accepted two
riders which were presented by fire-in-
surance companies and which, it rs
claimed, gives the companies the benefits
the law prohibits. Manufacturers and
lumbermen, who are most affected by
these riders, assert that property
We're given no hearing on the question
of adopting these riders, the companies
alone being represented at the meeting
of the policy commission. The manufac-
turers assert that the new riders are in
fragrant violation of the law, and the
petition of about 200 of them for q re-
hearing has been granted by the commits
sion.
For the first time in the history of the
University of Michigan a foreigner has
been elected to fill class office. At the
class election of the '96 medics Miss Mary
Stone was chosen as vice president.
About ten years ago Miss Howe. q mis-
sionary to China from the United States,
picked up two little waifs-Mary Stone
and Ida Kahn. At this time the girls
were heathens, but Miss Howe put them
in n missionary school and taught them
to speak and read English, and soon con-
verted them to the Christian religion.
Mary proved q brilliant student and after
three years sSIdy in the mission was able
to read and write English perfectly.
Knowing the brilliant mind of her pupil,
Miss Howe determined to bring her to
America for a college education. Mary
Stone and Ida Kahn, her companion, left
Kinkiang, China, with three Chinese
boys under Miss Howe's care. On ar
irving in this country the party was al
lowed to enter without trouble, so much
did they resemble English people. They
started at once for Ann Arbor, and Miss
Stone and Miss Kahn and two of the
boys took the entrance examinations and
all passed with high honors and are still
studying there i'm the university. Miss
Stone entered the medical department
and soon showed herself to be an apt
scholar.