Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-15
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According to the, reports fled with
the ssecretdry or State. which are now
very accurate and reliable, there Were
81. 100 deaths in Michigan during the
year 1850. the increase over 1s9S being
4,4G1. II is probable that 1000 is about
the actual increase, as the total reporting
popula ton. for, 1899. was slightly in excess
Of that Of the. previous year. The aver
age death rate per ! 900 population in
1905 was 1875 and in 1899, 14.l per cent.
The number OF persons under year or
age dying during the past year was y, lao,
or 1914 per cent. of the entire number.
The number from to A years OF age was
1882. and those over IL, years OF age
was .Q,175,. or $50 per cent, Pulmonary
consumption carried away 1926 persons
and other forms of tuberculosis SOL. The
deaths from other diseases were as fol-
lows: Typhoid fever, Oh; diphtheria,
297; croup,fl4S; scarlet fever. IA; meas
les, 164; whooping cough, 217; pneumon-
ia, 2,934 diarrheal diseases of persons
under 5 years, 1887; cerebro spinal men
nights, $50; Influenza, 1,769; puerperal
septicemia, 176; cancer, 1,2S2; violence,
1854.
n Auditor General Dix has been sending
out blanks for the collection of taxes
against telephone, telegraph and express
companies in accordance with the new
law passed by the last Legislature. I'm
der the old law, which was declared I'M
constitutional by the Supreme Court,
telephone and telegraph companies were
assessed the average rate of taxation In
the State, which was computed to be
something over 2 per cent upon the basis
of the value Of their property. Express
companies paid 5 per cent Of their gross
earnings. The new law provides for
tax Of per cent upon the gross earnings
Of the companies The law will result in
an increased tax on telephone and tele-
graph companies and decrease OF ex-
press company taxes, but on the whole
there will be more taxes collected. The
taxes are due on or before July 1, and
when received will be credited to the spe-
cifc tax fund.
The report Of Michigan department., q.
H.. r., makes q gratifying showing. The
report which is for the last half OF 1899,
shows that at the close of that period
there were in Michigan $50 posts with
an aggregate membership Of 15,1O2. The
net loss for the, period named was only
81, while the death loss alone was III.
When it IS considered that there is no
young blood to be infused into the organ
b;ation,. the work of Commander Pealer
end Adjt. Pond in the direction Of having
all the veterans enrolled in the order is
quite manifest. They predict further sub
stantial increase during the present six
months. Four years ago there were 1913
posts and 1866 members. Since then
there has, been a gain Of nine posts, but
a loss of 1862 members. or the latter
423 died, leaving a loss of only 239 from
honorable discharges, transfers, etc.
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The United States Supreme Court has
granted a writ of ,certorari in the case
commenced by the State of Michigan
against the Granite State Provident As
ISOLATION. The Court of Appeals decided
that the assets OF the association should
be turned over to the general receiver of
the association and held unconstitutional
the Michigan law providing that the
Michigan assets of the company should
go to the Michigan shareholders. The
action of the Supreme Court in granting
the certiorari upon the recent argument
CT ex-Attorney General Maynard indi-
Gates q possible triumph for the Michigan
creditors, of whom there are 1900 hold
ing claims aggregating in the neighbor-
hood Of $4,000.
Attorney General Oren has advised the
secretary of State that foreign building
and loan associations doing business in
Michigan are not inclnded in the law Of
1887 exempting the, stock, of building and
loan associations from taxation. He
holds that only the stock of associations
incorporated in Michigan are exempt.
The effect will be to place on the tax
rolls all stock of associations of other
States owned in Michigan.
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The claims of soldiers of the Spanish
war for relief provided for by an act
passed at the special session of the legis-
lature, making an appropriation Of $4O,-
600 for the purpose, aggregate nearly
$4,000. The worthy cases may receive
about IS per cent of their claims.
The 1899 compilation Of the laws rela-
tive to the incorporation of cities of the
fourth class has been delivered by the
State printer to Secretary of State
Stearns, and is now ready for distribu-
ton. at1 Hfltl iHtiW
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| Notwithstanding the decrease in rates
last year, the fire Insurance companies
will pay the State in taxes on last years
business and retaliatory fees an estimat
ed Increase Of $4,000 over the amount
collected last year. m frFsfeeg aY
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The State board of corrections and
charities has Under inspection plans for
newe buildings ut the home for feeble
minded in Lapeer and the eastern asylum
for the insane at Pontiac tft9
Secretary of State Stearns has issued
a neat little pamphlet containing the laws
relating to fraternal beneficiary socie-
| ties. fain58S aHifoFia An t..a.
~ gta,sy An Historic Wreck.
Below the waters of Monterey Bay,
California, lies a sunken'craft that once
helped to make history. She is the
| Natalie, which in 1916 carried Napo-
lion hack IN France from eliza