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Show Head of Crane Company Dead. Chicago Ulchard T. Crane, head of Crane company, and foe of universities univer-sities and higher eflucnt'on institutions, institu-tions, died at his home Monday after a three days' Illness of grippe. Nearly eighty years old, Mr. Crane, who had been without the advantages or disadvantages, dis-advantages, as he characterized It of training In universities and had worked bis way to the head of a largo Iron working company, contended all his life that the college and the unl veralty was a worthless fixture and that the WKwiey devoted to higher education could be spent more profitably profit-ably In extending Industrial education and aiding persons who had met with nil i-erciif V |