The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-05
QUO WARRANTO OF
 CRAY POSTPONED Hearing in Montgomery Goes Oyer Until October CREELMAN BADLY INJURED Montgomery Man Is in Serious Auto. mobile Accident In Chicago.
 Other News of the
 Capital City.

Montgomery, September 4.-tspecial)- The quo warranto proceedings of Henry B. Gray of Birmingham against the Louisville and Nashville railroad, set for hearing in the city court today, has been postponed to some time in October be- cause of the illness of Gregory Smith of Mobile, one of the attorneys for the Louisville and Nashville.
 In the county court today Chris Oliver was charged with whipping his mother in-law. Chris plead guilty and by agree ment his case went over until the next term of the court, when he will have to pay one cent and costs.
 creelman Injured.
 The Times prints the following story from Chicago: Charles S. Creelman. vice president of the Florida Lumber company at Montgomery, Ala, was se- verely injured here on Saturday after noon last, in an automobile accident MT. Creelman was in his motor car on his way to the golf links. in the environs of this city. While travelling at the rate of fifty miles an hour some portion of the car became suddenly disabled and the vehicle was thrown down an embank- ment at a tangent, the chaffuer having lost control. The chaffuer was killed MT. Creeiman survived with broken leg and, it is thought, some internal injuries. He was taken to a hospital where his wounds were pronounced serious, but not neces- sarily fatal"
 Glanders Epidemic.
 An order has been issued by Capt. w. H. Taylor of the police department to the mounted men and keepers of all live stock owned by the city not to. use the public fountains for watering horses.
 It is said that the disease known as glanders Is now epidemic here and no disease known to veterinary science Is more contagious or deadly.
 The disease comes with a cold that re- sembles distemper, only more violent, fol- lowed by small sores in the flank and nose of an animal. It is slow in it's de- velopment but almost always results in death.
 All the llverymen have warned the own CTS of banding horses not to use the pub- lie watering places as they are known to be the very best means for spreading the disease.
 There Is absolutely no cure for horse with glanders and owners cannot be too careful in the treatment of stock.
 The city sanitary department has al- ready taken strenuous measures and eight or ten horses have been killed As soon as a horse Is detected with the disease he is sent to Cypress pond and shot and the carcass burned
 New Corporations.
 The Gayoso Coal company of Jasper, has increased its capital stock from $1O0.- GOO to $5O0,O00 and will greatly enlarge it's properties and coal output. The incorpor- ators are l.. B. Musgrove, A. s. Preston, Murray Cannon, H. P. Gibson, L. Walton and E. G. Bruce.
 The Planters Trading company has been organized at Elba, with capital of s40,- 0O0 G. F. Lindsey and others are incor- porators.
 E. F. Enslen and others have organized the Alabama Canal Coal company at Bir- mingham, with capital of $10,000.
 A certificate of amendment of the Southern Cotton oil company charger has been filed with the secretary of state.