The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-27
BURGLAR MISSES
 BUNCH IF MONEY Overleoks Trousers Containing
 Thousand Dollars HOO poo NEGRO IN JAIL Governor Conner Wants Full Report on the YoIande Mine Disaster.
 GunnelIs Meets With
 Southern Educators.
HOO poo NEGRO IN JAIL

Montgomery, December 26.-( Special j. While thief searched the pockets of c. W. Cochrane at Highland Park last night for 5000 in cash known to be in the house. he overlooked the trousers containing the money, though they hung in a closet at his hand. Mir. Cochrane had changed clothing in the afternoon and hung the trousers with the money in the closet not remembering himself to remove the currency.
 The burglar was no doubt posted on the money being in the house. He made d thorough search of all the clothing to be found and then left in evident dis gust, as nothing else is missing, save an old pair of shoes.
 The money was collected by MT. Coch- rane, who is a contractor. late in the day and kept at the house. The fact seems to have been known by the thief. Mir Cochrane never walked while the search was going on and knew nothing of the entrance until this morning.
 Hoodoo Negro.
 Sheriff Hood has curiosity in a hoo doc negro by the name of Jordan John son. He is in trouble about deal in a bale of cotton When searched he had rabbits feet galore, many bags filled with mysterious lotions and colered stones and ever so many bits and sprigs of dried herbs. He says that these things have kept him out of sick bed and will get him out of jail. Snake root and devils shoe strings are his in great quantity and he told the jailer that he was con- jure negro of the best kind. He is a fine specimen of the old time negro conjure man, so well known in slave days.
 Going After Oil.
 
 where the Williams Oil and Gas company is boring a well. that there is every in- dication of oil if the well is drilled deep enough. The drill has gone now 80 feet through iron pyrite and the vein seems much deeper. A number of times the drill has struck small pockets of oil which has overfiowed the well. The drill is now down 600 fet A careful study of the we'll and it's progress down leads men who know of such things to believe that there is oil further down.
 What About Long Guns?
 Though the new pistol law does not become effective in six months, officers of the law are beginning to wonder where they will be. They are not excepted from the list and if they carry guns less than 24 inches in length they will, like all others, be liable to heavy fines. It is manifestly impossible for officers who run down stills and violations of the reve- nue laws to thus burden themselves, as they often have to make long rides on horseback. It is also said to be unreal sonable to ask policemen to carry the long guns, as they never would get up on the criminals also that the long gun being unwieldy it will be easy for the toughs to get the drop with short pis- tols and kill the officers
 Dinner for Convicts.
 At every camp in Alabama convicts were given a day off with big dinners on Christmas day. No contractor has a right to work prisoners on the Fourth of July, Christmas or Thanksgiving and when a convict elects to work on that day he is given tlie same pay a frec man would receive for the same service. The state does not require that they be given extra dinner, but it has become a custom to do so and it is rare that contractor fails to give It. May Lose Sight. While shooting fireworks at Enterprise J. A. Stoker had his eyes badly injured by an explosion of giant cracker He may lose = his sight entirely. Mine Investigation. There is much discussion here of the mine horror at Yolande. and the gov ernor is understood to have let the mine inspectors know that he desires a full report of the reasons for horrible a catastrophe. It is expected that Inspec- tor Gray will have a report by the last of next week.
 Gone To Lexington. Superintendent of Education for Ala bama H. c. Gunnells is in Lexington. Ky, for the meeting of the southern edu- cators. He will have to report that Ala bama made great progress this year in