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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-20
MINERS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES.

RULE 13The miners other employees must iamarze themselves
with the mining of this Company and strictly
obey the
other empoy knows Of any OF the rules being violated
ignored shall give notice thereof the Mine Foreman
RULE shall observe rrccaHtoh
accidents They shall work In unsafe place when timber
They shall work in any unsafe place except
making with the greatest care and under the
Mine Foreman his assistant some person designated
b. the other
RULE 15No miner other employee shall take into the mine any
quantity powder other explosive than he may reasonably expect
shift No shall be carried into the mine III
metallic cannsers OF capacity exceed five pounds
RULE lGNo miner other empOye shall bum kerosene black
strap his lamp torch within otherwise than provided
Only the kind grade quality designated by law shall be used
RULE 1Every miner shall each night before beginning work.
working place He shall take down
dangerous slate ovhnsng substance otherwise make 1t
imberng And he shalways available
the and me Should
arise he be without timber he shall Immediately work.
wording place and report TO the Mine Foreman his
e da Of the miner to get the mine
place where they are left for his timber his
make md keep the same safe.
firing shot the miner shall away and
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-20
FIRE BOSS.

RULE shall famiarize themselves with
the mining laws OF Company and comply
with chang duty imposed upon him
them by and by the rules OF the Company and %
Bosses by Sections IL and II
Of Section IL reads In part as follows:
1T shall duty where employed said
signal with suitable color the mine
AGENT and only
then necessity shall beyond this danger signal unit, the mine
has been examined by Boss certain thereof
repue shall further be the duty said Fire Boss or
BOSSES TO 20 into all wokgpces mines
cas- is liable In dangerous quantities. and
fully lamp and do 10 be DONE whatever
may be working places all dangerous
therein workmen in
examination and removal Of said shall
each shift work and Il
each examination to leave evidence
OF his working place examined and the MINI
safe he shall change the color thereof
safety employees said mine and begin work.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-20
"People Of the Far East"

Mrs. John Gillespie Field Secre-
tary Of the woman's Foreign Mission
Board Of Philadelphia, will lecture
Wednesday at 1880 p. m, at the Pres
byterIan Church. Her subject will be
people OF the Far East"
Mrs. Gillespie has recently made a
trip around the world. visiting all mis-
sion stations. and comes to us with a
very interesting account Of this work.
She will Illustrate this lecture with
twenty children dressed as Buddhists,
priests. high Chinese ladies, child
brides, widows OF India. etc. Mrs. Gil.
lesple gave this same lecture In Buck,
harmon during the meeting there Of
the Presbytery!' Her hearers were all
delighted with this lecture and the
house was crowded on this occasion.
No admission fee will be charged for
this lecture, but an offering will be
taken for Foreign Missions.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-20
SOCIETY.
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On Wednesday, afternoon OF this
week. beginning al twelve O'Clock.
'Mr. Larnsy Lloyd will have on exhibi'
ton in the YoAt Flats q famous col
lection Of water colOrs. This .exhibl.
lion will be held 10 Duncan's music
room, adjoining The shop OF Mr.. Lloyd
and will consist Of one hundred eau.
vases. from some Of tho most famous
painters Of The world, such as Bald.
win, feudtl and Allen Fontaine. The
famous pictures, Surf and Rocks
snd Sunset" which were recently
reviewed in "The International Stu.
do" will be special features OF this
exhibit
It Is the purIGse Of Mr.. Lloyd 10
have tnsye exhibits Of famous pic.
lures from time To time, giving Fair
mont people Rn opportunity to view
these famous pictures, and thereby
encouTsge the artistic side Of our peo-
pie generally. The public generally Is
invited 10 iDggert ,heys paintings and
any one desiring 20 purchase any OF
them will be given al opportunity 10
Go 50.
In connection with this art exhibit,
Mr.. Lloyd will formally open his tea
room 10 the ITbiic on this occasion.
An opportunity Will ito given the pub
lie generally to dew tails room and
also The other departments OF this
art store. This rt-m. which Is known
as the New England Tea Room" Is
a;,Tactiyely fitted mp, the furnishings,
drapinss, etc, being typical Of the
style Of the New Englanders. The
room Is decidedly artistic, the furni.
lure being Of Rea;hsr:d oak while rne
drapeIies, rugs and other furnishings
are IN beautiful shade OF delft blue.
Mrs. Harry McCiOry and Miss Dora
Arpett Tll, be In charge OF this tea
room. which. already assures It's sue.
cess. Two meals viii be served each
day. OF neon sud In the evening. Ice
cream and Ices will also be served In
the evenings and a light lunch can be-
secured at aDy GoUr during the day.
An announcement was made In the
morning paper 10 the effect tnat Mr..
Lloyd has Issued Invitations to this az.
fah. This was, however, unknowingly
mistake rs such IL not the case.
These Invitations wwe only issued TO
the yCung lady reporters on the local
papers, and the public generally is In.
yited 10 inspect this loom and view tie
famous collection Of paintings which
will be On exhibition.
This "Tea Roon' Is something new
for Fairmont and should receive the
hearty SUPPORT Of the gentlemen and
ladies Of this city Something Of this
Kind has been desired In this city for
a long time and Il IN now up TO the
people 20 make their side Of the affair
the success It EhOuld be.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-20
OIL COMPANY
WAS ORGANIZED HERE SAruR
DAY AFTERNOON AT OFFICE
OF ATTORNEY sTURm.

The shuman Heights OIL Company
held its first meeting at the Office OF
NJ. L. sturm on Saturday afternoon
An organization vas effected as fol
lows:
President, C. D. Moore, Jackson
burg.
Vice President, D. L. Vale, Hagans
Secretary. J. C. Bond. Falrmont.
Treasurer, ". B. Summers, West
Union.
Manager, Virgil |. Allen. Center
Point.
Statutory Attorney, NJ. l.. sturm
Fairmont.
The secretary and G. B. NJ. Barger
Of Jacksonburg, and C. D. Martin, Of
Salem. form the board OF directors.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-20
MINE FOREMAN.

RULE 1.-THE his assistant shall miarize them.
mining all the
pny comply requirements thereof by dschan duty
imposed upon Of the and the Of the
Company.
person employed shall beginning therein
see every person mining
peened Mine Foreman his
ants familiar with Incident his work
old workings and abandoned Of the mine
by safeguards notices. and do all things required by Sections and
OF said Of the Legislature.
his assistants SHALL practicable
coal dust in the NINE and where such exists
keep the properly watered down.
RULE lo-The his assistants shall perform all the
required him them by such Act of the Legislature especially
by thereof which made He Of his assist
examine working place in the mine alternate
ay work. and direct tina.
working place. be secured by mb AMI
permit work place known be unsafe unless
be for the purpose Of making IT safe Il.
The Mine assistants shall keep careful watch
the appliances machinery venang and air travelling
haulways pumps drainage that all loose COAL slate and rock
overhead in working the huways and travelling
be removed carefully shall that sufficient and
mbers nearly possible Of suitable dimensions urnihed the
Gincrs n TO their working places
RULE where hauling Is done by machinery The
Mine signals and conspicuous lights
and light the front
trip train Of cars when in motion the mine
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-20
IAEWGMINE8 RULES PROMULGATED
-FOUR LARGE COAL COMPANIES
EAsMoNT COAL COMPANY cLARkssURe FUEL COMPANY PITTS
BURG AND FAlR@oNT FUEL COMPANY AND SOUTHERN COAL
@ AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY ADOPT RULES IN ACCORD
AkcE WITH NEW MINING LAW WHICH GOES INTO EFFECT ON
5S MAJ a.

accordance with the new mine
"Wednesday the coal companies named above meeting adopted
following rules for the guidance the which should be read BIZ
d every man in the employ Of the various companies
RULE lit shall be the duty employe Of this
Inform himself the mining laws
this State and under the rules of this Company and strictly, observe
{ and ooeys the
RULE person prituous liquors
No epye Of n;oScaton shall attempt dis.
charge his duties such and empoye under
the influence spruous malt liquors shall enter the mine
RULE 3No persons shall Into unusued workings
parts mIne permission be granted By the Mine
4 bis assistant, Fire Boss Bosses.
person employees shall the mine without
writing assistant Fire
superior officer.
RULE A persons those duly authorized forbidden
amper with the tracks, machinery
Including signals switches signal wires in the
mine.
RULE 5-Persons seeking employment shall apply for outside Of the
No boy under fourteen OF shall be given employment
Z perntted work in any NINE
RULE GSecton 2Sd Of said Act Of the Legislature reads ows
any which shooting done the District Mine
prescribe conditions under which such solid shooting
may be done.
his assistants the conditions
which solid be DONE conflict however with
conditions which prescribed by the District Mine Inspector
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-20
Invitation, To Commencement.

Invitations To Commencement.
The following Invitations were re.
ceiyed to-day. The card announce.
Ing the exercises for commencement
week has already been printed.
1867 1907
The Regents OF the West Virginia
State Normal Schools
and the
Principal, Faculty and Students
q Of the
FaIrm8at State Normal School
requests the honor Of your presence
at the
Closing Exercises Of the Falrmont
State Normal School as announced
on the accompanying card
to be held 10 the
Normal Auditorium. June 9th toll,
1907.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-20

Mrs. Earl H. Smith and little son,
Herndon, returned Saturday evening
on IS from Keysr, after an absence
from this city Of three months. which
time was spent in Baltimore and Key
ser. They are at the home Of Mrs. C.
l.. Smith for a few days.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-20

WATSON-E. Patterson, Wheeling:
Charles Shaw, Jay Cunningham,
Misses Leah Graf. Mauie Graf, N.
A. Katz, Warrington, Harry C. Shrarl'
er. Weston; H. C. schaffer, C. H.
Bloom, Miss Miller, Grafton.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-20

WEST vIRelNIANs
AT LOCAL HOTELS.


TAvERS-o. F. Hardesty and wife,
Phunas Relner. Fanny Lakln, NJ. j.
Malampby. H. A. Wilson and wife
Bert Bennett. MOrsantown; Edward D.
Steet. Harding; r. c. Jackson. E. B.
Haney, J. E. Murdoch, Kingwood: D,
NJ. Shackelford. Tom Brake. H. C.
Bailey, Charleston: NJ. H. Smith, IVES
ton.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert ". Read have
returned home from their wedding
journey. They have been absent for
Ten days. which time was spent in
Eastern cities. They are at home at
the Munley hotel.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-20

MARIETTA = John Abercnom6ic
Monongah; F. n. FreeIand. Lou +.
Davis, MorsaRtown; W. N. Nay. P.
l.. Hoflban. Clarksburg; J. l.. Jones.
Weston: Henry Fultz, Baxter; C. E.
Jones, Grafton.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-20

MANLEY-L. NJ. Brown, A. G. Clay.
ton. ]. E. Shinn. Mannintson; n. E.
Richards, r. B. Britt, Clarksburg.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-20

The parts In Esmeralda are well
taken. You should hear 1t. High
school Tuesday night. I'll
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-20
Will Meet This Evening.

The Isabella Davis Circle of Kings
Daughters will meet this evening at
the NJ. f. Church. All members are
urgei to be present.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-20

Dainty things served through the
evening hours. New England Tea
Room. Open Wednesday, 22d.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-20

New England Tea Room open We'd
nesday evening. May, the twenty.sec'
ond. under the management OF Mrs.
Harry McCrory and Miss Dora Ar
nett. lOj. Fairmont avenue.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-20
WANI'::'lEl:;.lDI,s

WANTso-Lady Of gentleman " fair
education to trarel for firm Of $780,.
900 capital. Salary, ;1,oI2 per year,
payable weekly. Expenses advanced.
Address Geo. G. CLOVIS, Fairmont vi
Va. .Ss IS I 2o:2t
Evening star., 1907-09-01
At Last Came the Thrills

RUT at last came the long awaited thrills of exul
- tation hat made the adventurous stockholders sit
up. 1t in the fall of 1905 at of the monthly
meetings, which hitherto had been held solely to
give the necessary sanction to expenditures, that
the cabled news spread before the company.
1t from the directing engineer on the spot and
said that the basin of the lake had been cut through
and the water drained off. With argosies of gold
and silver and precious stones now confidently
awaited by the next boat, the advent urous stock
holders adjourned to a green turtle lunch which
unfort unately interrupted by the arrival of an
other cable from the of the treasure hunt which
only a few minutes before had been regarded the
site of treasure trove 1t ran: The bottom OF
the lake is covered with mud and slime average
depth of twent five feet We estimate that twelve
million cubic yards of this covering will have to be
removed before the real bottom and the treasure is
disclosed"
Charging the green turtle to profit and loss, the
gentlemen adventures took the news, which meant
assessments where they had been expecting divl-
dends, in a spirit that did credit to their sporting
blood. With hundred million pounds sterling
almost within their grasp what was a mere layer
Continued page is
Evening star., 1907-09-01

and concession was obtained from the Colombian
Government to drain the lake of offerings and
the treasure, subject of course, to royalty
to be paid to the Government in Bogota. Among
the stockholders matter of fact members OF
Parliament, and mighty money makers of the Royal
Exchange and Capel Court. Perhaps a million dol
lars has already been spent, and not penny has
come back. But there is not share of the
pany on the market, and there probably never will
be- The stockholders all mionaires, with souls
and pockets above " safe" investments, and who be-
sides want little romance in their lives The COM
pany decided upon the lake of Guatavita the
site of the submerged treasure only after careful
researches in the archives of Spain.
When he last word hat the of books could give
had been spoken, high priced engineers versed in
hydraulics secured, and the work of draining
the lake was begun This operation occupied four
years, and proved no easy task even in these days
when hydraulics has become exact science. The
lake is nine miles long, and it all had to be drained;
because there is much difference of opinion as to
the exact site of the Shrine of the Gilded Man.
There were, of course there always are, difficult
ties which science skill could foresee. The
most exasperatng of these the torrentia rains,
which fell almost without cessation. There were
moments indeed, when the discouraged engineers
were compelled to report that water was raining
into the lake faster than they could pump it out.
Patience SKILL and unlimited money, with all of
which the pumps and the steam shoves and the
dams were backed, at length prevailed. For years
the only received from the of the treasure
hunt had been of the most depressing character.
The muleteers had mutnied the diggers had struck.
or peculiarly vicious gray mule had disappeared
on the Journey from the head of navigation with
bolt without which long awaited engine could not
be set in motion.
Evening star., 1907-09-01
Ouesada's Opportunity

0UESADA, the conqueror, naturally pounced upon
~ this story with great JOY, and proceeded to in
vestigate it with the thoroughness possible only to
man who had large number of gold loving and gold
lacking soldiers at his back, and population of
several millions from which to recruit submissive
slaves. With such unlimited man power to draw
upon, is not at all improbable that the chronclers
correct when they say that Quesada had reduced
the maximum depth of the lake from two hundred
and fourteen to fifteen feet, when suddenly side
of the volcanic fell in, killing few Spaniards
and burying out of sight many hundred natives.
for several generations. The natives convinced
that the mount ain had fallen at the behest of their
great god, the Gilded Man, and the Spaniards
nothing if not supersitiOus. Besides the ruined cone
and the masses of debris were very real obstacles.
Evening star., 1907-09-01
Quest of the Golden Man


THE quest of the Golden Man, or rather the golden
country,-for though he could singe the King of
Spans beard he could not translate correctly his
language, the key to Sir Walter Raleighs adven-
turous life The honors of war; the love of women,
literature all of which he had left him
satisfied. With no more trustworthy data to go by
than those of the shpwrecked mariner referred to
from 1870 to 1915 he sought increasingly to find Ell
Dorado and bring home the golden fleece. Raleigh
will go down in history as the man who gave to our
mother State the of Virginia, in honor of his
patroness, the Virgin Queen who founded the first
English colony on American soil; but him, doubt
less, these things merely incidents of
cessfu search for the golden land which ended
until the Spanish King, tired of Ralegh's ceaseess
off that most interesting of heads. Raleigh had
none of Quesada's information to steer by. His Ell
Dorado was place a man, you will, situated
in what he called that mighty, rich and beautiful
Empire of Guinea" known British French.
and Dutch Guiana. Here between the upper
reaches of the Ornoco and the Essequbo, after hav
Evening star., 1907-09-01

The treasure hunt died away,
and Quesada went to his
grave poor man.
y hundred years ago Alex
ander Humboldt, the histo-
rian and Traveller, visited the
site of the Gilded Mans
shrine and the disaster to the
Spanish treasure seekers. He
heard all the legends, verified
many in the ancient writings
of the Chibchas, and gave it
as his opinion that over a
hundred million pounds had
been thrown into the lake in
the form of offerings to the
invisible deity. But he went
on his way without forming
a syndicate of treasure hunt
ers, he being one of those
Evening star., 1907-09-01
Ra1eigh's Ell Dorado

NooD SanCnO rama SalQ ne DClleNSQ
" in the old legends because they were
much too old to lie; and to-day
score of hard listed English business men
are backing the same opinion to the tune
of several hundred thousand pounds.
They forgather at least once a month in
the busy marts of London's trade, and
talk and plot much as Grenville and
Raleigh talked in the Mermaid tavern to
the delight of Shakespeare and Burbage,
who tried to stage these men of action
in their plays. The tones of the British
Museum and the Spanish archives in
Seville and Simdncas have been ransacked
for treasure seeking data, and now Ell
Dorado, which Raleigh sought and Milton
sang, has been turned into a stock COM
pany, limited, and tloated upon the eX-
change.
The ancient empire of the Chibchas
occupied approximately the present terri
tory of the United States of Colombia.
The principal cities and centers of culture
were upon the Alta plain of Bogot;i
These wOrshipers of El Dorado, or the
Gilded Old Man, were very intelligent
and honorable people but they were not
successful in war, and were soon over
come by the Spanish adventurer Ximenes
de Quesada, who subjugated them in the
same relentless manner that had charac-
terized the conquest of the Aztecs by
Cort and the Incas by Pizarro. Ouesada
was man of unusual attainments for
a conquistador, and he studied the new
civilization which his conquest had un-
folded very intently. He left behind him
wonderful descriptions of the manners
and customs of the Chibchas, and though
his motives were of the most mercenarv
character we cannot but be grateful for
the records he has left.
He soon learned that the Chibchas
the Gilded Man, historic or mythical
who was believed by all good Chibchas t
the bottom of the Lake of Guatavita,
leagues from the present capital of Bogo
this point there NAV be room for philosop
but it is certain that there dwelt for man
years upon the borders of the beautiful
lake, locked in the bosom of volcanic co
Gus ecclesiastical colonies lorded over by h
and Wears on earth of the supposedly s
Gilded Man To the shrine on the lake
Chibchas brought rich presents and It'll
according to the ancient chrOniclers, T
not merely tenth of their incomes, but
half These generous offerings were m
crowning incident of pilgrimages which
Priest set in motion at not intrequent i
Evening star., 1907-09-01

pediton of 1881. 1t lured thousands of adventur
spirits, and sent the men of Devon, Raleigh,
Drake, Oxenham, Amyas Leigh, and scores of others
who had hitherto dwelt in the West Country, then
western down to the Spanish Main
Evening star., 1907-09-01

ing followed many other and VAIN
trails, Raleigh was sure the land of
Ell Dorado lay. He strove nightly
to reach it: his dear son died in one
of the last fights; and he himself
lost his head amid boots of derision,
but there was gold there, after all.
There must be solace in the
thought to the incorrigible gold
seeker that at the last he did not
follow a false trail After three
hundred years Great Britain nearly
went to war with the great COM
monwealth which has grown from
Raleighs colony because of the rich
gold deposits that lie in the dis
puted land, between Venezuela and
Guiana, where Raleigh sought Ell
Dorado.
Some six years ago
4 the search for the
Evening star., 1907-09-01

Some six years ago
the search for the
Gilded Man assumed
its modern, up to date
shape. A stock COM
pany was formed with
limitedleg abilitles
The Republican journal., 1907-04-04
NEWS OF THE ORANGES.

At the last meeting of Morning Light
Grange, Monroe, the third and fourth de-
grees were conferred on candidates and
other business transacted. Several brown
tail moth nests and large number of the
egg-clusters of the tent-caterpillar were
brought in and destroyed; and parts of the
lately enacted law regarding injurious in
sects were read by the secretary. The brown
tail moth has appeared in widely separated
parts of the town and all should be on the
lookout for it, that the nests may be de-
stroyed before the appearance of the foliage