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Show COLORADO NOTES. Krnest C. Iiacon has boon elected mayor of Ridgway. The Denver Colloscum will be erected erect-ed at the corner of Seventeenth and 11 roadway. Mike Hums fell thirty feet in the shaft of the Silver Star atJAspen and dislocated his shoulder. In .Montrose there are two city tickets, tick-ets, known as the saloonmen's and tho citizens. J. K McCluro heads both for mayor. J. 1). Riddle of Pittsburg, Pa , while on his way to California for his health, dropped dead on a Santa retrain about three miles west of Trinidad last Saturday. Sat-urday. The democrats of Aspen have nominated nomi-nated Dr. K. P. Rose for mayor, J. 1). Hooper for treasurer and George Frost, v in. jioay; anu J. v . aiageo ioc mmy men. T. X. iCnowles is tlin democratic candidate for mayor of Ouray. News comes from Telluride that the oil operations at Rouse, which have been watched so anxiously by the people peo-ple there, have proven successful with the result of a small How of oil. This i s very encouraging to Trinidad. Tho state school of mines at Golden closed last Friday for the spring vacation vaca-tion of oue week. About thirty of tho students, under the care of Professors Thuising, Sadtler and Hill, left on the afternoon train for a week's trip to the western part of Colorado. Thomas James, superintendent of the Alamakee mine at Gold Hill, and one of the best min'mrf men in the state, died at Gold Hill last week. He has worked tho Alamakee ever since it was a i ii i.iJ Miiii.i'iown to every mining man in iiottldorl oitnty. Charles Do.ier has been arrested at Pueblo for forgo ry. On his person was a forged cheek for $'J?.5() signed by tho name of J. W. Anderson. Dodermade no etfort to get away, and owned up to the forgery. His exenso is that he had to steal or starve, and life was dear. At Golden Saturday last William Hal-ligau Hal-ligau committed siiieide by jumping into a reservoir at the waterworks. The water was not deep enough to drown him but the mud into which he sank up to his knees held him firmly and death resulted from exposure. He was about 53 years of age and was very dissipated. |