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Show John Webb and Will Toney, two negro boys about 18 years old, were killed and two of their companions seriously wounded at Edgefleld, S. 0., by four white employees of the Edgefield Edge-field cotton factory. Two of tho mur-derrs mur-derrs aro mere boys, about 10. In Cincinnati, 0 Richard A. Roberts, Rob-erts, a bar-room porter, ran a knife into the throat of Charles Prlestch, a mechanical draughtsman, and turned the knife around tu tho wound. Death was instantaneous. Roberts was ar rested. They quarreled over dice. On Saturday, March S3, Crlpplo Creek. Colo., celebrated the establishment establish-ment of the Cripple Creek mining district dis-trict Into a separate county. There rvas a parade, and at night two dances tvore given, ono in the opera house, and the other in tho hall. Almost every member of both branches of tho legislature legis-lature wero present, and tho members who voted for tho measuro wero tendered ten-dered an ovation. Tho new county Is fourth tu population and fifth In taxable tax-able property In Colorado. Itcontalus 55,000 people. During lust yuar its mines produced 315,400,000, pruUlcully all of it In gold, |