The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1889-08-23

from Richmond saying fight had oc-
cured between the "Jaybirds" and
"Woodpeckers,' rival political factions,
in which sheriff Garvey and deputy
Blackeny were killed, and several
others wounded. The dispatch said
the lighting was still in progress and
troops were needed. A dispatch re-
ceived from Capt. Richard of the
Houston light guards said Richmond
was in the hands of a mob and several
had been killed. At 8 o'clock there
was great excitement. Governor Ross
ordered the light guards of Houston
to go to Richmond at once and also
telegraphed orders to the Conham
guards to be ready to leave at mo-
ment's notice. "Jaybirds" is the name
given to the white democrats of Fort
Bend, numbering about 400. The
"Woodpeckers" includes the negroes
and few whites. The negroes are
vastly in the ascendant 1t is a re-
newal of the race quarrel.
HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 1.-Two
gentlemen who arrived here from
Richmond on the II :35 train reported
the "Woodpeckers" crowd were in the
court house surrounded by the other
faction, but no more fighting had oc-
CURED. They confirmed the report of
the killing of sheriff Garyey and
dlsputy Blackeny. A young mulatto
girl was killed in the accident. Follow
ing are the wounded: Harvey Frost,
badly; AL Gibson, badly; Judge Parker,
badly; Mason Bradley, seriously. The
town is crazy with excitement, The
riot was precipitated by "Jaybird"
walking through the town with his
Winchester. He was arrested and put
in jail and the fighting commenced
soon after. The dead men were both
"Jaybirds." All is reported quiet at
midnight.
ST. LOUIS, Ang. ia special from
Austin, Texas, to the Post Dispatch
says that dispatches have been re-
ceiyed by Governor Ross this morning,
stating that everything is now quiet
at Richmond, but they give no addi-
tionai particulars of the fight.
NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-Sam. Crane,
second baseman of the Metropolitan
base ball club, was arrested this morn
ing and locked up at police headquar-
ters on charge of running away Hat
tie Travenfelter, the pretty wife of a
Scranton fruit dealer. Mrs. Traven-
felter was also arrested. The arrest
was made on requisition by the gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, on application
of the deserted husband, who charges
his wife with adultery and Crane with
grand larceny and receiving stolen
goods. Travenfelter claims that his
wife took S155 belonging to him when
she ran away.
MILWAUKEE, Ang. 17.-Fire at noon
today Quilted the Store of dirscht &
Zummach, dealers in oil and painters
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The Minnesota Paper company and
Ell. A. Gross, wholesale milliners, who
occupied the adjoining stores, figure
in the above estimate quite heavily,
their damage resulting from smoke
and water. The property is insured.
New YORK, Aug. 17.-EbenS s. Allen.
ex-president of the Forty-second street
and Grand street Ferry railroad COM
pany, who was yesterday sentenced to
fourteen years Imprisonment for issu-
ing fraudulent stock, was today taken
to Sing Sing prison. He looked like a
thoroughly crushed man and when
leaving the Tombs he broke down COM
pletelY.
PrrTsBURG, Aug. IA cablegram
from Paris announces the death of
William Thaw, vice president of the
Pennsylvania Coal company, and one
OF the most prominent railroad men
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