Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-10-17

Texarkann, Ark, oct. 1G.-Cllam-
plon james j. Corbett passed through
Tcxurknnn yesterday afternoon, en-
route to Hot Springs a large crowd
of people was aL the depot to get Il
glimpse of line champion Of the world
only to he disappointed, however, as
Con-bctt did not show himself. a re
porter obtained Dal audience. Cor
hett looked like u gladiator and ns If
he could vanqulS FltzslnnI0nS with
out anothrrs days Training.
81 am disgllScd with iIe bllSincS"
he SsiId; II ann Irsmg valuable time,
and do mot believe we win lIghi IN
Hot Springs ] ann going There on
ORDERS, but do mot fancy id much
'nhc reporter asked If de would fight
Fltzslnmuns plivaIIcIy and wlilbIll
side purse.
"Ill fight him for FUN" llc replied
"TMzslInmolS IS ,olng n lot Of blow
linz and running Il big bluff. ii" can
cneSIly afford 10 make Wild Statements
He 'las everything to gain and Moth
ing to lose while ! llaVe everything
to hose and sWnnN~Iy anlthl1g To gain. y
Little Rock, Ark, oct. ~. In view
of the probability Of the militia being
called ON IN suppress the tight, Il
statement Of It's condition may he IN
clcSling. NoiwIl hStandinE that the
laHt legislature refused to, appropriate
money for ilS support, and thai many
companies dlShAInlcol, the stnN" guard
IL In fairly good shape. In nll there
are seven infantry companies, ON" ar
tllry and Il "a ling gun corps. In I'll
there are about 800 men. If the milt
tia Is called upon to serve at Hot
Springs the county viii have to bear
the EXPRESSES The law alloWrS prl
vntcS about 20 cents per day, payable
I'm county scrip. At present quota
lions Garland county scrip Is selling
at less than 30 per cent. Of It's face
value.
Laredo Texas, Oct. ~. The McXl-
can CONSUL Ihnn@la Diaz, yesterday
cIn1,hatl.aly STATED THAT President
Dlnz would never nllow dhr Corbctt
iignt I'm Mexico and OWING TO the good
win 0l the people towards tive prtNsl-
,lcnt they would not participate IN
anything he ,liSnpprWed of. Oilicinl
dispatches from the City OF Mexico
authorize the CONSUL TO state That the
fight will mot Wcur ON Mexican soil.
i 4ltle Rock, Ark, Oct. l6 GOV,
Clnrko's determination 10 stop tn"
CUl-latt. FitHsmlnWllS oMi'leSt ut amy
cost was emphasized yesterday by
Tine plNscalcc I'm hhls city of Gen. 1ny-
Dor. of Furcst CVty, brigadIcr general
OF nllc Arkansas Sntr guard, who WIS
summoned to the cnpItal by telegraph
TO confer With the governor rrg'r'llng
The strength Of the sanlr militia
Cen. Taylor was In conference with
GOV. Clarke for am hour AND when
seem latter said positively THAT the
fight would mot occur. lie WclS going
To Hot Springs, hr sslil, t" warm tIhe
people agalnSl the ,Gmger to which
obey would subject themselves should
they atNlnpt to- bring the contest of,
Tive state guard, thr general Said, lS
I'M good cutudVNl0n and AMPLY sufficient
To cope with phc cause In lEMd. tie
could, with II few hours nolicr, lnnd
nearly Il lhou%lnd we'll drilled and
fully equipped mem In liot Springs
COY. Clarke, when questioned in
reference SO the consultation With
GVn. Taylor, said the militia WAS
matter of secondary con StdclN ION,
that hc could get all the force nctrS
sary ont side "r the military ronllAn.
les. He reiterated his FORMER doCLlr-
ntiun THAT the fight would not he per
mitlcd to take place and IN this con-
nccion said that he could make no
distinction between 4 prize igh, aud
u glove contest
Information came from n private
source yesterday that the Florila
athletic club Is considering a plan by
which ii hupcS % overcome tho rh
StarlcA placed before + Ivy Gov
Clarke. Tao scheme Is to turn the
whole affair over to the Hot Springs
athletic alSSucmtion an lncurp STATED
club According To it's chartcr, The
Hot Springs aihlNic association is or,
Sahzcd for the purpose &c carrying
nn the huSin, SS VI maintaining n park
or place of recreation In or n,vir the
city Of Hot Springs where ,ar,S. ash.
l"tir exercises and games will he
practcrd and cXhihitcd Under this
charter the people interested believe
that they can conduct Il boxing match
limited t" 4 specific l,umhrr Of
rounds With soft Il Yves without Nin.
hating any statc law When informed
of this scheme, tnc governor stated
that the state chartered corpora tionS
and associations for legal purpAS,w
only, and ihat ~ violation Of the
law would hr elevated under the
EulSc Of amusement
Manager Joe Nrndis and President
Dan Stuart yesterday received tcle-