The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-15
ARKANSAS WILL OBJECT,
Officials Will Use Their Authority to
Stop the Fight Between Corbett and
Fitzsimmons at Hot Spriups.

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Fitzsimmons at Hot Springs.
ST. LOUIS. No, Oct 1O-A speciaI
from Little Rock, Ark, says that in an
interview this morning, Gov. Clark
said:
Neither Corbett nor Fitzsimmons
has yet said, SO far as l have heard.
that the mill was to take place in this
or any other State, and they will evil
IDENTIFY be the chief attraction in the
coming exhibition. [ prefer to wait
until something more tangible than
CaI6 develops before / say just what |
Will 90, should the fight attempt to be
settled in Arkansas.
In other words, I will not cross the
bridge until I get to it."
One thing, however, l shall not
NJ ed further authority than that at
present on the statute books to prevent
people from coming into the State for
purposes that are prohibited by every
State in the Union"
WOULD BE PROSECUTED.
Attorney General Trustworthy said
THIS a. ternOon that he hoped the man.
agement Of the mill had no serio1,s in.
tentlOn of coming to Arkansas for the
purpose of pulling it off, but that if
they should he would prosecute them
to the full extent Of the law.
the impression prevails throughout
this community that the fight will
take place at Hot Springs, independent
of the popular feeling against the prize
| ring.
Others think, however. that it will
take place at Dallas, and preparations
for the entertainment Of the crowds
are still going on at that place, They
/ hnBIpUn q ~YJCO has L1oo -o~1-.. l. =
order to stop in Texas, and that the
fight managers intend to tie up Cover
nor Culbers0n's hands by an injunction
at the last moment.
Hot SPRINGS, Ark, Oct 1O.-Mayor
W. W. Walter and City Attorney W.
H. Martin, of Hot Springs, accompanied
by E H, Silven, the architect of the
ampitheatre in which will occur the
pugllistlc carnival here, and a delega.
tiOn from Dallas, arrived this morning.
Wilmington, Ark, has been chosen as
the site for the arena. Toe lumber
now on the cars at Dallas. will be
shipped here, and several hundred men
will be put to work, day and night, at
once. The Hot Springs R abroad Com
pany has begun work, laying side
trackage for the acc mmOdation of
several hundred passenger cars, e1-
pected at The time Of the COrbett FitZ-
simmcns mill. Dan Stuart will arrive
here day after to morrow, 1t is said
that COrbett will train in Hot Springs,
beginning Saturday.
CORBETT is PLEASED.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 1O.-Cor-
betG began his training at an early hour
this morning, all the members of his
party having returned from Austin
last night. 1t il their opinion that the
grand jury is seeking to find an indict,
ment against COrbett, FitZsimmOns,
and Stuart, but they will not divUlge
the nature of the questions asked them.
Corbett received word this morning
that Hot Springs had been decided
upon as the place for pulling off the
fight. He stated hat he is glad that
the location OF the fight has at last been
definitely settled, as Fitzsimmons can
not escape meeting him. He says that
the referee will be selected to day.
COrbett will continue his training
here, and will not leave for Hot Springs
until a day or two before the fight
| comes off
WASHINGTON, D G., Oct. 10 -Attor-
ney General Harmon said this morning
that United States district attorneys in
the South western States and Territories
had rendered him valuable assistance,
in suggestions and advice, which he
fully eppre ciated, IS to the State laws
affecting prize fighting. 1t was abso-
lutely certain, he said, that the Cor
bett Fitzsimmons prize fight would not
occur on the Federal reservation at
Hot Springs. What the State authOri-
ties of Arkansas would do about it, vas
for them, of course, to determine, as
outside of the reservation, it was purely
a State matter, w which the govern
ment had no control.