The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-30
light battery of this city have also been

llg nt Dattery OF thlS city have also been
notified 20 be ready TO move at p m.
kilograms from the captain of the
Helena company say that he has as
men ready 10 march with 1000 rounds
of ammunition. Forrest City has So
men with plenty of cartridges and all
eager for the trip The plan is to send
about 100 miltiamen 10 Hot Springs
from this city today. and mass TIE other
companies in Little Rock, so that they
may be sent to Hot Springs early tomor-
row.
The object in sending the Little Rock
companies now is to have them on the
grounds at once TO assist the civil au-
thorities should they want outside assist
ance. The governor is still determined
that the fight shall not occur He saws
the supreme moment has come and he
proposes TO exhaust every resource at his
command.
, Gen. Taylor, the commander of the
state militia. was in consultation with
Gov. Clarke this morning and Adjutant
General Whipple aud Col Hollenberg
of the First regiment are perfecting the
arrangements for the movement of the
troops.
LITTLE RocR Ark, Oct. 3O-No or
ders 10 move TO Hot Springs have been
issued to the militia up to 1:45 p. IN. 1t
is said that the governor is awaiting the
outcome of the case at Hot Springs,
wherein Corbett was arrested on Gar
land couaty warrant
When that case is disposed of the Pu-
Iaski county warrant will he served. If
service be resisted then the militia will
be at once sent there by special train to
serve the papers.
Trouble is expected when the militia
reaches Hot Springs Their first duty
will he to arrest one of the pugilists and
as the GarlaEd county officers are using
every effort 10 protect them from Gov.
Clarke a coufiic. of authority is certain,
and conflict at arms is not wholly i'm =
probable. 1t is well known that the
Garland codnty officers are working
against the governor
A warrant has just been issued for the
arrest of Sheriff Houps of Garland
county, who is now engaged in an effort
TO get Fitzsimmons TO Hot Springs. The
warrant was issued by Judge Martin of
the Pulaski county circuit court.
Fiizsimmons will not pass through
Texarkana. lie was met at Marshall
Texas, by Sheriff Houpt and the party
at once left on a special train for Shreve-
port
The ronte from that place will be
through Alexandria and Pine Bluff,
thence over the Cotton Belt to Camden,
from Camden to Gurdon, and thence to
8Ea!vern.
Governor Clarke has this informa-
tion from his detectives, and the
sheriffs of Clarke. Lafayette and
Ouachita counties have been notified 10
arrest Fnzsimmons and Julian and hold
them for the sheriff Of Pulaski county.
As the party are on special train,
however. it is i'm probable that they will
be arrested. The special train will
avoid making stops at points where
officers are likely TO be encountered
Hot SPRINGS, Ark, Oct 30.-Hot
Springs is on tip-toe with hand to ear,
face southwestward. The points from
which tidings are eagerly awaited are
1exarkana and Louisville, for at one of
these places Fnzsimmons is expected to
enter the state.
Z pom the success with which the Aus
traliau meets in his attempt TO elude the
officers of the law, who have been await
ing him on the boundary line for the
past forty-eight hours, depends the soiu-
ton OF the absorbing question, whether
or not the contest for the heavyweight
cham pionship of the world will occur in
this state.
If Fitzsimmons. who is expected to
reach Texarkana this afternoon, falls
into the hands of officers of Pulaski
county armed with warrants Issued by
Judge Martin at Little Rock, the chances