The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-23

already written out to the Legislators
notifying them OF a special session.
slowed away in a pigeon hole in the ox'
scuylyo office ready to put nths wires
ut moments notice. These kilograms
we're prepared last night to 6e held In
readiness for an adverse decision by the
supreme court
LIrrLE Rock, ARK, Oct. 29-ThO Su'
prerne court was filled with lawyers
and prominent ctIizsns to-day whom the
hearing Of the CorbOtt case wan called,
Arguments were made by Attorney
General KinsWorlhy. County Attorney
Murphy and Judge Hemingway for tho
state and by w, II. Martin for the
Florida Athletic Club, The consIllu'
tionaliIy Of the law oilS9l making prize
fighting felony was gone ovori tho
question whether prize tight ia an as
FAULT and the sentimental side OF the
case were argued Judge Hemingway
asked that Corbett be held in arrest
until the matter be decided. Court adj
journed until tomorrow.
Martin Julian, manager and hacker OF
Robert FltSSimmonB. has ma dc q etato'
menL to tho public, oil which the follow
lug 10 the most important part:
"FiiESimmons to-day stands ready to
carry out TO the letter every word con.
famed in the articles TO which lo
signed his name. lie wants to fight
James ], Corhett; he wants 10 fight for
the purse offered By tho Florida Ath'
letic Club aud tho stake Of $4,000 u
side. II the Florida Athletic Cub Is
unwilling or unable 20 carry ont It's
part Of tile compact, in 80 lar rs the
purse a concerned. then Robert Fttz'
simmons will, on October 81, take James
J. CoFeett 10 any part OF the globe
within reach oil both men and then aud
there fight him 10 a finish for the $4,000
side stake, each man to select six men
aud these only 10 be present at tho
fight. do not care to mincO matters.
| simply want to state, and state II
strong, that II James j. Corbett and
Robert Fitzsimmons do not meet aud
tight on October 81, It will be by reason
OF no fault oil FilElimmonI."
While the big eight has been formal
" declared oil, there 10 still a great deal
Of hope that Corbelt and Fitzgimmnns
will come together in the foot hills Of
the Ozark mountains The situation is.
Of course, complicated. So fAraS its re-
Iations with the Florida AlhlsIIe Club
10 concerned, tho heavyweight battle
under the original Coleman House
agreement, which was subsequently,
amended ut Dallas, 10 thing Of the
pasL In itI stead has cropped no q
proposition to sign new articles to light
Tor purse not exceeding $4,000 aud
lave the battle At Hot Springs three
weeks later than the date originally
agreed upon. Corbeit, it is known,
iavoH this plan. October 81, tho day the
battle was set for at Dallas, was fixed
upon because 1t Is big day at the state
fair.
There arc fourteen states ia the Union
where an election is to DO held on the
9Th Of November, and, while this would
have made but little material dttIer-
ence, the election would keep many
away from Hot Springs on that date
This fact, added to the legal compllcR-
tons which have confronted the fight
ers here, made poStPonement impera-
tive, argue Stuart and Vendig. While
Julian insists on the foil text and letter
OF the articles. both a. to the date aud
purse, tits known here that FiIzIim-
mons will CONS about and agree TO de-
ieEInent Of the hostililies. 1t IL also
thought that he will submit TO reduce
ton Of the purse origi nRlly hung up by
the club and Sign new articles. lilo roc
ognzSs the fact that, on tho face Of re'
cent developments, Corbett has shrowd'
" enSconcsd himself in the best Of II.
To overcome this he must and will
fight.
Juliau's proposition now is to bring
bis man TO Hot Springs on October 90,
put his eide bot Of $4,000 up in tho
hands Of Houloman, ask Corbstt to do
the Same, aud then allow IIou5emau to
appoint an hour and place for the men
to meet In private. IfthiS plan fails, rs
IL likely, for Corbott insists on fighting
in public unloCS FilzsimmonI increases
his side wager to $4,000, Ysndig and
Stuart think q uOw deal 10 SurO 10 enlue,