Arizona republican., 1896-02-14
 4 QUESTION OF IMPORT Where Will the Big Mill Take Place? Mexico Is the Only Field Avail
 able. Possibility that the Sports May Be Taken to Nogales,
 Sonora.

The Maher- -Fftzsimmons prize-fight for the championship of the world is billed to come off "at or near' El Paso today-hour not stated.
 The marble heart" and the "glassy eye' appear to be fixtures in the vari- ous paths about Fl Paso and the "glad hand is not apparent in any quarter. El Paso is watched on every side by those in authority and speculation, therefore, is rife as to the location of the prize ring. On the fight depends much, for if it is prevented death blow is thereby given to pugilism in America.
 IA rumor that the fight is to be "pulled off" in Arizona has reused more than a ripple of excitement in the territory and the orders of the gov ernor have not served to abate the in- terest.
 There is yet unrest in circles warlike and the members of the Arizona Ma tional Guard are sharpening their swords and cleaning their muskets, awaiting the summons that shall send them to the front, there to do or die in the defense from invasion of their sun-kissed homeland.
 At Bowie station are Companies B and IF from Tucson, commanded res pectively by Captains Trayer and Con stantz. They arrived there Wednes- day, and during the evening received from Tucson their blankets, camp equipage and rations. There also yes terday came Col. John H. Martin, con- manding First regiment N. G. A., or dered by the governor to take con- mand of the troops in gthe field. His command embraces aibout fifty men comprising almost the entire strength of the two companies. There were nc skulkers or laggards at the call.
 Captain Ingalls, conpaIiy at Yuma piled aboard a special car Tuesday night and their commanders reply t a headquarters telegram was dated "On the train," and there Adjutant- l General Schwartz managed to stoI them the next morning, the company having awaited all night the expected orders to go to the front. This is one of the crack commands of Arizona mi litia, comprising about forty mature men, all of whom had reported ready i for warfare.
 At Nogales it was, about the same There Captain Allan T. Bird has { command of forty, and not a man wa missing on roll call.
 The local company, now under com mand of First Lieutenant L. W. Cog gins, under personal direction of tn, adjutant-general, did not get especial. excited, yet was ready to do immediat duty, hardly a member failing to re spond to the summons of the officers It was the same with the new compan. at Mesa.
 i It was at Tempe where excitemen especially ran high. The Tempe com pany has had bloody service before notably at the great battle of the wood sheds. There were but two absentee at roll call Wednesday night. One o them was in Kansas and the other il the mountains. Captain Mullen, mo mentarily expecting orders to talk train for the south, kept his men a the armory all night. Blankets ant provisions were sent in from the home of the brave defenders and bivoua was made on the hard floors, all tie of kindred forsaken at the country call.
 This was especially tough on Ser I geant Bob Goodwin, who was torn iron the arms of his bride of but day, ant 1 compelled to do service in the drillin. of the awkward squad.
 | AdjutantIGeneral Schwartz has no tified all these over-eager command that they need not be held as a body t await a possible call, but that the mi litiamen may be released to assembl upon agreed signal at need.
 Major R. Allyn Lewis, at first sen by Governor Hughes to take comman on the frontier, has now been delegates as special agent of investigation an
 is at Fl Paso ready to wire headuuar
 ters on the first move of the slogger to invade Arizona.
 | Wednesday night the governor tele graphed the Southern Pacific authori
 ties asking that they do not assist tn
 pugilistic element in the proposed in
 fraction of the law. To this Divisio , Superintendent Epes Randolph replie from Tucson in a courteous message
 assuring the executive that he and hi company would ever be found on tn side of law and order, yet concisel ) stating that the railroad is a commo } carrier bound to accept such passer ) gers as should board its trains an shall present tickets or cash for trans portation. This is what might | l termed very cold comfort indeed. Of one thing there is a certaint, The Sunset route is gathering on th 7 El Paso and Tucson divisions abol ) all the loose available passenger cal
 of the system, showing that there