The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-21
MILL BATTLE TO-DAY
The Prospects Look Bright For a Final Sei-
tlement of the PuglIistlC Argument.
PETER MAHER ARRIVES IN Ell PASO
rs Apparently I'm Good Condition
nnN His Modest tlttcrnuccs and
Cool Confidence Arc In Direct Com
trnst 10 the GOrnishnnn's Blntnnt
nlcntiug--Offf for the Battlefield.

I'll Paso, Tex, Feb 20.-Peter Maher
arrived from Las Cruces at noon to-day
accompanied by Dan Quinn. lin Hall.
number of PittsburE friends. who have
been visiting nt his training quarters
during the past few days.
DR.. White awaited their arrival. He
closely examined Mahcr's eyes and de-
clared that they were In fairly good
condition. and the vision was perfect.
y delegation OF correspondents WAS af-
fordcd q View Of Maher. and he declared
TO them that he was In good shape.
FROM careful examination IL seems
that Connelly's apprehension of Maher's
condition was n trllic pessimistic. and
his anxiety has led him To feel dubious
of his man entering the ring in top
Notch shape. The Irish lad certainly
never looked better it TO fight ana ar
Eareintly Is stronger and harder by
odds than when he fought Steve O. Don
nell. His skin is bronzed from training
In the sunlight. and his muscles. while
flexible, are strong as knOttod rope
His eyes are stin little weak. however.
and show traces of the soreness caused
by the alkali dust. The whites of his
eyes are tinEcd With n faint shade of
red, but the pupils are clear and bright
On either side of his forehead there Is
Il fresh blister, caused by the npplica-
him no pain, and will be no factor i'm
the coming fight. This afternoon Ma
her took long walk to the outskirts
OF El Paso In company with his train
ers. After being rubbed down. he de-
olared that he was In fine condition.
Maher said tonight: IL never talk
much, but ] wish to say to nv friends
that am In first-class condition. and
am ready to enter the ring at any min
ute. understand Fitzsmmons char
acterlZed me ns cur n few days ago
he would never have dared to talk that
way II were present. Wait TIL l get
Il crack o. two nj him tomorrow and
we VIII see who is n cur. He is a great
big buffer but bluffs wont go In our
arguments. MY friends have no fear
of the result"
The first suspicion OF betting was no.
ticeu today. Only few thousand dol
iarS We're wagered, and the odds were
IN favor OF FstZsimmons. Most of the
money was placed at odds of 100 10 "a
ana That on the Cornish man. The Ma
hcr crowd appear TO have plenty of
money, but VIII wait to bel AT tho ring
side in the hope of securing better odds
Shortiy after nine o'clock the crowd
VI - intending participants began TO
line up again at headquarters
There were perhaps 25O sports from
outside the city. while the local fra
ternty was represented by about n ffth
or That number AS each man recoived
ms pastebonrd the rendezvous for ,ho
dertone. 81" ""
Maher drove by at $50 with big
crowd OF enthusiastic friends I'm h,s rnor
lie was given a cheer as he n,ssali
the Office. and poking q face wreathcd
WIN smiles out of the window he way
rd MS hand in response. Mahcr vim
n,iNe @ III ms corner tomorrow Jim Hall
ck suck Connolly, Peter Lowrey. lack
Sa,mn, TS,,; ana refer Byrnes. while Parson
HaVies VIII act as his timekeeper
Fltzsimmons will have behind hin,
: Mh.llh julian. Jack Everhardt. lack
StetIner and Jack Mccoy, whiln JIn,,h
name VIII probably act as timckecunr
itat Alasterson VIII oificiatc as mnstn,
~ ceremonies. and chief scrgeant-at-
I,l,'1, 80. Nicoi se Siler as referee, and Lou
nouseman rs official timckceper. Coy
lhornton, of New Mexico. arrived in ,bn
CITY this afternoon and was closcted . n
hour with one OF his REPRESENTATIVES.
who has been under cover i'm town for
zen days subsequently. however. the
Governor said that his visit hod mn
relation To the fight
Just before train time Eritysin,,nonc
ana Julian were brought 10 Dan Stuart's
once. Julian, on behalf of FitZsim-
mons, demanded that the purse he con
veried into money to he paid at the
'i'SSnhc. re lnSlStpu that no checks
would be fought for or accented bv
FitZsimmons. To this Stuart agreed
Stakeholder O'Rourke was hunted up
and produced the checks The carriage
was sent out for the cashiers of the
banks, and when they appeared at their
respective institutions, the vaults were
opened and $4,000 in new one hundred
dollar bills counted. $4,000 from the
State Bank and $4,000 from the First
National Bank. The entire bile was
turned over 10 Referee George Siler. who
wrote note to Julian, stating that he
would produce 1t at the ringside Later
Julian said he would demand to see it
before the train pulled out. 'I don't
mistrust any Of these people" said he,
but we have been turned down once
and we propose to be on the safe side
this time
The departure was made over the
Southern Pacific. There was not 4
dozen men in the entire eight c.cach
loads. however WHO knew just where
ihcy We're going to bring up. Every
man had a different tip and each was
positive that his was the only Simon
pure article. There were surface indi-
cations, however, that the first de.stina-
ton was Del Rio. point on the San
dcrsnn branch Of the Southern Pacific. |
Del Rio Is 453 miles distant from this
city.
The nearest military post Is that OF