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Show Tlier 1)1.1 "l liabl. Ht. I'aui., July 2.'. Tho llall-rili-slmmons fight will not takn place tonight. to-night. In view of thn poltlvn stand t.reii by (lovernor Mrrriam, Ihn unn-agviuenl unn-agviuenl thl afleriioou formally decided de-cided to postpone the light ludelllli ly, fearing u l lot shuuld an ellort be mad torarry out Ihn programnie. The drcl'iratlon of the Mlnnerola Athletic chili that there would bono light uu final, so rat "s the club wo concerned, and Ihnminy wild rumor lo thn contrary are entirely unfounded. A stated by President Collliof thn club, theru had been einse nud them would lii a direct los to them or tl2,Ui, but Ihryvubmltled to thu legal authentic rather than precipitate trouble, and would pay lck Ihn money mo-ney they had received lor tbo ticket. It is certain thn light will not tako place In thhr Bute, but ho nno now knows whether It will pome on In another an-other Btate. It I reported that Ihn I Wisconsin Central road lias n train In readluesato takn th fighters and as . many ul their friend a can be brought I together over Into Wisconsin, where tho light will lit had nn tho turf, but thn remit Is not confirmed. At .a late hour tonight Hall was playing billiard at a lict-1 and enjoying en-joying life generally, nrprintly with no thought of any Impending conflict. F!t-lmmonalowa resting. Carson littles, Hall' Inckerand trainer, saya they vlll remain hero until tomorrow to give tho cluh' chance of saving their forfilt, but Ilia rhaiire wire tint there would Iw no fight. Thl statement state-ment win practically u Iterated by Frank rihaw, Clark, who lucked Fits-slmmous, Fits-slmmous, and other. x Mayor Biiilth, who emphatically re-fusr.1 re-fusr.1 to prevent the right tonight, t)e ; the light shoul I havo taken place, and the Uovirnor had no right to call nut the mllllla kr n mlsdrmesnor. Thu samuvlew Is luken by Attorney Mr-Culicrty, Mr-Culicrty, who has charge bf tho derenso or Fltsilmmons nud tile trainer beforo tbo munlcliial rou rt. Martlal air pervades tho atmosphere iiirroundlug tiinmoustrr amphllheatet erecteil lor thu express purine ot ae-at-Ing the prosi-ctfvo riiectatora r tho much tilkud of mill. Four cnninli of tho First llrglmrnt or thu Blitn National Guard, under command of Colonel Ilelld, held possession ol thn gnninls. ami u rordoiinf 101 scutrh surround tho building, forming a barrier bar-rier Impenetrable. An Associated Press rcprrsentatlvu visited Ihu ground aud had a crsonal llltrrvluw Willi Colonel llond. Thu Colonel laughingly remarked ho would much rather bo aomowbero else, but thathlurderweretogurd thn amphitheater am-phitheater and allow no ono Inside thu building. (lovernor Merrlnm, late this evening even-ing aald! " Thu fight will not bu able to tako place In Ilamiey county, and, furthermore, I wanlltdlitlnctlyunder-stood wanlltdlitlnctlyunder-stood that It will takn placu nowhiru lu ItinBtatoorMiunesota." This has been accepted by thu management man-agement ol the cluh and has iit a quletva on tho w hole uUilr. |