The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-11-05

CHARLES BLUE JACkET. the head
chief of the Shawnee Indian tribe.
died. on the S0th, in the village OF Blue
Jacket, l. T., after long and eventful
life. He was over 30 years old, and
the last chief of his tribe. lie was the
foremost diplomat of his nation in
treating with the whites, and was uni
versally esteemed.
JOHN WATKA, the Creek Indian who
shot Jonas Deer, another member of
his own tribe, was legally executed at
Chelsea, i. T.. on the 3lst, for the
crime. The men were rivals for the
hand of the same girl and fought at a
dance, at which she was present, to
decide who should gain her. Watka
killed Deer and afterwards married
the Indian maiden.
Boys celebrating Halloween in Fort
Branch, Ind, started ire which de-
stroyed Odd Fellows hall, the Fort
Branch Times Office, six business
houses and several dwellings, includ-
ing the chief business buildings of the
town. Total loss $50. 600.
The Spanish cruiser Alfonso MIL,
with Marshal Blanco the new govern
or-general of Cuba, on board, arrived at
Havana ON the morning of the 3lst.
Gen Blanco landed at 10 a. m and
assumed command. lie exchanged
farewells with Gen. Weyler at p. M,
and the latter sailed away on the
Montserrat for Spain.
60,
rived in Havana, on the LIST. fro IN
Spain.
The private bank of X. G. Baxter at
Burlington. Ont, was broken into, on
the LIST, and the vault and safe wrecked
by dynamite. About 81, 900 was taken.
SHAREHOLDERS in the defunct Union
national bank of Denver, Col, re-
ceived notice, on the LIST, from Comp
troller Eckels, to the effect that. in or
der to pay the debts of the bank, it is
necessary to enforce the individual
liability of the stockholders as pre-.
scribed by the revised statutes. He
therefore demands of the stock holders
of the bank $500. 900, payable before
November %, at the rate of 500 for
each share.
The Chickasaw legislature, in ses-
sion at Tishomingo, L. T., on the LIST,
ratified the agreement entered into
between the Dawes commission and
the Choctaw and Chiclxasaw tribes of
Indians for the allotment of their
lands and dissolution of their tribal
government. The Indian solons stood
Is for and 10 against ratification of
the treaty, the full-blood element OPP
posing the measure.
SPECIAL AGENT ZEvELY. of the in
terror department, whose sensational
discovery of $40, 900 worth of fraudu-
lent Creek Indian warrants was re.
Gently announced reached Washing
ton, on the Ist, and made verbal re-
port of his investigation to Acting Sec
rotary of the Interior Ryan.
A STATEMENT, issued on the list, by
the bureau of statistics showed that the
number of immigrants arrived in the
United States during the first three
months of the present fiscal year was
1906, which is a decrease of nearly
1880, as compared with the same
period last year.
DISPATCH from London, on the LIST,
said: The prince of Wales has sold
his Yacht Britannia, but the name of
the purchaser has not been made
known"
The monthly statement of the comp
troller of the currency shows the total
circulation of national bank notes, on
October 80, to have been $3.50 O47, 635.
ONE man was fatally injured and five
persons were severely bruised by col.
lision on the Panhandle road at Harris.
dale. Ind, on the LIST.