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WARRINGTON, Dec. 22.-Col. Ingersol
concluded his address to the jury and said
ut is for you, gentlemen, to say whether
you will take as grounds for your verdict
the prejudice of the public press, the let.
ters OF the attorney general, the opinions
OF some counsellor-at-law, or whether you
will be governed by the testimony. 1t
is for you to say whether regulations
shall be destroyed by malice
and by ignorance; it is for you
to say whether man who fought
to sustain the government shall
not have the protection of the laws;
it is for you, for you, for you" addressing
directly each of the three colored men on
the jury. to say whether the man who
fought to take the chains off your body
| shall have chains put on his by your pref
udice or ignorance" Mr.. Wiltshire ad-
| pressed the jury briefly in behalf of Mr..
Reerdell, and the offering of testimony was
begun.
There were many stormy passages be-
| tween counsel in the Dickson case to-day
brought out by the cross-examination Of
the witness. The general tendency of the
cross-examination was to strengthen the
testimony given by Dickson. The court
intimated that he would confine his decis-
ion to the simple question wether or not
Dickson read an improper paper in the
jury room.
The Indian commissioner received the
following to-day:
PIERRE, D. T., Dec. 21.-The Indians of
Cheyenne River agency signed the agree
ment to-day. We are on our way to Yank-
ton. Signed. j. b. TELLER,
Secretary Sioux Commission.
Senator Van Wyck to-day reported to
the senate his bill agreed upon by the COM
mittee on public lands, which proposes to
compel railroad companies to
pay taxes On lands granted
by the government. It provides that
lands for which the companies are entitled
to patents on the payment of the expense
of surveying, and yet refuse to take pat
ents, shall within one year after the time
the companies become entitled to patents,
be forfeited to the United States and
made part of the public domain. The
Union, Central and Kansas Pacific are
said to be the companies principally
affected by this measure, the amount of
lands unvalued approximating 100000
acres, located in Kansas, Nebraska, Colora-
do, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and Califor-
MIA.
A meeting was held last night at which
an association of American economists
was organized. The object is the gather
ing of facts and statistics bearing upon
industry, commerce and finance, and the
wide dissemination of economic knowl-
edge. Officers were elected as follows
President, Hon. VIM. Lawrence; first vice
president, John g. New; vice president for
Ohio, G. Delano: for Illinois David H.
Mason; treasurer, j. P. Dodge; secretaries,
Doctor E. Young and L. Lanial. The as
sociation intends to hold a meeting in
Washington next month, when the possible
effects of the pending tariff and internal
revenue legislation upon the material in
terests of the country will be considered.
The bill reported in the house for the
free importation of books for the blind
is accompanied by report from the ways
and means committee which bases the
| reasons for recommending its passage
upon the fact that there is but one place in
the country where the books are made,
Loisville, Ky.
The secretary of war has granted the re-
quest of the French scientists. who oh
served the transit of Venus at Fort Brooke,
Florida, to erect brass tablet at the fort
in commemoration of their visit.
The number of immigrants arrived dur
ing the five months ended Nov. 80. was
244,611.
The secretary of the interior decided
the case of the Alabama g. Chattanooga
Railroad company VS.. the South g. North
Railroad compa ny involving title to GER
tain lands in Alabama covered by their
| overlapping land grants. Secretary Tel
ler awards the lands to the first named
company, and directs certificates to be is
sued accordingly.
A citizens committee has asked the po-
lice commissioners to stop espionage upon
their quarters by detectives suspected of
collusion with criminals, pending the pres
ent investigation. .
Red Cloud and an interpreter have ar
rived. Attempts we're made to get inter
views with the famous chief tonight. His
response and salutation ''Howr' was all
the reporters were able to draw from him.