The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-06-13

not otnerwise nave been acquired III inontns.
She reports vast tracts Of country In the
lower Mississippi valley as still under water
and the suffering as extreme. Much stock
must perish, Notwithstanding the timely
government aid and the generous responses
TO the Red Cross appeal. She Is still snip
ping supplies to local societies South, and
will keep one general agent In the field UNI
I'll calls for help ceases.
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURTS.
The house passed the Culbertson bill,
limiting the Jurisdiction OF the United States
circuit courts and regulating the removal of
causes from State and Federal courts. The
bill relieves the circuit and supreme courts
OF a vast deal of business, fixes the mini
mum jurisdiction of circuit courts at 81, 600
instead of $500, and makes corporations
doing business in state citizens of such
state for all judicial purposes. The right
OF the removal of causes from State to Fed
eral courts Is limited to defendants only. 1t
repeats Sec. $40 of the Revised Statutes.
The right of the assignee of note Is limit
ed to such causes as where q suit might have
been brought and no assignment been made.
GOLD AND SILVER.
The director of the mint I'm his annual re-
port OH the production of the precious
metals places the total production during
the calendar year 1888 at: Gold, $50, 000 900;
silver, at its coinage rate, $46, 200, 600; Arr
IONA produced S950,O00 gold and So, 200, 900
silver; California, $14, 100, 600 gold and ST.
ST., $40, 600 silver; Dakota, $8,2OO,0OO gold
and $4,000 silver; Idaho, 81, 100000 gold
and So, 100, 900 silver; Montana, 81, 800, 900
gold and $6,00O,0OO silver; Nevada, 50, 520,-
600 gold and So, 490, 900 silver; New Mexico,
$2S0,000 gold and 50, S45, 900 silver; Utah,
$4,000 gold and SIS, $40, 600 silver. The re,
mainder was produced principally in Alas
ka Oregon, Georgia, and North Carolina.
This is reduction of $2,50Q, 600 gold and
100000 silver from the yield-Of 1882.
NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION.
The president has sent to the senate a
message suggesting the the 5 PToPrIety of con,
of making complete and harmonious Sc
lection of exhibits on behalf of the govern
ment for the New Orleans Exposition. 1t
was referred to the committee on appro-
priations. The president says:
The Importance, purposes, and benefits of
In their scope. Standing at the threshold Of
the almost unopened markets of Spanish
and Portuguese America, New Orleans Is
the natural gateway to their trade, and the
exhibition offers to the people Of Mexico
and Central and South America an adequate
knowledge of our farming implements,
metal manufactures, cotton and wooden
goods and like necessities; of existence in
respect to which those countries are either
deficient or supplied to q limited extent.
still separate us from the Republics of
America, whose productions so entirely
complement our own will aid greatly in re-
moving the disparity of commercial inter-
course under which less than ten per cent
of our exports goes to American countries.
trust congress will realize the urgency Of
this recommendation and make its appro-
priation Immediately available, so the board
may lose no time In undertaking the ex-
tensive preparations necessary to spread a
mental institutions and national resources
among the people of our country and neigh
boring states In a way 10 command the re-
spect due 1t in the family of nations.