Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-16

| Death OF Congressman Hahn.
| WASHINGTON, March 15th.-Ex- Governor
Michael Hahn, Representative in Congress
from the Second District of Louisiana. died
suddenly this morning at Willard's Hotel.
of hemorrhage of the lungs Immediately
| after reading the journal the House to-day
ADJOURNED out OF respect to the memory of
Representative Hahn.
| michael Hahn was born in Bavaria. Noyem
! Der a, 1880. His widowed mother emigrated to
| the United States and moved to New Orleans
! where Mr.. Hahn attended school and after
| graduating from the High School, he entered Il
law oihce and began the practice of his profess
sion IN 1871. In politics he was an advocate of
! stephen A Douglas election, made Union
! speecnes ana opposed secession. He refused to
take the Confederate oath, and was active i'm
! reconstruction of the State after the taking of
| New Orleans by the Union forces In 1862 he
was was elected to Congress, but was not admitted
TO ms seat until February, 1865. He edited alter
| ward the old True Delta, of New Orleans, and
| advocated emancipation. He was chosen Gov
ernor OF the state in 1868, and on his inaugura-
! ton in 1864 he was Invested BY President Lin
coin with additional powers as Military GOV
| ernor. He was chosen United States Senator in
lS,o, but dld not press his claims. He had a
narrow escape from death in the riot at Me-
| chanlcs Institute at New Orleans July 90 1866
| The timely presence of the Chief of Police
saved his life. He for a while edited the Re
| pl6tcdn Then moving to his plantation in st.
| Charles parish he laid out a town there and
| called 1t Hahnvile. lie subsequently repre-
sented St Charles in the Legislature, was State
Register OF Voters in 1876. Superintendent of the
Mint at New Orleans in 1873. District Judge in
| 1879, and chosen Representative to the Forty
ninth Congress as a Republican,
United States Senate.
! WASHINGTON, March 15th-The Senate
| this morning agreed to the resolution ap-
pointing Rev. J. G. Butler, d. D., of Wash
ington, Chaplain of the Senate.
! Among the petitions presented and re-
ferred TO the committees were those of
number of local Assemblies of Knights of
Labor throughout the country fayoring the
| building of the Hennepin canal
| Alter brief discussion of the House bill
! increasing the pensions of widows and de
| pendent relatives of deceased soldiers. the
Senate adjourned out of respect to the
| memory OF Representative Hahn.
Survivors of the Monterey Constitutional
| Convention.
| WASHINGTON, March 15th-Of the mem
| bers of the first Constitutional Convention
| OF California, held at Monterey in 1913,
there are but seven survivors, of whom
Judge Paciticus Ord, J. McHenry Holhngs-
worth and General +. S. Lippit are resi-
dents of the District of Columbia The
visit to Washington of D. O. Wozencraft, of
San Bernardino, Cal, and Ex-Governor
Rodman W. Price, of New JERSEY, also
members OF the Convention, is about to be
| made the occasion of a reunion at a ban
| quet of these old time associates and found
ers OF the Golden State. The first will be
held at no distant day. 1t is intended that
many retired army and navy officers, who
were prominent in the Territorial and early
State days of California, will be present at
the gathering
The American Pork Question.
WASHINGTON. March 15th.-Represent
| of
the call OF States tomorrow, present a
memorial from the New Jersey State Board
OF Agriculture, praying Congress to make
| dlllgent investigation into the reasons why
American pork is absolutely excluded from
! Germany, Austria and other countries
Capital Notes.
! WASHINGTON, March 16th.-It is stated
| here that Mrs. Senator Miller and daughter
/ Will return here in few weeks and arrange
Tor the sale of the lease of their residence.
| They will probably spend the summer at
Napa.
The body of Mrs Woodburn, the wife of
Congressman Woodburn, of Nevada, who
died Saturday at the Columbia Hospital.
has been embalmed and will be placed in
the receiving vault at Mount Olivet Gene
| terry until 1t is removed to California The
remains will finally be buried at San Fran
CISCO
The little daughter of Congressman Nor
row, of San Francisco is quite i'll tonight,
but the physician thinks the case is not
! serious
d. Y. Yost, Assistant Appraiser at San
francisco, arrived here last night on thirty
days leave OF absence. Ii is thought he
| comes with a view 10 expediting the con-
nrmation OF himself and Collector Hager
The bill which Congressman Green, of
North Carolina, introduced in the House
last Monday, to brand spurious wines as
such, has been referred TO Il sub-commit-
tee OF the Committee on Ways and Means,
! and Green said tonight that he thought
the bill would be reported fayorably to the
House in two or three weeks.
Representative Henley has prepared a
! bill, for introduction in the House, to reg
| ulate the fees of clerks in the Courts of the
, United States for the District of Cali
fornia
Oid-Fashioned Puritan Fast Day.
BosroN, March 15th.-The old-fashioned
Puritan tast-day proclamation is still issued
by the New England Governors, despite the
fact that nobody fasts and few pray or 90 to
church. 1t has been for many years merely
holiday. A number of prominent clergy
men of all denominations have given to
the Record their opinions on the subject.
Bishop Paddock, of the diocese of Massa-
| chusetts, said: Il hope that the custom
will not be abolished" Rev. y. Phillip
Brooks, Of Trinity Church, said that he
failed to see that the day, as now obsel we'd.
Subserved any use whatever. Rev A. Bar
ton, of West Church, said: The fast day
has become a farce. | do not think it is |
worth keeping. Some Governor who has
the courage will omit to make the procla- |
nation, and l wish Governor Robinson
would do this"
Death of a Noted Match Maker.
New York, March 15th.-A Wilmington,
Del, dispatch says: Henry B. Courtney,
member of the Diamond Match Company.
died at his home early yesterday morning
, OF a pulmonary trouble, superinduced bv
the fumes of a preparation of which !
matches are made. The deceased was 63
years old, and came to this country in 1868. |
lie was an experienced match manulact- |
urer, and with w. II. Swift started bust !
ness here upon united capital of less
than $50. He was the first and for a long
time the only man in this country who Z.
understood the manufacture of parlor
| matches and in the product the firm long
enjoyed a monopoly. The business grew
to immense proportions with heavy profits, |
but Courtney never gave up the secret of
the compound used for dipping matches
until recently, when he gave it to his son.
Condition of the Mississippi River.
NEW 1oRK, March loth.-A special from !
New Orleans says Reports from all quar-
tiers indicate thar there will be no high wa
ter in the lower Mississippi valley this |
year. There is no longer any danger to the !
crops. The sugar planters understand the |!
situation thoroughly, and are preparing to
lay in a larger crop than ever before One
hundred plantations that put in no sugar
last year. on account of the disastrous over
flow of the year preceding, will now have
their capacity tested to the utmost.
The Toledo Mills Fire.
TOLEDO (O.9, March 15th.-The mills of
the Toledo Linseed Oil Company, which
were destroyed by fire early this morning, |
were among the largest in the country. |
Over 100 barrels of naphtha stored in the
building exploded, shaking the whole city
and shattering the window panes in the
neighborhood. Two men on the opposite
side of the street were badly burned, and a
number Of others were hurt The loss is
100000; insurance, $4,000.
Ex-senator Chaffee's Funeral.
DETROIT, March 15th-The Ereaiaq
Journals Adrian special says The funeral
| of ex-senator Chaifee, in this city ves.er-
day afternoon, was largely attended. At
| the vault the little daughter of U. S. Grant,
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