Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-07
HERE AND THERE.
A PROMINENT RAILROAD MAN
KILLS HIMSELF.
The Eastern Eloods-TwoB Bodies Gre
mated-A Mayor in Trouble
Boy Traveller.
lsPEuAI DISPATCHES TO rHE RECORD unIos.I
DOMESTIC NEWS
Accumulation of Pacific Coast Freight in
New York

Accumulation of Pacific Coast Freight in
New York.
New YoRK, January 6th.-It was stated
some time ago in these dispatches that the
merchants here with San Francisco con-
nections were holding back their freight
shipments, pending The decision bv the
iranscontinental Pool as to future rates.
The quantity Of high-class freight accumu-
lated here has now assumed quite forlnid-
able proportions, and offers a temntinr
bait 10 the various roads to make special
contracts TO get control OF this property.
Your correspondent learns this morning
that at a near day the present tariff will be
cut into by one or two lines, and will lead
to general break on all the lines to the
coast. The clipper season now being about
over, the surplus of goods here can natIIr-
ally go only by rail, though the Pacific
Mail steamers have been doing an enor-
nous business, and filling their vessels a
long time ahead OF the sailing date
Ante-Electinn Premises.
New YORK, January 6th.-The new Dem
ocratic Mayor, Whitney. of Brooklyn, was
waited upon yesterday by committee of
lager beer brewers, to exact the fulfillment
of promise Whitney made before election
to appoint one of their friends Excise Com
missioner The Tribune saws: The scene
which followed surpassed anything known
in the City Hall since the famous Shannon
deal. Whitney endeavored to evade the
fuifillment of his promise, when the Chair
man OF the committee angrily accused the
Mayor of bad faith. The brewers had
worked for Whitney with the understand
ing that he would appoint Commissioner
in their interest. The Mayor denied max
ing such pledge. The Chairman Of the
committee, very red in the face, accused
him of falsehood. The Mayor, very pale,
walked up to the brewer, saying: /" am
sorry you should come here TO tell me lie.
| am so astOnished that / hardly know
what to say" Take it as you like" said
the Chairman, and repeated what the
Mayor told him before the election. The
Mayor repudiated the whole business. and
avowed that he would not appoint any
man named by the Chairman Of the brew
ers. So the matter rests, with plenty of
trouble brewing for the Mayor.
Suicide or Accident?
TRENTON On. j., January 6th.-John G.
Stevens died this evening from the effect of
pistol wound in the head. 1t is generally
believed that he committed suicide, as he
had been in depressed spirits for some time,
owing to financial difficulties. His rela-
tiveS' version of the tragedy is that deceased
NsNS a ~ W w SSitlH d,
to inspect coal and iron lands; that he had
bought revolver for self-protection, and
was examining the weapon when it was
accidentally discharged The shooting oc-
CURED i'll the Pennsylvania Railway build
ing in this city. Mr.. Stevens was President
of the United New Jersey Railway and Ca
nal Company, and had been attend
ing to official business all dav. This
afternoon he was talking to Treas
urer Leroy II. Anderson, to whom
he showed the pistol. requesti., ,g
Anderson to procure some oil with viii, b
to clean it. Anderson stepped out of the
office to procure the oil, when the report of
a pistol was heard Anderson rushed
back, and found Stevens lying on the floor
With wound over the right temple, from
which blood oozed. Stevens never spoke
after the shooting. Mr.. Stevens was 60
years of age, and leaves a widow and five
children. He was a son of James A.
Stevens, of Hoboken, and nephew of
engineer Stevens, the inventor of the
Stevens battery. He was President of the
Pennsylvania Railroad system in New Jer-
sey, and had been connected with the Erie
road. He was one of the few experts in
canal engineering in the country 1t is
said that he had attempted suicide several
times before