Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-08-21
The Proposed Florida ship Canal.

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THE SCHEME PRONOUNCED PRAcTICABLE-A SAVING
OF FIVE HUNDRED MILES BETWEEN NEW ORLEANS
AND NEW YORK.
The Florida Ship Canal and Transit Company,
at meeting In New York, yesterday. received the
report OF Gen. Charles p Stone, the engineer ap-
pointed to ascertain whether tidewater ship canal
can be constructed across the peninsula OF Flor
Ida. Taking the route surveyed by him In May,
he estimates that such a canal can be constructed
OF SUFFICIENT width and depth to allow the passage
of two sea-golng steamers Of first class without
inconvenience at total cost Of SAG, 900 600 The
total length Of the canal would be 1877 \ miles, and
| the highest elevation In crossing the watershed
distance. The saving OF distance by the canal on
steam vessels between New York and New Or
leans would be 800 miles. between New Orleans
and Liverpool 49, New York and Pensacola 600.
A steamship making II miles an hour would gain
about 45 hours in the passage from NewYork to
New Orleans. The gain by avoiding the danger
Gus passage through the Florida straits would be
very great, the loss from wreckage being about
50, 600 per year. Gov Brown says the prospects
OF the canal are very encouraging. Prominent
capitalists are forming construction company,
Which will submit a proposition to the board Of
Among those present were Hon. John c. Brown,
president; Hon. Geo. c. Gorham, secretary; Gov.
| Cameron, Senator Mahone Gen. Grover and A. w.
Jones, OF Virginia; Townsend Cox, Michael Ja-
cobs and S: T. Meyer, of New York, and Senator
Mann and Chas. H. Jones, Of Florida
A DRUNKEN BRUTE's DOUBLE CRIME.-A special
from Selma Ind, says: LAST night Mortimer Hill
shot his wife in the breast as she was lying in bed
with her babe, and then shot himself I'm the head
and through the heart, the latter wound causing
instant death. Hill has been married but little
PLY. owing to his drinking habits, and short
time ago he sent his wife to her fathers. saying
that he could not support her Last night he went
wifes room and did the shooting described.
Mrs. Hill was seriously wounded, but not yet
dead"
ENGLAND's MIsTRUsT OF AMERICAN SECURITIES
DIR. Norvn Green the president Of the Western
Europe, says that he could not list the Western
Union STOCK in the London exchange, as the stock
Is not held there. Under the rules it would have
been necessary for largt block to be in the hands
of English investors. Arrangements were entered
would be successful; but there was a failure to
to the price, aud the negotiations for the
sale OF the block fell through. This failure Was
due in great measure to the mistrust of American
securities as a whole, ana by the fluctuations
which occurred while the negotiations were in
progress. Dr. Green says the English people have
no confidence In American securities, the break in
New York Central and Lake Shore last spring hav-
l. thoroughly frightened them. He does not see
any prospect OF a chanse IN this feeling.
SHOCKING TRAGEDY IN CISc1NNATL-Burt schei-
her room at Mrs. Kinks, No. 141 George street,
Cincinnati yesterday, and then shot himself in
the room ~ and foana both dead"the Girl ~ u ~
dressed and In bed With hands uplifted. and
Scheible on the floor. Scheible slept in the house
Sunday night. but the girl did not get home until
O'Clock Monday morning. The occupants of the
house heard them quarrelIng. Scheible had been
jealous OF the woman for some time, and had fire.
quentiy threatened to kill her. Scheible was the
son OF a hotel proprietor OF Dayton, O. He was
charged with embczziing an insurance company's
funds there He had been employed in Clncin-
natl as bookkeper in Hugh McKenzieS shoe fac
tory, but lost the place through dissipation. The
girls father also lives In Dayton. Scheible left
letter to the coroner, directing that both bodies
| should re sent to Dayton, and saying that he
GREETED killing the GIRL but could not die without
her.