The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-10

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spondence of the United Associated
Presses.-The president of the Ameri-
can corporation controlling the Jamaica
railway, arrived here on Thursday
evening from New York. Whether this
had anything to do with what hap
pened on Saturday is not known. 1t
is, however, fact that on Friday
afternoon several local newspapers re-
ceived an announcement written in red
ink and apparently with some blunt
instrument as a whitfield stick, that
it was the writer's intention to de-
stroy the railway. This was regarded
as q joke and passed unnoticed.
But on Saturday morning such an
attempt was actually made. AS the
passenger train from Kingston arrived
at q point couple of miles from this
station it came to a sudden halt and
a Slight jar was felt. On inquiries be-
! ing made the engineer declared that
some one had fired off a gun under the
engine as it passed, but no persons or
| gun could be found. and so the train
! proceeded, although the engine crew
concurred that there had been some
sort of an explosion under the engine,
| and every one on the train felt the jar.
! Later on the crew discovered some odd
looking things along the track in the
same place and reported the matter to
the station. An inspector of police
and q railway engineer wet out on
a trolley to investigate and to their
surprise found what they in part ex-
pected they would find-the remnants
of an Internal machine. but they also
found something else, similar ma
chine intact. The appearance indi-
Gated that two explosive bombs, dia-
bolically conceived, but very poorly
contrived, had been placed on the
track for the morning passenger train.
One had exploded, but with little or
no result. whilst the other had been
hurled off the track by the force of
the explosion and its fuse extinguished-
They were not contrived to go off on
contact. but had been liohted and
placed on the track as train was
approaching. One actAn up Z .ime,
and the other, possibly igrited { mo-
ment after it's mate, was = own away.
What was found of the exploded bomb
consisted of three burst and rent milk
tins, bearing the traces of gunpowder.
The one intact was a package contain
ing similar tins filed with giant pow
der and iron filings. to which was at
tached a connecting fuse a couple of
feet long, the end of which had been
ignited The whole was well packed
in box of earth, the size of a large
cigar box.
The police are investigating the mat
ter
Details of the fresh trouble between |
the French colonists at Cayenne and |
the BraZilians in the trans-Amazonian !
provinces of Brazil. which may lead |
to further diplomatic trouble before |
the arbitration agreement is. reached, |
have been received here.
The advices received from Cayenne /
state that the acute tension between
the French and Brazilans at Para,
which reached its height in the MaDa
incident of last year, has latterly been
revived by the proclamation of St.
Marie Beleme as a free port. Up to
that time matters had gone smoothly
for Brazil at any rate, and there was
no friction, although the relations be-
tween the local representatives of the
Brazilians and the colonists had been
anything but pleasant. Trouble was
averted only by the annOuncement that
the diplomatic negotiations for the set
tlement of the boundary dispute were
progressing favOrably.
Now the tension has been rendered
acute once more by a report that a
French mining expedition into the
Cachipour district in the disputed ter
territory from which it was agreed
that all troops be withdrawn pending
he settlement had been met by force
IL Brazilian soldiers and been made
prisoners. after which one or two of
he French prisoners had been shot
The circumstances, as told in the
ldvices to hand are that a party of
mining prospectors, under the leader
ship of F'renchman named Tilbert
lad entered the CachipOur district The
)arty consisted of number of Cay
.nnese creoles and colored mine labor
RS from Martinique and the English
ell q dc Of
There were 20 of them all told. in
luding woman. They ascended the
tachipour river without any interfer-
nee until arriving at the Degrad F'ifne
anding, where they commenced erect
ng "carbets, or what are known in
he west as 'wickiups." But before
he party had got through with this
work, and, of course be-
ere they had begun prospecting, they I
Fere suddenly surrounded by upwards
o $50 armed BraZilians, who came
own on them out of the bush, fired 1
pon them from the bush without chal- {
enge and Tilbert naturally supposed
hat he was being attacked by bri-
ands, and as this was to be looked
Or, the fire was returned, but it at
nee became apparent that they had 10 Z
cal with large body of soldiers and
OF few wandering brigands. Til
ert then ordered his men to stop fir
lg, but the soldiers continued to fire f
nd many of the party plunged into
he river and attempted to get away in U
heir boats. These were fired upon in :
le water and one or two killed, whilst
1me others escaped and made their t
ay down the river. Tiibert and the c
est of the men were made prisoners a
The leader of the Brazilians was an
iicer named Perez. He sent the n
oman under escort to Carsevenne, but 6
atained Tilbert and five of his miners a
hese, later advices state, Perez COM
elled to go forward to the place r.
hither the party had been bound, and
hich appears to be promising gold
ald, and made them work getting out
lie gold and teaching the Brazilians Il
1w to do it. SO far the prisoners had G
)t been ill-treated, but at the same S;
me they were being kept hard at
ork securing gold for their captors h
Id without any prospect of reward. n,
Fearing some reprisal from the 81
rench Perez had sent to Para to ask W
T reinforcements, but according to h
e advices the governor of Cayenne W
Is decided to take no action in the fl
ay of reprisal but has sent a protest el
,ainst the disturbance of the status
10 to Para and laid the matter be- it
re the government at Paris. Mean OF