Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-01-03
vi 11UT1UU I VHUTIIUI
me Fan Righ Sails From Martinique
With Matos on Board. 4
VENEZUELA IT'S DESTINATION
This Steamer. Which Has Been Re-.
named the LibertadOr. In the One
For Whose Capture Castro
offered 100000 Reward.

" rorI-ue'frhnce. Island or Martinique
T. Jan. j, via Haiten cable.-The British
Z steamer Ban Kigh. recently renamed
the LlbertadOr. which arrived here Dec
"a from Antwerp Nov. 20, having on
I BOARD, as alleged. a cargo of munitions
or war intended for the adherents of
senior Manuel a. Matos. the reputed
leader OF the revolt in Venezuela
against President Castro, has left this
port for the Venezuelan coast.
The Libertador carries among her
passengers Sennr Matos. who is now
rererred to as General Matos, and sew.
eral generals and other important per-
sohages OF Venezuela WHO Joined Ma.
tos here. Among these notabiItics are
Nlcoias Rolando Domingo Nonagas,
fenaloza Duchame Eduaru Ortega
BORROWER. Carlos Azugaly Egeamier.
1ohas Garcia. Mitves Navarro, Chris
tlan Antocles Hartaznl, Antonio Espi
lloZh ana MorenIi Sambrano Rendon.
| nesldeS the leaders of the expedition
| the llbtrtador has on board 300 vol1n.
teers, and it is understood that she
VIII embark Il number of other y0lun- |
teers while on her way to the coast of
Venezuela.
The behavior of General Matos and
his adheronts while they were at this
port was such as to win for them the
sympathy Of the whole population
Genera! AlatoS is personally we'll
known l.ere and has many friends
ne local newspapers have published
articles expressing hope for the prompt
success or the expedition and the
downfall of President Castro.
Previous to his departure frolm Fort
"e-france General Matos issued a
'hahi1esto calling on all his fellow !
couhtrymen to take up arms. =
Now an Arnlored yesscI
"hlle the Libertndor was ut this +
BORT her sides were STRENGTHENED Inv h
1ght armor and her gun positions were h
protected. Her armament is of the h
modern type. r.
AS was announced i'm Il disnltch n
rom Wlllemstad Curacao. Dee. o3 n
he Venezuelan government bclievc,l n
nat the Ban RiGh Uibertador, was in Il
ne vicinity Of the island of Rnrcarjto Il
u tlle 'arlbhean sea. and the Venezur- OF
IN fleet has been concentrated there.
lii'S meet consists Of the steamer Boil til
var formerly the Spanish torpedo We
oar Galcia. Of 200 tons; the steam Il,
7 Restaurador, formerly George + 81,
olIus yacht Atalantu. of aborrt tSe DIR
MS lhe steamer Zanoru, bought in til
hShlhd and used as a transport shin i'm
he steamer Miranda. formerly the til
'"illsh torpedo boat Diego Velasuuez: va
It HeIeral Crespo, a gunboat: the hill
ilhoador Totuma and Velnte-treS:t1e fe,
ago tlgboats; the Aviso Margarfta me
ID the Libertador, a river stenmer tut
he Meet Is under the command of Gen in
al Alexandra Ybarra. the
The official Gazette of Caracas IN sol
'c' III published decree signed nv cor
es1dent Castro by which the I.iber- ste
Tor was declared to be pirate. and POI
reward of $4,000 and the cargo the ma
Oertador carries was offered to the quo
hezuelan or foreign Ship which pre-
)uld seize her T
ne revolutlonists' steamer was built rec
1870 at Glasgow by John Elder A. am
She is 24l feet long. has 3O.2 feet gus
I'm and is 1876 feet deep. Officially MOI
belongs to the Aberdeen Steam Nov
VACATION company, limited, of Aber- bus
N. She left London Nov. % for
twerp. whence she satled for the NJ
st Indies. Her cargo it was said sive
luded IO,WO MauSer rifles, 5000 OOO graf
tridSes ana number of cannon. not
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