Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-13
ANARCHY IN BOLIVAR
Government Tried to Dust De
 Castro, Chief of Army.
MAyJARES CAPTURED BaRRANQUILLA
RoSota Moved Troops In order to In- sure Return of Joaquin VcIex as President of l0mbia-De Cas-
 <ro Was For General Reyes.

~A " VvsA~ " UA S~AGkAA heCSU@s < COLON, Feb 13.-Political troubles Nh the department of Bolivar are grow ing. The steamer Fl Calvados of the French line has arrived here from Car tagena and Savanilla and brings news of rebellion and practically state of anarchy in the department, which has lasted for almost two weeks and which arose from the determination of the government at Bogota to oust Diego de Castro from his position as commander in chief of the military forces in Bolivar.
 1t was deemed prudent to do this be- cause General de Castro, acting in con- Junction with Francisco Insignares, civil governor of Bolivar, sent an ex- petition up the Magdalena river the latter part of last month to Calama for the purpose of stopping certain government troops who were coming down the river
 The government soldiers were sent down by the Bogota government for the purpose of insuring the election of Joaquin Velez as president of the re- public and whose chances were con- sidered slim in Bolivar. Insignares and De Cast.o purposed to meet this force in the interest of the candi- dature of General Rafael Reyes. When the two forces met at Banco mutual explanations were made, and Insig- mares and De Castro were induced to return without fighting.
 General Manjares, who is with the CyFS where General de Castro is stationed, about the end of January and inform cd De Castro that he held papers from President Marroquin making him Manjares) commander in chief of the military and naval forces of the de. partment in succession to De Castro. De Castro obstinately refused to give up his post, claiming that he held his appointment from General Reyes, gAwho had been designated supreme com. mander of all Colombia's military forces. and that he had not been ad- vised to hand over his command to General Manjares.
 Upon this refusal General Manjares proceeded to Cartagena, where. with out communicating with Governor In signares, he succeeded in inducing General Araugo to turn over to him the command of the troops then in Cartagena.
 As soon as this had been done Man jares, with battalion of the Carta- gena troops, took train for Calama. From Calama he telegraphed to Carta- gena to at once send him 800 re-en- Tho a% ia also sent down 4,O0O troops under General Monsalve to join and support Manjares. As soon as his forces were collected Manjares started to march on Barranquilla. .....
 In the meantime De Castro had left Barranquilla and started up the river alone. He reached Gamarra and from there got into direct telegraphic com munication with President Marroquin on the matter. While De Castro was up the river Manjares and his con- mand, numbering about 1000 men, reached Barranquilla. Manjares com ,nunicated with the officer whom De Castro had left in command there, and this man agreed to turn over the garri- son of $500 men and the town to Man. jares. ManjfMs entered BarraEquilla and took possession without firing q shot
 It is rumored that De Castro has now retired to the province of Santan- der, where he intends to muster forces, march to Barranquilla and recapture it.
 The result of the presidential election is not known on the coast, but it is said that General Reyes polled large majority of the votes in the depart ment of Bolivar.
 Joaquin Velez has 94 votes over Ra- fael Reyes, but the returns from five provinces have not yet been received.