The Washington herald., 1906-10-12

New York, Oct. u.-Senor Manuel Sill
viera. Cuban banker, Cuban lobbyist,
Cuban patriot, Cuban revolutionist, Cuban
promoter, and alleged Cuban bank wreck
er, Of J. n Ceballos & Co, so far IS is
known to the authorities OF any port. is
stiH sailing blithely somewhere over the
seven seas. Of a certainty he is COM
forted by the society Of Sonora Siiviera
and the Silviera children. Ambition il
satisfied BY domination over a select ret
inue of Cuban dependents and retainers-
Most Of the world is open to him 70
land and abide where he pleases. And
the ship Carmelina, under his command,
Is an argosy, n treasure ship as rich as
any ever taken across the ocean by Pi-
zarro or Cortez.
Sen0r Manuel-he may be King Manuel
I Of Silyiera sOon-has, unless some IN
/ toward accident has befallen him, fun pos
| session Of the rights Of life. liberty, and
/ the pursuit Of happiness. Moreover, the
/ senor has wealth in an amount not Teck-
/ oned by Ceballos & Co. prior 10 today.
/ lie has their million. There was Cumu-
/ lative evidence to-day III cables from Ha-
vana.
Besides, he has money belonging 10
/ William Solomon & Co, very promi-
nent bankers Of this city. and other
prominent banking houses OF both this
and foreign countries The senor's treas
ure ship very probably carries q, ,Co0,e00.
Very likely il has much more
Might Be Brought Back.
But the senor must not steer the argosy
toward Mexico. Belgium. Spain. England,
or the United states. With these eouns
tries, so Senior G A Zayas. the Cuban
consul general, said to-day, the republic
OF Cuba has extraditiOn treaties and Gu
ban authorities might bring the Eenor
back. Senor Zayas also said-and this IN
formation is important to Senor Manuel
that Cuba has no extraditicn treaties with
other countries.
Is it possible that Senior SHviera wiz
be arrested?' yhe consul general was
asked to-day
Proof. was Tire reply tIC may 50
as fer as lie likes
William y Cromwell counsel for the
iEnee Of the assigned firm. would rst-
talk Of the legal aspects concerning lX-
tradition. He did not visa hs said, 10
make public tie legal steps he had either
put into execution o. contemplated 60
appreheud the fugitive That it might
give yaIuJbls hints 20 Siiviera. he as
signed as the reason Tor policy OF
tacicurnlty.
However added III. Cromwell. "you
gentlemen may res assured tlat We
have put in motion the forces thai we
consider best calculated TO bring Sil-
viera 90 Justice. We have acted prompt
Is. and We hope effectively. and are not
gagged the best detective forces in the
country.
Gets Loan Of 100000.
William A. Solomon q Co. II became
known to-day. had loaned SI1ooC0 to Cc-
EaIlos * Co. This loan, it was said at the
offIces Of the firm. was made on collateral
amply securing the loan. The special
{ Partner in Silviera's banking house was
Jose BcoI. the weallhiest man in Cuba.
ard one of the most prominent
Ceballos * Co. expressly and emphati-
calIy absolvc Senior Be0l from any COM
plicity in or knowledge of.SIIviera'S trans
actions on the other hand, he is G0ing
everything TO straighten matters out for
the suspended firm. Late yesterday after
noon the nrm received this cablegram
from him
Il find the deficit a.00OOoO Outside la
biities Of the firm are S2o0000- Letters
received from Manuel dated five days
latter sailing on CaTmeliua stated that
= his destination is unknown"
The 81 900 o0o deficit applies to the loss
] Of CebalIos & Co., the S20o,00o, IL Is be
lieved, 20 business transactions Of various
kinds in CJba William Nelson Cromwell
said he considered nat the letters from
/ Manual had been left by him in trusty
hands. to be turrci over to his partner
as soon as he had time TO get far away.
The incident supplies extraordinarily
strong corrOboration of the theory that
Silyiera's plans were carefully laid to
take his family, his friends, and his own
and other peoples money to a place
where he might live n luxury and safety.
business Reverses Come.
It was learned that Silviera encoun-
tered d decided business reverse, max
? Ing a large importation Of cattle during
the Cuban revolution. No one would
buy the cattle for fear the forces IN
the field might seize them for army PRO
visions and neglect 10 pay. Otherwise
his resources are believed 10 have been
p largely tied ND in the large number OF
enterprises ~ which he and Mr.. CeballOs
e were Interested
These outside enterprises. II is learned.
I were all in corporations and he be-
, neved the funds OF them were all intact.
An investigation was in progress 10 as
/ certain whether or not any OF the funds
of the companies had been tampered
with,
OF all his large number Of enterprises.
f Mr. Ceballos was most deeply in
! terested in the Development Company Of
! Cuba. which built the town of Ceballos.
IIe planned to make this model town.
: and pictures Of it, taken recently. show
7 5ne parks. artistic hacield3s. and general
I fine cultivation of'artistic taste The pic
r lures are unmarried by buildings repre-
Senting anything as sor6id as Industry
p Il IS said. however, thai the groves OF
citrus fruits around il will bring hand
some returns in the near future
In the banking community where
? greatest sympathy is expressed fors
u,cmbers of the suspended firm
gre criticized occasionally for EN-
s Ing liz 100 many ventures, for bein
in5pUlsive in the development Of
hut II seemed 20 be granted everyy
that their ability To weather it tai
would be sufficient but for Silviera
toward action.
This statement is generally mad
spite the known fact that the
tiOn uf the firm undoubtedly I'D
impaired o. account Of the great
LeE of ventures in which it enga ged.
member Of the firm nor Alr. Ceballos
anything to cdd to-day. The estiE
6f liabilities made by previous day,
were they prepaed to give out st