The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-14
SllVE|RA SAID TO HAVE
PLAYED TRAITORS PART
Declared in Story From Havana
to Have Financed ReyOIu-
ton, and Proved False.

NEW YORK, Oct. i3.-Manuel Sill
empezzlement Of $l,000,000 belonging
TO j. NJ. Ceballos 6; Co, caused that
nrm failure, financed the recent re-
voiI IN Cuba. according TO Havana ad-
vices to the New York Times, Part
OF the money, it IS stated, was spent
IN the purchase OF arms.
oilVclra activity In tho revolution
is declared TO have been due to quar-
rel with President Palma. They had
S 5een toSether III some large cattle
Ge9is, Sllveira supplying stock for
Palma s estate in Bayamo. While these
deals were proceeding Silvelra became
interested III the Tacon theater deal,
winch involved Il sale to the Govern.
ment at 100000 above The purchase
price
While this deal was pending Palma
found that he had been badly beaten in
2, cattle deal and thereupon frustrated
thc theater transaction.
Silveira at that moment became
lama lama s enemy and began plotting
revolution. Then he employed Jose
Miguel Gomez as manager of his sugar
estate,
n lhe Government openly prosecuted
Gomez, sending troops and artillery to
cocrce people near the estate TO refuse
to deal with Gomez or Silvcira The
result was the dismissal OF Gomez, who
went to New York. Then Silveira be-
gan other negotiations, and when the
lnsuTgent leaders took the field be sup
p!led them with funds
Traitor TO Both Sides.
The Government learned Of Silveira q
completely and had prepared 10 arrest
MN when ne purchased freedom b. the
ostenslhle git of 500 horses and the
betrayal of Quentin Bandcros. Inter
Ventlon by the United States brought
about situation where Silveira S
treachery 10 both sides was bound to
appear, with consequent danger TO his
IRE. he thereupon apparently laid
hands on what cash was available and
led
This is the story from Havana. Re-
ports have been current in New York
from the first that it would be found
that Silveira was concerned in the Gu
ban revolution, and Juan NJ. Ccbalios
of the bankrupt firm declared that in
they were true, Mr.. Ceballos said. he
knew nothing about Sllveira s work
FOR the revolutionists.
John 5. Flske, n member of the Ce-
ballos banking firm, declared again last
night that in his opinion Silvelra had
had nothing to do with the revolt He
declared positively also that Mr.. Ce,
ballos had certainly had no share in
any business of that sort.
Declares Silveira Crazy.
"Silveira must have been crazy, -
said Mr. Fiske. 81 can think of no
other explanation FOR what he has
done
Meantime no word OF Silveiro s
whereabouts has been found. Al
South american ports arc being
watched bat so far nothing has been
heard of Sllveira or the cattle-carrying
steamship in which he fed from Ha
vana week ago last Tuesday.
y member of the firm Of !. NJ. Ce
ballos & Co. reiterated the belief yes
terGay that Silveira had gone to Ven
ezuela and would stay there.
The Seville Packing company of thi:
city, importers and packers of olive OF
I and olives. is the first concern forced
To the wall IS result OF the suspen
! sion of J. NJ. Ceballos & Co Mr. &c
| bsllos is the heaviest stockholder anc
| his partners are officers of the com
, pany a petition in bankruptcy wa,
! filed Yesterday against it by attorney
( for FIVE small creditors. and Harlan +
! Stone was appointed receiver.
II was iptimated that the liabilitie!
were less than 100000 In the appli
cation for the receiver it was state,
that the assets are more than S5O.00U