Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-13
S|LVE|RA FINANCED
THE CUBAN REVOLT
His Activity Said to Have Been
Due to a Quarrel With
President Palma.
TROUBLE OVER A CATTLE DEAL
Cuban Executive Was Badly Beaten,
And Then lie Frustrated Some
Plans of Spectator,

New York. oct l3.--Manuel Sllyeira,
the Cuban banker whose alleged EN-
bezzlement Of Sl,O0OOoO belonging to
]. NJ. Cehallos & Company caused that
firms failure. financed the recent re-
volt in Cuba, according to Havana adj
vices TO the New York Times. Part
Of the money, 1t Is stated, was spent
In the purchase of arms
silvoiras activity IN the revolution
is declared to have been due TO a quar-
rel with President Palma. They had
been together In some large cattle
deals. silvera supplying stock for
Palma's estate IN Bayamo While
these deals were proceeding sllveira
became interested in the Tacon thea
ter deal. which involved a sale to the
government at 100000 above the pur-
chase price. While this deal was
pending. Palma found that he had been
badly beaten In cattle deal ana there-
on frustrated the theater TRANSACTION
silyeira at that moment became RAJ
mas enemy and began plotting reVo-
mtion. Then he employed Jose MI
euel Gomez as manager Of his sugar
estate The government openly perse-
cuted Gomez, sending troops ana ar
tlllery to coerce people near the estate
to refuse to deal with Gomez or Sill
veira. The result was the dismissal
Of Gomez, who went to New York. Then
silyeira began other negotiations ana
when the insurgent leaders took the
field he supplied them with funds
The government learned of silveira
completely and had prepared TO arresl
him when he purchased ireeuoih o5
the ostensible gift Of ooo hoIses, I Inl
,he hetraval OF Quentin Bandoros' IN
tervention by the United States DrouBi.'
about situation where Silveirh
traachery Ia both sides was bound u
snnear. with consequent danger to M
I,fa He thereupon apparanetly lal
hands on what cash was aNallaole "i''
| fed. -, Havana Re
| ,,orts have been current IN New ioil
| rrnn, the first that Il Would De lou W.
thar silveira was concerned IN the ~
| han revolution, and Juan NJ Cepallo'
| 20 ,ba bankrupt firm, declared tiat
| lis oninion the reports were WIZ
70 ,hav we're true, Mr.. Ceballos saiu n
i,new nothing about SilNoirHs "oiN Az
| the revolutionists' -, the 70
1ohn s. Fiske, a member Oh NV ~
hallos banking firm, declared su 81
last night that IN his OPINION Sn N,',,it
has had nothing TO do WIN t,S ~ A..
ue declared posltiveiy also 'na, ~ 4,
Ceballos had certainly hau ho ''4' "
any business of that sort oravv o
iis,iveira must have Deeh crazy,
la NJ Fiske. II can think. OF no oth'
e,'a axnlanation for what he has done;
q nsoantirne no word or SllVeira
.,a.anhouts has been found ~
s,,,h American ports are being wafer
S9"t ~ co far nothing has been hedru
- 'siiveira or the cattle carrying stea'',,
oh,r In which he fled from haN"h"
week ago last TUESDAY n Cohai.
,,,enher OF the firm OF j. NJ Cepa !,
,o e. company reiterated the pehel
,,ns,e ~day that Silveira had gone ~, ~
yy,,o.,oia and would stay there nc
~, hrother OF President castro was
s su,oira's partner in the Nenezuelill
SIN trods monopoly, and Silvelra was
s"' oiooe friend OF President castro
.,o,ld have been an easy Inh'tei, "e
SoS,'u forces say for Silveira 20
ce aI'o ANAL shipments OF gold TO hli
nnrfner I'm Venezuela ana se"a ~
pa ,, .nst messenger on one OF his cay,
"a boata by doing this IN slllali
o oie they say, he would not nave
sn ..anted lie attention Of the banking
houses In Havana IheIe va ho
trnatv between cuba and 1t would ne
almost an impossible task TO got ""-
veTa. ,,,.o,,,,,ou counsei
WIZ, NE assignee. said that II II were
sourd that snveira was IN Nene1uia
h tO' dia not believe that Ceoallos *
r.,,nanv would spend much money u
yet him extradited o,,. -, tho
The Seville Packing company OF 'hIs
,i,y importers and packers OF ollVe on
o,S olives IS the first concern forced
anu ,he wan as result of the suspen-
10 w" oe + NJ. Ceballos & Company MI
ssl .ot is the heaviest stockholder'
ana his two partners are oihcers OF tn nc,
SnU 4 petition M BANKRUPTCY
o,as fled Yesterday against II by nttor-
~sys FOR 1--WE small creditors ana mar
,n,, y stone was appointed receiver.
y.aa tntimated that the liabilities
zero loas than 100000 In the apph,,
oo,,on for the receiver II was stated
49, Tho assets are more than S0oVVV'