Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-10-16
100000 LOSS
CAUSED FAILURE
Alleged Part of Money Used to
A.d Cuban Rebels.
sILvElRA IS NOW LOCATED

Than s2Oo,ooo-AppIleatIon For Re-
eslver-oher Concerns Forced to
Wall by Failure.
New York, Oct. 15.--Manuel Sill
veira, the Cuban banker, whose al
legged embezzlement Of 100000 be-
longing TO j. NJ Ceballos & Co, eaus-
ed that FIRMS failure. financed the
recent revolt ia Cuba. according to
Havana advices to the New York
Times. Part OF the money. It Is sta
ted, was spent in the purchase OF
arms silyeira's activity In the rev.
olution is declared to have been due
10 quarrel with President Palma
They had been together in some
large cattle deals, Silyeira supplying
the stock from Palmas estate in Ray
amo, while these deals we're proceed
Ing. Silveira became interested In the
LacOn theater deal, which involved
loan 10 the government While this
deal was pending Palma found that
he had been badly beaten In a cattle
deal and thereupon frustrated the
theater transaction.
silyeira. at that moment became
Palma's enemy and began plotting
revolution Then he employed Jose
Miguel Gomez as manager OF bis su.
gar estate The government openly
prosecuted Gomez, sending troops
with artillery to coerce the people
near The estate 70 refuse to deal with
Comes or sllYeira 40 result was
the dismissal Of Gorae2, who went to
New York Then sllveira began 9th.
er negotiations and when the insur.
gent leaders took the field ne sup
piled them with funds Tho govern.
mont learned OF sllyelra's completely
and had prepared 20 arrest him when
ne purchased freedom by the osten.
s.bie giit Of 500 horses and the be-
travail Of Quentin Bandcros. Inlcr
ycnion hy the United State 5,.lsrhl
about the situation where sliselNs
treaebory 60 both sides was bound TO
appear. Vita consequent danger 10 bis (
hfe he thercupon apparently laid
hands on what cash was available and !
ned. This ls tho story from Havana.
Reports have been current IN New 4
York from the first that u would be
found tha, Silveira wBs concerned In 1
the cuban revolution. End that Juan 4
n CebRlos az The bankrupt arm. az. I
c,aUd thai IN his opinion the reports 4
were wrong lf they were true ~ 4
ccballOs said he knew nothing about
sllvera's wnrk Tor lhc revoluuonis,s.
John s Fisk, n member OF iho CO
1ouos banking nfm. declared also Fri.
Day nlrht that "a h opinion. sn.
vera had had nothing 20 10 Win me
revolt Re declared positively also
hat Mr. Cehauos ec-taluiy had no
share 10 any business % that sort
"sllveira must have been crazy"
'aid Mr Fisk 4 can think ~ no
'iheF explanation Cor what he has
Sore
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Fbsreabopm has beoa founa AM
soaih Amerlcan ports ere holnr
Faicaot bot 20 fer no,hluE has been
heard of Slivoira or the caste carr. !
ne steamship De- which Be Ged
A member az thr arm ~ . AZ Ce
,slios a Co reiterated tte bellef thai
siycira haa Fone % vensrurla ana
Foa'd s'ay thorc Hr saif g hruthsr
Y President Castro uas silvrlrae
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