The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-14
SOLD OUT To
BOTH SIDES
Slveira Caused Cuban
Revolt.
ARMED The INSURGENTS
Had Financial Falling 0ut With
President Palma.
Frustrated in Deal for theatre Alb
sconder Plotted Against Mod
crate Regime and Urged tine
Uprising Just Termin-
ted.

New York, Oct. 13.--Manuel Silveirs
the Cuban banker whose alleged em-
bezzlement Of $L000.000 belonging 10
J. NJ Caballos and Company caused
that Arms failure, financed the recent
revolt in Cuba, according to Ha sana
advices to The New York Times art
of the money. it Is stated, was spent
in the purchase of arms.
Silveira's activity in the revolution
is declared to have been due to quar-
rel with President Palma. They had
been together in several large cattle
deals, silveira supplying the stock for
Palnas estate in Bayamo. While these
deals were proceeding. aityeira be-
came interested in tue Tacon Theatre
deal. which involved sale to the
government at 100000 above the pur-
chase price. while iris deal vas PEN
ding. Palma found that he had been
badly beaten In cattle deal and
thereupon frustrated the theatre trans +.
action.
Silveira at that moment became
Palmas enemy and began plotting
revolution. Then, he employed Jose Mi
guel Gomez as manager Of his sugar
estate. The government openly per-
secuted Gomez, sending troopers with
artillery to coerce the peopIs nea.
the estate to refuse to deal with Co
mez or Silveira. Tho result was the
dismissal of Gomez vino went to New
York. Then Silveira began other ne
gotiations and when the insurSent
leaders took the field he supplied item
with funds
The government learned of Silveira' s
completely and had prepared to arrest
him when he purchased freedom by
the ostensible gift of 500 horses and
the betrayal o. Quentin Banderos. In
terventione by the United States
brought about situation where Sill
veira's tfeachery to both sides was
ger to his life. He thereupon appar-
emily laid hands on what cash was
available and fled.
This is the story from Havana. Re-
ports have been current in New York
from tho first that 1t would be found
that Silveira was concerned in the
Cuban revolution and that Juan NJ.
Ceballos, of the bankrupt firm. de-
clared that in his opinion tho reports
were wrong. If they Were true, Mr..
Ceballos said he knew nothing about
Silveiras work for the revolutionists
John ). Fisk, member of the Co.
ballos banking firm, declared again
last night that in his opinion Silveira
had had nothing to do with the re-
volt He declared positively also that
MI. Ceballos certainly had no share
In any business of that sort
.-%Sflvcra must have been crazy" said
Mr.. Fisk. II can think Of no other
explanation for what he has DONE"
Meanwhile no word of Silyeira' g
whereabouts has been found. All South
American points are being watched, but
so far nothing has been heard Of Sill
veira or the cattle carrying steamship
in which he fed.
y member of the firm of ], NJ. Ce-
Dsllos Sc Co. reiterated the belief YES
terday that Silveira had gone to Ven
ezuela and would stay there
He said brother of President Cas-
tro was Silveira's partner in the Ven
czuelan cattle trade monopoly and
Slvera was close friend of Presi-
dent Castro. There was no treaty. he.
tween Cuba and Venezuela and 1t would
he an almost impossible task to get
Silveira.
William Nelson Cromwell, counsel for
the assignces. said that IL 1t was found
Silveira was in Venezuela he did not
believe that Ceballos & Co. would spend
much money to get him extradited.
The Seville Packing Company of this
city, importers and packers OF olive
oil and olives is the first concern
forced to the wall as a result OF the
suspension Of Ceballos g. Co
Ceballos is the heaviest stockholder
and mis- two partners are officers of
the company. petition in bankruptcy
was filed yesterday against the COM
pany by some of the smaller creditors
1t was intimated that the liabilities
were less than 100000. In the ap-
plication for the receives it was stated
that the assets are more than $4,000.