The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-01-24
"THE CUBAN MORGAN"
Romantic Life Of the pefsultor, Who
P. Drauued Cebsllcc Down.

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Dragged Cebslca Down.
The tale of Manuel silyeIll is one
for novelist. II has too Yuch OF
romance and mystery about It for the
{ limited space Of a crowded newspapers
/ iron-bound colu:nus-.t needs room to
stretch out ard unfold itself little by
! little, revealing in successive chapters
the AIMING twists and coltortions
of intrigue, ambition. trickery, and
fight.
They say any man can acquire
wealth who will pay the Erlce. Not
so, Manuel Slyeira was ready and
willing to pay the price, the trouble
was he didn't know how to keep from
paying TO much. So he lost out, AID
from being money baron he Is 4
fugitive on a cattle ship hunting fer
a place to hide where no one caA find
him out.
Silyiera is Sganiard-"Little ST.
veira" they call him here, because
of his small stature. He Is fair-h2iTed
and blue-eyed, with the alertness OF
manner and the vivacity of spirit that
go properly with tho man the Spain
ards call "muy sympatico.' And he has
the genuine love Of grandeur. the
lordly swing. the reckless eScra'a-
gance that fit some men for the rapid
dissipation of fortunes. Besides these
characteristics he had plenty of nerve
and daring in speculation and in bus
mess enterprise. He enjoyed tackling
large problems, and the more hopeless
some of his projects looked to the cool
scrutiny of less audacious investors
the more his Aambuoyant enthusiasm
rose to the emergency. He was known
in Havana sometimes as the Cuban
Morgan FL Morgan Cubano, but that
was only after the exploitation of some
of his later gigantic schemes had just
flied the suspicion that he aimed at
the ABSORPTION by mis- own companies
of everything that was worth while
in the land
eel Morgan Cubano" began his life
in Havana as a clerk. lie worked
hard and saved money. He was gay
but not frivolous then, and ambition
drove him on. BY and by as he saved
he made investments for himself, made
more money and saved more. Then
he branched out. became broker on
his own account. then Il banker, and
then a high fnancier. He married
a beautiful wife, and had two loTely
daughters. He bought for them
splendid mansion on the Frado, the
most fashionable street in Havana, and
there they lived IL style that would
have made a Spanish viceroy enylous.
There were Jewels and costly gowns
for the ladies: horses and carriages.
and big fast expensive automobiles.
There was lavish entertainment for
the friends and social equals OF the
family. and the house ut % Frado was
one Of the show sights OF the city.
The morey fer all this procigal
way Of living came from wide range
of business enterprises and invest
ments. Manuel 5ilveira was in long
of list companies, and in his indlvid-
ual capacity represented certain houses
in New York that intrusted to him the
conduct Of enterprises running into the
hundreds of thousands of dollars. The
underlying concern Of them all was
Silveira s: Co.. concern composed Of
Manuel Silveira and the firm of Beola
G. Co., bankers. of Gbara. Beola put
in s27,500 and Slveria supplied S12,-
500, making the total capital of the
concern only $40 1000. They were and
are known as Silyeira & Co., banker,
and one of the mysteries Of the pres
ent situation is that the bank Is Sill
open, doing business just as usual,
with no sign about the place that any
thing unusual has occurred, although
the head of the house has run away
and is accused by his business associ-
ates of New York with taking a mil
lion and a quarter with him in cod
cash.-Havana Corner Of the New
York Times.
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