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Show L 'w w-dl 1 U c ' , w, U Li mw. U W W w J . 1CW TOr-, Oct. 13 Jlwuel fil. veira, the Cubaa banker whose alleged embezzlement of $1,000,000 belonging to J. 1L Cebaiios & Co., caused that fin&'s failure, financed the reient re-olt re-olt ia Cuba, according to Havana ad-.vices ad-.vices to the eW York Times. Part of the money, it is stated, was spent ia ths purchase of arms- fiilveira's activity ia the revolutioB is declared to tavo been due to quarrel quar-rel with President Palma. Tfcey . had been together ia some large cttle deals, Eiiveira supplying stock for Palma 's estata ia Eayamo. Wbil thee deals were proceeding Sijveira became interested ia the Tacoa theater deal, which involved a sale to the Govern, xnent at $200,000 above the purchase price. -.. ... F&lina's Eeyenge. ' : While this deal was pending Palm found that he had been badly beaten ia & cattle deal and thereupon frustrated the theater transaction. Silveira at that moment ' became palra's enemy and te?a plotting revciutii. Thea he employed Jose Mizuel Oomer as aanaer of nis sugar ej'ite. " ' - The Government openly persecuted Gomez, sending troops and artillery to coerce people near the estate to. refuse to deal with Gomes or Silveira., The result was the dismissal of Gomez, who went to New York- Then Silveira began be-gan other negotiations, and when the insurgent leaders took the field be supplied sup-plied them with funds. Traitor to Both (Sides. The Government learned of Silveira complicity and had prepared to arrest him when he purchased freedom bv the ostensible gift of 500 horses and the betrayal Qnentin Banderds. Intervention Inter-vention byx the United States brought about i aituatioa where Silveira 's treachery to.botu sides was bound to appear, with consequent danger to his life. He thereupon apparently laid hands on what cash was available and fled. j ' Cebaiios Ponies It. This is the story from Havana. Ee-ports Ee-ports have been current in New York aom the first that it would be found i at Silveira was concerned ia the Cuba Cu-ba revolution, and . Juan M- Cebaiios ef the bankrupt firm declared that in his opiaioa the reports were wrong. If they were true, Mr. Cebaiios said, he knew' nothing about Silveira 's work for the revolutionists. , John S. Fiske. a member of the Oe-baSoe Oe-baSoe banking firm, declared again last night that in his opinion Silveira had haa nothing to do with the revolt. He declared positively also that Mr. Cebaiios Ce-baiios had certainly had so ' share in any business of that sort. Declares Silveira Crazy. . '8ilveira must have been cTazy," said Mr. Fiske..:"! can thiak of no other explanation for what he , has done." ; 1 Meantime no, word of Silveira 's whereabouts . has been found. All South American ports are being watched, but so far nothing has been beard of Silveira or the cattle-carrying steamship ia which be fled from Havana Ha-vana as week age last Tuesday. A member of the firm of J. M. Cebaiios Ce-baiios & Co. reiterated the belief yesterday yes-terday that Silveira had gone to Venezuela Ven-ezuela and would stay there. Packing Company Tails. 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 suspen-sion of J. M. Cebaiios k Co. Mr. Cebaiios Ce-baiios is the heaviest stockholder and bis partners are officers of the company. com-pany. A petition in bankruptcy was filed yesterday against it by attorneys for five small creditors, ana Harlan J 8tone was appointed receiver. It was intimated that the liabilities were less than $200,000. In the application appli-cation for the receiver it was stated that the assets are more than $50,000. |