Evening journal., 1896-12-02
Be ETRAYED BY HIS WIFE
Spain Deports Pedro Roxas of
Manila to Ceuta.
SENT TO THE PENAL SETTLEMENT.
He Was to Have Been the First President
OF the Philippine Republic If Spain Was
Besten-HesTold Her, and She Told a
Eaithiess Priest.

Beaten-HesTold Her. and She Told a
Eaithless Priest.
New YORK, Dec. 2-The Sun this |
morning has the following:
Advices received by The Sun from the /
Philippine islands by way of HongkonR
tell a remarkable story Of the fate Of Pc.
uro Roxas the leading man of Manila
and the man who had been picked out AS
The first president Of the new Philippine
republic in case the rebellion against the
Spanish rule on the islands was success
full The story has to do with Roxas wife
and Eer confessor, who is alleged to have
violated the sacred vows OF secrecy.
Roxas was sugar planter. He was
meshzo or half CASTE his father being
Spaniard and his mother a native of the
islands. As a sugar planter and exporter
of sugar and hemp Pedro Roxas accumu-
latedra fortune. He was finely educated,
speaking English, Spanish, Tagaloy (the
native language) and Chinese. He was
broad minded and liberal, and gradually
came to be looked on as the most progress
sive of all the native citizens of the islands
He was at the fore in all improvements
He was the organizer of the electric light
company, the street railroad company, the
bank and most of the other institutions Of
modern civilization that have been intro
tluced in the city of Manila or elsewhere
on the islands. He was at the head of the
educational system and of most of the
charities, and it was the custom on Mon
days and Fridays of each week for all the
bcggars in the city, numbering $50 or 400,
TO gather in the front yard, where he would
give each a package of rice and woCld then
distribute copper coins.
Hated by the spaniards.
He came to be beloved by everybody ex-
cept the Spanish government The Sran-
ish dislike of him was natural because his
desire for progress was not in keeping
with the bigotry and intolerance of their
government 1t was natural when the
revolution against Spanish misrule broke
out months ago that the meshzos who up
rose should turn to Pedro Roxas as a lead
Cr, or for encouragement at least But the
4 interests of ROxas were so great that he
would not risk them. He was counted as
& worth at least s., 600, 600, and his posses
sions were in all parts of the islands. At
the first overt act on his part all would be
v coniiscated so he could not openly espouse
the cause OF the insurrectionists But an
implied promise to accept the presidency
of the new republica Filippina when that
republic came was different He could do
that
PEDRO Roxas' wife, the story goes, was
a woman bound up in her religion She
Z was woman educated almost as well as
her husband. She was handsome. She
had most of the generous traits of her hus-
band, but she lacked the important one of
& discretion Pedro kept from her at first
the news that he would be the first prcsi-
dent Of the republic; not that he didn't
Il trust her, but he feared the lack of discre-
x tion. He was careful to have nothing to
n do with the insurrectionists and not on
any one act of his could the Spaniards
base "a charge that he was even a sympa-
thizer with the men who were struggling
for their Independence But one day In
an unguarded moment he conflded to his
wife the plan that was on foot TO make
him president. This she told to her con
lessor If her confessor had been faith
ful Catholic, it would have made 10 diff
erence But this confessor, the story says,
thought more of currying favor with the
4 government than he did of his vows, and
she had no sooner confessed to him than
& he told Of the confession to the Spanish
n officers.
Il came back to Pedro Roxas' ears
quickly, even before the officials had time
20 act, and in rage he accused his wife
NJ of having conspired to ruin him. She ce-
MED It, and he.rushed at her and attempt
N rd 20 choke her. But he was overpowered
IA the help that came in response to her
Al -r-ens.
The Governments Excuse.
Iorc was the excuse Of the government
10 gct rid of Pedro without any scandal
The officials pretended to believe i'm his
ytlty to the governments They had
rity fer him. They said he must surely
c suffering from temporary alteration of
ind Ir
wife 50 savagely. They said nothing mt
m about the charge of disloyalty. Thev
said that the doctors on the island wore
incompetent to treat case so serious as
his and that he needed the best Of Eu-
copean treatment and a change Of scene
He must have it instantly, and in less
lime than it takes to tell it he was placed
aboard a ship under the care of physi-
,ian The ship sailed away to the penal
olony Of Ceuta. in Africa. There PEDRO
Roxas was landed. There he is today, it
5 said, and there he viii stay until death
or repW5lic-releases him.
With him once safely out Of the coun-
ry, the next step was to conhscate his
property This was done. Every foot of
ground he owned, every share of stock he
+ lwned, every house and everything in
very house, even down to the last spoon,
vas seized. The woman who had cauGed
MS downfall through her want Of discre-
ion was turned out on the street beggar.
Not satisfied with that, the SpaniaTds
rumped up a charge against Il. l.. Roxas,
& be cousin Of Pedro If Pedro was n trai-
or, they said, it must be in the blood Of
ne family. So they confscated the mil
ions owned by f. l.. Roxas and turred
M I'M and his family out to starve So the
tory ends.
Big Battle In Havana Province.
HAVANA, Dec 2.-General Figueroa. in
N encounter with the enemy. defeate ed
hem at Navio, near San lose do les I a.
as, in Havana province 1t is stated that
he rebels had much superior force TO
81 he Spanish and occupied strong positions.
mt, despite these advantages. they yvcre