The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-07-14
MRS. AGUINALDO AT MANILA.

She is Under Strict Oversight of the
Military Authorities
The few Americans who have called
upon her in Gale San Jose have found
od-looking Filipino woman of
about 30 years clad in the graceful
dress of the islanders, and resembling
thousands of her less prominent race
sisters. She Is better looking from the
Filipino standpoint than from ours;
she is plump, PLEASANT faced, and to
her countrywide distinctly attractive
She will not talk Spanish with a for
eigner; 1t is said she can speak the
language, but does not care to do So
To hold converse with her it is neces-
sary to enlist the services of a Tagalog
interpreter.
To-day ''la Sonora Presidente" has
the appearance of a woman who has
suffered, nor is the term of her unhap-
piness yet past. Her eyes, with their
expression of sadness and detection,
show her distress of mind. For this
there is due cause. Her husband is
probably a fugitive hiding in the
mountains. and every day lessons his
chances of ultimate pardon at our
hands if we capture him. He may be
dead; if he still lives he is in danger
every minute of the day, wherever he
may be. I do not believe Mrs. Aguin-
aldo herself knows where he is, nor
that she has heard from him since she
came to Manila She is fully aware of
the dangers which surround him in the
Ignorotte country when she left him
last Christmas, because it was the I'M
mistakable hostility of these same
Igorottes that decided her to seek the
protection of our lines She lost her in
FAINT daughter last November, and later
her three year-old son died in Bacoor.
The death of her son is an established
fact but for the present those who sur
round Mrs Aguinaldo have deemed it
wise to Withhold from her the contirma-
ton of this news. She has heard that
Miguel died in Bacoor, but the asser-
tions of her friends to the contrary are
half convincing, so she broods on the
matter wondering why the child is not
brought from thee ountry to see her.
In a couple of months the reason for
this present secrecy will have passed.
there will then have arrived new
member of the Aguinaldo family, and
the mothers attention will be diverted
from the children who have died
During the long weeks that Mrs.
Aguinaldo was under guard she could
receive no visitors; her mail was
withheld, and only one member of her
household was allowed to go out to do
the daily marketing. The provost mar
shall of Manila said to Mrs Aguinaldo
that this was done in order to protect
her from annoyance or any possible I'M
pleasant occurrence But in spite of |
this preCautien, she never considered |
such protection necessary; she has
many friends and relations in and |
about Manila and she has never been !
apprehensive that they would annoy |
her in any way. Before the guards were |
removed from their house the women |
We're warned by the provost marshal to |
be most careful to observe a strict neil
trality in word as well as in deed. They |
were particularly cautioned against |
talking with correspondents of Ameri |
can newspapers, and it was made |
plain to them that their present liberty |
was dependent upon close observance
of these warnings. They are afraid |
the guards may be sent back to their
door any day, and they are conse-
quently most careful to respect the pro-
vost marshafs admintions at all times
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