The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-28
REBEL CHIEFS WIFI
Is No Beauty but Is Devoted
to Her Lord.
NOW PRISONER IN MANILA
Says Az. VIII Run the Ameri-
cans Out Yet.
NOW PRISONER IN MANILl

New York, Feb. 27-Miss Dorothy Arm
strong writes the Journal from Manila as
follows: Aguinaldo's wife and child are
prisoners in this city
Aguinaldo has defied the power o. tie
United States for more than a year, but
his wife and child could not run as quick
| ~ as he. Therefore they are here, guard
ed and cared for by kindly government
The Sonora Aguinaldo-her Christian
name is Juanita-has given an interview
to your correspondent. She is an intense
| ~ pathetic figure. She has suffered ter
rible sorrows, but the greatest of all is
that she cannot be with her husband now
| sharing the hardships of his fight. She
is ignorant superstltious, faithful beyond
words.
1t was on January 10 that the Sonora
Aguinaldo and her child, together with
many other Filipinos, fell into the hands
of the Americans. Aguinaldo's forces
| had been scattered in all directions. They
ran for the mountains and the swamps.
They were unable to carry any of the wo-
men and children who could not endure
the worst hardships of the men. The Sc
nora Aguinaldo and her child surrender
ed to Major March's battalion Of the
Thirty-third Infantry at Bontoc.
She had been i'll since the birth Of
daughter, who died at Bayombong But
for this illness she would doubtless have
struggled on with her husband. She even
started out with her child, but after she
had fallen down from exhaustion Agui-
naldo sent her back to Bontoc, knowing,
s,oEol
thing that could happen TO her would be
to fall into the hands Of the Americans
She was sent by boat to Manila, where
she was allowed, with a number of her
friends, to occupy a comfortable house
in the native quarter. She is kept under
a corporaTs guard, so that she may not
incite any of the natives within the city
to insurrection or act as on intermediary
between them and Aguinaldo. The SOL
diers are also necessary for her protec-
ton, as many of the natives are bitterly
incensed against Aguinaldo. She receives
large amount of liberty and the guards
are scrupulously careful not to intrude
upon the privacy Of her domestic ar
engagements.
1t was toward the close of fercely
call upon the Sonora Aguinaldo. The
house she is occupying is No. II, Gale
San Jose. This is in the 9ative quarter,
and in the most aristocratic part of it. No
Spaniards or any other Eu-
ropeans live there. It is the most inter !
esting quarter Of Manila. To pass through /
it, however, is not without danger for
Americans. The houses Of the better
class, such as that occupied by Sonora
Aguinaldo, are rough and plain on the /
outside but within they are charming, (
and show much artistic originality.
When my quelis or two-wheeled trap
reached the house I was first stopped by /
the corporal, whose duty it is to ascertain /
the business of all who wish to communi- I
cate with the Aguinaldo family The /
guard on this day was furnished by the /
Twentieth Infantry. I had a note from .
the commanding officer nut in accord |
ance with the standing orders the soldiers
had first to ask the Aenora Aguinldo if +
she would see me. The authorities will /
not allow her to be annoyed by mere Gu
-icsity seekers.
The Sonora Aguinaldo was willing to
receive me. I had the good fortune to
ind her in the garden with her child en-
Toying the brief moments between the
neat Of the tropic Gay and darkness. She
vas sitting in the shade of a Nipa palm
At first the Sonora Aguinaldo is a dis
appointment She does not make a good
Sorrow and suffering have
eft indelible marks upon her features.
)ut in spite of these she is quite fat Her
syes, however. are her best feature, and
more than make up for other deficiencies.
they are large, dark, brilliant and full
If feeling. She is probably thirty-five
-ears old. and, considering that and her
rails, she is quite well preserved. She
must be older than her husband. Al
ogether she is a typical Filipino woman
# the half-civilized Tagalog tribe
She wore the pamela, a loose garment
Z brilliantly colored six, which is the
most characteristic feature of Filipino
civilized dress. With it she wore q stiff
tarched skirt. with a train, and slippers
This Is the conventional dress of the FIJI
,ino woman OF the better class in Ma