Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-15
A FlLlpINO rOLSrOt,
Jose Rial Scholarly Man Endowed
With Elmo Gifts

A biography of patriotic Filipino,
which has recently been published by
member OF the faculty of tho AustrI-
an university of Loitmerita, may throw
some light on tho native character.
The pamphlet Is n life OF Jose Rial,
Filipino patriot and Is dedicated to
General Emilio Aguinaldo. who Ia
characterized NJ tho lihcrator of his
country, n chivahous and brave war
, rior,"
lose Rial was native Of the island
of lu2on He graduated from the Uni
icine and philosophy Returning to
| his homo In Manila, he wrote and pub
| liShcd novel which excited the
wrath Of the government by its anti
| Spanish sympathics and Ivy lts eS~
! posture Of the corruptions of the
church on the islands Eor the crime
of telling what he believed To I've the
truth he was honishcd lie came to
| the United States and aftorward went
to London where he devoted himself
! to further study.
About this time he produced anoth-
practIclng physician In Hong Kong.
From here he went to Bornco, whore
| IL was his intention to found a colony
OF rilipinos In 1892 he returned to
Manila, presumably for the purpose OF
recruiting his colony. He went at
| ~, q Ia 70 al a
ing his baggage in the custom house.
| This baggage was opened and In II
there were found certain pamphlets OF
nm anti-Srnnish character II has been
charged that those pamphlets were
ymugglod into the baggage hy some
| fanatica monks and that the type
from which they had boon printed,
was found, still set up In the posses
sion Of these monks
However Rial was hnnIshcd sec
end time, This time he was sent to
| the island Of lnpitan whore he was
held q political prisoner under the
close watch of Spanish guards While
| he was on this island and under the
eye Of his guards, another nsurrce-
ton In the Philippines broke out.
Though for the last -four years he hal
been prisoner on distant island and
under the constant surveillance Of the
authorities still, when the insurroc-
| tiOn broke out. he was taken to Ma.
Mia on the charge OF having melted
| the uprising and after the forms of
the law had been complied with. he
was condemned To deAth and shot on
the Goth Of December, 1896, in spite Of
the protest Of many humane Span.
iards. One hour before his execution
he married his bctrothed beautiful
Irish girl. His own countrymen wore
compelled 20 do the shooting. Back
Of this row Of F'ilipnos stood Spanish
soldiers, ready to cut them down IL
they shrank from their cruel business.
Never says an eyewitness, never
shall ] forget that awful morning, nor
the horrorthrlll that came with the
report OF cracking rifles ms his man
gled body fell on the public promen-
ade, amid the jeers OF Spaninrds and
monks. who had contaminated thus
one OF the most cold-blooded crimes
registered In history since the tragedy
OF Golgotha. My blood boiled. and
from that hour espoused the Filipino
cause"
On the day following Rizal's death.
his widow passed the Spanish line at
Manila and made her way on foot TO
the camp Of the patriots There
Agninaldo gave her command OF a
company, at the head OF which the
Irish bride-widow gained more than
one victory -Hostop yranaoript