The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-28
SUPERSTITION OF FILL INos.
They Believe an Image of Christ
Gave Advice to Aguinaldo.
from the Manila American

II rom the Manila American.
In Cavite yiejo and vicinity a lot of
natives who are insurgents at heart, but
wno have mo stomach for fighting -
have been muttering against the Ameri-
cans. The ostensible cause of their
! complaint is that Lieut.. Paul A. Barry
of the Fourth infantry has been living
in house which is alleged to belong to
Aguinaldo.
The house in question is one of the
largest buildings in CaVite Viejo and
when 1t became necessary to use the
residence for military purposes Sonora
Fanny (Aguinaldo's mother), who occu-
pied the dwelling, was politely asked to
move out. She complied with the re-
quest made of her by the military au-
thorities and went to live in Bincayan.
The men of Company l of the Fourth in
/ fantry We're CHARTERED in one wing of
the building and Lieut.. Barry occupied
the big front room.
This room was formerly Aguinaldo's
faYorite place of abode The walls are
beautifully frescoed and the ceiling has
painted on it picture representing the
ocean. In The background of the pic
ture there are three mountains In the
space between the center and left one
the sun appears in MAGNIFICENT splendor.
In the foreground of the picture is a set
of steps leading from the ocean upward
On the topmost step sits a native girl
In national costume, holding a Filipino
flag, the upper end of the flag staff be-
ing capped by bow and arrow. To the
ieTt OF her and at her feet is the Spanish
nag, lying in the dust, with the staff
| broken, and near this are pieces of the
chains symbohzing the harshness of
Sp2 nlsh tyranny and the breaking of it.
rms room seems to have been a sort
/ OF audience room. Against the far wall
is an altar, to the end and left of which
are hgLres of the Virgin Mary and
Jesus, in half life size On top of the
altar is a group of figures, eighteen
| inches in height representing Mary
| Joseph and the Child Jesus. Under
curtain Of gaudy material one may see
iife-slZe figure of Jesus, representing
MIN dead and ready for the tomb.
Ihe holy of holes in this room, ac-
cording to Filipino ideals. is the recum-
bent image of Jesus. with the statue
of the Savior AguinaIdo claimed to
nave held manv long conversations. and
ms ignorant and delUded followers be-
iieVed that the image of Jesus often
ave the self-constituted dictator adj
vice as to the MANAGEMENT of the in
sOrrection. When AgGindIa0 eft Cavite
(. Niej0, by his orders a light was kept
constantly burning on a pedestal in
'front.' of the image. and when Sonora
amy moved away she pleaded as an
excuse for wanting to stay that ii was
the command of the saints that she
should always keep q lighted candle in
that particular place.
Lieut. Barry had lived in the Aguin-
ado mansion but short time when
the insurrectos attempted to foment dis
cord by saXing that a great sacrilege"
was being committed.
The image ana sacred pictures were
not molested but the refractory natives
we're angered because an American Of
hcer used Aguinaldo's audience cham
Der FOR sleeping apartment As time
went on this talk increased and in Bin
cayan especially threats Were made THAT
Lieut.. Barry would be killed il he did
not vacate the premises
But the lieutenant is brave man and
was not IN the least inundated by the