Rizal Summary Chapter 23 to 25

Chapter 23

Delightful stop overs Dumaguete

cebu iloilo capiz romblon

isla de luzon - missed this regular steamer castilla - he was kept as a guess on this spanish cruiser.

aug 26, 1896 - bonifacio and the katipunan raise the cry of revolution in hills lf balintawak.

isla de panay - left for spain on this steamer on sept 3, 1896.

July 31, 1896 - the espana, rizal and party on

board sailed northward.

Aug 1 - anchored dumaguete

dumaguete - spreads out on the beach. Big house and outstanding house of a lady. Hererro Regidor - former classmate, judge of the province.

periquet and rufina families - families that rizal visited.

cebu - beautiful.

- rizal did two operation of strabotomy, ears and tumor.

mateos house - met an old couple.

mactan - island famous for what happened to magellan.

iloilo - went shoping in the city.

molo church - pretty outside interior not bad. gustave dore - biblical scenes painted on the church.

Castilla - cruiser where rizal was transfeered by the order of Gen Blanco.

- Aug 6 to Sept 2, 1896.

enrique santalo - gallant captain of the cruiser.

Aug 19, 1896 - the katipunan plot the rev this

day.

Fray Mariano Gil - Augustinian cura of tondo, discovered the incoming revolution.

Cry of Balintawak - bonifacio and jacinto Heavy loss in San Juan.

State of war in provinces. manila bulacan cavite batangas laguna pampanga Nueva Ecija Tarlac

Worried for two reason:

1.) The violent revolution which he believed to be premature and would only cost suffering and deaths, properties.

2.) It would arouse Spanish vengeance.

Passengers of Isla de Panay:

Don pedro Roxas – rich manila Creole industrialist

Periquin – son of roxas.

Don Manuel Camus – boarded the steamer and urge Rizal to stay in Singapore to save his life.

Gov gen Blanco – conspired with the Ministers of War and the Colonies (Ultramar) for his destruction.

Sultan Zaide – another victim of Spanish Intrigue.

Execution of Francisco Roxas, Genato and Osorio.

Capt. Alemany – notified rizal to stay on his cabin until further orders from manila.

Malta castle – three levels.

Oct 3 ’10 AM – Isla de Panay arrived in Barcelona, with Rizal as a prisoner.

Manila to Barcelona – lasted 30 days. General Despujol – the military commander of Barcelona, Rizal’s jailor.

“History stranger than fiction”

St. Francis of Assisi – cannon shot awakened Rizal, with 31 shots.

Monjuich – Infamous prison Fortress. Colon – a transport ship.

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October 11 – diary Confiscated November 2 – diary returned

Oct 12 to Nov 1 – Rizal not able to write

Officer on duty was amiable, refined and polite.

Dr. Ma. Regidor and Lopez – tried to rescue Rizal

Hugh Fort – English Lawyer in Singapore Chief Justice Loinel Cox – denied the writ on the ground that the colon was carrying Spanish troops of the Philippines.

Nov 3 – Colon reached manila People who were brutally tortured: Arellano Valenzuela Salvador Dizon Franco Paez Laktaw

Paciano – suffered all pains inflicted by the torturers, body shattered on the torture rack and left hand crushed by the screw, His Asian spirit not broken.

Nov 20 – the preliminary investigation

began.

Colonel Francisco Olive – Judge Advocate. Two Kinds of Evidences:

Documentary Testimonial

Documentary Evidences:

1. A letter of Antionio Luna to Mariano Ponce.

2. Letter of Rizal to his Family. 3. Letter from Marcelo H. del Pilar to

Deodato Arellano. 4. Poem entitled Kundiman.

5. Letter of Carlos Oliver to an unidentified person.

6. Masonic document

7. Letter signed dimasalang to tenluz (Zulueta)

8. Letter of Dimasalng to an unidentified committee

9. Anonymous and undated letter to the editor of the Hong Kong Telegraph. 10. Letter of Ildefonso Laurel to Rizal 11. 2nd letter of Ildefonso Laurel to Rizal 12. Letter of del Pilar to Don Juan A.

tenluz

13. Transcript of a speech of Pingkian (Emilio Jacinto), in a reunion of the Katipunan.”Long live the Philippines! Long live Liberty! Long live Doctor Rizal! Unity!”

14. Transcript of a speech of Tik-Tik (Jose Turiano Santiago) in the same Katipunan reunion. Katipuneros shouted “Long live the eminent Doctor Rizal! Death to the oppressor nation!”

15. Poem by Laong Laan (Rizal), entitled A talisay.

Testimonal Evidences by: Constantino Franco Del Rosario Arellano

Reyes Ambrosio Salvador Moises Salvador Laktaw

Dizon Dr. Valenzuela Salazar Quison Paez

Capt. Rafael Dominguez – appointed as special Judge Advocate to institute the corresponding action against Rizal

Don Nicolas de la Pena – Judge Advocate General

De la Pena’s recommendations:

1. The accused be immediately brought to trial

2. He should be kept in prison

3. An order of attachment be issued against his property to the amount of one million pesos as indemnity 4. He should be defended by an army

officer, not a civilian lawyer

Dec 8 – Feast day of the Immaculate

Conception, list of 100 first and second lieutenants was presented to Rizal

Don Luis Taviel de Andrade – first lieutenant of the artillery. Brother of Jose Taviel (Rizal’s body guard in calamba)

Gen Camilio G. de Polavieja – became Gov Gen in the Philippines succeeding Gov Blanco.

Dec 15 – Rizal wrote a manifesto to his

people appealing to them to stop the necessary shedding of blood and to achieve their liberties by means of education and industry.

Cuartel de Espana – military building where Rizal was held for the court martial.

Seven members of the military court: Lt. Col. Jose Togores Arjona (President)

Capt. Ricardo Munoz Arias Capt. Manuel Reguera

Capt. Santiago Izquierdo Osorio Capt. Braulio Rodriguez Nunez Capt. Manuel Diaz Escribano Capt. Fermin Perez Rodriguez

Present in the Court room: Rizal (the accused)

Lt. Taviel de Andrade (defense council) Capt. Rafael Dominguez (Judge Advocate) Spectators: Josephine Bracken, some newspaperman, and many Spaniards.

Judge Advocate Domiguez – opened the trial and explained the cases against Rizal.

Alcocer - Prosecuting Attorney arose and delivered a long speech summarizing Rizal’s charges.

Andrade said “the judges cannot be vindictive; the judges can only be just.” But the officers were both vindictive and unjust.

12 points to prove his innocence.

“WRITTEN IN THE BOOK” too long!!!

Lt. Col. Togores Arjona – considered trial over and ordered the hall cleared.

Polavieja – signed Rizal’s execution.

7 am 30th of Dec at field of bagumabayan –

Rizal to be shot

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6 am Dec 29 to 6 am Dec 30 – Rizal was

busy meeting visitors including Jesuit priests, Josephine Bracken and members of his family, a Spanish newspaper correspondent

(Santiago mataix)

“Pearl of the Orient Sea” – called in his last poem

Unfortunate Philippines – article published in The Hong Kong Telegraph.

Capt. Dominguez – read the death sentence to Rizal – to be shot at the back by a firing squad at 7:00 AM in Bagumbayan (Luneta)

Fr. Miguel Saderra Mata (Rector of Ateneo Municipal) and Fr. Luis Viza, Jesuit teacher (Statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) – First visitors of Rizal

Other Priest who visited Rizal:

8:00 AM

Fr. Antonio Rosell

9:00 AM

Fr. Federico Faura

10:00 AM

Fr. Jose Vilaclara (Rizal’s Ateneo teacher) Fr. Vicente Balaguer (Jesuit missionary)\

Cooking stove – Gift by Paz Pardo de Tavera

Santiago Mataix – Spanish Journalist who interviewed Rizal for his newspaper El Heraldo de Madrid

Don Silvino Lopez Tunon – The Dean of the Manila Cathedra.

Don Gaspar Cestano – Fiscal of the royal Audiencia of manila.

Archbishop Bernardino Nozaleda – anti-filipino

Wrote two letters

1st family 2nd Paciano

Imitation of Christ by father Thomas – book given to Josephine, the unhappy wife

Last letter to his beloved parents

Rizal marched with Andrade and Frs. March and Vilaclara

Malecon – now Bonifacio Drive

Dr. Felipe Ruiz Castillo – Spanish military physician asked his permission to feel his pulse

December 30, 1896 exactly 7:03 AM –

Rizal Died. 35 years 5 months and 11 days.

Spanish Spectators shouted “Viva Espana! Muerte a lost Traidores”

Marcha de Cadiz – played by the Spanish military band

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June 1892 – second homecoming

La liga Filipina

- organized by Rizal with the aid of

Jose Ma. Basa.

- Organized in Tondo, Manila.

Several reasons why Rizal was in Dapitan:

1. One was the founding of the Liga Filipina

2. Personal Feelings towards Rizal: Despujol’s destructive feeling and Fr. Pastell’s constructive feeling. Dapitan – is a place near Dipolog City in

- Founded by Boholanos

Zamboanga del note located 8.5’N 123’E. - He stayed for 4 years and 13 days

Museo Biblioteca de Manila – where Rizal placed historical Documents. One is signed by Gen Bustamante.

Lagubayan – A prominent citizen in Bohol, Baclayon, Manasanan and Dawis

- Lord of the Subanos and terror of

Moroland

- Boholano

- Received “Friendship and charity” Ilihan – Hill of Mindanao.

Dona Ilison – committed treachery.

Baclayon and Dawis – Towns in the island of Bohol

Dapitan – 800 Families where invited Da-pit – first syllable means “to invite” Da-pit – second syllable means “place” Gratis – Gave medicines to poor patients through this.

Don Tumarong – paid Php3,000 Don Azcaragga – paid sugar cane An Englishman paid Rizal Php500

Dapitan – Spirit of Medicine and the setting of a great physician’s medical practice Draco Rizali (Dragon fly)

Apogonia Rizali (small beetle) Rhacophorus Rizali (rare frog)

Anthropology, ethnography, geography, archeology, and geology – studies the Rizal conducted

Water system improved by enlarging with

artesian wells.

Crude coconut oil lamps – Dapitan its first lighting system

6,000 pcs of bricks a day

Butuan – Mail boat

Lottery Ticket No. 9736 Php20,000 Equilior, Carnicero, Rizal

Rizal Php6200 (gave Php2,000 to his father nad Php200 for Basa)

Php200 in one stroke from selling abaka Ramon Carreon – a merchant in Dapitan

Rizal himself drafted the constitution, the aims of which where:

1. Improve the farm products 2. Obtain better outlets for them 3. Collect funds for their purchases 4. Help in establishing a store

Rizal Taught Children with:

1. Value of hard work 2. Character building

3. Respect for human dignity 4. Cooperation 5. Family solidarity 6. Kaayusan 7. Delicadeza 8. Word of honor 9. National unity 10. Reading

11. Writing (English and Spanish) 12. History 13. Geography 14. Mathematics 15. Industrial arts 16. Nature 17. Ethics

18. Plants and animals

19. Sports (boxing, wrestling, swimming, fencing, boating)

3 house of Rizal in Dapitan: shape

1. Square – where family stayed 2. Hexagonal – livestock 3. Octagonal – classroom

“Josephine, Josephine” – short poem for Josephine

“The Song of a Traveler” – out of joy poem for going to travel again

“Hymn to Talisay” – Poem for the Pupil George Taufer – Bracken’s accompany

Ktaastaasan Kagalang-galang na Katipunan nang manga Anak nang Bayan or Katipunan

Dr. Pio Valenzuela – told rizal in Daptian the a society group named katipunan was founded.

Rizal made some suggestions concerning the revolution:

1. There must be unity among all classes of Filipinos

2. The influential and wealthy Filipinos must be attracted to the cause of the society

3. Antonio Luna be appointed for competent military leadership

“No longer Assimilation to but Separation from Spain”

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Corromata – Rizal rode with this Mariano Katigbak – friend

Segunda –“Pleasant, winsome” and “Air of a

sylph”

Cologio de la Immaculada Conception Concordia – school where katigbak and Olympia studied

Dona Concha Leyva – Rizal boarded in this house during his studies in Sto. Tomas Capitan Juan and Capitana Sanday Valenzuela – mother and father of “The

winsome Orang”

Casa Tomasina – boarding house in Intramuros

- Runned by tio Antonio and tia betang.

Doble Leonor “Rivera and Valenzuela love triangle”

Love triangle “Rizal, Rivera and Filipinas”

Rizal “could no longer endure bigotry, discrimination, and hostility of the school”

Salvadora – steamer bounded for Singapore

Nolime Tangere written in:

1. Madrid 2. Paris 3. Germany

Filibustero (Subversive)

Rizal’s reason for coming back home:

1. Operate on his mother’s eye 2. To serve his oppressed people 3. To find out the effects of noli and

other writings

4. To inquire why Leonor Rivera remained silent

Charles Henry Kipping – English man whom Leonor married

Leonor’s Demands:

1. Her mother should stand beside her in church

2. She should never be asked to sing 3. Piano should remain locked

Carlos Romulo Kipping – Grandson of Leonor and a Tarlac Governor

Su-mie – art of painting

Arejola – encourage Rizal to merry Nelly

Two reason why Rizal didn’t marry nelly:

1. He didn’t want to convert into a protestant

2. Her mother did not want Rizal as a son-in-law

Sir Spitttael – Objected that it was not Suzanne Jacoby who had an affair with Rizal instead it was Thill.