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. MANUEL CAMUS- compatriot living in Singapore

. FATHER FUCHS- tyrolese, enjoyed playing chess, wrote bluementritt
. BLUMENTRITT: He is a fine fellow, a father damaso without pride and malice
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. NOVEMBER 20, 1891- Rizal arrived in hongkong, welcomedby filipino residents, specially old
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friend JOSE MA. BASA
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. DR. LORENZO P. MARQUES- became his friend and admirer, helped him t build wide clientele
. BORNEO COLONIZATION PROJECT- in the face of bleak outlook of calamba folks under
GOVERNOR VALERIANO WEYLER’s terroristic regime.
. Rizal planned to move landless filipino families to rich british owned island and carve out its
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vrgin wildness “NEW CALAMBA”
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. HIDALGO- one of rizal’s brother in law, brave Batangueno, objected colonization project
. WEYLER - “The Butcher”
. “A LA NACION ESPANOLA” (To the Spanish Nation) - an appeal to Spain to right the wrongs
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done to the Calamba tenants.
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. FRAZIER SMITH - editor of THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, Rizal’s friend
. EDUARDO DE LETE - was wrong in attacking him in Madrid that he (Rizal), being comfortable
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and safe in Hong Kong.
. He had a premonition of his DEATH, for the following day, June 20 he wrote TWO LETTERS
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which he sealed, inscribed on each envelope “TO BE OPENED AFTER MY DEATH.” And gave
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them to his friend DR. MARQUES
. Rizal and his widowed sister LUCIA (wife of the late MARIANIO HERBOSA) arrived in Manila.
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. ANDRES BONIFACIO - warehouse employee
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. LIGA FILIPINA - a civic league of Filipinos, which he desired to establish and its role in the
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socio-economic life of the people.
. UNUS INSTAR OMNIUM (ONE LIKE ALL) - motto of the Liga Filipina
. POBRES FRAILES (POOR FRIARS) - leaflets which were allegedly found in Lucia’s pillow
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cases, under the authorship of FR. JACINTO.
. POBRES FRAILES - a satire against the rich Dominican friars who amssed fabulous riches
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contrary to their monastic vow o poverty.
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. Rizal vigorously DENIED having those leaflets in either his or LUCIA’S baggage.
. GACETA DE MANILA - published the story of Rizal’s arrest which produced indignant
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commotion among the Filipino people, particularly the members of the newly organized Liga
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Filipina.
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. GOVERNOR GENERAL DESPUJOL - deported Rizal to “one of the islands in the South”
. EL FILIBUSTERISMO - novel of Rizal which he dedicated to the memory of three “traitors”
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(BURGOS, GOMEZ AND ZAMORA) and on the title page he wrote that in view of the vices and
errors of the Spanish administration, “the only salvation for the Philippines was separation
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from the mother country.
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. STEAMER CEBU - Rizal was brought under heavy guard which was sailing for DAPITAN
. CAPTAIN RICARDO CARNICERO - Spanish commandant of Dapitan.
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. DAPITAN - Rizal lived in exile here, a remote town in Mindanao which was under the
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missionary jurisdiction of the Jesuits, from 1892 to 1896.
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. BUTUAN - the mail boat that brought;
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. LOTTERY TICKET NO. 9736 - second prize of P20,000 in the government owned Manila
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Lottery.
. Rizal’s winings in the Manila Lottery reveals an aspect of his lighter side. He never drank hard
liquor and never smoked, but he was a LOTTERY ADDICT.
. WENCESLAO E. RETANA - his (Rizal) first Spanish biographer and former enemy, he quoted
“This was his only vice.”
. FATHER PASTELLS - who Rizal had a long and scholarly debate on religion
. IMITACION DE CRISTO (IMITATION OF CHRIST) - Father Pastells gave Rizal a copy of this
book
. FATHER THOMAS a KEMPIS - author of IMITACION DE CRISTO
. BUST OF ST PAUL - Rizal gave this to father Pastells
. MR JUAN LARDET - The frenchman that Rizal challenged to a duel.
. FATHER SANCHEZ - The only Spanish priest to defend Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere in public.
. ESTUDIOS SOBRE LA LENGUA TAGALA (STUDIES ON THE TAGALOG LANGUAGE) - Rizal’s
birthday gift to Father Sanchez, a tagalog grammar which rizal wrote and which he dedicated
to his beloved former teacher.
. FLORENCIO NAMANAN - the real name of PABLO MERCADO
. These available documents on the failed mission on the friars’ spy has been quoted by three
Rizalist biographers RETANA (1907), PALMA (1949), and JOSE BARON FERNANDEZ (1982)
. The incident of the secret mission of “Pablo Mercado” in Dapitan was not an “Assassination
Attempt on Rizal.” It was merely an ESPIONAGE PLOT CONCOCTED BY THE FRIARS.
. DON FLORENCIO AZACARRAGA - a rich hacendero of Aklan, was also cured of eye ailment,
and 17 paid Rizal A CARGO OF SUGAR
. MALARIA - spread by the mosquitos which thrive in swampy places
. He dicovered some rare specimens which were named in his honor by the scientists. DRACO
RIZALI - a flying dragon, APOGONIA RIZALI - a small beetle, RHACOPHORUS - a rare frog
. He contributed his painting skill to the SISTERS OF CHARITY who where preparing the
sanctuary of the HOLY VIRGIN in their private chapel.
. BUST OF FATHER GUERRICO - other sculptural work of Rizal in Dapitan.
. RAMON CARREON - a Dapitan merchant, partnered with Rizal in business
. COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION OF DAPITAN FARMERS - to break the Chinese monopoly on
business in Dapitan
. SULPUKAN - a cigarette lighter which he sent as a gift to Blumentritt
. He invited a maching for making BRICKS. This machine could manufacture about 6000 bricks
daily
. MI RETIRO (MY RETREAT) - acclaimed by literary critics as one of the best ever penned by
Rizal.
. JAMES BRACKEN - a corporal in the British garrison, father of Josephine Bracken
. ELIZABETH JANE MACBRIDE - mother of Josephine Bracken
. FATHER OBACK - the priest of Dapitan, refused to marry then without the permission of the
Bishop of Cebu
. ANDRES BONIFACIO - the “GREAT PLEBEIAN”
. DR PIO VALENZUELA - named emmisary to Dapitan, in order to inform Rizal of the plan of the
Katipunan to launch a revolution for freedom’s sake
. STEAMER VENUS - Dr Valenzuela left Manila on board this steamer
. Rizal’s FOUR-YEAR exile in Dapitan came to an end
. STEAMER ESPANA - Rizal embarked on board this steamer
. FUNERAL MARCH OF CHOPIN - farewell music, the twon brass band strangely played
. CASTILLA - while waiting for the next ship for Spain, he was kept as a “guest” on board this
Spanish cruiser
. HERRERO REGIDOR - a friend and former classmate of Rizal in Dumaguete which he visited
during his stay.
. Espana left Dumaguete about 1pm and reached CEBU the following morning
. The entrace to CEBU which he considered beautiful
. At the house of ATTORNEY MATEOS he met an old couple whom he had known in Madrid
. Of the MOLO CHURCH, the paintings are mostly copies of biblical scenes by GUSTAVE DORE
. Rizal was transferred to the Spanish cruiser CASTILLA, by ordr of GOVERNOR GENERAL
RAMON BLANCO
. FRAY MARIANO GIL - Augustinian cura of Tondo, discovered the Katipunan plot to overthrow
Spanish rule by means of revolution
. In the afternoon, after the BATTLE OF SAN JUAN, GOVERNOR GENRAL BLANCO proclaimed
a state of war
. Rizal was transferred to the steamer ISLA DE PANAY which was sailing for BARCELONA,
SPAIN.
. DON PEDRO ROXAS - rich Manila creole industrialist and his friend
. CAPTAIN ALEMANY - notified Rizal that he should stay in his cabin until further order from
Manila.
. GENERAL EULOGIO DESPUJOL - Military Commander of Barcelona
. Before reaching PORT SAID, RIZAL’S DIARY was taken away and was critically scrutinized by
the authorities
. HUGH FORT - English lawyer in Singapore, who rescue Rizal from the Spanish steamer when
it reached Singapore by means of a writ of HABEA CORPUS
. LOINEL COX - denied the writ on the ground that the Colon was carrying Spanish troops to
the Philippines
. PACIANO , was arrested and cruelly tortured. He suffered all pains inflicted by Spain’s
diabolical torturers, but he never signed any damaing statement incriminating his younger
brother. Although his body was shattered on the torture rack and his left hand crushed by the
screw, his valian ASIAN spirit remained unbroken.
. He (Rizal) was subjected to a gruelling FIVE-DAY INVESTIGATION
. The documentary evidence consisted of FIFTEEN (15) EXHIBITS
. CAPTAIN RAFAEL DOMINGUEZ - special Judge Advocate to institute tbe corresponding
action against Rizal
. DON NICOLA DE LA PENA - JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL
. LT LUIS TAVIEL DE ANDRADE - his (Rizal) defender in court
. GENERAL CAMILO G. DE POLAVIEJA - with the help of the powerful DOMINICAN FRIARS,
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became Governor General of the Philippines.
. 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
. The trial of Rizal was an eloquent proof of SPANISH INJUSTICE and misrule
. CUARTEL DE ESPANA - building that the court-martial of Rizal started
. LT. COL. JOSE TOGORES ARJONA - president
. LT. TAVIEL DE ANDRADE - his defense counsel
. CAPT. RAFAEL DOMINGUEZ - judge advocate
. After a short deliberation, the military court UNANIMOUSLT voted for the sentence of death
. On the same day (December 26th) the court decision was submitted to GOVERNOR
GENERAL POLAVIEJA. Immediately, Polavieja sought the opinion of Judge Advocate
GENERAL NICOLE DE LA PENA on the court decision
. FATHER MIGUEL SADERRA MATA - Recotr of Ateneo Municipal
. VICENTE BALAGUER - jesuit missionary in Dapitan
. SANTIAGO MATAIX - who interviewed Rizal for his newspaper EL HERALDO DE MADRID
. Farewell poem and hid it inside his alcohol cooking stove
. DON GASPAR CESTANO - the fiscal of the Royal Audencia of Manila
. According to FATHER BALAGUER’S testimony, he showed Rizal a shorter retraction which was
prepared by FATHER PIO PI - superior of the Jesuit Society
. Rizal gave her a last gift a religious book. Imitation of Christ by Father Thomas a Kempis
. DR FELIPE RUIZ CASTILLO - a Spanish military physician, asked his permission to feel his
pulse which request was graciously granted. Dr. Castillo was amazed to fint it NORMAL,
showing that Rizal was not afraid to DIE.