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The "KatipunaD" avoided any premature test of streDlrLh by concentrating first on organization and espansion. By 1894 it had enroUed a large membership, including even some women. It had a regularly elected president, secretary, treasurer, and fiscal. Local commltlees r a n the a.soclation in the various districts of ManUa and in the provinces.
however by th e government's On August 19, 1896 Teodoro Patino. a m ember, revealed the secret to bis sist~r, a convent-school girl in Mandaluyong. Tbe, frlgbtened girl a nd a nun wbo was a lso presenl advised Palino to teU Fatber GU, then parish priest of Tondo, home of the flKat ipunan".
303 Father Gil losl no time afler hearinlr Patmo's .tory. Be decided to
304 The friar rushed to announce his discovery t.o the governor-genera1
investigate the matter personally and on tbat same evening he instituted a searcb In the offices of the Dlarlo de Manila, a printing establishment. After a half boor's search be found a lithographio stone used by the "Katlpunan" In its work as well as receipt-stubs of tbe association.
EVENING NEWS
The "Katipunan's" band was forced 302 unexpected discovery 01 its
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who at that time was Ramon Blanco, a kind and just man known a. a liberal. Blanco .eemed to be the oniy Spaniard who did not lose his head upon hearing the Dews of the vast conspiracy. WbUe his outraged and distraught compatriot._ olamored for a blood bath, Blanco kept his counsel. PAGE 103