eleven o'clock in the morning
A matter of reasonable and special note was the absence of the well-known and cultured youth , Don Juan Crisostomo Ibarra , who , as you know , will tomorrow preside at the laying of the corner-stone for the great edifice which he is so philanthropically erecting . This worthy descendant of the Pelayos and Elcanos -LRB- for I have learned that one of his paternal ancestors was from our heroic and noble northern provinces , perhaps one of the companions of Magellan or Legazpi -RRB- did not show himself during the entire day , owing to a slight indisposition . His name runs from mouth to mouth , being uttered with praises that can only reflect glory upon Spain and true Spaniards like ourselves , who never deny our blood , however mixed it may be . `` Today , at eleven o'clock in the morning , we attended a deeply-moving spectacle . Today , as is generally known , is the fiesta of the Virgin of Peace and is being observed by the Brethren of the Holy Rosary . Tomorrow will occur the fiesta of the patron , San Diego , and it will be observed principally by the Venerable Tertiary Order . Between these two societies there exists a pious rivalry in serving God , which piety has reached the extreme of holy quarrels among them , as has just happened in the dispute over the preacher of acknowledged fame , the oft-mentioned Very Reverend Fray Damaso , who tomorrow will occupy the pulpit of the Holy Ghost with a sermon , which , according to general expectation , will be a literary and religious event .