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ILOILO
On the 26th December, 1898, the town of Iloilo, which for over a month had been entirely surrounded on the land side by Revolutionary forces, was delivered over to then by the Spanish Alcalde, and the Philippine Republic flag was hoisted on all the public buildings.
On the 38th December, 1898, the United States forces, composed of the U.S.S Baltimore and three transports with 3,800 troops, under the command of Brigadier- General Miller, arrived in front of Iloilo, but did not land, as the Revolutionary_fore declined to give up the town unless under orders from Aguinaldo, their chief. Affairs in Luzon having come to an open rupture between the United States and the Revolutionary forces, the General commanding the United States expedition advised the foreig Consulates that hostilities would commence after 5 a.m. on the 12th February, and the morning of the 11th February, about 8.45 a.m., the first shot was fired. The Reve lutionary forces set fire to the city, leaving it almost in ruins, and retired outside the rity limits. Iloilo was immediately occupied by the Americans.
The crop for 1902-3 is estimated to amount to over one and a half million piculs.
DIRECTORY
AVANCENA, Señoritas, Teachers, Molo
AZNAR, M., Chemist and Druggist, Capiz
BANCO ESPAÑOL FILIPINO
Alfredo Rocha, director
M. Custodio, contador E. Sendres, cajero
BISCHOFF, S., Merchant
Samuel Bischoff
C. V. Bischoff
BUCHANAN, ARCHD., Merchant
Agency
London Assurance Corporation
"CABALLO BLANCO," Fabrica de Guarni-
ciones, Calle San Jacinto
Francisco Sotelo, propietario
I. de Guzman, maestro director
P. de los Sántos,
CALA, VIUDA DE, Teacher
do.
·CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE Iloilo Hon. Secretary--J. H. Grindrod Clerk-R. Celestial
COLTON, GEO. R., Collector of Customs
CONSULATES
Great BritAIN
Vice-Consul-P. H. Bethell Jones
DIAZ, JOSÉ
EREŠETA, J. Y F., Sugar Dealers, Store- keepers, and Planters, Talisay, Ysla de Negros
José Ereñeta
Fernando Ereñeta
LA ESTRELLA DEL NORTE, LEVY HERMANOS,
Calle Real
Raphael Levy, Paris
Abraham Weill, manager Meyer Weill
Aron Weill
A. Schwab
FIGUERAS, HERMANOS, Contractors, Con
signees, Commission and Custom House Agents
J. Figueras
Manuel T. Figueras (Manila)
R. T. Figueras,
J. T. Figueras
Agencies
do.
Royal Insurance Co. of Liverpool Union Assurance Society of London
FORBES, MUNN & Co., Merchants
D. M. Forbes (London)
D. Munn,
do.
S. Murray (Manila)
D. G. Gray
J. MacIntosh
Agencies
Lancashire Insurance Company
London and Lancashire Insurance Co.
GRINDROD, J. H., Merchant
Agency
Phoenix Assurance Company
HERNAES, ROSENDO, Comerciante y Press-
tamista en Talisay, Isla de Negros
HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co., Merchants
L. Dyson
J. Ramos
HOLLMANN & Co., Merchants, Calle Marina
G. Hollmann
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(Manila)
G. Sichelschmidt, do.
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