Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 18, 2025
Datto Somacuel was one of the seven chiefs who, coming from Borneo many years before the Spaniards conquered these islands, settled the Island of Panay. He lived in Sinaragan, a town near San Joaquin, in the southern part of Iloilo Province. His wife's name was Capinangan. Somacuel went every morning to the seashore to watch his slaves fish with the sinchoro, or net.
They had reëmbarked at Manila also as a regiment, but now the time had come when "Ours" was well scattered through the southern islands of the archipelago. The second battalion and headquarters, with the band, had disembarked at Iloilo; two companies had been left on the island of Negros, and two more on Cebu.
At Mariveles there is a very large and complete disinfecting plant, and vessels may also be satisfactorily disinfected at Cebú and Iloilo. This quarantine service kept the Philippines free from bubonic plague for seven years, and has repeatedly prevented the entry of pneumonic plague, that most deadly of all known diseases.
The Inspector's Nightly Bonfires Our Vacation in Manila and in Quarantine After Our Return to Capiz Cholera Breaks Out Record of Our Experiences During the Epidemic. School closed in March, and Miss C and I decided to spend our vacation in Manila. We were to leave Capiz on the small army transport Indianapolis and go to Iloilo, thence by the Compania Maritima's boat to Manila.
"Attack preceded by one-half hour's firing from two of Admiral Dewey's vessels. "Otis." "Manila, February 13. Adjutant-General, Washington: Everything quiet this morning; business in city resuming former activity. Otis." "Manila, February 13. General Miller reports from Iloilo that that town was taken on the 11th inst., and is held by troops.
The Americans did not land on the north coast, but entered the town from the south, having marched and fought their way up the full length of the island from Iloilo. Horrid rumors preceded them concerning their gigantic size and their bloodthirsty habits. It was reported that they had burned hundreds of women and children alive at Iloilo.
WILLIAM McKINLEY. ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, December 21, 1898. General OTIS, Manila: Answering your message of December 14, the President directs that you send necessary troops to Iloilo to preserve the peace and protect life and property. It is most important that there should be no conflict with the insurgents. Be conciliatory, but firm. By order of the Secretary War: CORBIN.
From Manila to Iloilo on a boat that had been purchased for the use of the government, I was, on one occasion, the only passenger on board. The captain had never been over this course before, but he was confident of getting through with the help of a Spanish chart.
The first stages of my return home were from Iloilo to Manila, and thence to Nagasaki, the chief port of Japan. Upon leaving Iloilo for Manila, my son accompanied me as far as Manila; he heard incidentally that he was to be made a staff officer; as I procured quick transportation as far as Nagasaki, I told him to return to his duties and I would get along some way.
The better class of houses in Iloilo are built on strong wooden posts, 2 or 3 feet in diameter, that reach to the roof; stone walls to the first floor, with wooden windows above, and an iron roof. The poorer class of dwellings are flimsy erections of nipa, built on four strong posts. The roads and bridges are in a deplorable condition and almost impassable in the rainy season.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking