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Iloilo,
The principal city and capital of the island of Panay, and one of the three ports of entry in the Philippine group opened to commerce in 1899.
It is situated 225 miles south of Manila, at the southeastern extremity of Panay, and is built on low, marshy ground, the whole of which during a part of the spring is covered with water.
The population in 1900 was estimated at over 10,000.
On Dec. 25, 1898, after General Rios, who held the town with 800 Spanish troops, heard that the Philippine Islands were to be ceded to the United States, instead of awaiting the arrival of the American forces, then on the way to take possession of the city, he turned it over to Vincente Guies, the alcade.
On the following day that official surrendered it to 3,000 Filipino insurgents.
When Gen. M. P. Miller, of the American army, reached the bay on which the city is situated he found General Lopez with 5,000 Filipinos in possession.
The Filipinos would not surrender without instructions fro