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Show FIRE AT ILOILO. Whole Cooamerclal Quarter of the City ii Destroyed. Paris, Feb. 25 Agents in this city of the Filipinos have received news from Iliolo, saying that the outbreak of fire there was not the work of natives, but was started by the American shells. When the attack commenced the Filipinos Fili-pinos and foreign residents were endeavoring en-deavoring to persuade General Lopez, the Filipino commander, to submit, as Iliolo was not fortified and was therefore there-fore not in a position to resist the American attack. The whole commercial quarter of Iliolo, it appears, was destroyed. Finally, Fin-ally, the Filipinos say, the foreign residents resi-dents subsequently met, protested against the bombardment and resolved to put in claims for damages. |