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Correspondence related to a request by the municipal council of the pueblo of Lubao for the removal of Galo de la Calle, an Augustinian Friar who is attempting to take charge of the local parish.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-29
A parish priest in the municipality of Mexico in Pampagna, Philippines, encloses an ordinance which states that church bells may only be rung for specific occasions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-01
1908
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(1905, March-1909, February) U.S. President – 2nd Term
Governor Joven responds to a request from Governor General Taft for a report regarding the tensions with the Catholic friars in his province. Joven encloses two letters he received from the municipal president of Lubao, Eugenio Fernandez. There is a great deal of animosity between the friars and the people of Lubao. Fernandez fears for the friars’ safety and cannot guarantee it if they choose to stay in the city. In the ten days that passed between Fernandez’s two letters, one friar died (naturally), a second returned to Manila, and a third was waiting to hear from the bishop.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-25
Acting Governor of the Philippines Wright is working with church authorities to remove a priest from the parish church in Lubao that the locals find objectionable.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-30
One page of a report including correspondence from the parish priest in Mexico, Pampanga, Philippines. The priest requests that the prohibition against ringing church bells early in the morning be lifted, to allow his parishioners to celebrate Christmas as they have been accustomed to do. Governor General William H. Taft responds by referring the issue back to the municipal authorities.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-24
Arthur W. Fergusson affirms that the Municipal Council has the right to prohibit the burial of the dead within centers of population, and the Municipal Board of Health has the power to abate nuisances endangering public health. Fergusson is responding to arguments by a local priest in the Philippines that burials should continue as before, even in a cemetery that is full.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-08
Ronald P. Gleason discusses supply problems at various trade schools throughout the Philippines. Demand is high for these schools and several other locations have expressed interest and offered resources for establishing new schools. Gleason lists some of the requisitions for industrial supplies made by the industrial schools, as well as some commitments made by various areas in the Philippines for these schools.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-09
Acting Governor of the Philippines Wright urges Governor Joven to exercise his authority as provincial governor and investigate the complaint that has been filed against the Municipal Council of San Luis. The council is alleged to have refused to allow the assessment of buildings and land belonging to the Catholic Church, and to have ejected the parish priest from possession of those properties. If the municipal council has acted illegally, and if the parties refuse to restore the properties to the church, Joven must enforce the law.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-20