The following are some 1888 excerpts from the 1971 Guam Recorder article:
At approximately 10:00pm on January 24, 1888, Santiago Garcia, a Pampango "presidario" who had served his term, killed his wife Maria Leon Guerrero. It was believed that the cause for the murder was attributed to jealousy.
On February 27, 1888, Lazaro Pangelinan, a 42 year old bachelor died after falling from a tree while hunting bats in Yona. Previously, he was injured badly by a pig.
On the 18th [month was not disclosed], 1888, Captain Williams, arrived with his new schooner the Esmerelda. The Esmerelda had twice the capacity of his Beatriz schooner [received and delivered mail throughout the Mariana Islands, Micronesia, Philippines, Japan and China among other places.]
On October 4, 1888, Romualdo Gutierrez, a resident of Aniguag and the son of Germenegildo [Hermangildo married to Dolores Nauta] Gutierrez, a Tagalog, fell from a coconut tree and died.
On October 23, 1888, the schooner Esmerelda arrived and was believed to have brought in the measles either from Manila or Yap. One of the passengers was Henry Milimchamp [Millinchamp; husband of Maria de Castro Anderson] was one of the passengers who broke out in a bad rash. A few days later, several of Millinchamp's neighbors had the measles. During this measles epidemic Agana was described as a large hospital. Mostly all of the pregnant women miscarried and many children continue to die through the first days of the 1889 new year.
On November 12, 1888, the drowned body of Luis Baza, a ten year old child, was recovered. Luis was the son of Pedro Baza and Maria Ungagha [Ungacta?].
Source:
----.1971. Relation of Events in the Years 1849-1894, Volume 1, Number 1, pp 53-57. Guam Recorder. Micronesia Area Research Center. University of Guam: Mangilao, Guam.
