The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-16
IT RESEMBLES SHEOL
Captain Hallahan Not Favorably
Impressed With Manila.
GOLD MINES MYTHICAL
The Best That Can Be Done Is to Make
|. q Good Big Coaiing station-The
! Natives Are q Misersble. De-
|. graded People.

The mails which came to Anaconda
yesterday brought several letters from
Anaconda's soldier boys at Manila.
sJohn Hallahan of Company NJ to his
Ibrother. County Treasurer ID. +. Halla-
chan. The letter from Captain Hallahan
is the first to reach this city contain
ing interesting information concerning
the and possibilities of the
country, the business outlook and the
like.
A brief extract from Captain Halla-
e hans letter Is as follows:
I Honolulu presented fully as good op-
! portunities for investment as this place
or Manila does, and the cli-
n mate OF Honolulu is like hat of Para
' disc. while this resembles sheol. The
: weather is very sultry here, n II Is
hard to get enough sleep. as the mos
quitos.N c~ockroaches and other undesir-
. able companions are very much in evil
, dence. ! cannot tell much about the
! interior.
. 1T is hard 20 getirefiable information.
{ The soil seems to be rich, n there Is
9 a great variety Of hardwood. 1t Is said
ifrhefe are Sc diNerent KINDS on TINS ISL
and. Business is good I Manila at
present. but no better than In Honolulu.
The grocery and clothing businesses are
controlled by the Filipinos, Chinese.
Spaniards and Germans.
g The alive are a miserable. degrad-
% ed race. They are ~degenerates, and IL
they have any saving qualities, we have
. failed so far to discover them. The
; Spaniards are much more admired by
, the American soldiers than the Filipi-
nos. The latter are low-minded and
t~reacherous. / should not wonde IL We
will have a brush with them yet. as
they are becoming quite pretentious.
The gold mines or prospects of the
Philippines are mythical, l think, for
so far as / can see the formation is Of
too recent volcanic origin for gold to
be found in any quantity. There is said
to be coal in many parts of the islands.
put IL Is all Ignite. No copper is
heard of.
THE best that can be lone with this
place is to make a good. big coaling and
naval station out Of Manila and Cavite.
OF course and enough might be kept
for a large colony around the bay; but
II would be an Improbable undertake
ing for the United States to undertake
to hold n govern the whole of the
Philippines. The natives are not de-
serving Of the sacrifices our country
would be compelled to make.
"I am ~hard-worked. as Conrad. first
|, lieutenant. has been transferred to the
18th infantry, regulars. n Gerald Sui
ivan is on the sick list, so that drill.
guard and all company duties devolve
on me. There - many of our men in
hospital. but no Serious cases. So far.
thank heaven. ! have kept in good
health. Father Dougherty of San
Francisco celebrated mass here yester-
!. day. and the service was largely attend
! ed. I am just off a hard night guard.
and not feeling very fresh, SO will close.
! Regards to all my friends"
Captain william Kelly of this city
Z yesterday also received a letter from
, Manila. 1t was from Lieutenant Green
{. an and contained only matters of a
private nature. The letter, however,
I, stated that all, or nearly all. the Ana
conda boys were we'll. and that they
expected a brush with the insurgents
at any time.