The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-26
Collection of War Curios.
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Captain Hallahan spent yesterday IN
unpacking his large collection OF curios
and war relics at his place OF business
on East Park. Nearly all the articles
were taken out of their boxes and
| placed on exhibition. To-day guam
| tity of Filipino jewelry in the collec-
| ton will be placed on exhibition in the
| various jewelry stores of the crty
| THE collection was secured by the
| expenditure of considerable money ana
| by good deal of hustling. For many
| of the articles I paid high. 1t IS my
| idea that some educational institution
| may want to purchase the COLLECTION
| for it's historical value Were
wealthy man l would present the ar
| ticles to such an institution. for fhat
| is where they belong, put CANNOT az
| ford to do that
The chief thing in the collection of
course is the old Spanish cannon pur-
chased by Captain Hallahan in Maneia.
Its inscription shows it was maze IN
1916 Yesterday, mounted on It's car
riage. it was examined by hundreos CT
people.
The halbards, known to have been
800 years in the Philippines, where they
were used by the guard at the gov
ernor generals palace, are handsome
old weapons of a bygone age. and at
tracted much attention from the curl
Gus crowd.
all the quarterings properly painted
and surrounded by wreath, is one of
the most unique articles in Captain
Hallahan's collection. 1t was secured
from an old government building in
Manila.
Eleven 1ances from Mindanao and
the Suu archipelago are interesting
curios as illustrating the weapons with
which the natives of that portion CT
the islands fight There is also an ugly
looking javelin from the same locality.
Knives there are by the dozen, in
Guiding a number of ugly looking bolos
and a Spanish artillery saber-more
like a cutlass in it's short, thick shape
The gem in the collection of blades is
a beautiful long broadsword, just such
stretch of steel with straight grip as
one sees in the illustrations in Ivan
hoe. This sword was taken from the
Moros-natives of the Southern Philip
pines-by the Spanish, and undoubtad-
~ is of ancient origin. The blade is
covered all its length with Turkish or
Persian characters and is evidently of
the finest steel. In remote times it
doubtless came from Turkey or Persia,
with both of which nations the Moros,
who are Musselmans, had traffic.
A rude wooden shield from the Sulu
peninsula, bolo taken from the Ne
gritos and bearing a Enthusiastically
carved hilt, an old table from Cavite
and ebony canes with Mauser shalls
fixed in the ends for heads are among
the many trophies.
In addition to the flag of the Spanish
regiment mentioned in the foregoing,
which, by the way. is a famous regi-
ment Captain Hallahan has a large
collection of other flags. including silk
and bunting Spanish flags. a Siamese
flag with it's famous centerpiece show
ing the sacred white elephant; Cor
can flag with it's curious red and black
center design from which the North
ern Pacific railroad took it's so-called
trademark; an Egyptian flag, Phil
| ippine flag, a flag of the Dutch East
| Indies and an Hawaiian flag which
| looks like a cross between the English
| Jack and the stars and stripes.
He has brought back some exquisite
pieces of japanese and East Indian
needlework. One piece is the American
coat of arms, wrought by Japanese in
| silk. a.
A bronze candlestick made in The
| form of a writing dragon is an odd
| bit Captain Hallahan picked up in Ma.
| Mia. Collectors of china would be in.
| terested in tea set he secured in Jap
! an of the famous dragon china" Of q
| delicate blue, wrought on the surface
| in figures of dragons.
| Decidedly curious are two pictures
made by Japanese in Manila. They are
| oil paintings of high artistic merit
| partly in bas relief Long ago the few
who did this kind of work ceased turn.
ing it out and specimens of their ar
| are rare.
uneXploded shell fired by the insurgeat
| at Caloocan. 1t was picked up u,
Company NJ and the powder taken ont