Show V 1 I 4 t 1 I I IJ IL J L I I IN Looks Aota and d JI Jl Income How the ultan O 7 I I T r A I I and flow He e eU H PetI dPI PI and n N MI Tit I I L S L I I I I 11 IV Of I Sill U J L I u tn tans Capital ud sid an ot of Audience ll With HIli Hie VItt to the Ul thIns About blut H n ud d Wh Why H Ul Frit Wit Wife LIft Left r J a of I 1 H Of Bat and nd flow ted Jim Him lIb Hr frIes Through Our Correspondent o 11 Ills With the rio rID to the t tb t m se aid ud f f T 2 1 i V 0 I j I PRANK G V 1 C t 1100 by isik Q IS ISo V o tv ter JoIo Julie So 2 1110 VS to tor read th Ibi tt It wee a aIr r Ir J J In Arable y II Not t tj j 2 book and lId I Ii With be 01 thO of Huhl e a han tIit ma more power In tb bland thU ot of the cur In n 1 or thet of 01 b his brother the fn fl Turkey en IL H II e e a m of pesos however r ruther ther than wr war It Ii ft a Hse of W AA v sent by bF JaIl Pd majesty on this pa paper r to III bis brothers the tat can ean people It loll reid It Ift you 1 muM on OI th op lid of at the ps fur tor tI the Itoe wet I 1 rUtn the pe from to 4 left lat of from Itt to a aI with I I be lavi lied bd It freelY It ItI I r Il Us thu letter I Hadji KIrim th sultan ot of Hulu rrt to my t U t f th I unIt them m bit will aM all ale th the bO hope fist of the will be beI I I of to tb the people ot of hIli I hope bop ell C z hit at e my may bl be the of af I lallon ond that rn m Plan may p PrO nd rid lit M J 11 0 a K Written tb dy day ot the Uti moon moonS moona In t t C dill dillI T I S a CUING CALLING r TH rf tx n 1 I ThI 1 lIt Om Of an anY u uy y ut t C 1 n fl J t the I I or of d f In the th Sulu r ot of our OUI gun un hat Mantle i Colli T Tl l ra of Ih the it UI und un one I III I Ir r ro If had wi ii 11 1 I Major I k kr rl r th the tamer ane Ith h ha R a of and nd Iii I IU ly U he l called lIed around the ct tG to the capital of Ute the u 1 i itan tan 11 we spent pent om tim rI y 1 t through the town w were by the I IIII tb the mother and had a long with tb the to III the I ked Ih the cut ul 11 It If he be would not ot through mI me a Word ord or so 0 to the American p opt The result thu the I that wee wal Ir er math In thIs WAY 11 by br a royal potentate aur ce WI held In whet what I hUt 11 e call called 1 th the lace alae of the sultan ultan fiL It look looka to me IDe snore mON like Ilk a moia be bet between t tween a bun bent and a thin n Palle yet seen It I by br a mud wall all bout about leVi f fiet In heIght d b by gate at Moice Ita stead with great knives at t their Ide alt 04 Ion long II spears In their held W hAtt i to anc ik but aboul a TIlls alii from the wharf harf before w we got 01 tt tO he palace and abel that over oer t the roughest road read yol 0 rail ecu W We not the th Nero tee tHo his hll would lilt get mn mans mansa a fall In going 01 toW and from hi home over thIs Ibl of mush coral rock He brisk brak hh bh neck In about tb the streets of N capital for the town III I made up of core ot of thatched huts hut built from teti teft tr to feet above bo the pound around upon The mot mOlt lit of th the house are fr far out In the r II ec that the town snI to be afloat at al hIb tide When the water I Is low then III I a wide of mud bet between It and the lt It w wee so 10 when we arrived and It took look us II bOut about two hours boura to get t to the ebor W We were er rowed In from the by the lIora till w we came In to toa Ii a place wh where Ih the water w was pe 10 shallow that the rowboats rowboat tack stuck In the mM lien Hr I semi IIII of th tb naval oft their boM ho roll rolled up their pantaloons and waded to the lit which led up t to the street built high ban upon pile HomA ome were Ire In on the backs ot o halt half naked and nd other took canoes and wem dragged b by men through the mud I nt fleet tried the bark back or of a but the man staggered so 0 that I r and nd m my camera Would be In the mull mud mid and I for lor cook ook him for a WI We walked 1 through tb the town No 10 slippery lIpper that they Rr are for tor u II tb the Mono Moroa who go 10 bollt In alf feet leet We passed a do stores tM In which were re Chinee merchant good poda out over th the wat W We nt h a crowd of II of yr l foro Iah ach f whom bom hd had a upon of nf cOTh kind trapped to hi 11 1 an ni finally after aher crossIng a river 1 hed t the tie wn of tb the sultan sultanA A guard of Zut Indian soldiers Iut r I UP 1111 C We the t We It r a lOW door sad and I on nn thc leer were mt met b by hl hi 11 by I a cutthroat kIng gang anI if tt and chief hlf The 11 II i Into a 10 1014 room and md naked UI rik our seats eat at a table upon 1 v I r of fruit anti and II took th at Rl at the head and Wf w ate tp und find drank coffee an and smoked I Igar or two to tore to After thu there WI was a discussion lon tb b ut th the net cUllom ct which had been imposed et at Job 1010 and hi maJ majesty ty had several verat mike mille a as tu to tb the treatment of his sub boo b by the soldiers In the various ln of thu Ibl At Atone Atone one time during the there wee a while Willi I made a photograph of I hll majesty and d lb the en ene I had an excellent tC take note nol of Jutt juit how he be leeks loob A OF TIlE sULTAN a stocky tock little fellow tello or of not 1101 over In feet four with the face of I a mulatto slightly Let him ilUm have ban a high receding forehead I large yellow lIow ears ar and nd sensual I lips on the upper on one of which I a thin black mustache hi head bud put blue velvet cp cap bout about Ia Inches high ud and let It this be back from hi his dark yet JI 10 tow forehead LIt Let him eem unworn In a light european suit ant nd a white shirt with Ith a turnover collar fastened b by a gold collar but button button ton Watch atch him U II he open I hi lips and notice hll hi teeth are jet Mack Muk and andee H ee U you ou can the 1 ly cunning cruel look under hi manner hi hand put rl each set t with pearl earl a bl big as marrow marro ft fit pea and nd In on of than let It him hold a cane lne have baY havea a fair Idea of the sultan u a hi It sat t be berON before rON fore m me not hours bourl ago 80 11 lie wu we not prepo and Indeed the tho ditto and servant abOut him looked much more imposing tb thaI he be HI brother Rajah Mud had a great bolo bob bobIt It at hi lid aide end nd hi bl hedd headdress wap a a turban U we 18 clad In tb the pie pia Moro Mono costume as 11 wire all 1111 the them themen m men In th tb room the foreign I en 11 and hi ItOW TIlE SULTAN TUII ADMIRAL Ev Every Mono oro had bd a word or g spear pear and e ci I looked at our Am Amer Amerlean lean party I thought of U tb that might aria rl In case a of a dispute and re remembered a etory which I 1 heard the ther day of how tb the lather of f thu sul sultan ul ultan tan once Intimidated an 1 d during hi visit to this VI very tal and nd There Thre hd had been some eom ai aito to accounts between tilt the and ad tb the and 1114 the to It by I giving a number of pearls pearl The Tb admiral wanted waIted hard cull cash lie It grew fW and nd Mid aid to bl his majesty II If you OU dont ply pay what I ask I will go 0 back to m my boat bot and nt then lien Hefe tb the old sultan raised hi hand with a gesture alture end nd every everyone ver verone one of hi hundred retainers talner about him drew hI his bl bob lo or and raised railed it at ready to The admIral had only a mall email party part with him and nd the due dele ration gation could have eally eaily been chopped Into A the came aam out tb the admIral topped stopped In hll hi and Ind the sultan took up hit his words worell In hug hi an interrogative but f tOM ton then T TI r I Ob Mill Mid the d 4 t teen we werm rm settle It hi tom ome wa way fled Dad DadI h uttered the b he to eke england would probably have had bd hada a roal frt m tile lOll Of STI nd nation woUld probably 1 tNt put ot of t e TU 0 OP Tb The present leat to at we very 1 weak but bUI he I a mn man of gret t power among mon the Mono and b he could It If II he Would cause the t States po pa end ead of nt Hf He has baa bun been very in III the first pi pitt by len Gen GenI I HeWs and nd of 01 late lat by Major Own Owin J 1 He Is know the greatest of our bel being rev reverenced by br them not only he be I Ithe Ithe the heir to a royal roat II line of sultana but also alao bt h he has hall made a pilgrimage to Nc Meca and II a supposed to have Iti hi direct the foun tam sur ure lie I ruler In the Sulu alone Ione ot of about Mono and nd is II the head of the moms oro of North Hf He baa bs some IOme bind of authority over the Mono Soro of but It I 1 more nominal than reat and nd euch as al 1141 and othere hUdI him Here HIN In Mulu he I to have havet t te hI power if life lite sad Dd death over hi his HI power I is limited however somewhat like that of tb the king tn the Ia of feudalism Some of the datto refu to obe obey him and mke war upon him in III cue hi demands do not suit I 1 heir dens and Dd plan He bal ha alwa always or lee IH trouble with his lall people them a as far as he be cap ctt with rebellion THE OF THE SULTAN SULTANA A large lare part of the tbt Income of the cut Ivl tan Ian comes from He hat ha hi men watch to ice which of bJ his subject are re making money and RII ni o n as m man gets he ta ii r a with Ith corn m crime anti the is IM rr Jr It ft nat ha hac for tor hl he III have hae him ot of tom seine and lId bI him to pay r at once Into the royal t The Th fallu to ph means J most mOlt cases asil alii tile Ie e to up bal asee The feet feat thing lb case tt bli I is to eh matters ml other d y Moro Mono In hi a l cbs stolen H accused the thier to 10 j ta the and his hb r ri caught him Th The thief wal u I Iy ply y 1106 Into the royal while the sultan Ute the now The other day a the learned that one ane or of hi had bd bOut about 1000 JI It charged him with Itching for tor pili Pie without license and lined him UIt lino H sent hi bl bodyguard J Jand and the crown prince to the village me tv to collect the fill line and nd th the people r than be attacked Joined together paid It According to the I laws here very every pearl peari which It Is found of a value of too goes to th the sultan and I aig At told that h he baa hu a great t fortune In pearls stored awa away In hll hi barn ot of a palace Just Juet before betON h he went nt to Mecca sold 1014 pearl to till the amount of U n car a lot ot of pearls pearlt with him and aud dur durIng III Ing hi stay ta at t Singapore he was Wat robbed or of about PO worth orth ot of Sonic one broke open his hie box on n night and lId stole tole hi his crown rings some IOme p pearls rIe Ulc and other jewell Another source ollre ot of the royal Income Is II tb the tribute which the Ihl sultan tram from the North Borneo company for the lees leue of the lands about This pays pay him I a year but Int I ant not net sure whether It I is silver or gold COld W We pay a him art It annual tribute ot of 1100 08 In THE TRE SULTANS hAREM The sultan ultan I is lIke Solomon In that hi he heh h wi Im I am that h hb he b ha In th the neighborhood ot of a dosen In addition to the man many females of hi his royal harem JIll His first wire wife who ho II I a princess hu has Ift him on account of a multiplicity of hi lov loves She dill did n net t object to tb the tour wives provided for by the Koran Kora but bUI when hi maJett de demanded demanded a score ah she began to get jeal nus nUl and got ot a dIvorce She now Uv Uvon live on the opposite side Id of the Island In a abig bl big white whit bOil at a Moro Ioro vII some IOme distance et east of Jolo 1010 The rhe divorced sultana II i saId lAid to be a very weman and ehe che I is the only wife that hi majesty h baa had who I is ot of royal blood On this account lecount provided hi he dol does not nol marry the daughter of a datto and nd have children b by a princess h he will wIil willbe be by his hll brother for the law are re that the cn can only go 0 to the offspring of the sultan and a I eta aln told that bl his majesty hat has proposed aed to the daughter of Detto Datto but that the datto refu refuses his hll consent At hi his brother Rush Raja Mud is II In the direct line ot of lon TilE FIRST WITH TilE TUE AMERICANS The sultans ultan At audience with our people 11 was some IOme time before Oral General Bat Bates came cam It wu was with Captain Hagadorn who had taken of Job Jolo The sultan ultan came cam across the Is Island land on horseback Captain hu han told the th of the meeting t I Md he ha heThe The eAred before he hc 1111 or of the tow on a white horse lUlled y fifty ft or at an wicked lOOk I lug chaps II as ever cut a throat thront They TIler were dressed In brilliant color colo aU all wearing turbans turban sod and all carrying big brun barong and krie Some had bd long spear pIari and others were armed with rube The himself wan In evening dress although U It was 1 10 In the mom morning ng white whit shirt w was dirty and he collar cellar 11 lie had a lar large e epearl pearl ring on the little lager of his hla left hand hlAd anti nd three bl big diamond studs accentuated the Ibe dirt ot of lila skirt bosom boom boomI I mt met him and took him to the gover governor over nor of Job Jolo who wu then Captain Pratt and nd we held there a conference which lasted luteel several hou hours W We had no and nd some ome ot of the sultans at t went to the ash ab barrel and nd secured tomato cans cana to be used II as spit spittoon toon Tb The sultan him himself to todo todo do this and dyed tb the floor door of the b suit aud lence room a brilliant reel red with hi ax TIt The sultan left wIth ot of friendship which w we and nd he would be II lie Impressed upon UI ua that It any aro w we should to him and talk III It over When t e left the he house boue end nd wished d to mount hi his horse he motioned to a slave Iu who threw OR on hi his race face on UI the ground Tile Tb sultan ultan put ut his hll foot on Ute the bAck ot of ott t tb slave and thus thu got ot onto the aad saddle Je JeA A VISIT TO TilE SULTANA During Durin our nur stay ta at we called upon the UI Jur sultans ultan mother Ib he Is II a woman ot of great flat power 11 It Is II said tb the She 1 ig vouch d and some UKI ugly whispers are re uttered about her past For In Instance stance tane It I ii said that the old sultan hd had an skier son lIOn by another wife but that she wee 11 anxious to O have hr her oldest son IOn the present sultan ultan on the throne Till This w was Im impossible without the death of the father and the older boy and they both Wed lIed very Iry suddenly It Is whispered by poison The sultana Is II a womAn ot of strong trong character General Datel realized her strength and nd did what he could to make mke her our friend giving hr her some Ome money a well a as other present She was wa wavery very much pleased with the general at the clone CiON of his interview pre hUn him a rift gift In return It consisted of her bel dead husbands husband purple trou trousers and hIs embroidered satIn jacket which ah she had treasured for many years yer These were wre so 80 rotted by time that hat you ou could stick your tinier finger through them The sultana was courtly wIth lIh I the general apologizing for the poor poorness n ness of her home borne and telling hIm that now that the Americana were here uhe hoped to be able to build a better on one In which to receive she h added Although my house It II poor an and broken down donn It Is II alwa always at your disposal THE SULTANA AND TilE ThIs GRAPH During our audience with the sultana ah she a asked UK uc for some more roll to use Ue with th the phonograph whIch Gener General at al Dates Bate sent her at the expense of the government was wall a phonograph on one of the gunboats which first caine to the Sulu Island bland It Will was shown to the Moros Moroe and among other to Rajah the Ron non of th sultana and nd brother of the sultan ulton The Th natives were allowed to talk Into It and they were weN so 0 |