Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-21

and sentence him 70 pay az once into
the royal treasury 81 600 The failure 10
pay means death n most cases, and the
mans friends have 20 make up the ball
auce. The safest thing in case OF trou-
be is to settle such matters yourself
The other day q Moro in SLASH h8d a
COW stolen lie accused the thief 20
the sultan and hts majesty's officers
caught him The thief was sentenced TO
pay tl0j into the royal treasury. while
the sultan c0nhscated the cow
The other day the sultan learned that
one OF bis subjects h1d about $1,000 He
charged him with fishing for pearls
without license and fined him 5000
stIaightway He sent his bodyguard
and the crown prince to the village to
collect the fine. and the people rather
than be attacked Joined together and
paid o.
According TO the laws here every
pearl which is found OF a value OF about
500 goes Co the sultan, and ] am told
that he has % great fortune IN pearls
stored away In his barn Of a palace.
Just before he went 90 Mecca ne sold
pearls 90 the amount OF $4,000. lie car
rled a lot of pearls with him, and dur
ing his stay no Singapore he was robbed
Of about $4,000 worth OF jewelrH Some
one broke open his box one night and
stole bis crown rings, some pearls and
other Jewels.
Another source Of the royal income Is
the tribute which the sultan receives
from the North Borneo company for the
lease Of the lands about Sandakan. This
pays him 5000 a year, but ] am not
sure whether 70 is silver or gold We pay
him an annual tribute Of $1,000 in silver.
THE sULTANs HAREM.
The sultan Is like Solomon in that he
has numerous wives. I am told that he
has In the neighborhood OF a dozen, IN
addition % the many females Of bis
royal harem, His first wife. who Is a
princess has left him on account Of
multiplicity OF his loves She did not
object 90 the four wives provided FOR by
the Koran but when his majesty de-
manded a score. she began to get jeal-
Gus and got a divorce She now lives
ON the opposite side OF the island IN
big white house al Mabu, a Moro VIII
lage. some distance east OF Jolo The
divorced sultana Is said 10 be a very
bright woman. and she is the only wife
that his majesty has had who Is OF royal
does not marry the daughter OF a dattO
and have children by princess. he will
Doe succeeded by his brother. for the
laws are that the succession can only
go 90 the offspring OF the sultan and
princess I am told that his majesty
has proposed 10 the daughter OF Datto
kalbi but that the datto refuses his
consent AT present his brother. Rajah
Muda is I'm the direct line OF succession.
THE SULTAN'S FIRST AUDIENCE
WITH THE AMERICANS.
The sultan's first audience with our
people was some time before General
Bates came. II was with Captain
Hagad0rn. who had taken possession Of
Jol0 The sultan came across the is
land on horseback Captain Hagadorn
has told me the circumstances OF the
meeting said he
The sultan appeared before the walls
~ the town on a white horse. accom-
panied by fifty or sixty as wicked look
ing chaps as ever cut a throat They
were dressed In brilliant colors. all
wearing turbaus. and an carrying big
haruugs aud krises Some had long
spears and others were armed with
rifles
The Sultan himself was IN evening
dress. although Il was 10 o'clock In the
morning His white shirt was dirty
and De- wore no collar. lie had a large
pearl ring on the little finger Of his
lsft hand. and three big diamond studs
8ccentuated the dirt Of his shirt bosom,
I met him and took him 90 the COVER
nor OF J0l0 who was then Captain
Pratt and we held there q conference,
which lasted several hours. We had no
cuspIdors. and some OF the sultan's at
teud8uts went 20 the ash barrels and
secured tomato cans 90 be used as spit
to0ns The sultan himself scorned to
90 this and dyed the floor OF the aud
fence room a brilliant red with his ex-
pectorations.
The sultan left with protestations Of
friendship. which we and he hoped
would be lasting He impressed upon
us that II any difficulty arose we should
come 10 him and talk 20 over. When
be- left the house and wished 90 mount
his horse he motioned 10 a slave. who
threw himself on mis- face on the ground
The sultan put his foot on the back OF
the slave and thus got onto the saddle
A VISIT TO THE sULTANA,
During our stay at Mybun we called
up0n the sultaua or the sultan's mother
She Is O woman % great power. control
ling. It Is said. the sultan himself she
is much feared and some ugly whispers
are uttered about her past. For in
stance. It Is said that the old sultan