Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-01
SULTAN COMES
 WITH PRAISE
 FOR AMERICA
Far Famed Ruler of SuIu In New York Declares He Has Only One Wife At Pres ent
(New York American)

The Sultan of Sulu came into Nea York yesterday, on the steamship St Louis As sooa as he had begun tC tnhale Yankee air he proceeded tS exhale 1t with a gale of compliment. for the Yankees.
 Between breaths he paused lone enough 10 declare that he had put aside three of his four wives. an, tht he was now a monosamist be cause. he said, it cost too much tt be a polygamist-
 He said the chief object of his visit to the United states was tc get Yankee school teachers and takt them back to ;ao island of Sulu witt him to teach his subjects Yankee ways.
 I'll take women school teachers as well as men," he declared. And the women teachers must dress .r up-to-iate American style. They'll have to wear hobble skirts once in a while and show the subjects of my country all about corsets and the rest Of that business"
 Seven retainers accompanied the sultan when he reached tho city. tAnd, by the way the snitans full. name is Hadji Mohammed Jumalai Kiran,. They were his brother. Dato Raj Muda. Mualil wassit, aa adviser: Charles werble. his inter- preter, and Hadji Gaulam, Hadji Ma homet, Hadji Thair and Maydo Salip, just ordinary followers. Maydo Salip was iheralded as descendant of the prophets. Notwithstanding this he and three other ordinary followers came over in the steerage.
 Colonel H. L. Scott, U s. A, went to quarantine in a revenue cutter to meet the sultan in behalf of the United States government. When he climbed on board the St Louis, His Highness, 8 meek-looking mild hammered little chap. was standing on the forword deck with his inter preter.
 He wore round cap which loked Ike q pill box. frock coat, loud gray necktie, small turndown col lar, low shoes. a boiled shirt and happy smile. He didn't look at all like a man who had ordered many executions in his day. and had had the heads of a number of his sub jects Topped off because of financial disputes.
 In one hand he carried an ivory cane, elaborateiy decorated with gold. This had been gwen him by General Luke Wright when he was governor general of the Philippines. The sul- tan smiled almost all the time. Peo- pie said things to him in English, but his only method of reply was by smiling and noddiug the head. And when he smiled he disclosed one TOW of blackened teeth, and all that was left of an equally blackened upper row. This upper TOW. in accordance with the custom of Sulu, has been filed and filed until only the gums are left It is considered very styl- ish to do this in Sulu.
 But there he was-the same old Sultan, who was once the terror of Sulu. tanned as the result of the ''benefcent assimilation" of the United States. Captain Scott ad- vanced toward him.
 Then the newspaper men got busy and began firing questions at the sultan, who said:
 T left Sulu on June 12 and went to Singapore, which I left on June 19. At Singapore I sold a number of pearls, nearly s1e0,0o0 worth.
 How many wives have you nowZ" was the next question. The Sultan understood this before the interpre- ter could rehash it into Suluese, and he laughed heartily.
 I had four four years ago." was the answer. Then a little later had only two. Now I have only one"
 What nave you done vita tisen. :'' Well. the laws of America allow a man only one wife," said the sui- tan.
 Didn't .ou resent .his!- asked 2 reporter.
 -Ah, no." said the sultan. Four wives Is no good One is very much better"
 Why
 "oh, four wives lots of trouble They cost so much Too many wives cost too much. Have to buy clothes for too many.
 Then the new civilization makes |; bad to keep many wives. But the main trouble is too many wives can't agree. They quarrel-pull hair some tines. They make trouble"
 0s leaving his home and his frfends in Jclo-pronounced Hoio, by the w1y-In the Island of Suiu, the lsffIe sultan determined to give the xaaderIust free reign Everywhere ke 44nf he sold pearls. which he had heussht with him from sulu. 4fs ides @es that his people were 4n dzrs 1sed of better educational ad- xeesanze aud he has raised nearly