Sully, Thomas

(1783-1872), came to America from England in 1792. He is famous for his paintings, ‘‘ Washington Cro ing the Delaware,” Thomas Jefferson, Fanny Kemble, Queen Victoria, Lafayette and ‘‘ The Capture of Major André.” ‘Sulu Islands, or Jolo Archipelago, comprise about 150 small islands, with a total area of 948 square miles, and have an estimated. population of 100,000. They lie between Borneo and Mindanao, and were an independent state until their annexation to Spain in 1878. They are still ruled as heretofore by an hereditary sultan and a regular nobility. The inhabitants are all Mohammedans and the Sultan maintains a harem as a religious right. The islands became the property of the United States by treaty with Spain December ro, 1898, and the allegiance of the Sultan was secured by promise of President McKinley that none of his former privileges should be curtailed, and by an annual allowance from the United States treasury of $8,000 for the maintenance of his court.