Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-22

Of the other events:
For s-year olds and upwards, ont
mile-Joe Garter won, Yale '91 sec
ond. Iabold third; time, 1:535.
For 3 year.olds and upwards, milk
and oue-eigthth- Santiago won
Sportsman second, Dickerson third
time, 265.
For 3.year-olds and upwards, mile
and ne-sixteenth-St. Albaus won,
Martin Russell second, Marie X.
third; time 1871.
For 2-year-olds, FIVE furlongs-
Strathmeath won, Frank Kinney
second, Court Gum third; time ]; ;07.
BEHRINa SEA ARBTTRATIoN.
LONDON, June %. - Sir George
Baden Powell, member Of parlia-
ment, and w. Dawson, Of the Can
adian survey department, have been
appointed arbitrators IN the Behring
sea conference decided upon between
the government of the United States
and the government of Great Brit
ain. The first meeting of the board
Of arbitration will take place in
October next. The commissioners
will spend two months on a man-of-
war, cruising in Behring sea, for the
purpose of gaining thorough
knowledge of the situation.
SULLIVAN VS.. sLAvIN.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June %. -
The following dispatch has been
received from Pittsburg, Kansas,
signed by John p. Norris:
"The sporting editor of the Daily
Star is authorized by the CONNER
cial club to wire John l.. Sullivan
offering purse of $50, 900 to secure
the Sullivan-Slavin fight at Pitts
burg, Kansas"
SAN FRANCISCO, June 22.-The
forecast for Oregon and Washington
is light rains.
ARABIAN NIGHTS.
LONDON, June %. In addition to
the facts which have been already |
published about the burning of the
manuscript of Sir Richard Burton's
last work by his widow, although
she was offered 60O0 guineas for it,
as told by Lady Burton herself, will
be particularly interesting.
1t must be borne i'm mind that at
the time when Sir Richard produced
his favorite translation of the "Arab.
ian Nights" there was a great out
cry on the subject, as it was alleged
that, although in an expurgated
form the book was in every library
in the world, yet unabridged it was
unfit for publication, and was only
suitable to be in the hands of scho.
lars, who are presumably beyond
the consideration of ordinary moral
ity.
This book, 1t may be added fetches
large sums whenever a copy is offer
ed for sale. Lady Burton's present
action condems her to poverty. "My
husband she said, "has been col
Letting for fourteen years inforlna-
tion and materials on certain sub
.jects for his list volume of Supple
mental Nights. When it was finish.
ed he then gave himself up entirely :
to writing this book called The ,
Scented Garden, translation from :
the Arabic.
at treated of a certain passion, =
ion't let any one suppose for "
moment that Richard Burton ever y
wrote anything from an impure "
'oint of view. He dissected the
'assion from every point as critic
lily as a doctor would dissect a hui =
nan body, showing its source and N
'rigin, its evil and good, as well as p
Is proper uses, al
"rhe day before he died he called u
me into his room and showed me a u
page of the Arabic manuscript on q
which he was working, and said. I
Tomorrow | shall finish this, and :
! promise you after this l will never
write another book on this subject
He added: Il am afraid 1t will
make great row in England because
the Arabian Nights was baby
tale In comparison to this, Next
day he dled,n After serious consl
deration his wife burned the manu-
script page by page.
KANSAS EIGHr-HoUR LAW,
Topeka, Kan, June % The
controversy over the elght-hour law
has been brought TO an issue. At
torney-General Ives received let :,
ter Saturday from President Martin
dale, of the state penitentiary board
of directors, refusing to comply with y
the law, The letter is in response
TO one written by the attorney gen
eral, at the request of the governor S
that the board of direct n
ors see that the law be rigidly en- o
forced, President Martindale says d
he does not consider the law applies 4
to the penltentlary. 1t is probable {
the governor will instruct the at v
torney-general to institute quo war $
ranto proceedings against the board c
In the supreme court. (
TRIED TO ESCAPE.
Cole CITY, Ga, June 22.-The 4
prisoners at a convict camp, twenty ]
miles from Chattanooga, Tenn, at '
tempted TO escape. and two guards /
aud two convicts were killed.
TOO LATE.
CLIFTON, Arz., June 22.-Slxteen