Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-08-14
SEVERE STORMS.
The New Adiufant General Of
the q. A. X.
THE OREGON PACIFIC
Mrs. James X. Polk Dead, Fatal
Hunting Accident, Powder Mill
Explodes, A Great Discovery, The
Hebrews, Foreign and State
News, etc.
srvpRE STORM IN MINNrsorA.

sEvBRE STORM IN MINNESOTA.
ELIswORrH, Mum. Aug. IA
The most terrific wind storm that
ever passed over this section of Min.
nesnta struck Ellsworth yesterday
afternoon and left the town COM
pele wreck. The Iowa, Minn. and
Oak. elevator was completely blown
to pisces. The Congregational
church was partially blown
down; dwellings aud the Burling-
ton depot suffered great damage.
For uuately no lives were lost.
There is not IA building in the city
thai Ia no; damaged. The loss will
reach S25, 1000.
LAKE BENTON, MIMI, Aug, IA
This place was visited yesterday 10y
destructive hail storm. In the
country everything in the shape OF
uncut grain Ia the path Of the storm
is anuilhilated. A terrific rain and
hail storm passed over Fulda, MINI.
the hail was larger than goose eggs
and poured down for half an hour,
breaking hundreds Of windows and
stripping the leaves aud small
brauches from the trees. The farmers
report The corn and flax badly dam
agel. Most of the wheat, oats and
barley had been cut, what was
standing will not be one third Of a
crop.
ApJUTANT GENERAL q. A. II.
ALBANY, n. ", Aug. Com
mander in Chief Palmer has an-
nouuccd the appointment OF Col.
Frederick p. Histerer, the prescn,
assistant adjutant general of the
state AS adjutaut general q. a. h.
THE o. p. MEN.
ALBANY, Aug. i4.-Mr. VIM. Nj.
Hoag, vice president of the o. p,
arrived yesterday, and says that the
employees shall have their pay. As
far as he Is concerned in the mat.
ters of the road every one believes
that, and moreover that their wages
would never have been In arrears II
he could have controlled the affairs,
The trouble is liiat the embTOglio In
New York where the control has
always been has mixed matters so
that arrearages In wages have ac-
cumulated. IL Is to be hoped that
the affairs will be straitened out and
the employees paid before II gets any
farther In the courts. The boys
have acted manfully and nobiy and
they should not only be promtly
paid but highly commended for the
action they have taken.
DEATH OF MRS. JAMES h. FOLK.
NASHVILLE, Aug. Il. - Sur
rounded by q few loving friends and
relations, Mrs. James X. Polk, re
llct of the tenth president of the
United States, died this morning at
1850. She had full possession of her
mental faculties. She had been In
perfect health until last "Wednesday
when she was suddenly taken with
the fatal illness.
FATAL HUNTING ACCIDENT.
SEATTLE, Aug. l4.--Leonard Ad-
,lleman, the l8-year-old son of John
L. Addleman, farmer living at
Houghton, on the east side OF Lake
Washington, accidentally shot and
killed him self yesterday morning.
The charge entered the right side
two inches below the nipple spd
ranged upward through tina lungs,
causing immediate death. The boy,
in company with his father and
uncle, was out grouse hunting, and
while the three were standing on
log the uncle saw bind and told
Leonard 20 shoot IL. The hoy had
an old Misunderstanding rifle charged
with bird shot, aud asked his father
10 exchange guns for the shot. The
father objected, hut the hoy per
sisted and he finally advanced
toward him with the intention Of
handing him the gun. Leonard
prUcet ded to set the old gua down
behind the log, Nhen the hammer
caught, the qua went of and the
change entered his body. lie fell
back, but not before his father was
on the spot. Throwing his arms
around Lis pa~nt's neck he said,
''oh, papa, then kissed him twies
upon he cheek aud expircd, When
the news was brought 20 his mother
she Iccame pr,sIraled with gr'el
aud is In a critical condition.
POWDER MIL ENPIonTS.
IRoNroN, Ohio. Aug. IA
powder mill a short distance below
Hnatiugton, W, Va, exploded this
morning. Three persons were klll,d
aud several wounded.
CIoUnRURsE
SAN DlHGo, Cal, Aug. lA-ln-
formation has Just resch,d here of a
disasten,ns clouthurst al Campo ia
this county, "Wednesday. The
lawn il situated at sha