Show consternation IN THE CAPITOL THE tae following account of so some me of the effects of a thunderstorm which passed over the national capital on the dinst is given la in a special dispatch to the denver hews there was an aa unadvertised scene at the capitol capitol today which suggested the last day ay of pompeii A terrible thunder storm passed over the city about 2 and an uncommonly strong thunderbolt struck the goddess of liberty who stands stand 8 on guard at the top of the dome T the he fluid was instantly distributed over the entire building being carried upon the iron girders and pillars the report was like the explosion of a shell and every person erson on the floors and in the galleries fe s of bath houses bouses sprang to their feet balls of fire seemed to be circulating in the airoff both chambers a and d running about promiscuously in the corridors no injury was done within the building further than the destruction of the telegraph and telephone apparatus in the reporters galleries but bat a horse which was standing under the archway of the tb senate side was instantly killed and his bis driver received a severe shock the people in the rotunda where there were a number of sightseers were the most frightened for the bolt fell immediately over their heads and it seemed to them as if the dome was coming down but it survived that blast as it has many former ones the goddess of liberty is always a favorite mark for jove and similar incidents have happened although never before while congress was in session the justices of the supreme court were so shocked that they rose from their chairs but settled back again at once looking as it if they had bad done a childish thing in the s subbasement sub ab basement baleme nt an engineer in charge ot the electric light apparatus was knocked out of hi his chair and nearly all the electric it lights ats were extinguished inane an unimportant bill was under ander consideration and no one happened to be on the floor except the reading clerk who was reciting its lines in a singsong sing song tone re he stopped as the crash tell fell and looked around in a dazed way whereupon senator manderson Mander soa soiA who is an aa old soldier and has heard similar noises on the field of battle arose as coolly as it if nothing had hap happened happeney penea and offered an amendment senator stanford acted for a moment as it 11 he was injured he placed his bis hand band first to his heart then to his head two tewo or three of his bis colleagues who noticed the movement went over to him but he be said he was all right and ex explained I 1 lai ned that he was peculiarly sensitive to the effects of lightning in the house of representatives consternation reigned for a few moments the house was considering toe eight hour rebate bill mr lane was speaking the galleries were well allekand fille Alle dand the house was attending with more ore than usual AnVe interest to th the proceedings r 0 ce edings 9 jast as the hands of the clock marked markeda a there was a vivid flash and a peal of under thunder t for an instant the proceedings roce edin sto stopped ped and every member 9 er started 98 in h bs a seat some lumped jumped out of their seats and all looked as it expecting the roof to tall fall upon them people in the galleries got into t the e corric corridors fOrs as quickly aa possible la u the prose press gallery ft a ball bal fa col 0 ure fire an fl big as a mants mans two fists flashed upon the switch board and all the wires but one were cut off |