Show tragedy and romance of the dome F I 1 ASHINGTON the great white W washington united states capitol building Is a sort of central magnet of great power which attracts many queer people from all sections of this broad land capt J P a union war veteran with a splendid record Is in command of the capitol police force and the peculiar people who flock t to the big building come under his hleb bb atlon away backan the before capt became chief of the capitol police the tragedy of the dome occurred A young catholic priest who had become demented fr from 0 in ascended to the platform just below the goddess of liberty more than teet beet above terra fiema and plunged hb headlong adiong into if space in it striking biking we ane thick copper I 1 sheathing of roofing ove over r t the h 0 the body mado made a deep deegin indentation in the metal w which h ich Is now pointed out to visitors by the capitol guides lexi to lo the tragedy of the dome la in a recent occurrence which is designated as iliae the romance of the dome A young couple securer secure 4 N permission if felon from Capt to be married beneath the great bronze goddess of liberty on the lofty congress steeple A preacher tendered his services and the novel ceremony was performed in midair mid ald air beneath the goddess with two capitol policemen and a sprinkling of visitors an aa witnesses then comes the comedy of the dome an eccentric fellow who had invented a parachute made an ineffectual effort to test his invention by 1 sending down from the dome several of his parachutes with cats attached to io them he was evidently afraid to risk his own precious life so decided to use felines his purpose was thwarted by the capitol p police olice reen re en I 1 forced by the washington humane society statuary hall Is one of the most interesting te apartments in the capitol it contains the stone and bronze statues of a number of americans distinguished alike in war and peace famous generals statesmen state amen explorers and diplomats contributed to the general government by the several states each state selecting its most illustrious sons included among these statues are hose of george washington and homas H benton of missouri daniel webster and age gent starke of new hampshire robert fulton inventor of t the steamboat and H H M muhlenburg arg of pennsylvania ethan Etha nAll alien en of vermont cass of michigan gen james A garfield and allen alien of ohio ro roger ger sherman 0 of f connecticut i john jay of new york richard stockton and the dashing blan sen phil kearney of now new jersey ab abraham lincoln gen shields ik of missouri jacques marquette the priest explorer senator kenney west virginia and clinton Cllnton of now new york |