The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-04-30

II II wish to collect a
G1 rich and rare stock
CLHNs1 Of flesh creeping
/x%SN -oook stories: + 50,
NJ IN come to Washing
IWs IN ton. HE yourself 10
..-5-l that great white
Giii'7',ila building :. on ,,a the cl hill
EETYs 'i'; s'%" one % sail '"s
NItN't .I'I% an extra tip and he
[X&3~ will take YOU amid
S., rrr 7 ,'$ %s5I' S Sa !4o:
~ IT, snsnsh a. dark tale. to
A.. + they 10 not satisfy You. pick ac-
.sarc "itA one of the sccdy. hungry
ur!iyiluals You will find at the
81 .. "a. grand staircase, who ten to
81 professional guide also. and ask
tra FL, point uut to You all the haunted
... .a the rity and tell you their weird
r..r.r.. And either of these gentlemen
nr fell vnu what they believe to be the
,l3p uarArn!shed truth. The Capitol
..... have strange things to tell about
,r. rp.anny ,loings in the yaulted CORR
dor, af,rr nightfall. The ghosts they tell
about are not simple, everyday
WISH r., from the land of the
,r>..,. hut the shades of distin-
sgj>hci men in the nations history.
I'll. majestic spiritual ego of John Quincy
Adams. once President of the United
g W.. Ip,,;lan, II,,, Will,
Massachusetts statesman. and of Gen.
John \. Logan, famous in field and
f,r.m. are said to haunt by night the
acho.ug halls where Legislators tread by
day
When the r~rdoubtablc Andrew Jack
s,n was inaugurated. March 4, lS29.
Aigm, retired for "A short while to private
life. l. was not until Feb. p, 1913. that
De- lied. He was AT that time a repre-
sentative. and his passing away was
tragic. Daring a session of the House he
suddenly slipped from his seat to the floor.
Aror.cNy. IN" doctors said. He was
t"r'- 'u Il room near by. where not many
g.. ., latter he died. with but Il few muir
Ml+l words.
l. Wa> :olt long after the unhappy
Yrr' tina, There was Whispering among
I'D, H.rjnl~ who took care of the Capitol
Hr...l- ticr lark thar someone like
"... ,lr Iol,l Adams was seen nightly to
pass n,i pt the speakers room. in which
10. 'N-l'r >idrnt had ii"l. into the House
rIs'Itcr. which i now Statuary hall. and
Wl.''' ain,li aMon- the seats. 1t would
rt's. .", j" thr hair occupied 10y Adams.
'."a -aI'ally fade away INFO nothing
.->. .Aijr. tn" seats were removed and
-.1ia, places in III" hall the change APP
'art..r Disconnected the distinguished
-''>' ,pr. according to the best author!-
'-, jlp>r VIII. Claimed to have seen the
N.'r prns, ding. The shade of the states
aiu Wandered around and around the
r.anl"r. and finally passed out without
aiirtr H'iY having found his former place
'' 'Illr occupation. But later Il small
'"'azr tablet was inserted in the floor.
'A@' n III" good Offices of somebody who
'ri sorry for the ghost, upon the spot
"ii'r" John Quincy Adams chair used TO
>taaI. and then It is said the ghost walk
eel as before. with every evidence of be-
'a- ''4cr again at peace. This particular
NAa !c was seen on Feb. p last. and is not
"-h4u uAitiI tAtl udit.
What purportcd TO be the ghost of the
beloved Nice-IrcSident is said 10 move
aaI have its ethereal being in the Vice
IFr>i!cntS room. the marble room. where
I'D" Senators receive their callers, and in
me- corridors th"reabouts. 1t was while
N 'Ae hrst named apartment that Mr..
Wilson was also suddenly visited by the
"h-'I of death. Nov. 10. 1870. who re-
lha.n"i with him until Nov. ~, when he
tied. after three severe shocks of apo
p,rXy.
Ihr apparition supposed to represent
ms poor man Is occasionally declared To
ITSELF suddenly. as if evolutcd
on " ia" thin air, and as quickly vanish
Il9A III" approach of a mortal.
l'" spirit ~ Black Jack Logan is said
'' make is appearance at exactly twenty
minutes after y o'clock midnight. The
-.I'ri' was N pnr time chairman of III"
'i"N-jl"c on Military Affairs, and out
w ms committee room he energies, TAX
~ ear" 10 clos" the dour after him, and
-''"> swiftly down the corridor. 10 dis
'lprar without trace or sound. This is
''r"'pS tn" most substantial of all III"
'| W ~ ~ biiA - -
''f>''> ready - attest having witnessed
mysterious passage through the
-.'omy halls.
hN' II does not take the actual appear
'A'' ~ thcS" shades to make the Capitol
I pace of g-rewsomcncss and awe III
l-Aj. In the stiffness that pervadcS II
'''r shutting at one end of the long
mining may be family heard at the
'h'f. ana a step in the rotunda will
"Ai" back from all sides with startling
'cAoiAg. 1t is one Of the stories that
Very night there is Il sound in the portico
,! Inc Scnatr wing as Of some one scrub
'4aG III" marble floor and the noise OF
Nai"r being thrown down on it is plainly
'Hl'lr. Capito! officials tell of an aged
I'-rp who used 70 be one Of the sweeps,
I'M VINO lied "A number OF years ago. and
Nh'' they say. performs his early morn
duties II washing up just Il few hours
'rt"rr daybrcak each day. This ghostly
n'4FIluaI i the Unseen terror Of all the
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