Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-05-20
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFE.
Queer Facts and Thrilling Adven-
lures Which Show That Truth Is
Stranger Than Fiction.

Queer Facts and Thrilling Adven-
lures Which Show That Truth Is
Stranger Than Fiction.
THE little port of Taltal, Chile, is to
the fore with curiosity which is ahead
of all others. This is three weeks old
baby, whose right hand bears the imprint
of a human face. The face occupies
nearly the whole palm, and is IS clearly
outlined as if drawn on porcelain. 1t is
the countenance of little child about
three years old lying asleep, with the
eyelashes drawn in fine dark lines on the
full cheeks The mouth seems to be
slightly parted and the lips are delicately
tinted. The baby whose palm contains
this singular portraiture is the child of
Garcia Meron, and Mrs Meron declares
that the face in the infants palm is that
of little girl she lost about three months
before the baby's birth. Relatives and
intimate friends profess to be able to see
the strong resemblance to the dead child
When the baby was first put in its
mothers arms she looked at the hands,
and, with loud cry, tainted away but
on coming to herself exhibited the little
cratures hands to the attendants, who
saw at once the strange likeness TO the
dead and gone sister. Mrs. Mcron was
at first much frightened over the singular
circumstance. but was at last convinced
that this strange portrait was sent to
comfort her. Physicians say, however,
that the mothers caress Of the dead child
impressed the unborn infant, who merely
repeated her mental pictures of the little
girl as she last beheld it. The image on
the palm was much clearer the first few
DAYS of the baby's life than now, and is
thought to be gradually fading away.
The family are very sensitive on the sub
iect, and have refused to show the child
except to relatives and most intimate
friends.
"IND1AN JoHN," an aged Columbia
River Indian, was recently committed to
the county. poor farm near Portland, Ore.
According to the testimony of pioneers
he is the Oldest Indian in the Northwest,
his age being placed at more than 1875
years. Deputy District Attorney Hall,
who has been a resident of Portland
thirty-fve years, says that when he first
knew "Indian John" he was reputed to
} be at least 100. He was always a friend
of the white men. 1t is related that
when DR.. Whitman was murdered at
Walla Walla, and the Indians talked of
attacking Portland, John was one of
those who left The Dailes, went to the
city, and warned the settlers to be pre-
pared for raid. John, whose mind is
= still clear, relates the following story
"Many years before became Chief OF
the Columbia River Indians, my tribe
was saved from destruction in a remark
able manner. One day the Klickitats
t came. down into their lands and camped
in bottom under vast, overhanging
cliff near the Sandy bridge My tribe
were few in number. but brave. They
( would not fly and could not fight theil
enemies, who were very numerous. Sc
during the night they appealed to the
Great Spirit to destroy their enemies
l and in answer to their prayers he feleC
the rock, and the Klickitats were buried
beneath it. Not man escaped
A STORY comes from San Francisco
to the effect that the British ship Drum
craig on recent voyage from that city
: around the Horn, saw a vessel frozen NJ
in an iceberg. The weather was heavl
and foggy, and the Drumcraig was max
ing fair Roadway, when a slight acciden
r compelled her to lie to- Suddenly on
of the fog in front doomed up a hug
!, iceberg. Had it not been for the &C
o cident the Drumcraig would have rul
right on to the berg As the damage OF
4 the ship was being repaired the iceber!
veered around and there was disclosed
sight that struck terror into every heart
On the berg, high above the water mark
was wooden bark of about 1000 tons
The Ice completely surrounded her hui
up as high as her decks, and her mast
and rigging were hung with icicles
u From her build it was evident that tn
bark had been launched years ago. Wit
his glasses the captain made out tw
S bodies in the ships shrouds. The cre'
would have refused to make any inve.
; tigation even had not the rough sea pr,
). vented. So the derelict, frozen fast i
the iceberg, is probably sailing j
Ii southern polar seas.
o A CURIOUS specimen OF the collapse
boom towns that are to be found in par
of the West is Sullivan, some ten mile
II from Denver, Col. 1t was started by til
- promoters of the scheme of the DenvC
Water Company to dam the subterranea
Z, flow of Cherry creek and pump ii int
IN enormous reservoir for the use of tn
people of Denver. The work was a
l. engineering failure, and financial on,
~. as many Eastern bondholders found GU
~ While the boom lasted thousands Of me
}. were employed, buildings sprang up lik
mushrooms, prices of corner lots SCARED
and there was even a bitter post offic
n fight. A year and half ago operation
stopped, there was an exodus Of specula
!. tors, tradesmen and laborers, the pos
!. Office was shut up, and Sulivans great
ness was a thing of the past. Anon
= the acres of building materials, sand
h stone, trusses, pipes, boiler stacks an
plates, etc, abandoned when the cras
t came. the coyote sometimes picks hi
way now, and he is the only guest at tn
mammoth hotel that was once the sigh
), OF the place.