07 Aug 1897
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1897
Page
1
Miss Hattie Bond, found gagged and bound at the Union Park lodging house, recounts a brutal assault as police pursue new leads. Captain Foster and Deputy Hanscom question suspects while Dr. McQueeney conducts a medical exam and ransacks the scene for clues.
Reporters secured access to Miss Bond for the first time since the incident. She was found lying on her bed at the rear of the house, surrounded by friends offering sympathy, pale and visibly ill as they waited.
Hattie the hired girl told Post reporters Deputy Hanscom pressed about Miss Bond's lover and alleged involvement. She defended Bond and Mrs Arno as longtime friends, noting Bond was sick recently and that the girl would not betray her friend. Hanscom proved the box opened with common keys during the inquiry.
After completing the examination Dr McQueeney wrote a full report of his findings and forwarded it directly to Deputy Hanscom at police headquarters. Continued on Page 2.
The Old Glory Company of Boston reports a return to the Alpine mine near Payette River with plans to depth mine and stop ore. Oregrade shows telluride gold worth 220 dollars per ton. Work also increases at Ben Hur on Deer Creek and Liberty copper mine promising profits. Equipment development advances with a stock sale pending.
Chicago August 6 Professor C E B Lindemann mining engineer who named Lake Lindemann in the Yukon visits upper Yukon region citing vast mineral zones and widespread gold bearing ledges He argues Alaska offers profit with capital and warns of harsh conditions while predicting eventual population limits and Eskimo-influenced living.
Congressman Walker cites Brown University tensions with President Andrews and faculty over truth and moral duties. He accuses Andrews of seeking martyrdom to push immediate unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1, highlighting a clash between founders' liberty and university governance.
The Brown University corporation defends its right to judge university teachings and uphold core beliefs while resisting voices seen as subverting its trust. The note discusses public figures President Andrews and President Eliot, academic freedom, and the tension between liberal traditions and doctrinal expectations.
San Francisco reports a robust Klondyke boom with general suppliers busy and money flooding in. Builders carpenters hoteliers and tourists benefit while expeditions to Peru seek interest though few applicants. Prospectors face harsh high altitude climate and cannibal Indian guards.
Chief Coach T. B. Close of Cambridge University crew said R. C. Lehmann intends to return to the United States to coach Harvard crews this fall while en route on the steamer Ger manic. Close left for Chicago to visit friends for a few weeks.
Boston edged Baltimore six to five amid a riot after umpire Lynch punched Doyle. Joe Corbett joined the fray, Doyle fined three hundred dollars, fans and players swarmed the field, McGraw and the mob faced down as Boston held on for the win.
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