HELEN HINE
Arizona Republican Newspaper
October 16, 1907
Word has been received of the death at Eureka California
on October 8 of Helen Louise Hine, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. T.W. Hine, formerly of this city. She was born
here and lived here until the departure of her parents
for California nearly ten years ago. The cause of
death was Brights Disease of which she had suffered
more than a year. There had been a hope of recovery,
the doctor having some weeks before pronounced the
case curable. She was fourteen years of age and left
her parents and two brothers to mourn her loss.
WARD HUGHES
Arizona Republican Newspaper
October 14, 1907
Ward Hughes died suddenly at his residence on West Adams
Street Sunday afternoon. Mr. Hughes was one of the best
known men of this valley and leaves a host of friends.
He was known as a man of the strictest personal honor,
was successful in his line of work and was highly
esteemed by all with whom he transacted business.
For nearly eight years and up to the time of his death
he had charge of the office work of Dwight B. Heard and
The Bartlett-Heard Land and Cattle Company who held him
in the highest regard.
Mr. Hughes was born in Bloomington, Illinois, was
graduated from the University of Michigan and always
retained a keen interest in his alma mater having been
one of the most popular men in the university. For
several years he was manager of Michigan's football team.
After leaving college Mr. Hughes entered the law in
Chicago, graduating from the Chicago Law School but
finding legal work in Chicago too confining he came
to Phoenix eight years ago. When Mr. Hughes came to
Phoenix he was not in robust health but he at least
held his own and was at all times able to discharge
his arduous duties. A year ago last April he went
to Los Angeles intending to reside but the climate
there affected him and he returned last November. He
was not well afterward though he was able generally
to be about and was downtown the day before his death.
Funeral of Mr. Hughes
October 16, 1907
The funeral services of the late Ward Hughes were held
yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the parlors of
Mohn and Driscoll, conducted by Rev. Donald Brookman of
the Trinity Episcopal Church. The pall bearers were:
Thomas Armstrong, Jr., James S. Day, Roy Goodrich, C.T.
Hirst, Earl Lilly, Leon La Chance, H.J. McClung and
Thomas J. Prescott. The family of the deceased was
represented by Miss Mary Louise Lipscomb who recently
arrived here from Chicago to spend the winter with Mr.
Hughes. She is a cousin though she made her home in
the family for many years and was regarded by Mr.
Hughes as his sister.
DR. LOWE
Arizona Republican Newspaper
October 12, 1907
C.D. Lowe, a post office inspector who frequently visits
Phoenix while here Thursday night received a telephone
call announcing the death of his brother, Dr. Lowe in
Holbrook, Thursday. C.D. Lowe left on the Diamond Jo
at once for Holbrook and will probably take the body
to California for interment, that being the family
home. The news came as a great shock for Dr. Lowe
who settled in Holbrook not long ago to practice his
profession was stricken with pneumonia just a few
days ago.
DENNIS MAY
Arizona Republican Newspaper
October 14, 1907
Dennis May of Congress, one of the best known old timers
in the territory who once owned an interest in the
Congress Mine, died yesterday morning at the Sisters
Hospital of pneumonia. The remains were taken in
charge by Mohn and Driscoll waiting word from his
relatives who are said to be a brother and sister
in Buffalo New York.
Several old timers, yesterday, said they knew Dennis May
well and most of them agreed that he came to the territory
as early as 1866, forty one years ago. At that time
Phoenix had not been born, and the Apache Indians were
roving all over the country. May began in a short time
to prospect over the territory and was as well posted as
any man on the different districts and it is said by his
associates that he hardly ever recommended a property
but that it turned out all right. He was interested at
different times in a number of mining properties and
sold one mine on the Colorado to eastern parties.
However, his biggest transaction was in the sale of
the Congress Mine. May owning a share in the property
and receiving, according to some stories, something
like $30,000 for his share.
After the sale he went east and bought a home near
Buffalo for his parents and paid several thousand
dollars for it and also purchased two farms of 135
and 160 acres near the same city. Arizona, drew him
back, however in a couple of years and he came back
to the territory. He took part of the money and began
prospecting and developing other claims. He was also
interested later in the Alaska Mine near Congress.
In a few days he was to have received $5500 as a
further payment on the property. An informant
yesterday stated that on the first of the month
he received $8000 for the same of a mine. His
business lately has been looked after by A. Iben
of the Star Lodging House. The farms in the east
are left by his will to his brother and sister,
his parents having died some years ago.
J.B. Milsap of Congress yesterday stated that he had
known May for over thirty years. Mr. Milsap came here
in 1879 and May was here before him. They bunked and
worked together for many years, followed mining and
prospecting. He says that May was not the first one
to locate the Congress Mine, but that he relocated it
after it had been abandoned by the first prospector,
did the first real development work on it and hauled
ore 60 miles, there being at the time no railroad in
that section. He began to work the mine in 1883 and
sold it in 1887.
May was one of the hardy pioneers of the early days,
rough in exterior and hardened by the life in the open
and of few comforts but big hearted. In his first days
of affluence he spent freely and enjoyed life. The body
will be sent back to Buffalo where his parents are buried.
PEDRO PEARSON
Arizona Republican Newspaper
October 16, 1907
Friends of Dr. George B. Pratt in this city received work
on Saturday of a most distressing affair that occurred
near San Jose in which Dr. Pratt accidentally shot and
killed a man named Pedro Pearson. The men were intimate
friends and were out hunting. While passing through the
brush the doctor's gun was accidentally discharged, the
load entering Mr. Pearson's back with fatal effect as he
lived but a very short time. Dr. Pratt will be
remembered as a former resident of Phoenix, an optician,
and a most highly respected man. His many friends here
will deeply sympathize with him in this most grievous
incident.
HELEN PERRY
Arizona Republican Newspaper
October 24, 1907
Helen, the two and a half year old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J.T. Perry died yesterday afternoon after an illness
of five weeks of a complication of diseases. The funeral
of the little one will be today at 2 p.m. from the home
of J.W. Perry on Sixty Street, Rev. Wilbur Fisk officiating.
THOMAS RANSOM
Arizona Republican Newspaper
October 13, 1907
Slipping on a concrete floor in the engine room of the
hoist in Shaft A, in the Old Dominion Mine, Thomas
Ransom, an oiler, fell to an instant death Wednesday
evening. The unfortunate man at the time of the
accident was in the act of oiling parts of the engine
in the vicinity of a large rapidly revolving fly
wheel. In the fall his head came in contact with
the wheel which frightfully crushed the skull.
MRS. JENNY RICE
Arizona Republican Newspaper
October 23, 1907
The woman who came from Wendendale a few days ago to a
local lodging house where she died before much was learned
about her, was identified yesterday by people who live in
the vicinity of Wendendale, as a woman named Mrs. Rice, who
lived that only a short time. She seemed to be in close
circumstances, financially, but was a willing worker and
did some dressmaking while there. It is supposed that
she had either a brother or a sister somewhere in this
vicinity but so far no relative has been located. The
body is at the parlors of Moore and McLellan.
