E.T. HOWES
Arizona Republican Newspaper
March 1904
News has been received here of the death of E.T. Howes, which
occurred Thursday at his summer home in Dennis, Massachusetts.
The immediate cause of his death was tuberculosis of the knee.
Mr. Howes spent seven winters in Phoenix leaving here last
April for Dennis, Mass. and when the winter season came on
he decided to remain there. He was well known here and made
many warm friends during his annual visits in Arizona. He
leaves of his immediate family, a son, Ed Howes and a daughter
Miss Esther Howes, both of whom have spent much time here
with their father and are well known. Mr. Howes' home was
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and he was vice president and
general manager of the Oil Well Supply Company of Pittsburgh,
Bradford and Oil City, which has branches in every oil
district in the world. The company failed in 1893 for an
immense amount of money but Mr. Howe pulled the tangled
ends of the business together again and on the first of
January 1900 paid the last dollar of indebtedness with
six per cent interest. The assets were then accounted to
be over $6,000,000 giving something of an idea of the
magnitude of the company's business.
WAN HOY
Arizona Republican Newspaper
August 3, 1904
A homicide was committed in Florence yesterday morning,
both the assailant and the victim being Chinamen. The
victim of the tragedy was Wan Hoy and the killer was Lee
Sam. The means of death was a six shooter, though of what
caliber, where the bullet took effect, or the number of
shots fired could not be ascertained. The first news of
the killing was a telephone message from Lee Sam, the man
behind the gun, to Chinese Dick, of this city known
locally as the mayor of Chinatown. By reason of his
popularity among both his countrymen and the whites,
Dick is looked upon as a sort of a ward boss, interpreter
and general diplomatic agent between the whites and the
Chinese. Further he is a member of the same tong or
company to which both the killer and his victim belong.
It is learned that the two Chinese were rival merchants,
their respective establishments being in adjoining rooms
with only a partition between them. Lee Sam is reputed to
be a drunkard, a very unusual thing for a Chinaman and it
is said that bad blood had existed between the two men
for a long time. The nature of the feud is not known
here but it is supposed that it grew out of a business
quarrel of some sort and neither was an explanation
made of the immediate circumstances that resulted in
the tragedy.
LOUISA HUBERT
Arizona Republican Newspaper
September 13, 1904
"Who is it that is dead?" passersby asked Sunday afternoon
when they saw a hearse before an undertaker's place and
those who answered said, "A girl from the other end of
town." They carried the casket from the parlor to the
hearse with rough yet kindly hands and some were there
to hide the casket's now with red of roses.
Be sure the pathway of Louisa Hubert had in her waking
time been strewn with many thorns and let none say that
roses were not fitting for her sleep. Not everyone is
strong and not all find the way. Whether it was a
combination of circumstances harsh or an unknown and
unseeing girlish waywardness which led her thither,
her day is past, night is fallen and she sleeps. Rev.
Gibbons followed the way to Rosedale where they laid
her to rest. It was good that these women who had
known her in life should have everyone been there to
know that tears are wept at every open grave. Louisa
Huberts is sleeping.
Funeral of B.B. HUNGERFORD
Arizona Republican Newspaper
October 16, 1904
The funeral of Mr. B.B. Hungerford was held yesterday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock under the auspices of the Grand
Army of the Republic. The interment was made in the Double
Butte Cemetery.
Mr. Hungerford was very well known in this community. He
was 64 years old and was born in the state of Michigan and
about thirty years ago came west to California. From there
he came to Arizona where he has lived since. He was a mining
man and had a good many claims and interests in this country,
none of them, however, were particularly valuable and at the
time of his death he had not enough money to pay all his
funeral expenses. His many friends, though made up the
deficiency.
He had been sick for some weeks and Walter Hawes was
taking care of him. Friday afternoon he was sitting
in a chair and suddenly felt worse. Before he could
be removed to his bed he expired.
WILL HYDON
Arizona Republican Newspaper
August 11, 1904
Will C. Hydon, a newspaper man and printer by profession
is very dangerously and probably fatally ill at Sisters
hospital, the result of heat prostration on Tuesday night.
He had not been well for several days and for a day or
two had not worked, complaining that he could not sleep
and that his stomach was in bad condition. On Monday
night he got a little sleep and Tuesday evening went to a
drug store and got some tablets for the purpose of
inducing sleep saying when he went to his room that he
was going to take the medicine and see if he could not
get a good night's rest. About 9 o'clock that night a
neighbor heard him groaning and informed his friends who
at once went to his relief and secured medical attention.
He had fallen into so deep a sleep the heat of the adobe
room did not disturb him and when he found he had a
temperature of 112 which was reduced to normal as
quickly as possible when stimulants were administered.
From that time on it was a question of physical
endurance. Yesterday morning he was removed to the
hospital and it was thought there was little chance of
recovery.
Mr. Hydon is a native of New York and has spent most of
his life at the printing business both as compositor and
as editor of various papers. In late years he has spent
most of his time in Colorado having conducted various
papers in various Colorado towns. He is about 45 years
old and has a wife and daughter in Denver. He came here
about five months ago and during that time he has worked
in the mechanical departments of the Phoenix papers,
most of the time on the Republican.
Death of Mr. Hydon
August 12, 1904
Will C. Hydon whose probably fatal illness was mentioned
in yesterday's Republican died at the Sister's hospital
about noon yesterday. Immediately upon his death his wife
who lives in Denver with their daughter, about twelve years
old, was notified as was a brother-in-law who lives in
Kansas. The Phoenix Typographical Union has charge of his
affairs and no funeral arrangements will be made until
instructions are received from his relatives concerning
the disposition of the body.
THOMAS J. JOBS
Arizona Republican Newspaper
March 28, 1904
Thomas J. Jobs, recorder of the city of Phoenix died
yesterday morning at 11 o'clock at his residence on North
First Street. Mr. Jobs had been an invalid for many years,
though able the greater part of the time till recent months
to be at his office, and even when confined to his home
busied himself a great part of the time in doing official
clerical work. No later than Saturday he was thus engaged
for a short time. He endured a very severe illness last
fall, recovering sufficiently to be out a few days, then
suffered a setback and for some weeks has not been
downtown. Saturday night he seemed noticeably worse and
did not go to sleep till late and early yesterday morning
told Mrs. Jobs he was feeling worse. About 7 o'clock his
physician called and though he was desperately weak he was
as usual good natured and cheerful. Shortly after he went
to sleep, he sank into unconsciousness and about 11 o'clock
his heart ceased its action and the unequal contest with
death was over.
T.J. Jobs was the son of Dr. Eugene Jobs who held an enviable
reputation as a physician and was otherwise a prominent man in
New Jersey till his death many years ago. T.J. Jobs was born
July 14, 1849 in Springfield, N.J. and was therefore nearly
55 years old. He attended Princeton, from which institution
he graduated in 1869 entering upon the practice of law.
July 18, 1877 he married Miss Annie L. Osborne in New York
City who with their three children survives him. In the
fall of 1879 Mr. Jobs health failed and he went to Colorado,
stopping first at a little mountain camp called Chihuahua.
He returned east after a few months then settled with his
family in Georgetown Colorado where he practiced law and
also served one term as mayor of that city. From there
he went to Idaho Springs and later to Denver. During his
residence in Colorado he was engaged at various times in
both newspaper work and the practice of law. In 1888 he
came to Phoenix being joined by Mrs. Jobs and their
youngest daughter the following February. He was first
employed on the Phoenix Herald, a newspaper that has
since ceased publication and later was for a short time
connected with the Gazette. A severe attack of la
grippe left him in a state of delicate health from which
he never recovered.
In May 1895 Mr. Jobs was elected city recorder for a term of
two years and has since been re-elected four times, being in
the ninth year of his service.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Jobs are: Eugene who is married
and lives in greater New York; Mrs. John F. Hawkins, who
resides with her husband and a 2 year old son at Asbury
Park, NJ and Miss Marjorie Jobs who has lived in this
city from childhood.
The funeral will be held at the residence on North First
Street tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
