Mrs. E.A. McHaffie, aged 73, died yesterday afternoon about two
miles east of Phoenix. The cause of death was paralysis. The
funeral will take place today.
MALCOLM McNAIR
December 21, 1898
Word was received in Phoenix yesterday that Malcolm McNair died
at Houston, Texas last Saturday. He came to Phoenix from Louisiana
about eight years ago. For some time he was engaged in the real
estate business with his brother, Sidnor McNair. Three years ago
his health failed and nearly two years ago he returned east. He
leaves a wife and child who were with him when he died. Mr.
McNair was an uncle of Stolla Whitehurst, formerly a resident
of Phoenix, and now a musical celebrity of New Orleans.
DAVID MACK
November 11, 1898
The will of David Mack, a late resident of Blue Springs Kentucky
was presented for probate yesterday. Property this county
belonging to the estate consists of real estate near Tempe.
December 6, 1898
The will of David Mack was admitted to probate yesterday.
Edward Mack, a son of the deceased was appointed administrator
for the will.
NELSON A. MARSTON
November 15, 1898
Letters upon the estate of the late Nelson A. Marston were issued
yesterday to Warwick Scott.
JOHN F. MILLAR
December 8, 1898
Mr. John F. Millar, Pacific coast agent of Leonard and Ellis of New
York, manufacturers of lubricating oils, died at the Hotel Adams
last night of pneumonia. Mr. Millar arrived in the city last
Saturday night ill from a relapse and it was soon suspected
that his sickness would prove fatal. He had traveled through
Arizona for more than ten years, always accompanied by W.J.
Barrett, the representative of John A. Roebling Sons, Co., and
who was with him when he died. Mr. Millar was 33 years old and
one of the best known and best liked traveling men on the road.
December 9, 1898
The Republican of yesterday morning contained news of the death
of Mr. John F. Millar, one of the best known traveling men on
the Pacific coast, which occurred at the Adams Hotel on Thursday
morning at 11 o'clock. Mr. Millar suffered a recurrence of
pneumonia at Jerome and was brought to Phoenix last Saturday
in hopes that the lower altitude with its warm sunshine would
be a more favorable place for convalescing. But Mr. Millar grew
worse as the dread disease took a firmer hold upon him and
hopes for his recovery were gradually dispelled during
the last days of his illness.
Mr. Millar represented Leonard and Ellis of Los Angeles and he
had traveled extensively for a great many years on the Pacific
coast. In Arizona he was well known and in this city he had many
intimate friends who regard his death as a personal bereavement.
He was thirty four years old and unmarried. He leaves a mother
and brothers and sisters in McCraysburg, Ontario, Canada where
the remains will be shipped tonight for internment.
At his bedside during his illness and death was a man whom he
had not separated from in many years. They were as brothers in
the devotion and love which banded them together in genuine
companionship. They were known everywhere they traveled as
"Billy and Jack" and there was a beautiful illustration of
the strength of human friendship in the inseparable ties of
love which held these two men together until they were parted
by death.
Mr. W.J. Barrett met Mr. Millar twelve years ago. The men
possessed in each other that peculiar combination of
characteristics which put together make of the ideal man. It
was the meeting of congenial spirits and that meeting meant
more to either of them than they at first supposed. They
traveled in Japan together and during their journeys in
that country shared the adversities of travelers in a strange
country. "We lived for six weeks upon rice and dried fish," said
Mr. Barrett, speaking of that unhappy experience. Later they
journeyed to the Hawaiian Islands and there they were the
guests of a chief of one of the native tribes who honored
them by inviting them to his home. When they arrived they
found that the greatest honor a chief of that land pays to
a guest was to be theirs. A great dinner was spread with
roasted dog.
Returning to the pacific coast they continued their travels
together. In San Francisco, Los Angeles and other cities
they often appeared in entertainments and benefits given by
the Press Clubs and the Elks, Mr. Barrett being a member of
the latter order. In the small camps of Arizona and California
their coming was always watched with interest. When the train
came into Phoenix last Saturday night it was soon known that
"Billy and Jack" were here and when it was known that "Jack"
was ill, friends came to the Adams to proffer their aid to
Mr. Barrett in caring for his companion.
W.A. MORSE
February 13, 1898
W.A. Morse, who had lived in Arizona so long that he might almost
be considered a pioneer died in this city yesterday after a brief
illness. He was a horse shoer and for several years had been
employed by J.A. Marshall. The funeral will take place this
afternoon.
FLORENCE MOSHER
December 22, 1898
Miss Florence Mosher died last evening at the residence of her
father, Mr. L.G. Mosher, 425 West Van Buren Street. Miss Mosher
came here last December from Chicago with the hope of benefiting
her health by a winter's sojourn in the valley. She was threatened
with consumption and it was this disease which finally caused
her death. She was a member of the First Methodist Church
of this city. She was possessed of a kindly nature and a
strong Christian character. The funeral will be held on
Friday from the Presbyterian Church.
GRACE NUNN
November 15, 1898
The funeral of Grace Nunn was held yesterday afternoon from the
Baptist Church and the funeral procession was a very large one.
EDWARD O'BRIEN
February 9, 1898
Edward O'Brien, aged 51 years died last week at the residence of
Jack Dunne, from injuries received five months ago by falling
from the roof of a house on which he was working. Mr. O'Brien
had lived n Yuma for a number of years.
BUCKY O'NEILL
Arizona Republican Newspaper
July 4, 1898
When Bucky O'Neill went to war, those who knew him well
said that he would be killed if an opportunity to die was
presented. It was not surprising therefore when Arizonians
read an Associated Press dispatch describing a chivalrous
deed before he touched Cuban land. Two Negro troopers of
the Tenth cavalry fell overboard while passing from a
lighter to a pier in Guantanamo Bay. Death seemed
inevitable yet O'Neill plunged in after to save them.
They were crushed, but the Captain having done his best
escaped.
Nor was it surprising yesterday morning to learn of his
death amid the screaming of shells and the crash of
musketry in the forefront of the battle line before
Santiago last Friday. Of all of the Rough Riders,
the regulars and volunteers, there was none like O'Neill.
The meager dispatches gave few particulars of his death.
There was great sorrow in Phoenix yesterday.
He was a son of General O'Neill of Washington D.C.,
for many years a departmental officer and later an
active congressional attorney. Twenty years ago O'Neill
came to Santa Fe, New Mexico as a court stenographer.
He came to Phoenix in 1880, in the garb of a Catholic
priest and there was a story that he had lately performed
clerical duties in the City of Mexico. About 1885
O'Neill went to Prescott and three years later he was
elected sheriff on the republican ticket. Captain
O'Neill leaves a wife at Prescott.
BARNEY A. O'POOLE
December 17, 1898
The will of the late Barney A. O'Poole was filed for probate.
The deceased for for many years connected with the treasury
department.
