670 



OBITUARIES, FOREIGN. (DOMINIS FOWLER.) 



iest and most distinguished families of the higher 

 Russian aristocracy, and for many years was a soldier 

 and served with honor in the Caucasus. After his 

 retirement from the army he served the Czar Nicholas 

 in delicate missions, was made Master of Provisions, 

 was a member of the Council of War during the 

 Crimean campaign, and in 1856 he was appointed 

 Governor of Moscow, a post that is always hold by a 

 trusted conticlant of the Czar. The expenses of tliis 

 great station impaired his immense fortune, compel- 

 ling him to borrow from Jewish bankers. When the 

 recent Antisemitic troubles came on, and orders were 

 issued for the removal of Jews from the interior to 

 the Pale on the western frontier, he treated the Jews 

 of Moscow with a leniency that drew on him the 

 censures of the Nationalist party at the court and led 

 to his dismissal in November, 1889, and the appoint- 

 ment in his place of the Grand Duke Sergius. 



Dominis, John Owen, husband of Queen Liliuokalani 

 of Hawaii, and Governor of Oahu, born in the United 

 States; died in Honolulu, Aug. 27, 1891. He was 

 appointed Governor of Oahu and Maui after his mar- 

 riage to the Princess Liliuokalani, and was confirmed 

 as governor of the former island, where the capital is 

 situated, after her accession, on Jan. 20, 1891. 



Dupuis, Adolphe, a French actor, born in 1825; died 

 Oct. 25, 1891. He was one of the favorite actors of 

 the Gymnase company, playing in an easy and natural 

 manner and in a familiar, conversational tone ofvoice. 

 He was one of the best interpreters of the roles of 

 Dumas Jils, and was liked in the whole round of 

 modern society dramas, but in the classical repertoire 

 his efforts were not successful, and for this reason he 

 was never called into the Comedie Franca'ise com- 

 pany. He went to the Vaudeville in 1878, and played 

 with great applause in Brussels and St. Petersburg. 



toire de la Reunion de la Bretagnc et la France." 



Emino, Nikita Ossipovich, an Armenian historian, born 

 in Djult'a, near Ispahan, Persia, about 1815; died in 

 Moscow, Jan. 7, 1891. He was the son of wealthy 

 parents, who sent him to Calcutta to be educated. 

 Concluding from a catalogue that fell into his hands 

 that the course of the Lazareif Institute for Oriental 

 Tongues, in Moscow, was more complete than the 

 similar schools in Calcutta afforded, he went to Russia, 

 passed through the Lazareff Institute, and then the 

 University of Moscow, in which he was one of the 

 most brilliant students, and continued to reside in 

 Moscow, where he was recognized as an illustrious 

 scholar. Russian learning is indebted to him for 

 many works, especially the translation into Russian 

 of all the Armenian historians. In other countries he 

 became known through his great work in French on 

 the " History of Armenia." 



Emmerich, Bobert, a German composer, born in 1836 ; 

 died in Stuttgart, July 11, 1891. He was director of 

 the Choral Union of Stuttgart, and composed, besides 

 other music, several operas, the most successful of 

 which was" Der Schwedensee." 



Fabrice, Gen. Georg Friedrioh Alfred, Count von, Min- 

 ister of War to the King of Saxony, born in Ques- 

 noy, France, in 1818 ; died in Dresden, March 25, 1891. 

 He" was the son of a major in the Saxon army, whose 

 regiment formed part of the army of occupation in 

 France at the time of his birth. Trained for the mil- 

 itary profession, like most of the men of his family, 

 he rose to high rank, and when the Schleswig-IIol- 

 stein campaign in 1863-'64 called the Saxon army into 

 action he acted as chief of staff ; and again in the 

 Bohemian campaign of 1866. Next he was made 

 Minister of War, and during the Franco-German War 

 he commanded the military district of the 12th Army 

 Corps. During the occupation he was Governor of 

 Versailles, and in June. 1871. he was reappointed Sax- 

 on Minister of War. In 1872 he was made General 

 of Cavalry. He became Prime Minister in 1876, and 

 in 1882 added to his other duties those of Minister of 

 Foreign Affairs. He was created a count in 1884. 



Faccio, Framo, an Italian musician, born in Verona, 

 March 8, 1840 ; died in Monza, July 23, 1891. He was 

 the son of a hotel waiter. Entering, in 1855, the Con- 

 servatory at Milan, he applied himself with such dil- 

 igence that in a short time he became a good pianist, 

 and composed meritorious pieces, some of them in 

 collaboration with Arrigo Boito, who was a fellow- 

 student. After traveling abroad for his improvement 

 he wrote the music to the opera of " I Profumi Fi- 

 ammenghi," and subsequently " Amletto " to a li- 

 bretto by Boito. In 1872 he became leader of the 

 orchestra of La Scala, and since the death of Mariani 

 he has enjoyed the highest reputation of any orches- 

 tral leader in Italy. In 1889 he conducted the studies 

 and arranged the mise en scene for the production of 

 Wagner's " Meistersitnger " at La Scala. 



Felix, Celestin Joseph, a French preacher, born in 

 Neuville, July 28, 106; died in Lille, July 7, 1891 

 He was a farmer's son. He studied in the seminary 

 at Cambrai ; took holy orders, and at the age of 

 twenty-seven joined the Society of Jesus. He began 

 his career as a preacher in the Church of St.-Thomas 

 d' Aquin ; went from there to St.-Germain dcs Pres, 

 and from 1853 till 1871 preached in the Cathedral of 

 Notre Dame. He left the pulpit to devote himself to 

 authorship, having already completed his great work 

 entitled " Progres par le Christianisme " and his 

 "Jesus Christ et la Critique Nouvelle." The most 

 celebrated of his other publications are essays on 

 " Socialism and Society " and " Patriotism." For many 

 years he was superior of the Jesuits' college at Lille. 

 Fothergill, Jessie, an English novelist, born in Man- 

 chester in 156 ; died in London, July 30, 1891. She 

 began writing at an early age, and " The First Vio- 

 lin," her best known work, was published in 1878. 

 As a musical novel it is almost as celebrated as 

 " Charles Anchester." Other works of hers are : 

 "Probation," "The Wellfields," '-One of Three," 

 " Made or Marred," " Kith and Kin," " Peril," 

 " Healey," " Borderland," " The Lasses of Lever- 

 house," " From Moor Isles," and " A March in the 

 Ranks " (1890). 



Foucher de CareiL. Count Louis Alexandre, a French 

 diplomatist and author, born in Paris, March 1, 1826; 

 died there, Jan. 10, 1891. He was the son of a French 

 general descended from an ancient Breton family, 

 and from him he inherited great wealth and large 

 estates in the Department of Calvados. After a brill- 

 iant course at the university in Paris and travels in 

 America and the Orient he gave himself up to literary 

 and philosophical studies, and delivered lectures in 

 Paris and published treaties on Leibnitz, Spinoza. 

 Hegel, and Schopenhauer. His lectures were in- 

 terdicted by the Imperial Government. He also took 

 part in Catholic congresses, and was an unsuccessful 

 candidate for the Co"rps L6gislatif in 1866 and 1869. 

 During the Franco-Prussian War he superintended 

 the ambulance service, for the Breton legions. Ac- 

 cepting the republic, he was appointed prefect of 

 Cotes-du-Nord by President Thiers, and in May, 

 1872, was transferred to the prefecture of Seine-et- 

 Marne. For this department ne was elected Senator 

 on Jan. 30, 1876, and with the Republican minority 

 opposed the De Broglie ministry. On Aug. 3, 1883, 

 he succeeded Count Duchatel as French ambassador 

 at Vienna. His fortune enabled him to exercise a 

 splendid hospitality in this post, which he resigned 

 on June 26, 1886, on account of the decree of banish- 

 ment issued by the De Freyeinet ministry against 

 the families that formerly reigned in France. A 

 few days before his death lie was re-elected Senator. 

 He worked for many years on a new edition of 

 Leibnitz's works, which he left unfinished, and in 

 addition to his numerous essays on the philosophers 

 he published books on Goethe and Dante and on 

 political and social questions, and in 1868 and in 

 1875 two important treatises on workmen's dwellings 

 and public buildings. 



Fowler, Sir Bobert Nicholas, an English politician, 

 born in Tottenham, Sept. 14, 1828 ; died in London, May 

 22, 1891. He was of Quaker parentage, the only son 



