OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (FOWLER GAGE.) 



Fowler, Mary Odenheimer, painter, born in 

 Philadelphia. Pa., about 1845; died in Nutley, N. J., 

 July 3. 1898. She was a daughter of the late 

 Bishop William Henry Odenheimer, of the Protestant 

 Episcopal diocese of New Jersey, and received her 

 art education in the Philadelphia Art School and 

 in Paris under Carolus Duran. She made a spe- 

 cialty of portrait and figure work, was a strong 

 colorist. and executed a number of ideal paintings 

 of high merit, including "Guinevere," "Vivien," 

 ' Elaine," and " Enid." The first of these was ex- 

 hibited at the Centennial Exposition in 1876, and 

 was the first painting sold, bringing $1,000. At 

 the World's Columbian Exposition she exhibited a 

 study entitled " Marie," and received a diploma for 

 her decorative studies. Many of her ideal heads 

 were reproduced in engravings, etchings, photo- 

 graphs, and lithographs. Mrs. Fowler contributed 

 to the exhibitions of the National Academy of De- 

 sign, the Water-Color Society, and the Society of 

 American Artists. She was an accomplished lin- 

 guist, a contributor to art periodicals, and a writer 

 of short stories. She was the wife of Frank Fowler, 

 the portrait painter. 



Franklin, Benjamin J., lawyer, born in Mason 

 County. Ky. ; died in Phoenix, Arizona, May 20, 1898. 

 He was educated at Bethany College, West Virginia ; 

 studied law, and was admitted to the bar in Kansas 

 in 1857 ; removed to Kansas City, Mo., in 1860 ; 

 and served in the Confederate army through the 

 civil war. In 1871 he was elected commonwealth 

 attorney for the 24th Judicial Circuit of Missouri, 

 and in 1874 was chosen 'Representative in Congress 

 from the 8th Missouri District as a Democrat. 

 During President Cleveland's first term Mr. Frank- 

 lin was United States consul at Hankow, China. 

 On his return he settled in Arizona, and in March, 

 1896, was appointed Governor of the Territory. 

 After serving the unexpired term, he resumed the 

 practice of law in Phcenix. 



Fraser, John Arthur, painter, born in London, 

 England, in 1839 ; died in New York city, Jan. 1, 

 1898. He was carefully educated for an art career, 

 studying in the Marlboro House School of Design, 

 in the famous Lee Life School, and with F. W. 

 Topham, the distinguished water colorist. Soon 

 after reaching his majority he went to Toronto, 

 Canada, to take possession of an inheritance, and 

 there he lived several years. In 1878 he was one 

 of a small group of painters selected by royal com- 

 mand to found the Royal Canadian Academy of 

 Fine Arts. He also became a founder of the On- 

 tario Society of Artists. During a part of his resi- 

 dence in Toronto he was director of the Government 

 Art Schools in that city. He was employed for 

 many years by the Canadian Pacific Railway Com- 

 pany to paint the scenery of the Northwest. On 

 removing from Toronto he first went to Boston, and 

 a few years afterward returned to London, whence 

 t he climate caused him to remove to New York city. 

 Men- he became an active member of the American 

 Water-Color Society, the Salmagundi, and other art 

 societies. His painting "The Heart of Scotland" 

 was given the post of honor in the Paris Salon of 

 1 *!!>, and he was awarded a gold medal for his con- 

 tribution of seven canvases to the World's Colum- 

 bian Exposition in 1893. Besides " The Heart of 

 Scotland," his best -known paintings are "Inghan 

 M<>rc House "and "The Haunt of the Muskrat." 

 He was a brother of W. Lewis Fraser, art manager 

 of "The Century Maga/.ine." 



Frederic, Harold, novelist MIH! journalist, born 

 near Utica. N. V.. Aug. 19, 1856: died in Henley, 

 < >xfordsliire. England, Oct. 19, 1898. Owing to the 

 death of his father he was early thrown upon his 

 own resources, and after spending a year in a con- 

 fectioner's establishment and several years as a 



retoucher of negatives for photographers he be- 

 came a proof reader in a newspaper office in Utica. 

 at the age of twenty. In 1880 he was an editor of 

 the Utica " Observer," and two years afterward was 

 editor of the Albany "Evening "Journal," which be- 

 came Democratic under his management. In 1884 

 he was engaged by the New York " Times " to act 

 as the London correspondent of that journal and 

 for the remainder of his life he resided in London. 

 He was an ardent literary worker, and was popular 

 in his profession. His first novel, "Seth's Brother's 

 Wife," appeared in 1887, and, like the greater num- 

 ber of his fictions, was a story of life in central New 

 York. In the opinion of most critics his strongest 

 work is "The Damnation of Theron Ware," which 

 attracted much attention at the time of its appear- 

 ance in 1896. His other stories include " The Law- 

 ton Girl" (1890); "In the Valley" (1890): "The 

 Return of the O'Mahoney " (1892) ; "The Copper- 

 head " (1893) ; " Marsena, and Other Stories of the 

 War Time " (1894) ; " March Hares " (1896) ; " Gloria 

 Mundi " (1898) ; " The Deserter, and Other Stories " 

 (1898) ; " The Market Place " (1899). Other works by 

 him are "The Young Emperor: William II of Ger- 

 many" (1891); "The New Exodus: A Study of 

 Israe'l in Russia " (1892). 



French, Samuel, publisher, born in Gardiner. 

 Me., in 1818; died in London, England. April 10. 

 1898. He removed to New York city in 1835 and 

 established his business of publishing plays, which 

 he brought out in small paper-covered volumes that 

 were sold at low prices. His business met with 

 quick success, and gave him such an extended 

 reputation that he soon added to it an American 

 agency for foreign playwrights. Most of the Euro- 

 pean plays which previous to the last fifteen years 

 made notable successes were brought here by Mr. 

 French, including "A Celebrated Case," and the 

 three plays written by Sardou for Mr. French 

 ' Feodora," " Theodora," and " Odette." He was 

 interested in many theatrical enterprises in the 

 United States, and at one time was manager for 

 John McCullough. After 1872 he resided in Lon- 

 don, where he had acquired the dramatic publishing 

 business of Thomas H. Lacy. 



Frink, Henry Allyn, educator, born in Am- 

 herst, Mass., May 23,1844; died there March 25, 

 1898. He was graduated at Hamilton College in 

 1870, and, after teaching two years in the Brooklyn 

 Polytechnic Institute, was called to the chair of 

 English Literature and Oratory in Hamilton College. 

 This chair he retained till 1885, when he became 

 Professor of Logic, Rhetoric, and Public Speaking in 

 Amherst College, where he remained until his dent h. 

 In 1877 he was licensed to preach by the Presbytery 

 of Utica, N. Y., and after this as long as he re- 

 mained at Hamilton he supplied pulpits in the 

 cities and large towns of central New York and 

 elsewhere. In 1876 and 1877 representatives of 

 Hamilton College who had been instructed by him 

 won the intercollegiate honors in oratory in the 

 contests at the Academy of Music, New York. 

 Prof. Frink made extended tours of Europe in 1 **">. 

 1890, and 1895. He adapted Austin Phelps'* " Eng- 

 lish Style in Public Discourse " for a text-book for 

 schools and colleges under the title " Rhetoric : Its 

 Theory and Practice," with an original second parl 

 on " Practical Exercises in the Fundamental Quali- 

 ties of English Style" (New York, 18'.r. His 

 "New Century Speaker" was published a month 

 after his death, and he left other works unfinished. 



Gage, Matilda Joslyn. reformer, born in Cicero. 

 N. Y., March 24, 1826 ; died in Chicago, 111., March 

 18, 1898. She was a daughter of Dr. H. Joslyn. an 

 abolitionist, from whom she inherited an interest in 

 reformatory problems. She received a liberal edu- 

 cation, married Henry H. Gage, of Cicero, in 1845, 



