OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (JAMES-JULIAN.) 



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James, William Cowles, jurist, born near 

 Ehnyra, Lorain County, Ohio, Jan. 1, 1830; died in 

 Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 2, 1899. He was edu- 

 cated at Oberlin College, studied law in Cleve- 

 land till 1852, and' in 1853 settled in Council 

 Bluffs. ^ In 1855 he built the first brick house in 

 that village, in 1856 was elected county judge 

 of Pottawattamie County and an alderman, and 

 in 1874 and 1880 was chosen mayor of the city. 

 He was intimately associated with all movements 

 to promote the growth and prosperity of the city. 

 Of all his public services, that rendered in the 

 early seventies, when he was the chief promoter 

 of the city's great fight in the courts for the re- 

 tention of the Union Pacific transfer, will prob- 

 ably be longest held in remembrance. 



Jarchow, Henry Nicholas, scholar, born in 

 Rostock, Germany, Nov. 7, 1819; died in New 

 York city, Feb. 24, 1899. He was graduated at 

 the University of Rostock, became eminent and 

 wealthy in the practice of law, and served in 

 the ducal legislature of Mecklenberg-Schwerin. 

 In 1869, owing to reverses, he sold his estate and 

 removed to New York. Dr. Jarchow was well 

 versed in classical literature, particularly Greek, 

 Polish, and Slavonic, and was an enthusiastic stu- 

 dent of agriculture and forestry. He founded the 

 first German agricultural periodical in New York, 

 and wrote the first elaborate treatise on forestry 

 published in this country. 



Jewett, Sara, actress, born in Buffalo, N. Y., 

 in 1851; died in Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 27, 1899. 

 She was educated in the seminary of Lenox, Mass., 

 and became a pupil of Miss Fanny Morant, the 

 actress. In the autumn of 1872 Miss Morant 

 introduced Miss Jewett to Augustin Daly, who, 

 after witnessing her rehearsals, gave her a con- 

 tract for a three years' engagement at his theater. 

 Her debut was made as Mabel Wykoff in Dia- 

 monds at the Fifth Avenue Theater (Daly's), 

 and she was at once accepted by New York 

 audiences as a finished and favorite actress. It 

 was but a short time after this first appearance 

 that the burning of Daly's Theater occurred, and 

 in consequence of that misfortune Miss Jewett 

 went on a tour through the West until the New 

 Fifth Avenue Theater was completed. On the 

 night of the opening of this house Miss Jewett, 

 as the youngest member of the now famous Daly 

 company, had a full share of the enthusiasm with 

 which New York greeted its favorites. She re- 

 mained three years with the Daly company, 

 during w r hich time she played Flora Penfield in 

 Divorce, Clara Burrows in Fortune, Virginia Van- 

 derpool in Saratoga, Eve in Charity, Maria in 

 Love's Labor's Lost, Mrs. Glenham in Man and 

 Wife, Mrs. Featherly in Everybody's Friend, and 

 many other important parts. She was particu- 

 larly and always successful in the portrayal of 

 gentle and emotional characters. She had a 

 graceful carriage and a charming sweetness of 

 voice and expression, especially fitting the lov- 

 able young girls about whom the modern society 

 drama weaves its story. Miss Jewett made her 

 first appearance with the Union Square Theater 

 company, Nov. 20, 1876, in the part of Mathilde 

 in Miss' Multon. She remained with this com- 

 pany seven years, and \vas leading lady of the 

 theater from 1879 to 1883. Her last appearance 

 with the Union Square company was in the Long 

 Strike. She then for a few months in 1883-'84 

 was leading lady with John Stetson's Fifth 

 Avenue Theater company, which was not con- 

 tinued after that season'. Miss Jewett, after a 

 season or two of travel with different organiza- 

 tions, retired from the stage. Her last appear- 

 ance was in The Two Orphans in 1886. 



Johnson, Ellen Cheney, penal ogist, born in 

 Athol, Mass., Dec. 20, 1819; died in London, Kng- 

 land, June 28, 1899. She was a daughter of 

 Nathan and Rhoda Cheney, and the widow of 

 Jesse C. Johnson. Mrs. Johnson was educated 

 in the public schools of New Hampshire and in 

 the Franeestown Academy, and acquired a busi- 

 ness training by traveling with her father, a cot- 

 ton manufacturer. During the civil war she was 

 associated with Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis in sol- 

 diers' relief work, and was an effect ,ive laborer 

 in the United States Sanitary Commission. When 

 this organization was in its infancy she under- 

 took the formation of a New England auxiliary, 

 and served on its Finance and Executive Commit- 

 tees to the end of the war. She was also one 

 of the leading organizers and directors of the 

 great Sanitary Commission Fair in Boston. After 

 the war she continued to look after the soldiers 

 and the widows and orphans of soldiers. While 

 in charge of relief work in the north end dis- 

 trict of Boston she was impressed with the de- 

 sirability of having a separate correctional insti- 

 tution for women. She inaugurated an agitation 

 for such a reform, and for nine years labored 

 for it. The Massachusetts Reformatory Prison 

 for Women, at Sherburne is the result. In May, 

 1884, Mrs. Johnson, who had already served on 

 the Board of Prison Commissioners, was ap- 

 pointed superintendent of the new institution, a 

 place she continued to hold until her death. From 

 the day she assumed the office she gave her whole 

 attention to improving its conditions. Additional 

 grounds were purchased, both to .provide work 

 for the inmates and to furnish food instead of 

 buying it. The new industry became profitable 

 financially, and also proved a tonic for women in 

 poor health. At the time of her death she had 

 just read a paper before the International Coun- 

 cil of Women, when she was suddenly prostrated 

 with apoplexy. (See GIFTS AND BEQUESTS.) 



Johnson, Isaac Gale, manufacturer, born in 

 Troy, N. Y., in 1832; died in Spuyten Duyvil, 

 N. Y., June 3, 1899. He was graduated at Rensse- 

 laer Polytechnic Institute in 1848, and, after 

 spending two winters in special study, established 

 himself as a manufacturer of malleable iron at 

 Spuyten Duyvil, and in later years of steel. His 

 scientific attainments, inventive skill, and good 

 judgment made him successful. In recent years 

 he had given much attention to projectiles, and 

 among his inventions was a cap for armor-piercing 

 projectiles, which was purchased by the Navy 

 Department and used against Admiral Cervera's 

 squadron off Santiago de Cuba. 



Johnston, William Preston, educator, born 

 in Louisville, Ky., Jan. 5, 1831; died in Lexing- 

 ton, Va., July 16, 1899. He was a son of Gen. 

 Albert Sidney Johnston, and was graduated at 

 Yale in 1852 and at the Louisville Law School 

 in 1853. During the civil war he served in the 

 Confederate army as colonel and aid-de-camp to 

 Jefferson Davis/ He was Professor of History 

 and Literature at Washington and Lee Univer- 

 sity in 1866-77, and president of Louisiana State 

 University in 1880-'S3. In 1884 he became presi- 

 dent of Tulane University, New Orleans, and he 

 held that office at the time of his death. He 

 was the author of a Life of General Albert Sidney 

 Johnston (New York, 1879) ; The Johnstons of 

 Salisbury; The Prototype of Hamlet; and Seek- 

 ers after God, a volume of verse. 



Julian, George Washington, legislator, born 

 near Centerville, Wayne County, Ind.,May 5,1817; 

 died in Irvington, tad., July 7, 1899. While he 

 was a boy his father's death cast him on his 

 own resources to obtain an education. He taught 



