The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-29
OBITUARY.

Ex-Aidernan Frederick Sigrist, of the
old Twenty-first ward of Brooklyn. who.
\ was one of the central figures In the or
ganization of the vigilance committee OF
| San Francisco. Cal. died on Tuesday In
] his seventy-second year at the home of
| one of his sons. 50 Harmon Street Brook
| Ign, from paralysis. In 1893 he ran against
| Isador Stratus in the Fifteenth Congress
sfonal district, where he then lived and
| reduced the Democratic majority from
| l3,00 to 1900. He was one of the first
| producers of California wine and bran
dies. His vineyards were near Mana
City. Cal. and he amassed comfortable
fortune from them He retired twenty
| five years ago. He was born In Bavaria
Germany. and leaves three sons and one
daughter. Francis K, Frederick G.. John
j., and Elizabeth. The funeral will take
place this morning at $50 at st. Barbara's
Church. Brooklyn.
virgilio Tojetti. an artist with studio
at fss Fifth Avenue. New York. died In
st. Luke's Hospital on Wednesday after
noon. Mr.. Tojett was born In Rome
Italy. fifty years ago. His father was
Domenico Tojetti, professor in St
Lukes Academy Of Fine Arts in Rome.
The elder Tojetti was engaged by Pope
Plus TX to restore number of pictures
In the Vatican. Virgilio To1etti came to
this country and settled In San Francisco.
He married Miss Catherine Hayes. of that
city. and removed to New York He
rapidly developed taste for painting fe-
male faces His painting of The Two
Roses and its companion picture Sweet
thoughts. brought renown. He did some
panel work In the residences of William
c. Whitney and Charles T. Yerkes. and
at the entrance to Eeith's Theatre in Bos-
ton and in many other places. He was
finishing a portrait of Mrs J. Hood
an no Mt
X: Brokaw when he died. He leaves a
widow and two daughters.
Mrs. Mary Howard Jonson. who died
at her home in Montclair. N. j.. on Mon
day last, was well known in New York
circles. Her husband. the late Frederick
Jonson, was British Consul at New York
many years ago. After his death Mrs
Jonson opened a private school. Mrs
Jonson leaves one child, her daughter
Marquita, who was married to Henry
LenoX Banks. nephew of the late James
Lenox, of New York.
Mrs. Eliza B. Garrett. the widow Of the
late John Garrett and daughter OF the
late John Jewett. died on Wednesday at
her old home in the old Jewett mansion,
"a Monroe Place, Brooklyn, N. Y, in her
ninety-first year. She was the oldest
member of Holy Trinity Episcopal
church charity foundation of the Graham
Institute. In which she endowed two
beds. She leaves a brother, sister, and
two grandchildren.
Charles Ralph Hickox. for many years
a prominent member of the Produce Ex-
change, and at one time It's board of
managers, died yesterday at his home,
126 West Ninety-fourth Street, New York
He was born in Warren, Ohio. on July 2,
1887, and came to this city in 1856. and
went into the grain business. He went
to the front in 1861 as second lieuten-
ant in the Fifth United States Artillery
and served until 1864. when he resigned
with the rank of lieutenant. He per-
formed gallant service at Gettysburg and
in several other engagements. After his
from the army Mr.. Hickox
resumed business in New York: He mar
ried Miss Helen B. Church, of Fort Ham,
ilton. who DIED several years ago. He
had been active member of the Union
League Club since 1878. and he also be-
longed to the New England Society. the
Loyal Legion, and Lafayette Post, g. A
r. Two sons. Ralph and Charles, and an
daughter, Helen, survive him.
Both sons are lawyers
Thomas S. Harlow, one of the associate
Justices Of the First District Court OF
Eastern MiddIesex, Mass, died. at his
home in Medford yesterday. aged eighty
eight years. Judge Harlow was born in
Castine, Me. He was graduated from
Bowdoin College in 1896 and completed
mis- legal studies IN Louisville, KY, where
he was admitted to the bar in 1889 On
the establishment of the First District
Court of Eastern Middlesex in 1870 he was
appointed one of the associate justices.
In which position he continued until his
ieath. A daughter the widow of the
Hon b. F. Hayes. survives him
fish novelist who writes under the pseu-
ionym of George Egerton.' is dead in
San Francisco from pneumonia and Will
be buried by strangers, as his people
could not be reached by cable. Clairmont
was a writer of some reputation in Eng
land. He came here from Phoenix.