Show justice miller dead washington OrrON oct 13 justice miller died at eight minutes of 11 without a struggle ani am apparently patently ly without pain A few minutes before he died the phlegm in his bis throat accumulated and his frame quivered it was evident that the heend end was fast approaching and the members of his family who were not in the sickroom were hastily summoned to his bedside besides mrs miller and her son irving there were present dr coook J W wool worth worthy an old friend of justice miller who had just arrived from omaha and the family servants and chief clerk mckinney of the supreme court soon after death the face of the justice which had become somewhat drawn during the last days illness changed to perfectly natural condition and h bg looked as if in a quiet sleep no arrangements for the funeral will be made until tomorrow but it is certain that his remains will be removed to his home at keokuk iowa where they will be interred in the family burying grou nd ad tomorrow the supreme court will meet as usual and after the announcement of the death of associate justice miller by chief justice fuller the court will adjourn mrs Tou and miss corkhill daughter and granddaughter of the just justice tee will reach washington tomorrow afternoon SAMUEL FREEMAN MILLER was born in richmond ky april 51 5 1616 he was graduated at the medical department of transylvania university in 1838 practiced for a short time and afterwards became a lawyer he was strongly in favor of emancipation and did much to further that cause aud and although he took no part in politics the course of public affairs induced him to remove in 1850 from kentucky to iowa where he became the leader of the republican party he was offered and declined numerous state and local offices and devoted himself to his profession in which he took high rank in 1862 he was appointed by president lincoln associate justice of the united states supreme court which office he held up to the time of his beaw he was the orator at the constitutional centennial celebration at philadelphia on september 15 1887 |