Show i WOOD PULP MILLER BROKE Gold and Copper Mining Speculation Finished the Former United States Senator New York Jan 28 Former United States Senator Warner Miller who was as elected to the senate in 1881 and who since his retirement has been engaged in mining enterprises in this city and upstate made an assignment for tor the benefit of his creditors to Ernest I Co Conant Conant Conant nant today Mr Miller has been ill III at athis athis athis his home In H N Y for sev several several severa eral era days das Mr Conant the assignee said tonight that he could make no statement stat ment concerning the liabilities and the assets of ot the former senator as he was not acquainted with the situation A few tew weeks ago receivers were ap appointed appointed appointed pointed at Charleston W Va Ta for the Sierra Consolidated Gold Mining lining com corn company company pany of which Mr Miller was president president president dent The company owned property in Mexico which It tried to develop but the recent financial stringency made it difficult to secure funds The action for tor the receivership was begun in the West Virginia courts by the bondholders ers it Is said In II default of or interest Twenty years ears ago Warner Varner Miller was wasa a power In New York politics He was elected to the senate where he served from 1881 to 1887 as aa al outcome of the feud between Senators Thomas C Platt Piatt and n l Roscoe Rocoe Conklin and the president over Ocr federal patronage In this state Mr Miller was an advocate of the Nicaraguan route for the isthmian canal His political activity ceased several years ago |