Show chief justice samuel F miller is bead THE OHIO STATE legislature some important evidence to be produced A brilliant wedding m new york general news washington oct 14 special justice miller died last night at eight minutes of 11 without a struggle and apparently without pain A few minutes before he died the phlegm in his throat accumulated and his frame quivered it was evident that the end was aasc approaching and the members ot his household who were not in the sick were hastily summoned to his bedside besides mra miller and her son irvins there were present dr cook J W wool worth an old friend of justice miller who had just arrived from and the family servants and chief clerk mckinney of the supreme coun after death the face of the justice which had become somewhat drawn during the last days illness changed to a perfectly natural condition and he looked as if in a quiet sleep samuel freeman miller was born in richmond ky april 5 1816 he was graduated at the medical department of transylvania university iu 1838 for a timo and afterwards became a lawyer he was strongly in divor of emancipation and did much to further that cause 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 de voted himself to his profession in which high rank in 1862 he was ap pointed by president lincoln associate justice of the united states supreme court which office he held up to the time of liia death he was the orator at the constitutional centennial celebration at philadelphia on september 15 1887 mrs Tou and miss corkhill daughter and granddaughter of tho justice reached washington this after ahe ohio legislature COLUMBUS 0 oct 14 special one of the most important witnesses to be examined by the legislature in regard to the scandal in the cincinnati board of public improvements is lou stone formerly assistant sargeant at arms of the council of that city who is now in the employ of the st louis keokuk and northwestern railroad company stone has no direct evidence Ree but he knows a lot about the chody transactions of the members of the city council he says that he hain belf had to pay for his job and that tha humblest laborer had to pay for obtaining work he asserts that a widow named parrel who was a scrub woman had to pay for her job he promises to be an interesting if not a sensational witness when called up m to give his testimony two hearts that beat as one NEW YORK oct 14 special A brilliant wedding took place to day at islip L I 1 the contracting parties be ing miss camilia fossand Mos sand 0 A havemeyer the oldest son of the well known capitalist of that name the pretty lit tle church was filled with a large congregation gre gation and the immediate relatives and friends of the happy couple the bride wore a handsome drops of cream bilk leua with a court train draped with and sprays of or ange blossoms trimmed with silver and a tule veil fastened with a pearl and diamond crescent the gift of the bridegroom sew west educational commission chicago oct 14 special the pub lic anniversary of the new west educational commission of the congregation was held to day at the first congregational church the rev dr gunsaulus delivered the address new york theartres theatres The atres NEW YORK oct 14 special the opera of poor jonathan I 1 an unqualified success in berlin and other german cities will be produced at alie casino tonight to night alie opera is built on modern lines and its success in this country means the opening of a new in the comic boera world and a new era in stage settings everything pertaining to the opera will be made as modern as that of a domestic comedy the costumes for the ladies are of the latest and the men are to be dressed in the habits de Con leurs alter the fashion of dress coats worn at a recent ball given by prince de ui pans PARIS oct 14 special A coneless con eress of began today to day it will continue in session four days and will discuss subjects relating to america in pre columbian times its history arch aed logy language etc of london LONDON oct 11 1 1 stecial Sv ecial sir charles halles season of concerts in connection with alie liverpool philharmonic society commences tonight to night when ame mme savary and make their first appearances the principals engaged for the season include miss macintyre edward lloyd mine dordica and ame mme deruda lady halle sir charles and lady halle have but recently returned from australia where they had made a very successful professional tour if satisfactory arrangements can be effected these distinguished artists will visit the united states next season british americans BOSTON oct 14 special A convention of tho british americans of massachusetts hogan today to day at fremont temple for the purpose of adopting a platform for political action to determine what course the party shall follow in coming campaign and to anderso such candidates as shall be considered true to american institutions and honest government the president of the british american association which called the convention in his address urged all british americans to become naturalized without unnecessary delay und then to contest for the title of the ruling race irsa and steel works CHICAGO oct 14 special the membris of the iron and steel institute of great britain and of the vereil deutscher left on a special train this morning on the illinois central railroad for south chicago where they inspected the illinois steel companas Comp anys works they also visited pullman and the fowler car wheel works the visitors will leave the city tonight to night some going to wisconsin and others going south hai plenty ol 01 xene KANSAS CIT oct 14 special A daring theft of a valuable diamond ring occurred at jewelry store A man stepped to the counter and asked to be shown some diamond rings A tray was placed before him for inspection spec tion lie selected a ring from it placed it on his finger ran to the sidewalk mounted a horse at the curb and rode oaf he was not arrested Lap list I 1 kioa CHICAGO oct 14 special the first meeting of alie baptist social union of the season will be held this evening at alie grand pacific hotel the leading guest and speaker of the occasion will be key dr E G bobin aon ex president of brown university addresses will also be delivered by re 7 V C mallory and bev J F bartlett of this city horse thief association indianapolis ind oct 14 special tho annual meeting the horsechief Horse thief detective association of ohio indiana and illinois began today to day there are present about three hundred delegates representing one hundred and fifty counties against female rase sioux FALLS id D oct 15 special A peculiar discovery has been made in this city which it is the opinion of alie attorneys will result in vitiating the submission of the question of equal suffrage at the coming election of this state the election notice of governor and published in the session laws of 1890 state that the question of equal suffrage shall be submitted to voters of south dakota in the following words shall the word male be stricken from section 2 of article 7 of the constitution delatine latine re to the election and right of suffrage the word male does not appear in section 2 of article 7 the bill passed last winter for the submission of the question besides making the above magnest error he states that the form of ballot shall be the word male be stricken from the article of the constitution relating to elections and the right of suffrage the difference is a fatal measure and a death knell to woman suffrage is in reality ent tent t all oyer the bbate american street railway BUFFALO N Y oct 15 special the american street railway assoria tion met here today to day and will remain iu session until friday the meeting is the most important held by the association in many years several papers ere read by prominent electricians advocating the use of electricity in the propulsion of street cars aliey held that alie cable system which is being operated in several cities is inadequate to the demands mads up on it that and mules for street cars are relics of the dark ages that elevated loads are unpractical in several cities and that therefore the only sure safe and altogether inapproachable motor power is electricity an international ei BEHLIN oct 15 special the international ter national electrical exhibition which opened last may at frankfort on abe main under alie approval of the imperial closed today to day there was a large and interesting exhibition from america A bonns lilly s terrible crime ST louis mo oct 14 special an investigation instituted by coroner frank into the circumstances connected with the death of mattie wills alias rosa johnsen John sun has disclosed was the result of abortion and had not from an arsenic taken with a suicidal intent as at first supposed all elloris to reveal the identity of the physician who performed the criminal operation or the aai who wronged the girl have proved unavailing mattie wills was a comely girl 28 years of age she came to st louis several veara ago from her home at III and has lived here since on last friday about noon ehe appeared at the residence of mrs M S shrewsbury a friend of the airl having been acquainted with her since she first came to the city an unknown colored woman accod danied her who told mrs shrewsbury that she had found the girl wandering about the looking for his residence and that she had assisted her to find it in response to mrs shrewsbury the girl aaker to be allowed to lay down and subsequently requested that dr L II 11 laidy be sent for when the physician arrived after a short examination he took the girl 10 task saying mattie I 1 told you that vou should not do this go to the doctor who did this and tell him to undo it shortly after this the girl left mrs Shrew burys house saying that she was going to the hospital nothing was seen of the un fortnato girl antil an officer found her ou a box at the corner of third street and washington avenue he went after an ambulance when he returned she was talking to a stranger whom slie told she was ruined the girl was taken to the hospital in an ambulance bu lance she was in a serious condition efforts to use alie stomach pump were without success and in baldau hour the H was dead then analysis of the stomachs liquid matter hy the hospital chemist revealed arsenic in a small quantity the body was removed to the morgue 0 o await the corners inquest corner frank had dr ludwig make a post mortem examination this proved that the airl had died from the ejects of an abortion and not from arsenic as nt first supposed this morning the father of the girl JK T villia Villi 3 accompanied by his two sons arrived from Bloomington charge of the remains he had not heard from his daughter for two yeara and had no information that bould throw any alighi on alie mystery at the inquest held fo day the testimony tended to corroborate the story given all efforts to get at the name of the physician performing the operation have failed the frequency of these occurrences however aib be stirred the police and something of a sensational nature is likely to develop shortly as several physicians of high standing are suspected of this infamous practice on the aly |