The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-16
Con .E 10 HIS RES I
Justice Miller Of tile United
States Supreme Court at
Last Succumbs.
Tho End Comes Without q
Struggle and Apparently
Without Pain.

Il WASHINGTON, Oct. Justice iller died
tonight at 1912 without a struggle and APP
parently without pain. #
"A few minutes before he died the phlegm
in his throat gradually accumulated and
his frame quivered. it was evident that
the end was last approaching, and the
members of his household who were not in
the sick room We're hastily summoned to
his bedside. Besides Mrs. Miller and her
son Irvine, there were present DR.. Cook. j.
w. Woolworth, an old friend Of Justice
Miller who had just arrived from Omaha.
the family servants and Chief Clerk Nc
Kenney, ofthe supreme court.
Soon after death the face of the justice,
which had been somewhat drawn during
the last day OF his illness, changed to per-
tcctly natural condition, and he looked as
if in 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 inferred
III the family burying ground
Tomorrow the supreme court will meet
as usual at IL O'Clock, and after the an
*nouncement o. the death Of Associate JUS
tic Miller by Chief Justice Fuller the court
will adjour,. The justices will then con-.
suit with Mrs. Miller as to the time of the
burial and the funeral arrangements.
Mrs. Touzalin and Miss Corkhill, the
daugither and granddaughter Of the jus
tice will reach Washington tomorrow.
A TI1AUTE TO HIS MEMORY.
The Star tonight says editoriaily ofJus-
tice Miller:
OF Pennsylvania stock on his fathers side and
North Carolina blood OH his mother's-a native
OF Kentucky and y citizen OF Iowa at the time
OF his appointment. Justice Miller has united all
the characteristics OF strength sOlidity. intelli
gence and coliscienuouslless that characterize
the peoples from which he sprang. Appointed
to the associate justiceshir Of the republics SUI
preme court in the midst OF the gigantic struggle
OF tho Union for existence, he was one OF the
foremost figures of the federal judiciary in the
settlement OF the Important questions growing
out OF that contest. A sincere and earnest Re
publican from the Fremont campaign in 1856.
he supported the policy OF that party in those
measures which firmly established it's SUI
premacy and determined the course OF the recon-
structlon.
Among the opinions written by him at this
great period was that in the New Orleans saugh-
terhouse cases, which maintained the validity
OF the national powers under the new constitu-
tional amendments. III the twenty eight years
OF his service OH the supreme bench Justice Mil
Ter has delivered opinions in large number OF
cases involving high questions of government,
and his lucid and weigIty words have settled
Thompson case the delimitation Il legislative
power and personal rights of the citizen was
most clearly made. The right OF the national
legislature, however, was upheld by him and She
court OF which he was spokesman in the matter
OF Interstate railroad transportation.
So clear cut have been many OF his judicial
and unofficial utterances in favor of the constr
tutional rights Of the states in the Union that
by some states rights men, even Of all extreme
school, Judge Miller has been regarded as the
firmest friend OH the supreme bench of the ''re-
served rights of the several states.' On the
other hand his position on the electoral com
mission Of SIT gave more satisfaction to Re-
spublicans than Democrats. But to those who
have watched the career of the stricken Justice,
his impartaity has seemed as conspicuous as
his common sense and LEGAL ability
81 One OF the longest i'll service on that great
tribunal. he has been eXcelled by none i'll dig
nifty, in faithfulness to his trust and in all that
makes up consummate judge He was emf
nent. like Bushrod Washingt OH. for his practical
Judgment and. if not SO learned as Story, was
as luminous, wise and judicious as any OF The
great men who have adorned the bench from the
days, of Jay, Iredeli and Ellsworth to the pres
ent time Twice considered for the place OF
chief justice, if the strong reasons advanced had
operated tor his promotion he would have been
a worthy successor Of Chase or Waite A great
urst, there was no position in the world OF
jurisprudence he would not have adorned.