The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-17
THE DEAD JUSTICE.
Justice Miller of the Supreme Court TX.
plrcs After Long Life of Usefulness.
A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.

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F. Miller of the Supreme Court of the
United States was stricken with partial
paralysis of the left side this afternoon at
3 o'clock while OH his way home from the
Capitol, and is now resting quietly at his
home on Massachusetts avenue, with no
serious results anticipated by his family.
Justice Milcr's mind is perfectly clear
and he has never been for an instant
speechless since stricken. Conversing
freely with his wife and attendants and to
observers, he seems to he giving himself
little concern about his condition.
He recitcd in detail to Mrs. Miller and
his son Irving all the incidents of his
visit to the Capitol and his return home,
laughing and joking with them all the
while and telling them not to feel badly
over his attack
The Judge was stricken near his home.
John Woodford, his servant. was standing
in the door ut the time and saw him fall.
He ran to his assistance and with the
help of some by-stamders, raised the
Judge to his feet and helping him into Il
cab soon conveyed him to his house.
DR.. Cook, who lives two doors away,
was called in and DR.. Lincoln was sent
for and administered some rcstorativcs,
and, after examination found Il partial
paralysis of the left side, from the arm
down.
The numbness in the arm has now par
TALLY disappeared and if no further com
plications arise, the physicians do not
anticipate fatal result Drs. Cook and
Lincoln were in attendance some time,
and after they left, the Justice called for
mis- dinner and ate it with apparent relish,
after which, he slept quietly.
WASHINGTON, Oct. l3.-Justicc Miller, of
the Supreme Court, died at 1882. He
had been unconscious since Friday night
and since Saturday his death has been
expected at any moment. He surprised
his physicians by the remarkable vitality
he displayed.
Samuel F. Miller was born in Richmond,
Ky, April 9Th, 1916, and is consequently
now in the 18th year of his age. He was
graduated with honor at the University of
PENNSYLVANIA, and 1T first elected to adopt
the profession of medicine. After prac-
icing as physician few years, however,
he decided to study law, in which profess
sion he soon rose to cmincnco. His SYM
patty with the northern side o.! the
slavery question determined him to leave
Kentucky, and in 1850 he went to Iowa,
and soon became one of the republican
leaders in that then frontier State. Not
withstanding repeated and urgent solicit
tations, he declined to he nominated for
any political office, and confined himself
to the practice Of his profession. In 1862
President Lincoln appointed him an asso-
ciatc justice of the Supreme Court, and
for many wears he has been the senior
justice, Justice Field, appointed in 1863
BIZ Lincoln, standing next in order Of
seniority.
Justice Miller, 10y common consent, has
been regarded as the strongest man on
the supreme bench ever since he took his
seat thereon. On two occasions lie was
selected Cor chief justice by the appoint
ing power. President Grant decided to
nominate him for that Office, but il was
argued that il would he an alront to
Justice Noah r. Swaync, who had served
longer than Justice Miller, and az Il com
promise Morrison r. Waite was chosen.
During Mr.. Clcvcland's ADMINISTRATION the
question of promoting Justice Miller was
seriously considered by the president
WHICH SHlcl JuSl itc " ultc ulcu bul hc WIS
dissuaded hy his party associates, who
deemed such course unwse, aud Mel
Vile VI. Fuller was appointed chief justice
instead.
Justice Miller has always been strong
authority on constitutional law, in which
line he has earned IL reputation second
only to that of Chief Justice Marshall.
Among the best known opinions delivered
bv Justice Miller were in the Slaughter
house cases of Louisiana, in which he de-
fined very clearly the line Of demarcation
between the rights of the government and
those of the States, and in the celebrated
Halct kilbourn case, in which he held
that Congress as Il legislative body, had
no right to take judicial proceeding
against any citizen, but that such action
must he left to the courts rs having cX
elusive jurisdiction in such cases. He
has been the legal adviser of the Presi-
dent of the United States on many intri-
cate questions, and it is probably true
that no American jurist ever stood so
nigh in the estimation of leading men OF
both political parties.