The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-11-03
Regret Expressed on ALI Sides
Over His Demise.
TRIBUTES TO HIS SERVICES
Action Taken I'm the Police ana
criminal Courts-Remarks Made
by Judge Bradley and Messrs.
Jeffords and Pugh-Funeral To
Take Place Tomorrow.

noon, after a long illness, at the age of
fifty-one years.
Since last May Judge Miller has been
unable 10 be at the police court on account
OF mis- atIliction, and his physicians have
known that he could not recover. The
inamedia te cause OF death was the rupture
OF blood vessel in the neck. ne has
suffered for several months from tliuor
on the neck, which has entirely precllded
lis attendance at his court.
Judge Miller took a walk yesterday after
noon with his little daughter. calling at
the Takoma poStoffice. His walk seems
to have been too much OF an eNertiori,
however. 4 5 soon after his return a coughing
fit resulted in the rupture of a blood vessel,
and the end sOon followed. His inlnediate
family AID q few ueighbors were the only
people Present a the time OF his death.
JUDGE Miller was born in Charlestown,
jefferson county. W. Va. He was stanch
Democrat, though he never held any office
until his appointment by President Cleve-
lard ten yeats ago To be Judge OF the Dir
trict police court. PrIor To his elevation
20 tie bench Judge Miller was considered
one OF the test criminal lawyers of the
District bar. On the bench he was re-
garded as a far and impartial jurist, and
his deo isions were rarely reversed
Personally he was much esteeland and
liked by a large number OF sincere friends
He was a member of the Odd Fellows
order a.sd a member uf Pentalpha Lodge.
Columbia CommaEdery. X. T., and Mount
Vernon Chapter. Royal Arch Masons.
Wade, daughter of Col. Wade, formerly
United states marshal of Georgia aud a
wei ktor-n politician. She is a near rela-
tive of Hon. Clark Howell, of the Atlanta
Constitution. He is survived by three
small children, the eldest girl OF ten years.
the funeral services VIII I've held at 2
o'clcck tomorrow afternoon from tie Rock
Geek chapel and viii DE conducted 10y
Rev. Dr. JohnSon. OF Takoua Episcopal
Church OF which deceased was a HIember.
The EasaHs have spplieu for permission
10 attend the services in a Eody, bot IL
has not yet been definitely decided whether
IA. service viu - u:o,r tie suSrices OF
this .ody Of not.
The raHh..a-ers are six members of tie
tar, Maurice Smith, Alexander r Mul-
lowny. James L. Pugh. ir., j. J. Darling
ton. Ma iug Levin. and b. r. Leighton. The
iuterment will be at Rock Creek Gene
terry. Judge Miller was a member of the
Junadabs, and q delegation viii attend the
funeral.
A large uumlier OF friends called at his
late residence in TakoIua Park lasl night
u tender their svIupathies.
The respect and love with which the late
Judge Miller was regarded by members Of
the bar and officers OF the District police
COURT was fully expressed la Resolutions Of
fered and apecches delivered before Judge
Kimtsr ti.iS morning. After the res.,lu-
tiunS had been read and the speeches con-
cluGcd the court was ad iourned as a mark
ofre>pecttotte memory o I he deceased. l.
was also decided, on motion of Attorney
Smith, that the resolutions presented be
communicated 70 Mrs. Miller by the clerk
of the court.
assistant District Attorney MullCwnv. in
a short address. expressed his sorrow at the
death of Judge Miller. He said in part
Judge Miller who has just pass ed
from a. midst z a citizen comma ndedthc
Respect of All men. He was a true friend,
an aide Judge. a loving husband and kind
father. His death has created a vacancy
whici il : almost impossible to fill. As
nau learned in the law, skilled III reading
the 1har3ctars OF men and of ability in
Getecting fal school OF recognizing truth,
he was ithOut a peer. II was his pos
sss son Gf all those qualities which ma de him
iCtlge on this bench such as We shalt not
see there again.
Judge Miller, though a true Christian
and a good man, was not hampered 5s
any narrnw views on petty prejudices. He
was a friend Of the poor and unfortunate.
and those lOwly people who appear here
from day to day have lost i'm him true
friend. But while the community has lost
a good citizen and an able Judge, ms loss
is that Of a true, steadfast friend ssuch
I mourn him. I feel that no words o mine
can convey NV sorrow al my personal loss,
nor can they do Justice to the distinguished
iurist and good man who has passed into
the great beyond. I therefore move that
this cogrt adjourn as a mark Gf respect to
his mertory"
Attorney Calvin Chase then offered a
resolution on behalf Of the attorneys prdc-
ticing he fore the police court expressing 2 the
sorrow of the bar at the loss il had sus
taiircd in Judge MilIer's death. II was in
part as follows:
- Therefore. DE IT reSblTed- That In the
death OF Thomas Z. Miller the bench loses
one Of its Inost distinguished judges: n
fresd Of nun manity and a man OF the peo
pie. and as a token OF the high esteem
in which ha WAS held by us We tender 20
his bereaved family our condolence, and
when this court adjcurns it be in homer
Of ifc distinguished deceased
Attorneys Smith Moss, John NJ. Lanrs
ton and Jones, also fittingly expressed
their sorrow in short addresses. assistant
District Attorney Pugh was the last TO
speak words - sorrow for the death Of
Judge Miller. Mr.. PuCh was yisibly af
feet ed. and az times lis emotion scarcely
nermitted him 60 utter the words he desired
to say
Judge Miller was an able iurist and
n fair r-ninded man" said Mr.. Pugh. "He
was Q friend of the friendless. and the lowly
people wilc ca me here before him ever found
| him mercifalas s well as Just. have known
and loved Judge Miller from the time ]
first came into this branch Of the court
Tie was ALWAYS my friend, and While the
public has lost a good and able official.
my boss is IN infinitely deeper one. Judge
Miller was a true man. and his loss leaves
| a void in the hearts OF those who knew him
as did, which can never he filled
Judge Kimball said that to all the words