New-York tribune., 1908-01-29

At his Office it was said that Mr.. Miller had tee-
f,honod the request that Mr.. Conant act as as
siEnee from Herkmer. One of Mr.. MilleTs sons
has been with him recently in this city. but is
thought 10 be in Herkin1er now, and Max, the
ether son, who treasurer Of the Sierra COM
rsnv. was said 10 be In Goldfeld.
NJ Miller was at time associated with
William Wavne Belvin in the British America
Finance Corporation. of which Belvin was presi-
dert The object of the company was to build
. railroad from Port Angeles to Portland ore.
The road was 10 be known as the Port Angeles
Eastern Railway.
l.; lSqa Belvin was arrested for failure 70 pay
\ hotel bill at the Waldorf-Astoria- and in 1901
ho WAS taken into custody by secret service
men for sending telegram TO President Mckln-
a-. telling him that his train was to be wrecked
j. Texas In 1905 he arrested in Boston Tor
sending a scurrilous telegram to New YORK
man On each occasion. however. Belvin was
discharged.
In 1905 Mr. Miller became president Of the
Sierra Consolidated Gold Mining Company Bel
Yin VAS associated with him at the time the
comrany was organized but later dropped out.
Then the firm Of Hopper & BgeloW was asso-
ciated Rith Miller in the company j. IL Bge-
low il came out. was a woman
The Sierra Consolidated Gold Mining Com
rany went into the hands of receivers last week
One of the receivers, Engene H Wilson, a law
yer Was nominated by Hopper, while the other
receiver Joseph G. Fenster, was named by the
creditors. The company had a stock issue of
100000 and s50e.00o in bonds
A business associate of MIR. Miller said yester-
day that he owned about S1Goooo of common
stock in the company and a few of the bonds
and not applicant in the receIVership pro-
oeedings. II was reported that the ex-senator
large sondholders. The company's mines are
HillsboTo. y. Nj.
NJ Miller who had large pulp interests up
The state. was one of the organizers of the In
ternafional Paper Company, and was said TO
have made $4,000 out of the deal Other COM
panies IN which he has been interested include
the Cara baya Rubber Company, the Occidentai
Contracting Company, the Golden Gem Mining
COMPANY. the Snake and Opportunity Mines. etc
tn sx-Senator was one of the projectors Of
The SiCara qua Canal and was president OF the
oSrTisslon. He promoted at that tlme the
Nicaragua Canal Construction Company and the
Maritime Canal Company. concerns which were
organized TO build the canal. Mr. Miller was an
5udefat he worker in its interests. He tried TO
fest tho bonds of the canal construction COM
panles in Germany but had little success, and
the company finally went into the hands Of re-
Ceivers
In 1900 he vas interested in the promotion of
Tha Milwaukee Southwestern Railroad. which
pss "a hzzle At about the same time he
vas director of the Traders Fire Insurance
Company, which got into trouble with the state
Insurance Department on account Of issuing al
legged false statements.
Ia mere recent years Mr.. Miller has beeh III
ie7ested in numerous other companies, most of
Nhlch have met with Indifferent success, while
many have never advanced beyond the paper
stage. One of these was the International North
and South American Transportation Company
which Was incorporated in Maine but failed 10
pay its taxes and lost its charter. The Capital
Mining Company, of West Virginia, met the
sarne fate. He figured in the Depew Syndicate
which got into the newspapers In connection
with the insurance Investigations. other COM
panies with which he is connected are the Cara
tsya Rubber and Transportation Company. the
Norfolk Creosoting Company and the SLOGAN
hio Mining Company. The last two have not
advanced beyond the paper stage.
Mr. Miller's most successful undertaking or
iate is the Dominion Copper Company. of which
ne Was elected president short time ago TINS
company originally the Montreal g. Boston
a.o.
In February. 1906. Mr.. Miller caused the ar
rest OF George Munroe. of Munroe & Munroe' in
connection with q suit for $4,000. This SUIT
grew out of the so-called Montreal and Boston
ossi OF December. 1904 in which Mr. Miller al