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^th disloyal utterances. In 1864 he opened a law office in Cafton City, and gained a fair prac- tice. He engaged in several skirmishes with hostile Indians and was judge of the district, 186&-70. In 1870 he visited Europe, where he

published his first volume of verse, "Songs of the Sier- ras," under the pen name, "Joaquin Mill- er." On his return to America he lived in New York city and in Wasliington, D. C, and engaged as a journalist. He re- moved to California in 1887, where his mountain home " The Heights," Oakland, Cal., looking out through the Golden ■Gate on the Pacific, became one of the sights for tourists, but as he was the most persistent of trav- elers he was rarely seen there. In 1897 he went to the Klondike, where he underwent severe hard- ship, and when he returned to the East he lec- tured in the principal cities. He next went to the Orient and took part in the advance on Pekin for the relief of the legations in 1900, and in 1901 he returned to Oakland. He is the author of several successful plays, including The Danites (1876); '49; Tiie Silent T fan, Sind TaUy-Ho (ISSO). Besides the Songs of the SieiTas his books in- •clude: Songs of the Sanlands (1873); Life among HieModocs (1874); The Old Fair Woman (1874); First Families of tJie Siei^as (1875): Songs of the Desert (1875); Songs of Italy (1878); The Ship of ihe Desert (1880); '40, or the Gold Seekers of the Sierras (1880); Shadows of Shasta (1881); Memo'rie and Rime (1882)', TJie Destruction of Gotham (1883); A History of Montana (3 vols., 1895); True Bear Stories (1900); and TJie Build- ing of the City Beautiful (1901).

MILLER, John, governor of Missouri, was born in Steubenville, Ohio, in 1780. He entered the U.S. army, as lieutenant-colonel of the 17th in- fantry, March 12, 1812; was promoted colonel and transferred to the 19th infantry, and com- manded a detachment of troops sent out from Fort Meigs during the investment by the British, and he succeeded in destroying the enemy's batteries, and breaking the siege, May 5, 1813. He resigned from the army, Feb. 10, 1818; removed to Missouri, was register of public lands in the Howard district for a number of years, and edited theWestem Her- <ild in 1825. He was governor of Missouri, 1826-32. At the beginning of his administration the seat of government was removed from St. Charles ^o

Jefferson City, and during his term of service he recommended the establishment of military posts to protect the settlers and traders from the Indians, and he also advocated uniting the Illi- nois river with Lake Michigan by a canal. He quickly ended several Indian outbreaks by calling out the militia and additional volunteer forces. He was a Van Buren Democratic representative from the Boonville district in the 2Gth, 26th and 27th congresses, 1837-43. He died near Florisant, Mo., March 18, 1846.

MILLER* John, theologian, was born in Prince- ton, N.J., April 6, 1819; son of the Rev. Samuel and Sarah (Sergeant) Miller. He was graduated at the College of New Jersey, A.B., 1836, A.M., 1839, and at the Princeton Theological seminary in 1842. He was ordained pastor of the Presby- terian church at Frederick City, Md., Oct. 30, 1843, and served, 1843-48. He was pastor of the West Arch Street church, Philadelphia, Pa., 1850- 55, and at Lexington, Va., 1855-63. He served as captain of artillery in the Confederate army in 1862; was pastor of the Second Presbyterian church at Petersburg, Va., 1863-71, and in 1871 settled in Princeton. N.J., and devoted himself to literary work. His views on the subject of the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, and the condition of the dead were opposed to the doctrines of the Presbyterian church, and he was dismissed by the Presbytery of Baltimore, but he appealed to the synod of New Jersey, which permitted him to withdraw without being deposed. He then built a church, at his own expense, at Plainsboro, near Princeton, N. J., and conducted it according to the doctrines of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. He built a second church at Princeton, N.J., in 1880, in which he officiated until 1893, when he established a third church in New Brunswick, N.J., and preached there, 1892-95. He is the author of: Design of the Church (1846); Commentary on the Proverbs (1863); Fetich in TJieology (1874); Metaphysics, or The Science of Perception {\81^)', Are Souls J/nmorf a/ f (1877); Was Christ in Adam? (1877); Is God a Trinity f (1877); Creed (1879); Theology {imi), &udi Com- mentary on Romans (1887). He died in Prince- ton, N.J., April 14, 1895.

MILLER* John* governor of North Dakota, was born in Dryden, N.Y., Oct. 29. 1843; son of Archibald and Isabel Miller, who came from Scot- land to Tompkins county, N.Y., in 1836. He was brought up on a farm, attended Dryden academy, and engaged in business. In 1880 he removed to Dakota Territory and became interested in real estate, and in the growing and exporting of wheat. He was a member of the territorial coun- cil in 1888; and was the first governor of the state of North Dakota, serving 1889-91. While eovernor he expelled the agents of the Louisiana