Background
Miller, James Martin was born on June 24, 1859 in Saint Mary's, Virginia (now West Virginia). Son of M. J. and Amanda M. Miller.
Miller, James Martin was born on June 24, 1859 in Saint Mary's, Virginia (now West Virginia). Son of M. J. and Amanda M. Miller.
Educational public schools, Wheeling, West Virginia, Winfield, Kansas, and Pennington (New Jersey) Seminary.
Reporter San Francisco Call. At age of 22 secured position in business department, Chicago Daily News. Later its New York representative.
As representative of syndicate of English and American newspapers went to Hawaii, to Samoa, 1898, where he was during exciting times preceding events of November and December, 1898, then to New Zealand, where wrote series of articles on Social Legislation, then to Australia, and from Sydney to Philippine Islands, where served 3 months as war correspondent during Filipino insurrection.
War correspondent in China, 1900. Secured the famous interview with Li Hung Chang.
Visited Japan, Straits’ Settlements, Ceylon. India, Egypt and the Holy Land.
Attended Queen Victoria’s funeral and Queen Wilhelmina’s wedding as newspaper correspondent.
In March, 1903, secured the interview on the German Navy with Admiral Dewey which made the Newark News famous. Visited Saint Pierre, Martinique, with relief expedition, 1902. In Rome during winters of 1901, 1902.
Washington correspondent Newark Daily News, several years American consul at Aix Louisiana Chapelle, March-September, 1905.
Appointed consul-general at Auckland, New Zealand, September 9, 1905. Appointed consul at Rheims, November 7, 1905.
Author: China, Ancient and Modern. Martinique Disaster, 1902.
Life of Pope Leo, 1903.
Triumphant Life of Theodore Roosevelt. Compiler and editor Twentieth Century Atlas of the World. Address: Metropolitan Building, New York, New New York
Married Clara Etta Brown, of Newport, Rhode Island, 1891 (died 1897).