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Show JAMES J. O'KF.LLY, NATIONALIST, DIES Member of House of Commons Widely Known for Adventurous Career All Over World. LONOX. Poo. 2'2, 12:27 p. m. James J. O 'Kelly, nationalist member of the- house of commons, died in London Lon-don this moruiiii;. Mr. t) "Kelly t a member of the house of commons since lSPa. was widely known for his adventurous career, lie was one of Parnoll s earliest recruit? in parliament and went through the ritual of suspension and removal from the Iioupc which marked the early 'SOs. He I" ter was re-elected. While st ill a member of parliament he accepted a commission to no up the Nile during the Sudan c.niipaiL'n and interview the j Mahdi, but Lord Kitchener barred that i enterprise. i Mr. O 'Kelly fought in the J-ranco- Prussian war." having" a commission in ! the French army. His passion for nd-i nd-i venture also found an outlet in the j United States army during the Indian campaigns of a feneration ago. I At the time of the Cuban revolt ' aeainst Spanish rvde ho served as a : i-orrcspondont for New York and London Lon-don newspapers and distinen;shed himself him-self particularlv bv his daring- when, eontrarv to the orders of the Spnnish captain-general at Havana, ho made his 1 way to the rebel lines and sent a serie 'of dispatches coneernini: the revolution. I Mr.'0"Kellv was born in Kosonmmon. j Ireland, and" was in his sevonty ti rst i vcar. |