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Show SENATOR BRADLEY DEAD. Distinguished Kentuckian Succumbs to Grim Reaper After Long Illness. . Washington. William O. Bradley, United States senator from Kentucky, WILLIAM O. BRADLEY. United States Senator from Kentucky, died here Saturday after a lingering illness, aggravated by a fall. Senator William O. Bradley was one of the most distinguished Republican leaders of Kentucky in his generation. An orator of unusual ability, for forty years he had been prominent before the people of his state and the nation. na-tion. Born in 1847, he was only 14 years old when the civil war broke out. Twice he ran away from home to join the union army, only to be taken from the ranks by his father because ot his youth. As a page in the lower house of the Kentucky legislature, he attracted such attention that at the age of IS, a special act was passed by the legislature enabling him to practice law if he proved his qualifications qualifi-cations before an examining committee commit-tee consisting of two circuit judges. |