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Show SENATOR JAMES H. BRADY DEAD. Western Statesman Had Held High Places in Gift of Idahoans. Washington. Senator James H. Brady of Idaho died at his home here Sunday night. January 14, from heart disease. lie suffered an acute attack a week previous, while on his way to Washington from Idaho and had been In a critical state since. The senator's wife and several rel-fl rel-fl fives were at his bedside. His two 'sons, S. VS. Brady of Chandler, Okla., and J. Robb Brady of Kansas, were on a train from the west trying to reach Washington in time to see their father alive. The train did not arrive in time. Senator Brady was born in Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania lifty-six years ago, but moved to Kansas when a boy and was educated in the public schools and the Leavenworth Leaven-worth Normal college. He taught school for three years and later engaged en-gaged in newspaper work. He moved to Idaho in ISOo and soon became prominent in Republican politics. pol-itics. He was made chairman of the Republican slate committee in 1001 and was elected governor in. 190S. After bis term expired he was elected to the senate' by the slate legislature and re-elected by the people in 1911 for seven years. Senator Brady was a member of the military and the agricultural committee commit-tee and was vitally interested in conservation con-servation in the west. He took a special spe-cial interest during the last season in war legislation and was a frequent speaker during the debates on the fond and war revenue bill. |