The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-01-23
Special to the REcoRD-USroS.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Justice Brad
ley OF the United States Supreme Court
died at els this morning. His death was
not unexpected, as it was known for some
months that he was far from being WELL
An attack from the grip last spring left
him in much a debilitated condition,
from which he seemed unable to rally
During the greater part of the present
term of the Court he was unable to be
present. With his declining years and
the cold. damp weather prevailing it was
impossible for him to recover. Two days
ago he rallied and thought he might
shake off the illness, but yesterday he be-
gan sinking.
The funeral arrangements, in accord
ance with the wishes of the dead Justice,
viii be quiet. Private services will be
held at his late residence Sunday after
noon. and the remains will then be taken
to Newark, n. j., where interment will
take place Monday.
The Supreme Court adjourned i'm
mediately after assembling until next
Tuesday.
1t was stated the death of Justice Brad
ley was announced at the Cabinet meet
ing to-day, and it was decided to adjourn
at once, out of respect to his memory.
A reception was to have been held at
the White House tomorrow, but has
been postponed, as also a dinner which
Secretary Tracy was to have given to-
night in honor of the President and Mrs.
Harrison, on account of the death of JUS
tice Bradley.
Joseph P. Bradley, Associate Justice of
the United States Supreme Court, was
borne in Berne, Albany County, n. Y.
March Il, 1913, and was, therefore. in his
18th year Of age. He was of English de-
scent. His father was farmer and had a
library containing historical and mathe-
NAUTICAL works. Joseph was the eldest
of eleven children, and he worked on
farm until he reached the age of TO-
His opportunities for obtaining an edu-
cation consisted principally in his attend
ance, three or four months in each wear
at a country school when he was between
the ages of and IA, but he made con-
slant use OF his fathers library, and his
attainment must have been very cOnsid-
cradle. He taught a country school every
winter from his 10th year till his DIST
During this period he also practiced sur
veying occasionally for the neighboring
farmers. His love of study attracted the
attention OF the Clergyman of the village,
who offered to prepare him for college.
He accepted the invitation and at the
age of 20 young Bradley entered Rutgers
College, where he graduated with honor
in the class of 1886, unusually distin-
guished as a mathematician. After de-
voting six months to teaching he began
the study of the law with the Hon. Arthur
Clifford at Newark, n. j., and was adj
mitted to the bar in November, 1929. In
May, 1910, he opened an Office in Newark.
where he continued in practice thirty
years, until his appointment to be JUS
tice of the Supreme Court.
lie was engaged IN many of the most
important and difficult cases that arose in
the New Jersey courts and the courts of
the United States for that district. and his
services as a counselor were sought in a
number of other business transactions.
His professional career was maintained
throughout with great success. In 1859
Lafayette College conferred upon him the
degree of LII. ID. In March, 1870, he was
appointed by President Grant a Justice
OF the Supreme Court of the United
States, and was designated Circuit Justice
for the large Southern district. Suisse
quently, on the resignation of Justice
Strong, he was assigned to the Third Cir
cult embracing the States of Pennsyl-
vania, New Jersey and Delaware. In
June, 1870, he delivered the centennial
| address of Rutgers College. He has con-
tributed valuable articles to several en-
cyclopedias. In 1862, with much reluct-
ance he accepted the Republican nomi-
nation for Congress in the Sixth Con-
gressional District of New Jersey, but so
strongly Democratic was the district that
he was defeated. In 1868 he headed the
New Jersey Republican electoral ticket
Judge Bradley was an accomplished
mathematician, familiar with the higher
and more abstruse processes of mathe-
NAUTICAL investigation, and not unfre-
quently amused himself by indulging in
such pursuits. In 1874 he married Mary,
daughter of Chief Justice Hornblower of
New Jersey, by whom he had two sons
and two daughters. Justice Bradley
gained much notoriety, both in this coun-
try and abroad, when he was a member
of the eight-to-seven Electoral Commits
sion in the Hayes-Tilden controversy.