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fl SEPTEMBER 25, 1308 The Commoner. 13 riQRi.- ,. 'it i, fl-tfrf In Delaware -Mr. Bryan met with cordial reception on every hand. Republicans of Montana nominat ed for governor Edward Donlan. A Washington, D. C, dispatch dated September 17, follows: "After having drawn the attention of the world, to his aeroplane flights- at Fort Myer and having established new world's records for heavier-than-air flying machines, Orville Wright to day met with a tragical mishap while making a two-man flight. The aero planist was accompanied by Lieuten ant Thomas- B. Selfridge of the sig nal corps of the army. Lieutenant Selfridge was fatally injured and died at 8:10 o'clock tonight. Mr. Wright was seriously injured, but is expected to recover. While the ma chine was encircling the drill grounds a propeller blade snapped off and hitting some other part of the intricate mechanism caused it to overturn in the air and fall to the ground, enveloping the two occu pants In the debris. Soldiers and spectators- ran across the field to where the aeroplane had fallen and assisted in lifting Mr. Wright and Lieutenant Selfridge from under the tangled mass of machinery, rods, wires and shreds of muslin." come to the discussion of political questions this fall we. will meet in the same spirit and remember that a man is not a better or worse neigh bor because he is a democrat or a republican. I hope the coming elec tion will bo decided in this spirit.' Mr. Kern then launched into an elo quent resume of the history of Ken tucky and Indiana. He closed with a tribute to the American farmer and expressed himself as thankful more and more each day that the rural resident is doing his own think ing and la able to arrive at intelli gent decisions promptly by reason of his improved facilities for communi cation with the outside world." An Associated Press dispatch un der date of New York, September 16, follows: "John B. Redmond, the Irish leader in the house of com mons; Joseph B. Devlin, M. P., and John Fltzgibbon, who came to this country to attend the biennial con vention of the United Irish league at Boston, were given a warm recep tion on their arrival here today. When the steamer Urania reached her dock more than one hundred members of the United Irish league of New York were in waiting. The party was escorted to the Hoffman house, where a formal reception will be tendered Mr. Redmond by the league. On Saturday Mr. Redmond will leave for Boston to attend the convention and upon his return to New York he will address a mass meeting. Later ho will visit Phil adelphia, Chicago and other largo cities." The Arkansas state election was held September 14. The democratic state ticket was elected by a largo majority... FAME The incumbent of an old church in Wales asked a party of Americans to visit his parochial school. After a recitation ho invited them to ques tion the scholars, and one of the party accepted the Invitation. 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Dunn of Mon roe; associate judge of thQ court of appeals, Albert Haight of Erie. Levi Ankeny, United States Sen ator for Washington, was defeated for re-nomination by Wesley L. Jones, now a congressman. In the republican primaries in the Eighth Minnesota district, J. Adam Bede, the republican humorist, was defeated for. re-nomination by Clar ence B. Miller. John W. Kern, democratic nomi nee for vice president, visited Louis ville, Ky., September 16. The As sociated Press report says: "John W. Kernt the democratic candidate for vice president was the guest to day of the citizens of Louisville and Kentucky, receiving a hearty wel come. Mr. Kern's visit was made under the auspices of the Kentucky colonels, a. democratic marching club, which met him at the train when he arrived from Indianapolis this morn ing, and escorted him to' the Seel bach hotel. Here Mr. Kern -was en tertained at luncheon by prominent democrats- and: made a short address. 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