Show I 1 ORYA DIES WHILE asleep GREAT COMMONER PASSES AWAY peacefully DURING AFTER NOON NAP world mourne passing of man whose end came while apparently in best beat of health nurse ola dis covers death dayton tenn Wil willinia linin jennings bryan died here sunday july the man who had won von and held the title ot the great commoner 11 and whom many predicted would again emerge into the political limelight la a candidate tor for tho the presidency on the religious issues raised by the dayton evolution trial passed peacefully apparently worn out by the strain ot of thoi the recent dramatic events here the commoner was sleeping Ble when the end came no one was with him dr A C broyles and dr W F thomason stated that death was waa caused by a hemorrhage of oc the brain causing apoplexy mrs mra bryan was seated on the porch looking through the screen door during the entire time mr dryan brynn was waa asleep she said she thought the commoner was sleeping longer than usual and did not want to disturb him mr mi bryan who had come here three weeks ago to attend the scopes trial had spent saturday at winches ter and chattanooga coming here by automobile at 11 july he be attended services at the methodist episcopal church south ile ho led in prayer and after the benediction went to the home ot of mrs richard rogers where he and mrs bryan have be been making their home since coming to dayton the dinner hour wait waa spent with mrs bryan there were no guests at dinner mr air bryan ate with relish the then retired to his room to rest tho the exact hour when death came Is not known mrs stevens Sl ovens the tha nurse who Is constantly with mrs dryan bryan who for years has been an invalid passed through mr B bryans rya n 8 room at four our she noticed a strange pallor on the face she bent over him ho he was dead mrs dryan bryan was self possessed when told that the end had bad come for her illustrious husband A sob a tear then she took charge of the situation she addressed messages to their son and daughter telling of their fathers death the news spread over the village and nd countryside the people of dayton loved dryan bryan lie ho stood as the champion of their cause for or most of these people are democrats and most ot of the men of the older generation had voted for mr air dryan bryan in hla his tree free silver liver campaign for the presidency mr bryan had gone to chattanooga saturday to have printed the address he had expected to macd before the jury in the scopes trial ile he had not been able to make the address because of the sudden termination of the trial the address was a defense of the fundamentalists saturday before going to chattanooga n mr dryan bryan had delivered an address at winchester tenn lie ho spent event tho the night of july with A W lesley owner and manager of the ross hotel and they motored to dayton next morning mr bryan was cheerful and enthusiastic over the prospect of hla his latest lecture which he was scheduled to deliver july it was entitled what can I 1 do with jesus mr dryan bryan prayed fervently at church sunday morning said P F E robertson who attended church with mr bryan ile he appeared to enjoy the services and went home saying sayin g he would have dinner with his wife and spend the afternoon resting quietly mr air bryans final act before ing to his room was to call over long distance george F milton chattan boga aboga publisher asking ashing him to corn com piete arrangements arrango menta tor for the printing of the speech which was to have been delivered dellvera d at the scopes trial but which was prevented by its unexpected w termination lie he also informed mr milton that lie had declined the request of a syn dacate to write a series of articles in reply to one to be written by clarence darrow on the subject of evolution my tight fight la Is with the modernists in the church and not with agno agnostics sties mr bryan told mr milton mrs bryan was the only member of tho the family in dayton when he died his laughter daughter and was was in other cities |