Show I WILLIAM J. J BRYAN DIES WHILE i ASLEEP I I GREAT COMMONER PASSES AWA AWAN PEACEFULLY DURING AFTERNOON AFTERNOON AFTER AFTER- NOON NAP World Mourns Mourn Patting PassIng of Man Who WhOM End Came Cams While Apparently In InDe De fleet Delt t of 0 Health Nuns DI Die covers coven Death Dayton Tonn Jennings Jenning Bryan Dryan ryan died hero here Sunday July The man man who had won and held the title of The Tho Great Commoner tin and II whom many predicted would again emerge Into the political lime lime- light II as al a candidate for the presidency presidency dency on the tho religious issues raised liy hy the tho Dayton evolution trial passed peacefully apparently worn out bythe by bytho bytho tho the strain of tho the recent dramatic events here hero Tho The Commoner was sleeping when I tho the end came Caine No one ono was with him Dr lr A. A 0 0 Broyles and Dr W. W I P. P Thomason stated that death was wal caused caused caus caUl ed by a hemorrhage of or the brain causing apoplexy Mrs Bryan was seated on the porch looking through the screen door during dur duro ing lug the tho entire time lime Mr Bryan was asleep She Sho said she thought the tho Commoner was sleeping longer than usual and unit did not want to disturb hIm Mr Dryan Bryan who had come here three weeks ago to attend the scopes trial had spent Saturday at Winches Winchester ter and Chattanooga coming here by automobile At 11 ii o'clock July ho he attended services at tho the Methodist I Episcopal church South lie He led In prayer and after the benediction went to tho the home bome ot of Mrs Richard Rogers where he ho and Mrs Bryan Dryan have havo boon been making their home since slave coming to Dayton The Tho dinner hour bour was spent with Mrs Bryan Dryan There were no guests at dinner Mr Bryan Dryan ato ate with relish I then retired to his room to rest The exact hour when death cam came Is not known Mrs Stevens the nurse who Is constantly with Mrs Bryan Dryan who for tor yours years has line been an invalid passed through Mr Bryans Bryan's room at tour four She Sho noticed a. a pallor on tho the face She Sho bent over him lie He was dead Mrs Bryan was self possessed when told that tho the end had come for tor her Illustrious husband A sob a tear tear teal then she ShA took charge harg ot of the situation Sho addressed messages to their son and daughter telling ot of their fathers father's death Tho The news spread over the Tillage village und and countryside the people of or Day ton loved Bryan lie He stood as the champion of or their cause for tor most of or those people are aro Democrats and most ot or the tho men of or the older oilier generation had hind voted for tor Mr Bryan ryan In his free tree silver sliver campaign for the tha presidency Mr Bryan had gone to Chattanooga Saturday to have havo printed the address ho he had expected to make mako before the lie Jury In tho be scopes trial lie He had not been boon able to make the address because because be cause ot of tim tha Hidden udden termination orthe ot or ofha the ha trial The was a defense ol ci th the t tx fore going to Chatta Chatta- noo floor Mr J Bryan Q rya halt had delivered an ol 01 lena lenn He lie spent thin Mia night of July with A A. W. W v. v I tee I o and manager of the n Ito VI so they motored to Day Bay ton x nt-x rim morning Mr Bryan was hell rill f Piul n l enthusiastic over the prospect port of ot his latest lecture which he was war scheduled to deliver July It II was entitled What Can I Do With Jesus Mr Bryan prayed fervently at church Sunday morning said F P. P J K l. J. J Robertson who attended church with Mr Bryan He Ito appeared to enjoy the and amid went home sayin ho till would nave have dinner with his winand win win- and spend the afternoon Mr Ir Oryan's final act before mr IIII In I hi room was to call rail over long oJ F P. P Milton III I r. r. r asking him to com corn t ur for tor the printing or ot I be speech which was to 10 have been boen delivered at Iho the Scopes trial but which was WIlS prevented by Its unexpected ed II termination lie HA also ulao Informed Mr Milton that ho had declined the request of a syn to write a series of or articles In reply relly to 10 one to tu h be written by Clarence Harrow Barrow on fin the tho subject of evolution e My fight Is ts with the modernists In tile the church and nd not with agnostics Mr Ur ui no old it'll Mr Milton Mrs was n. n the only member of or hp the family In Dayton when he died Ills laughter daughter und and was was In other ether cities |