| Show J BRYA liu wl w WHILE asleep GREAT COMMONER PASSES AWAY AW AV peacefully DURING AFTERNOON NAP world mourne mourna passing of man whose end cams came while apparently in best of health nurse discovers death t dayton tonn willium jennings brynn bryan died hero here sunday july octh tho the man who had won and hold the title of tho the great commoner and whom many predicted would again emerge into the political nine almo light as ft a candidate for the presidency on the religious issues raised by tho the dayton evolution trial passed peacefully apparently worn out by the intrain ot of tho the recent dramatic events here the commoner was sleeping Ble when the end come came no one was with him dr A 0 broyles Il and dr W F thomason Thoma aon stated that death was caused lly by a hemorrhage of tho the brain causing apoplexy mrs birs bryan was waa seated on tho the porch looking through the screen door during tho the entire time mr air bryan was asleep she bho said she thought the Goinn commoner ioner was sleeping longer than usual and did not want to disturb him mr air bryan who had como come here three weeks ago to attend tho the scopes scope trial had spent saturday at winchester berand and chattanooga coming hero here by automobile at 11 july he attended services at the methodist episcopal church south ile ho led in prayer und and after tho the benediction went to the homo home of mrs airs richard rogers where ho he and mrs airs bryan havo have been maring making their home since coming to dayton tho the dinner hour was spent with mrs airs bryan thero there were no guests ut lit dinner mr air bryan nto ate with relish then retired to his room to rest tho the exact hour when death came Is not known mrs lira stevens tho the nurse who Is constantly with mrs airs bryan who for years has boon been an invalid passed through mr air bryans room at four she noticed a strange pallor on am the face she bent over hinline him hin LIle ho was dead mrs airs bryan was self possessed when told that the end and had como come tor for liar her illustrious husband hus bund A sob a tear then she phe took charge of tho the situation site she addressed messages to their son non and daughter toiling telling of their fathers fathera death the news spread over lie ho village and countryside tho the people of dayton loved bryan ile iio stood as tho the charn champion plon ot of their causo cause tor for most of these people are democrats and most of tho the moil men of the older generation had toted for mr air dryan bryan in its his free silver campaign tor for the presidency mr air bryan had bad gone to chattanooga saturday to have printed tho the address lie ha had expected to make before tho the jury in the scopes trial ila iio had not been able abla to mako tho the address because bo of tile the sudden termination of the trial the address was a defense of the fundamentalists saturday before going to chattanooga mr bryan had delivered an address at winchester tenn lie he spent the night of july jilly with A W lesley owner and manager of tho the ross hoss hotel and they motored to dayton next morning mr air bryan was vaa cheerful ond and enthusiastic over tho the prospect of 0 his latest lecture which tic ho was scheduled to deliver july it was entitled what can I 1 do with alt 11 jesus mr air bryan prayed fervently at church sunday morning said F B robertson who attended church with mr bryan we he appeared to enjoy the services and went home saying he would havo have dinner with his wife and spend the afternoon resting quietly mr bryans final act before batir ing to his room was to call over long distance george F milton jilton i chattanooga publisher asking him to corn com balete arrangements for the printing of the speech which was to havo have boon been delivered at tho the scopes trial but which was wag prevented by its unexpected termination ile he also informed mr air milton that he had declined the request of a syndicate to write a series of articles in reply to ono one to bo be written by clarence Cla renco darrow on the subject of at evolution my aly tight fight Is with the modernists in the tha church and not with agnostics mr air bryan told mr milton mrs lira bryan was the tha only member of the tha family in dayton when he bo died ills his daughter and was was in other cities |
