| Show WILIM J BRIAN E GREAT COMMONER PASSES AWAY AW AY peacefully DURING AFTERNOON NAP world mourns passing of mart marl whose end came cama while apparently in beat abst of health nurse discovers death dayton tenn william jennings bryan died here hare sunday july tho the man mancho I 1 who had won and held the title of the great commoner and whom many predicted would again emerge into the political limelight as ae a candidate for the pres presidency on the religious issues raised by the dayton evolution trial passed peacefully apparently worn out b by y the strain of 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 caused by a hemorrhage of the brain causing apoplexy mrs bryan was seated on the porch looking through the screen door during the entire time mr bryan was asleep she said sh she e thought the commoner was sleeping longer than usual and did not want to disturb him mr bryan who ard 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 attended services at the methodist episcopal church south ile he led in prayer and after the benediction went to the home of mrs richard rogers where he and mrs bryan have been making their home since coming to dayton the dinner hour was spent with mrs bryan there were no guests it at dinner mr bryan ate with relish then retired to its hia room to rest the exact hour when death came is not known mr mrs St stevens erens the nuran who ho ls is constantly with mrs bryan bran who for years has been an invalid passed through mr bryans room at f four ur 0 clock she noticed a strange pallor on the face she bent over him he was dead mrs bryan was self possessed when told that the end had bad come for tier 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 countryside the people of dayton loved bryan ile he stood as the champion of their cause for most of these people are democrats and most of the men of the older generation had voted for mr bryan in aih hi i free silver campaign for tile the 0 presidency residency mr bryan BO an had gone to chattanooga saturday to have printed the addres lie he had expected exper ted to make before the jury in tho the scopes trial lie he had not been able to make the address because of the sudden termination of tile the trial the address was a defense of tile the f fundamentalists tr lists saturday before going to chattanooga mr bryan had delivered an address at winchester tenn he spent the night of july with A W lesley owner and manager of the ross rosa hotel and they motored to day ton next morning mr bryan was cheerful an and enthusiastic over the prospect of his latest lecture which tie lie was scheduled to deliver july it was entitled what can I 1 do with jesus mr air bryan prayed fe fervently vently at church sunday morning said r P E robertson who attended church with mr air bryan ile he appeared to enjoy the services and went home saying he would have dinner with his wife and spend the afternoon resting quietly mr bryans final act before ing to his room was to call over long distance george F milton chattanooga publisher asking him to complete arrangements tor for the printing of the speech which was to have been delivered at the scopes trial but which was prevented by its unexpected termination he also informed mr milton that he had bad declined the request of a syn dicato to write a series of articles in reply to one to be written by clarence darrow on the subject of evolution my fight Is with the modernists in the church and not with agnostics mr bryan told vr mr milton mrs mra bryan wast the only member of the family in dayton when he died his daughter and was was in other cities clelea |
