The Pensacola journal., 1908-03-24
Senator VIM. ]. Bryan Dies
at Washington of Ty-
phoid Fever.
DEATH COMES
AFTER SUCCESS
Had Served But 73 Days as
Representative of 6 lorida
in United States enate,
Nearly Half of WI Was
Spent in Sick-Bed s ali of
Florida in Mourni 3
BY Associates pses

washipston, p: G.. March grssed
States Senator William ia; Bgyan
of Florida, died at PrOviaeInoe hos
pital at $50 o'clock Sunday morHiug
of typhoid fever. He passed aMay
peacefully with his wife hoiaing his
hand and his brother, n. P BryzE,
being present when the end came It
was only seventy-tilree days s4ace he
took his seat as the successor Of the
late Senator Stephen r. MaAhory, Rho
died December %, and thirty-thrse
days of that time was spent in his
fight against disease. Several tfmes
during Mr.. Bryan's illness his ffienAs
despaired Of his recovery, bst as late
as Sunday night. the report was. given
out that his condition had taacel q
turn for the better. His death Sun
day, therefore, came as a surprise and
a distinct shock
In physique Mr.. Bryan was unfit
ted TO Withstand a pTotrRcted fever.
He was slight of build and OF nervous
temperament. He came to Washing
tom early in January from the warm
climate of Florida, and from the day
of ffis arrival was far from well
Finally he was compelled to give up
and was taken TO Providence hospital
During the last few days of his ill
ness he was attended by specialists
Srom Johns Hopkins University hos
pital, Baltimore.
Seven Senators Dead.
Il In Mr.. Bryan the senate loses the
seventh member by death since the
adjournment of the Fifty-ninth CON
gress ON March 4, a year ago They
were the two late senators from Ala
bama., Mr.. Morgan and Mr. Pettns;
Mr.. Mallory, OF Florida; Mr.. Latimer.
of South Carolina: Mr. Proctor, OF
and Mr. Bryan. Curiously the last
two were the oldest and youngest
members of the body: Mr.. Whyte was
"a years old and Mr.. Bryan less than
80.
The body of Senator Bryan, accom-
panied by a committee from the SEN
ate, left this morning over tho South
ern railway for Jacksonville, Hza.,
where interment win be MADE on
Wednesday. An Unusual Circumstance
will be the absence OF q fAneral
committee from the house Of repre-
sentatives It was the wish Of the
family that the usual Congressional
committees be dispensed with This
was later reconsidered. and it was
decided that the senate only should
be represented at the funeral. The
senate committee is made up Of
Messrs. TaliaferrO of Florida, Bacon
of Georgia, Stone of Missouri, Daniel
Of Virginia, Clark of Wyoming. Scott
of West Virginia. Carter of Montana
and Clapp of Minnesota.
The senate adjourned immediatesy
after being called today IN respect
to Senator Bryan and the house also
adjourned after short session.
His Family.
Senator Bryan is survived by his
wife, formerly Miss JaAet George Al
len, daughter of the hate Col William
Allan, of Lexington, Va, to whosn he
was married in 1903, and one son,
William Allan Bryan, who Is now in
his fourth year: his father ard
mother, Hon. and Mrs John SM5aton
Bryan, of DANA, Fla; three brothers,
Hon. y. p. Bryan, of Jacksonville,
John NJ. Bryan. of Dania, and David
Bryan, student of the University OF
Florida, at Gainesville; five sisters,
Mrs. Charles A. Carson and Mrs. Ar
thur Simpson, of Kissimmee; Miss
Margaret Bryan, who was with him
in Washington shortly after he was
first taken ill; Miss Florrie BryaH
and Miss Call Bryan, who is attend
ing the Wesleyan Female college, al
Macon, Ga. He has numerous ofileI
relatives in Florida. all of whom have
the sincere sympathy of hosts OF
friends Of the deceased senator