Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-08-29
PROMINENT MINNEAPOLIS pOIITI-
CLAN PASSES AWAY SUD-
DENLY.
THE WHOLE STATE IS SHOCKED
.Asthmatic aud other Serious AfYec-
tions From Which He Had Suf-
fered for Years the Cause of Hts
Death-Causes Univ ersal SORROW
Prominent Leader in the RANKS
of the Republicans.

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 26.-Rotert G. EV-
ans United States district attorney.
and a man thoroughly well known ana
highly esteemed throughout great
commonwealth, died suddenly at the
family residence, 2O30 Queen avenue
south, Minneapolis, yesterday morning.
Mr.. Evans death came with a sudden
ness that was startling. The communl-
ty in which he has lived for seventeen
wears was shocked by the information
that Bob" Evans had been summoned
by death only four months after his be-
loved wife had passed to the great pc
yond. The most intimate friends OF
Mr.. Evans had known of his severe
physical troubles. and these were not
as greatly surprised as were the many
thousands of citizens that knew him
only by reputation, but who knew him
sufficiently to appreciate what an ex-
<cellent citizen had passed away.
Suffered. for Years.
Mr.. Evans was forty-seven years old.
He had been troubled for years with
asthmatic and other serious affections.
Mr.. Evans returned only few days
ago from Lake Ida, near Alexandria,
Mimi, where, with Senator Charles M.
Fairbanks, Congressman 4. G. Stevens,
congressman AOICu L lCtCACl eAA-O VII
ers he had spent the greater part of
week ir fishing. The outing seemed to
do him good. for at dinner given at
the Minneapolis club Thursday he was
especially jovial Then on Saturday
evening he was with a company OF
friends at the same club, and partici-
pated in dinner with his Characters
tic jollity and good cheer. He went
home about II o'clock Saturday night.
His sleep was not sound, and he
Arose From His Bel
a number Of times during the night.
Shortly after Z o'clock he was taken
seriously i'll. With great effort and ev-
identity with great pain Mr.. Evans
managed to reach the bedchamber OF
his daughter. Miss Evans realized only
too we'll her fathers condition. He
could not speak to his child, but the
agonized look was sufficient. Anxious
for fresh air he made another heroic
struggle and managed to reach the
front veranda. Mr.. Evans had hardly
passed through the front doorway
when he fell seemingly lifeless. Med
ical aid was hastily summoned by the
neighbors, but there was nothing that
medical science could accomplish.
Mr. Evans was born in Troy, Ind,
March IS, 1854. He was admitted to
the bar in 1876. Later he practiced his
profession in Vincennes until 1884, when
he
Removed to- Minneapolis.
His first law corartnership here was
with Judge Daniel Fish. For more
than a dozen years Mr.. Evans was a
member of the law firm of Keith, Ev-
ans. Thompson &; Fairchild. His great
and absorbing interest in political af-
fairs, and his energetic and jealous
participation in city, state and national
campaigns brought him conspicuously
to the front. TI4 was appointed United
States district attorney about four
years ago. He had been talked about
as gubernatorlal timber for many
years, but never saw his way clear to
making an effort for the nomination.
Mr.. Evans yielded to great pressure
last winter when he entered the famous
senatorial race that resulted in the Sc
leoticn OF Moses E. Clapp.