The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-08-29
BOB FvANSD DEAD.
PROMINENT MINNEAPOLIS POLITE
CLAN PASSES AWAY SUD-
DENLY.
THE WHOLE STATE IS SHOCKED
Asthmatic and Other Serious Airec-
tions From which He Had suf-
fered for Years tile Cause of His
Death--causes UniH ersaI sorrow
Prominent Leader In tl,e RANKS
Of the Republicans.

Minneapolis, Aug. 27.-Robert g. Ev--
ans. United States district attorney,
and a man thoroughly well known ana ana
highly esteemed throughout great
commonwealth. died suddenly at the
family residence, 20So Queen avenue
south, Minneapolis yesterday mornlhs.
Mr.. Evans death came with sudden
ness that was startling. The communi-
ty in which he has lived for seventeen
years 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 pc
yond. The most intimate friends OF
Mr.. Evans had known Of his severe
physical troubles, and these were not
as greatly surprised as We're the many
thousands of citizens that knew him
only by reputation, but who knew MIN
sufficiently to appreciate what an ex-
celIent citizen had passed away
suffered for Years.
Mr.. Evans was forty seven years old.
TIe had been troubled for years with
asthmatic and other serious affections.
Mr.. Evans returned only few days
ago from Lake Ida, near Alexan dria,
Mimi, where, with Senator Charles M.
Fairbanks, Congressman F. G. Stevens,
Congressman Loren Fletcher and 9TH
ers he had spent the greater part OF g
week In fishing. The outing seemed 70
do him good, for at dinner given at
the Minneapolis club Thursday ne was
especially joyial. Then on SATURDAY
evening he was with a company OF
friends at the same club, and partici-
pated in dinner with his characteris-
tic jollity and good cheer. He Went
horne about IL o'clock Saturday night.
His sleep was not sound, and he
Arose From His Bed
a number OF times during the night
Shortly after o. clock he was taken
seriously i'll. With great effort and ev-
idently with great pain Mr.. Evans
managed to reach the bedchamber OF
his daughter. Miss Evans realized only
too well 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, md
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 copartnership here was
with Judge Daniel Fish. For more
than a dozen years Mr.. Evans was
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. He was appointed United
States district attorney about four
years ago. He had been talked about
as gubernatorial 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.