Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-03-03 | Page 40 | Old-Time Politician is Victim of Burns |

Type	issue
Date	1918-03-03
Paper	Salt Lake Tribune
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	Old-Time Politician is Victim of Burns
Type	article
Date	1918-03-03
Paper	Salt Lake Tribune
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	40
OCR Text	Show OLD-TIME POLITICIAN IS VICTIM OF BURNS CHICAGO, March 2. James Porter Root, a first cousin of Elihu Root, and one of the leading figures in the convention con-vention that nominated Abraham Lincoln Lin-coln for the presidency, died today of burns suffered last night when he f!l asleep while smoking, sparks igniting his clothing. Mr. Root was 87 years old and for five, years had been a resident of a home for agod men. He was born In New York arid came to Illinois in 1834. establishing a reputation as a skilled attorney, astute politician and an orator of no mean talent--
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