Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-11-12
SENATOR ELK|NS
BORNE TO CAPITAL
Special Train Takes Him TO Washing
.on--Mitionaire Statesman May
Undergo An Operation.

Surrounded by all the Injuries and
comforts which the wealth Of 2 mi
lionafre can obtain, zealously attended
bv a corps of four physicians, and
guarded from public gaze, Senator
stephen b. Elkins, of West Virginia
passed through Martinsburg last
evening from his country home IN
Ellzins to Washington in the private
car Of President Willard of the Balti-
more and OHIO Railroad and was then
carried through the streets OF Wash
ington in private ambulance, ard es-
tablished in his mansion in X street
last might.
The departure from Elkins was
made at 1855 o'clock in the morning,
the party stopping over in Cumber-
land, whence they started on the ride
to the National Capital at 6:2) o clock
on train No. IA, Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad. The private car was
sdetracked and stopped in the yards
northeast of Union Station.
A private ambu ance was in wait
ing and. after short delay, the
stretcher bearing Senator Elkins was
taken from the coach and placed in
the ambulance. Choosing route on
which the streets were evenly paved,
so that the ambulance would not jar,
the driver proceeded at slow pace
TO the Elkins residence, arriving there
with his charge about midnight
Every Comfort Provided.
Every window in the mansion show
ed a light, several automobiles were
in the street before the house, and the
hurry and hustle Of attendants show
ed the anxiety felt for the comfort OF
the Ill legislator and the interest
aroused by his removal to Washing
ton.
Mr.. Elkins, wife of the Senator, and
their daughter, Miss Katherine Elkins,
went at once to the bedside of the
husband and father in West Virginia
on their return from abroad and then
went TO Washington to see that the
ely residence was put in order in pre-
paration for the removal of Senator
Elkins. Blaine Elkins, a son, accom-
panied his father to Washington. Ste
phen B. Elkins, jr., waited there with
his sister and mo her.
DIR. H. r. Sewers, the family physi-
clan, who has been attending the Sen
ator in Elkins, accompanied him on
the trip. There is an unconiirmed
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formed in a few days, but at the house
1t was said that Senator Elkils was
fairly well, and was brought to Wash
ngton because the climatic conditions
were better than in West Virginia,
and because he could rest more com
fortably here"
Senator Elkins has been i'll fol- sew
eral weeks, and because no member OIL
the family or his physicians would ex
plain the confinement certain atmos-
phere of mystery has surrounded his
indisposition. 1t is generally under
stood that he is suffering from diabetes
Intimate friends of the family say the
Senator is dangerously i'll ana that
the contemplated operation was de
cided on as the only method to save
his life.
Senator Elkins was sixty-nine years
old in September. His term in the
Senate does not expire until March,
1913. His last work in the Senate was
at the last session, when he had
charge of the mueh-talked-of railroad
bill. He was chairman of the Commit
tee on Interstate and Foreign Com
merce. Senator Elkins has interests
in West Virginia coal mines, railroads.
and other corporations.