Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-07
SENATOR ELKINS
LAID TO REST IN
TOWN He FOUNDED
Simple Ceremonies Mark Dispo-
sitiOn of Mortal Remains in
Mountainside Cemetery.

ELKINS. W. Va, Jan. ~7.-Senator
Stephen B. Elkins today is sleeping his
last long sleep in the graveyard Of this
little mountain town. He was laid to
rest within a brief time after the fu-
neral train from Washington had crept
into the station this morning bearing
the bereaved family and relatives and
mourning friends, both In official life
and out. Another special train ar
rived from Charleston, the State capt.
tai, practically at the same time. It
brought Governor Glasscock, his cabi-
net, the justices OF the Supreme Court
and a score n more of State officials.
The town to which the late senator
had given his name was crowded with
mourners who had thronged there from
every direction. Many who could not
come by rail drove over the mountain
roads through hours of darkness to
pay the last tribute to the man who
mad done so much for the State.
Business Suspended,
Business was suspended, flags nut
tered at half-mast and windows were
close curtained. The special train from
Washington, consisting of seven cars,
bore a distinguished Repre-
senting the Senate were Senators Scott,
Bacon, Kean, Bailey, Foster, Carter,
Smith of Maryland and Root. The
House delegations included Represent
atives Hubbard, Hughes, woodward,
Gaines n Sturg1s. of West Virginia;
Andrews, of New Mexico: Rucker, of
missouri; Alexander, OF New York;
Longworth, OF Ohio; Calderhead, Of
Kansas, n Lamb. of Virginia.
Mrs. Elkins was not OF the party.
overcome by h shock, she was in
such a condition that her physician
forbid her leaving Washington. OF
the immediate family there were Miss
Katherine Elkins, Mrs. Sarah Elkins
O%lip1ant, of Trenton, N. j.; Davis FL
k1ns. the Oldest son Of the senator;
Stephen B. Elkins, jr., of New York;
Mr.. and Mrs. Blaine Elkins, former
Senator Henry Gassaway Davis, father
of Mrs. Elkins, and Richard Elkins, Of
Philadelphia. A number of distant
and several close friends also
accompanied the body from the capital.
Oar "A Bower of Blossoms.
The funeral a was a bower OF bios
SONS and the ponderous bronze coffin
was buried in flowers which had poured
the Elkins home in Washington.
To these were added here a wealth OF
blooms, the tribute of old-time friends
and neighbors. The funeral service was
conducted by the Rev. F. II. Barron,
in the Davis Memorial Presbyterian
Church.
The ceremony, simple in the extreme,
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throng that took up every Inch of space
within the edifice and overfiowed into
the street. Hundreds stood with barred
heads in the chill winter wind during
the progress of the service. The body
laid to rest in Maplewood Gene
terry, which Senator Elkins and former
Senator Davis twenty years ago had
planned and laid out.
The most elaborate precautions were
taken to guard against the possible
operations of gouls. The bronze coffin,
the plates of which were three inches
thick, was inclosed in an outer case Of
armor plate steel. This vas lowered
into the grave, which had been lined
with masonery, and which will be her.
meticaIly sealed. There were brief rites
at the grave in charge OF h local
lodge of Free and Accepted Masone, OF
which Senator Elkins was a member.
Several thousand persons stood un-
covered near the open grave until the
ceremony was ended A spo-
cial train took hundreds from the town
to the cemetery, and the train on which
the Washington mourners had como
was likewise sidetracked nearby.
Immediately after the interment. the
Congressional delegation and the other
distinguished members Of the party re-
turned on 1t to the National Capital.
Miss Elkins and other members OF
the family were OF the returning party.
all of them being anxious TO reJoin the
stricken widow.