Arizona republican., 1911-01-05
|MR. E[k|NS
 LIES DEAD End Came To the Senator
 Al Midnight A LONG PUzzLING ILLNESS
It was Decided At Last that Blood Poisoning was the Cause of Death His Long and Active Residence In the Southwest.

| Washington, Jan. 4 - Senator
 stephen E. EIkins died at midnight 1 At his bedside were his wife, his daughter. Katherine. and four sons.
 David. Richard. Stephen and Blaine. and the physicians. Death was due Co septicaemia. or blood poisoning.
 He was conscious until half hour before death.
 Early in the evening there pere per
 sistent rumors in Washington that Mir. Elkins' condition had become grave and fears were expressed that
 he might not live through the night Mir. Elkins' family. however. was
 hopeful to the last. and to the num- eruus inquiries which poured into the
 Elkins home. encouraging responses were given.
 Senator Elkins became il in the early summer at his home in Elkins. ". Va. He was kept in strict con finement there and only the mem bers of his immediate ran,ry werc allowed to see him.
 on November 9 when hc was re- moved to Washington in his private car. he was reported considerably i'm proved His physicians declared that he might possibly be able to take his seat ir the senate al the opening of ,aHs,, T..
 The senator's ailment nas never be- come definitely known. In the sam- mer he was reported to be suffering from intestinal trouble, in many re- spects similar to acute indigestion Att ether times his physicians said they believed him to be afflicted with a nervous malady Last week it was reported that the open air treat ment had been advised and that a room on the roof of his home would be arranged for him.
 According to the physicians in at tendance. tonight. the senator died from a complication of diseases. aris- ing from septicaemia Though no funeral arrangements have been an nounced it is probable that he will be buried at Elkins. w Va.
 Mir EIkins was sixty nine years Of age He was a native of ohio. He received an academic education at the University of Columbia. Missouri. He was admitted to the bar ana iWnedi- ately moved to New Mexico where he engaged in the practice of law. He held various offices under the terri | torial government: legislati e assem- l blyman. district attorney. attorney general, United States IttOrnay and | delegate in congress for two terms.
 He went to West Virginia late in | the eighties and devoted himself to l business affairs. In 1891 he was | appointed secretary of war and served | to the end of President Harrison's | administration. He was elected to | the United States senate in 1894. was | reelected in 1901 and again in 1907 |
 While serving as delegate to con | gress Mir Elkins married the eldest | daughter of Henry Gassaway Davis, | then a senator from West Virginia | The following year he established his | home in that state and there built | up a large fortune. largely through | the development of the natural Ie- sources of the state. He came into possession of extensive coal areas. and was most active in putting the products on the market.
 While residing in Missouri, Mir FL kins taught school and to this cir cumstance owed his escape from one of the most thrilling situations in his tNtnilul lilt. lNihliiS bIt heiNf Ab- ward the close of the civil war. along a lonely road in the western part of the state he was seized by a squad | of the band of the Confederate gue- riIla QuantrelL He was charged with being a spy and the penalty was death Fortunately he was placed in the care of two brothers who re- | cognized the young man 9s their former teacher.
 Approaching his peril. they con trived his escape. The senator's new found friends were Jim and Cole { Younger. who afterwards became not | ed members of the daring band If outlaws led by Jesse James and his brother When after the close of the war the Youngers were captured and sent tO prison for life for robbing q bank in Minnesota, Mir. Elkins re called their kindness to him. He eX- erted his influence to procure their II release and ultimately succeeded.