Collier´s New Encyclopedia, Vol. 4 of 10
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Excerpt from Collier´s New Encyclopedia, Vol. 4 of 10: A Loose-Leaf and Self-Revising Reference Work Elkins, a city of West Virginia, the county-seat of Randolph co. It is on the Western Maryland and the Coal and Coke railroads. The chief industries are tanning, locomotive and car repairing, and the manufacture of boxes and extracts. The city is the seat of Davis and Elkins College, and has an Odd Fellows home, hospitals, and other public institutions. Pop. (1910) 5, 260; (1920) 6,788. Elkins, Stephen Benton, an American capitalist and public official, born in Perry co., O., in 1841. He graduated from the University of Missouri in 1860 and after studying law was admitted to the bar in 1864. In the same he removed to New Mexico and was elected to the Territorial Legislature. He became in succession district attorney, Attorney-General of the Territory and United States District Attorney. He was a delegate to Congress from New Mexico from 1873 to 1877. He later removed to West Virginia and married the daughter of Henry Gassaway Davis, thus acquiring large business interests, particularly in the coal business and railways. From 1891 to 1893 he was Secretary of War in President Harrisons cabinet, and in 1894 he was elected to the Senate. He was twice re-elected. He was the author of Elkins Railway Law Of 1903. He died in 1911. Elk, Moose, or Moose Deer, the largest of the deer family, a native of northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American form (to which the name moose is usually given), is sometimes separated from the European, but most naturalists find no specific difference between them. The elk or moose has a short, compact body, standing about 6 feet in height at the shoulders, a thick neck, large, clumsy head, and horns which flatten out almost from the base into a bi oad, palmate form with numerous snags. In color the elk is grayish brown, the limbs, sides of head, and coarse mane being, however, of a lighter hue. The moose has a wide range in Canada, extending from the Arctic Ocean, and British Columbia, to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; it is found also in Maine. It feeds largely on the shoots of trees or shrubs. In Sweden its destruction is illegal, and in Norway there are many restrictions. Elks, Benevolent And Pro-Tective Order Of, a fraternal society organized in New York, 1868, by members of the Jolly Corks theatrical club. The Grand Lodge was incorporated in 1871, the first members being the past officers of N. Y. Lodge No.1. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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