Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-06-22
LELAND STANFORD
Funeral Arrangements Not Yet Com
 pleted--His Life History.

Funeral Arrangements Not Yet Com
 pleted--His Life History.
 PALo ALTO, June 22.-Arrangements for the funeral of the late Senator Stanford have not been completed. It has been arranged, however, that the remains will be inferred Saturday.
 Senator Stanford was in the best of spir- its Tuesday. He took drive around his stock farm and seemed as well as ever. He retired shortly after 10 o'clock and about midnight his valet, going into the Senator's bedroom, discovered that he was dead.
 It has been evident for some time that
 Senator Stanford's demise was question of but short time His symptoms were ap oplectic, and his weight was increasing alarmingly. There was a stiffness about his limbs that made locomotion an exceed ingly difficult task. His body was fast be- coming too heavy for his limbs to support.
 He could take only tEe slightest exercise.
 Six months ago the Senator sent for Dr.
 Curtis of San Francisco. The doctor pre-
 scribed heroic treatment, but the Senator
 was not ready to undergo drastic methods
 for the reduction of flesh and the restora.
 tion of his waning strength. His aroplec-
 tic symptoms increased and his situation
 became such as to create serious alarm.
 About six weeks ago. it was found nec-
 essary to impose severely plain diet upon
 the Senator and since that time his sole food had consisted of fried hashed meat with hot water as the only liquid accom- paniment. The Senator rigidly adhered
 to the severe requirements of the physician and it seemed for a time that it's results were most beneficial, and might possibly effect a permanent cure.
 The Senator expressed himself as much encouraged, and looked forward hopefully to the time when he could devote himself with renewed energy to public affairs and to the completion of certain educational and other benevolent enterprises that were very near to his heart. But his strength was not sufficiently great to respond to the demands upon it. Its fundamental weakness suddenly manifested itself, and he passed quietly away.
 Leland Stanford was born on a farm about eight miles from Albany, N. Y., on March 9, 1894. He remained at home | until his 21st year, dividing his time be- | tween farm work and study.
 In 1S46 he entered the law office of Wheaton, Doolittle & Hadley, in Albany. | Soon after he was admitted to the bar he married and removed to Wisconsin, where he intended to practice law, but the pros perity of California led him to go to that \ State.
 He arrived in California on July 12, | 1852, and entered into the mercantile busi \ ness with three of his brothers, who had | preceded him.
 In 1860 he was chosen delegate to the | Chicago Republican convention and be- came acquainted with Abraham Lincoln. On his return home he was nominated \ for governor and was elected by hand | some majority.
 At the close of his term of office he be- \ came interested in the Central Pacific rail | way project, and was mainly instrumental | in it's successful completion. He was | president of the road for years. In 1885 he was elected to the United States Senate for a six.year term. In 1885 he donated property worth | $4, 000, ,000 toward the founding of the uni \ versity which bears his name. Various estimates have been made from time to time of Senator Stanford's wealth It has been by many placed as high al $20, 900, 900, and even $30, 900, 900, anc again there ave been those who hay,
 leaped all barriers and placed his wealth a