The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-02
MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF
JANE LATBROP STANFORD
DIED SUDDENLY IN HONOLULU
HOTEL LAST NIGHT.
Belief That She Was PoIsoned-FOund-
ed with Her Husband the Great Le-
land stanford, Jr., Uniyersity-Lesis-
Iature Adjourns in Respect to Her
Memory-particuIars of Her Death.

Memory-Particulars of Her Death'
san Francisco, March 1.-The news
of the death of Mrs. Jane L. STANFORD
at Honolulu last night was received
here to-day with surprise and sorrow
to which was added horror when II was
learned that probably she had peeh
poisoned. Her brother, Charles G. La
throp, who is treasurer of the Stanford
university, refused to believe that her
death was due to other than naturaI
causes, and her attorney, Mounttord
S. Wilson, positively declined to dis
cuss the report that previous at
tempt to poison her had been made IN
this city. Mr.. Wilson is awaiting ad-
vices from the Honolulu officials be-
fore taking any action regarding the
business affairs of Mrs. Stanford, which
are intimately connected with those
of the great university which she. and
her husband founded at Palo Alto.
This institution has already been en-
doWed with $3S, 100000 in property and
money, to which may be added about
S10,OO0,000 from Mrs. Stanford's person.
al estate. She took deep personal in
terest in the university, and to her
wisdom and business sagacity is due
much of its success, a fact that is tes-
titled to BY its president, as well as the
students, nearly all of whom knew and
loved her.
The university IS closed to-day and
is not expected to reopen until after
Mrs Stanford's remains have been
placed beside those Of her husband and
son, in their nlausoleum on the uni
Eersity campus.
IN respect to her memory the state
legislature adjourned to-day, and flags
We're placed at half mast throughout
the city and state.
The story Of an attempt to poison
Mrs. Stanford in this city was first
made public on the eighteenth Of last
month, when it was declared that
sfrychnine had been found III a bottle
Of mineral water, Of which she had TAX
en- several drinks She became ill and
1 an analysis showed the presence Of the
deadly drug In the water. To DIR. Will
liam Doericke, who attended her, Mrs.
Stanford told the story Of what she be-
lieved to have been an attempt upon
lhAN OIiS. 5dIlll
the physician's advice soon went to the
country. Returning here, apparently
4 in improved health, she sailed for Chi
ma and Japan BY way Of Honolulu on
the steamer Korea, February is, arriv-5
ing at the Hawaiian port five days,
4 later. #5& III $
The alleged attempt to poison her was
investigated by a detective agency, but
no results were obtained and the matter
apparently was dropped. 1
5 In her California street residence, the
first of the handsome mansions erected
on Mob Hill, there were ten persons at
the time of her illness, which began
with her drinking the water On January
f4 There were, besides Mrs Stanford,
All Wing, the Chinese factotum, who
had been in Mrs Stanford's employ for
twenty y-fiye years; All Young, the house
boy; Yeng, the cook All Lee, the sec
.lond cook; Wong, the second butler;
Nora Hopkins, the housemaid; Eliza
j beth Richmond the lady's maid; Will
/ liam McWhinney, the butler, and Miss
Bertha Berner, Mrs. stanford's secre-
tary, who accompanied her on the voy-
age to Honolulu.