Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-25
MRS. STANFORD
IS LAID TO REST
LAST TRIBUTES PAID TO A
NOBLE LIFE
Special Trains Bring Mourners From
All Parts Of the State to Pay
Final Respects to
the Dead
Continued from Page one.)

Ing cortege, and the rest of the church
was filled with representatives of Off
cial delegations with university trus-
tees, their families and some 500 of the
general public. In all 200 people
gained entrance, while over 1000 others
were forced to remain without.
Within there was no decoration, save
a single vase filled with white lilies
and placed upon the altar and wreath
of the same lilies made around the
catafalque, which had been arranged
to receive the casket
No sooner did the first pair Of cas-
ket-bearers enter the main entrance
that opens into the center aisle than
the voluminous notes of the massive
organ began to fill the great cathedral
with the notes of Chopin's funeral
march. The great congregation rose
and remained standing with bowed
heads while the casket was born down
to the altar followed by relatives and
close friends of Mrs. Stanford and by
the pallbearers. When this escort had
been seated in the section nearest the
casket and the altar the student choir
of 100 voices sang Mendelssohn's
chorus ITO Thee, o Lord, Yield My
Spirit"
The invocation was pronounced by
the Rev. William Kirk Guthrie of the
First Presbyterian church of San Fran
cisco. This was followed by a me-
mortal anthem composed by DR.. B. G..
Blodgett, organist of the Memorial
church. Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger of
San Francisco read the First Lesson
from Psalms XC and XIII. Then the
hymn Lead, Kindly Light" was sung
by Miss e. w. Smith.
The second lesson was read by the
Rev. E. R. Ollie, D. D., of the First
Methodist church of Oakland. After a
prayer by Bishop w. F. Nicholas, Epis-
copal bishop of California, the funeral
address, an eulogy to the memory of
Mrs. Stanford was delivered by the
Rev. John w. Dinsmore of San Jose.
Hymn and Benediction
The hymn "I Know That My Re-
Arthur Fickensher, the benediction was
pronounced by the Rev. c. M. Hall of
the Baptist Theological seminary of
Berkeley and then all except the i'm
mediate funeral party rose and left the
church during the playing of the post
lude.
In front of the massive memorial arch
the funeral procession formed. In the
lead was the freshman class of the
university. Then came the sophomores,
juniors and seniors. followed by the
resident graduate students, the church
choir, alumni, faculty of the university,
officiating clergymen, honorary pail
bearers, the casket with the student
the official delegates and the employees
of the Stanford estate, in the order
named.
The procession, when formed. was a
full mile in length, reaching from
memorial arch to within a quarter of a
mile of the mausoleum itself The only
carriages in the procession were the
hearse and a few others used by the
relatives and those who We're unable to
walk. When the casket had been
brought from the chapel the procession
began its mournful march, which took
but fifteen minutes to the mauseleum
Already the great piles of floral Offer
ings sent from all parts of the country
ha oil I,a
huge tomb, covering a great space on
the surrounding lawn and almost hiding
from view the great sepulchre itself.
Notable among the floral offerings
were a combination monogram of a red
IS" and yellow &C." sent by the stu
dents of the University of California,
symbolic design of the Memorial
church. presented by the employees of
the estate, magnificent pieces from the
society of Elks, the Olympic club, Vina
estate, the various classes and organ
izations OF the university, and hun
dreds of other beautiful designs from
organizations and individuals.
The SERVICES at the mausoleum.
marked by extreme simplicity and deep
solemnity, were attended by no less
than 10000 persons. The funeral rites
were said from the great marble steps
of the tomb. The address, appropri-
ate and brief. was given by the Rev.
Charles r. Brown of Oakland.
Final Words Said
Two hymns sung by the student
choir, and then the committal was
said by the Rev. Bishop William F..
Nichols, D. D. This closed the funeral
rites as they had been arranged, but
this was not ALL AS the heavy casker
was being carefully lowered into the
marble sarcophagus, the assembly of
1900 students who formed the inner
portion of the great circle of humanity
broke forth with wonderful spontan-
city in the Stanford college hymn,
HAL, Stanford, Hail" AS the last
lines of the SECOND verse died away the
great marble slab closed over the cas-
ket, and the earthly remains of Mrs.
Stanford reposed peacefully beside
those of her husband and son. The
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