The San Francisco call., 1905-03-02
THE DEATH OF MRS. STANFORD.

ALIFORNIA the passing away of the
last member of the immediate family of Senator Stanford
The economic and scholastic features in the history of this
State for the last forty years their and interest largely
rom the personality and the acts OF Leland Stanford and ms Wte
They essentially American feeling and sentiment and the
development OF everything in which either or both were concerned
lines consistent with national genius.
He started in life lawyer in Wisconsin, with
academic education and ase stood faithfully by his side in the
humble beginning OF his she faithfully followed the I'm
folding OF that and highest development They
boh excellent representatives of that American character that
found in the Middle States Both natives OF New York they were
born and reared the midst OF surroundings and took nothing
held very closely habits of the up
State New Workers They education their fellows and
the nations When he sought make real the dream of
anscontinenta railway known that she Loyalty and her
supported physical difficulties
distinctions which had appalled, the engineers of country
1t easy build railways the continent Every
problem construction has been solved But was quite
different task when the pioneer builders faced the problem and
by hard work and hard knocks The risks were great and
when the modest fortune won in commerce with which her husband
began the great work seemed all engfed in the doubtful enter
forward and persist Whatever he gained from his associates
that work has frankly admitted little of what
they gained from his unng persistence patience and determine
ton In all this the wife had her and sustained loyalty When
success came and great gains with and the little fortune had
swollen into millions neither of them lost simplicity of life and
habits True they had and and
were surrounded by all the evidences riches and good taste But
% occupied It. moved the midst OF 1t and enjoyed without
OF the pride of possession of ownership
ton stewardship of which be rendered.
In the midst of their maerties there into
their middle life the illumination of great JOY the birth of their
only child and SON encetorwad the shone where he stood
and all the hope and pleasure and pride OF life focused him.
know that he grew be lad of fine quality promise
His training wisely begun and he promised grow physical
intellectual qualities of beauty and strength In the
interesting period Of his youth this light stricken and qunched
and all the shining paths that raded from darkened His
DEATH unme blow his father and mother that sadly
settled both The good world seemed drop into and
leave them nothing cling TO in their and despair.
II great law of life that capital mortunes come
blessing and benefit. This father and
midst of their wealth and decided it all into blessing
the world in the of their dead Out Of that noble issued
Leland Stanford J University. The
the planning of that institution all Of the best
had gone his constructive Sighting backward
the best examples and models that might be useful his foresight
penetrated the every detail provision
possible contingency and emergency that all
might the operation of the institution the
this congenial work he fell and his widow, spirit
dead her. gathered her hands thread of the great
work and Their joint fortune endowed and the
illness Of all the of her dowhood banishd
activity order that much possible of great might
have being while she lived Nature kind
vision closed here in the of the
heart had rested the completion of the worlds
Of learning Most of grew every fea-
tu of the great original plan in all the beauty and utility which
II the brightest dream Of its projectors provided and
The last of the founders foundation is as
learning and letters and the chord
by turned of triumph will sing JOY
countless lives ennobed by what they did Her death last
Of two great citizens from California and this commonwealth will
forget embesh their with praise thanks
giving.