The San Francisco call., 1905-03-05

L.
recorded in the county of Santa Clara,
in Llber SO of Deeds, at page % ct
seq, and confirmed by grants dated
December q 1901, to have and to hold
80 the said trustees and to their sue
cessors forever as an integral part of
the endowment Of the said university,
upon the trust that the principal
thereof shall forever remain intact, and
that the rents. issues and profits there
OF shall be devoted 10 the maintenance
Of said university for the uses and
purposes and upon the trusts in said
grant, and to which the endowment
made by the said grant is devoted.
desire and again request of the
board CT trustees of the Leland Stan
ford Junior University that they shall.
as soon as possible, place and safely
preserve in the museum of the univer-
sity all articles which l have given
them from my houses mentioned, only
excepting what is given to my brother,
Charles c. Lathrop-
All the books in my. homes, all period
icals, all things suitable for a library,
I desire the trustees TO place, as soon
as possible, in the new library build
ing connected with the university.
The ivory-painted breastpin, sur
rounded with small brilnants, picture
OF my son, and one of the same of my
mother. and another with large dia-
monds surrounding it Of my husband,
desire shall be placed and carefully
preserved in one Of the cases in the
memorial room of my husband in the
Stanford museum building.
/ nominate and appoint my brother,
Charles Gardner Lathrop. and my
friends, Russell J. Wilson of San Fran
cisco, Timothy Hopkins of Menlo
Park. Joseph D. Grant of San Fran
cisco, Whitelaw Reid Of New York and
7. G. Crothers Of San Francisco, to be
the executors of this, my will.
No bonds shall be required Of them,
either upon qualification as executors
or for the performance of any of the
trusts of this will, either as executors
or otherwise.
It is my solemn wish and desire that
my dear brother, Charles G. Lathrop,
who has been unsurpassed in his de-
TOtion and loyalty to me through my
trials and sorrows during the past ten
years, and devoted to all the interests
left me by my dear husband, should
be retained in the board Of directors
Of the Pacific Improvement Company
as long as my estate retains any inter
est therein.
I hereby request that the board of
trustees of the university shall re-
tain my brother, Charles G. Lathrop,
as treasurer Of and business manager
for the board Of trustees, he to receive
annually the salary of twelve thousand
OSl2,000) dollars each year, and 1 trust
for my sake my dear brother will be
willing to retain the position and ac-
cept the compensation named.
OF the large estate committed to the
hands of my husband and myself, I
have made what I consider the wisest
and most just disposition, and the dis
position most in accordance with the
cherished wishes long entertained by
my husband and myself, and 1 shall
greatly deplOre any attempt to disturb
il; and IL any devisee or legatee under
the above written will, or any person
who, If / died intestate, would be en-
titled TO any part Of my estate, should
either directly or indirectly attempt to
oppose or set aside the probate of this
viii, or to impair, invalidate or set
aside its provisions, or to set aside or
avoid. or TO have declared void, null
or Intellectual any transfer or grant
made or attempted to be made by my
husband or myself to said trustees of
said university, then and in that case,
1 give and bequeath such person or
persons the sum Of one hundred (s100)
dollars, and no more, in lieu of any
other share or interest under the will
or in my estate; and I expressly de-
clare and provide that to take any part
directly or indirectly in such an at
tempt shall be held and conclusively
deemed to be an election by the person
or persons doing so to take the said
one hundred Cs10O) dollars, and no
more, In lieu Of all interest in my es-
tate, and al the rest of the interest
that would otherwise have gone to
such person or persons by devise or
Inheritance shall pass under the residu-
airy clause Of the said VIII.
I hereby revoke all former Wills by
me at any time made.
I wish thus publicly to acknowledge
my great gratitude 10 an all-wise, low
ing Heavenly Father for his sustain
ing grace through the past ten years of
bereavement. trial and disappoint-
ments In all I have leaned hard on
this Great Comforter and found rest
and peace.
/ have no doubt about q future life
beyond this; fair land where no more
tears VIII be shed and no more part
ings had
To this my last viii and testament
have on this 2sth day Of July, A. d.
1893. in the city and county of San
Francisco. State of California, set my
hand and seal in triplicate.
JANE LATBROP STANFORD. Seal.
The foregoing instrument, consisting
- twenty-one pages. including this
page, was on the day and date thereof.
II the city and county of San Fran
cisco, State OF California, signed by the
above named Jane Lathrop Stanford.
and by her published and declared to
De her last viii and testament in our
PRESENCE, and we thereupon, at her re-
quest and in her presence and in the
presence Of each other, hereunto sub
scribed our names as subscribing wit
siesses. with our respective places of