The San Francisco call., 1905-03-22
STANFORD UNIVERSITY.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, March
21.-It was nearly 2 o'clock this aft
ernoon when the private funeral train
bearing the body of Mrs. Stanford ar
rived at Menlo Park. The coffin was
Immediately placed in the awaiting
hearse. Then the little procession of
friends moved slowly out on the coun-
ty road TO the home on the Palo Alto
estate. There the body was taken from
the hearse and laid in the main room
Of the Stanford mansion. The rela-
tives, friends and student representa-
tives who had accompanied the re-
mains from San Francisco passed in
single file through the room and looked
for moment at the closed coffin. Then
they passed out of the house and drove
away, leaving the body of Mrs. STAN
ford in charge of Charles G. Lathrop,
brother of the dead woman.
Miss Bertha Berner did not follow
the funeral procession to the Stan
ford mansion. but, accompanied by
Mountford Wilson, she was driven d.
rect to her home in the foothills back
of the university. In her lap she car
ried a basket of fresh tropical fruit,
brought all the way from Honolulu.
Mr.. Wilson helped Miss Berner from
TIE Carriage anu IISn hurried 10 cdIcn
the return train for San Francisco.
There was no demonstration at the
station when the funeral train pulled
into the Menlo Park depot. The crowds
were at Palo Alto, where, since 10
o'clock in the morning, they had been
patiently waiting for the arrival of the
body. Foreseeing this, arrangements
had been made to have the body taken
from the cars at Menlo Park and
when at last the train stopped at Palo
Alto the tired throng gazed disap-
pointed at the empty coaches.
EMPLOYEES GATHER.
At the Menlo Park station there
were gathered about fifty persons
! Many of these were the old employees
of the stock farm, who had been told
where the body would be removed AS
the coffin was lifted from the door of
the car the company stood with bowed
heads, their hats clutched in their
hands, many of them with tears run
ming down their wrinkled cheeks. Some
difficulty was experienced in raising
the coffin into the hearse, and when
these hardy employees saw the trouble
they stepped forward with one accord
and helped carry the bier each man
anxious to do some little service for
his dead mistress.
The servant who took the death of
Charley Wooster, the aged coachman
For forty years he has been in the
Stanford service, coming out from New
York with them in the early days
He sat on the box Of the same car
riage in which he had driven his mis-
tress to the station on the fatal day
that she sailed for Hawaii. The old
driver was weeping when the train
came In, and although he tried his best
to hide his emotion, when the coffin
was lifted into the hearse his large
frame shook with sobbing. He would
not drive the hearse, but he followed
close behind with the carriage Of Mr.
and Mrs. Lathrop.
Detective Gibson was the first man
to alight from the funeral train at
Menlo Park. He was on the steps be-
fore the cars stopped, and he hurried
forward to the baggage car, where
the coffin had been placed Close be-
hind him was Detective COLUMBIAN,
These two stood beside the coffin as
it was taken from the train. Presi-
dent David Starr Jordan and Timothy
Hopkins came next, both looking tired
and worn. Then followed the funeral
escort, composed of representatives
from the faculty. alumni and students
of the university.