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Show CARROLL 0. WRIGHT IS CALLED gY DEATH- Prominent Educalor and Former For-mer Lalior Commissioner Passes Away. WORCESTER, Mass., Fob. 20. Carroll Car-roll D. "Wright, president of Clark college col-lege and former commissioner of labor, died tonight, aged C9 years. President "Wright had been a Biiffcrcr from diabetes dia-betes for moro than two years, but that dieeaso did not give him serious trouble until after his return from "Washington on December 7. His last public appcar-anco appcar-anco was at tho dinner of the trustees of tho Carnegio institute, with wliich in-stifution in-stifution he had been connected for somo j'cars. llo was obliged to tako to his bed four days after his retunij but rallied within a week. Still ho did not loavo his room and condnctcd tho administration administra-tion of Clark college through hi3 sec-rotary. This continued for nearly two months, but ten days ago complications set iu and ho was forced to relinquish nil business and sinco that timo has failed gradually. His physicians for several davs havo held out no hopo for his recovery, and it was realized that death might bo oxpected almost hourly. Tho condition of coma into which tho patient had sunk in tho last hours remained re-mained unbroken until ho died. |