The Press., 1913-04-02

Mrs. John Foster.
 There will be an auction of fur.
 nishings at Woodlawn Saturday fore
 noon at 10 o'clock.
 Brown 6 Penny have received their
 new Chase truck, and it is receiving
 a lot of favorable attention.
 The lecture committee of the Cur
 rent Events club are making arrange
 ments for a public reading by George
 Kiernan, an able lecturer of Boston,
 on Monday evening, April 21st.
 Rev. R. G. Clapp attended yester-
 day and to-day the annual convocation of Connecticut ministers at New
 Haven and the annual meeting of
 the Connecticut alumni of Yale Di-
 vinity school, of which he is secre-
 tary.
 Mrs. Annie Zampoli, B, died at
 her home on Benton street Sunday of pneumonia after a short illness. Her
 husband and four children survive
 her. The funeral was held from her
 late home yesterday morning at 9 o'clock, Rev. Isaac Booth officiating.
 The burial was in the Stafford Springs cemetery.
 The school committee held a meet
 ing at the library building Mon lay afternoon. The committee chosen to look after additional school facilities reported that Architect Johnson of Hartford was ready to report as to the probable expense of building an addi- tion to the high school building and alterations necessary on Woodlawn, if that building is used. A joint meeting of the school committee and the boarl of selectmen has been called for next Monday, when MT. Johnson will be present.
 Mrs. Angel La Breche, G9, died at her home on Wilmington avenue Fri day. Mrs. La Breche fell and broke her leg last week, and at the time it was thought her condition favorable for recovery. The shock and the weakness incident to old age were against her and she died Friday eyen ing. She leaves three sons and three daughters Henry, Joseph and Fred, Mrs. John Bolieau, Mrs. Joseph Ere geau and Miss Elizabeth La Breche. The funeral was from St. Edwards Monday morning and the burial was in St. Edwards S cemetery.
 In the death of Karl c. Adams, 34, which occurred last week Wednesday under such tragic circumstances, the town loses one of its young and popu- lar business men. MT. Adams went home to dinner as usual, and two minutes after he was in the house re- ceived an electric shock that caused his death. Miss Adams, his sister, was with him at the time and was close behind him when the accident occurred. Karl had started for the cellar for something and had turned the switch at the top of the stairs. He took hold of a cord that is used for going around the cellar, gave a moan or exclamation as he felt the shock, and never recovered conscious ness. His death was probably as nearly painless as death can be. When 1 Miss Adams heard her brother exclaim | she rushed pack to the top of the | Itairs and turned off the switch. Alone | with him in the darkened cellar she 'ould feel no heartbeat, but tried to orce artificial respiration by raising md lowering his arms. Doctors were lurriedly summoned and nurses came | rom the Johnson hospital. Their | efforts to revive the young man were and they finally gave up the hopeless task. The cause of the | accident was a heavier load than is ordinarily carried by house wires. These wires are supposed to carry 10 volts and this load is too light to be serious. Whether the accident was caused by crossed wires or some other has not become known Representatives of the electric light have made a careful exami-
  no statement has been issued On the day of the accident shocks were of more or less severity by different people in the eastern part of the borough, and it was evident that something was wrong with the system. While uncertainty exists as to the cause of the accident, there is feeling of general sorrow and regret as to the result. MT. Adams had been associated with his father in their business for a num- Der of years. He came into intimate touch with large proportion of the public in the business and social life l of the town, and was known favorably | because of his affability, intelligence and many likeable qualities. Born | and brought up here, many had known him all his life, and knowing his people, their grief at the swift intel | ligence of his death was augmented | by the sure knowledge of the severe blow it must be to the family. It is | in the family circle that these blows fall hardest, and in this family, which has been so united, the severity of the visitation is the more keenly felt. | Karl was reader and a student and | spent more of his time in the home circle than the majority of young men. One of the saddest features of the case was the fact that the mother was in the Johnson hospital recover ing from the effects of a surgical oper- ation. She was not informed until | but her intuition and the actions of those around her had told | her that all was not we'll and the | shadow of her great grief was over her after Wednesday. The funeral was Al