Electricity

“Bottled sunlight” is what they call Tesla’s new light.

Lightning struck a young man who was driving near Martinsburg, W. Va., and so shocked him that his fingers had to be pried from the reins, and his physician fears that paralysis may set in.

Lightning split two oak trees from the top to the ground just outside the house of J. B. Lee., Jr., near Myrtleville, Va., and then passing down the chimney killed Mr. Lee and shocked his wife, child, father and brother, who were sitting about the hearth.

The officers of the Oakland (Cal.) San Leandro & Haywards Electric railway do not agree with President Vreeland, of the Metropolitan Traction company, in his policy of discharging employees frequently, and have established a graduated wage system to encourage long terms of service on their line.