Wizards of the Wire Will Meet in Chicago

Chicago, May 15. — Chicago will be the meeting place next week of some of the world's most famous wizards of electricity, when the National Electric Light Association opens its annual convention next Tuesday. The honorary membership list of the Association bears the names of Thomas A. Edison, Nikola Tesla, I. Fujicka of Japan; Marcel Deprez of Paris, Sylvanus R. Thompson of London; Elihu Thompson of Lynn. Mass.; Joseph W. Swan of Kent, England, and others almost as well known. All of these have been invited to next week's gathering and several are expected to be in attendance. Dudley Farrand of Newark, N. J., is president of the association. One of the largest electrical exhibitions ever in this country will be open during the convention, and a daily paper, devoted to convention proceedings, will be published while the convention is in session.