El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-25
THE Kelly MOTOR.
And the Career of Its Inventor, Now

OVous
John w. Keely, who has gained wide
notoriety as the protector of the motor
bearing his name, whereby he claimed
that the secret OF new force was
about to be mastered, died Nov. Ii,
at Philadelphia. The following &C.
count of his career is taken from the
Philadelphia Times.
John Worrall Keely was horn in
Philadelphia Septem Der 3, 1887. I'm
til he was II years of age he attended
the public schools and then he became
a carpenters apprentice and worked at
his trade until 1872. Since then he
has been Keely, of motor fame.
The story of Keely's life Is the story
of the Keely motor. Probably more
has been written about Keely and his
motor than about any ore subject from
the time of the war of the rebellion un-
til our recent Spanish trouble.
He and his motor have been
the subject of joke writer's for twenty
years and many jests have been passed
at the motor which!refused to mote. :"
Scientists have written learned articles
about these various motors, and of one
hundred aud fifty he has Invented none
has brought any practical results.
Finauciers, careful OF their money,
have backed him in his schemes;
people of wealth, less careful than the
financiers, have been attracted by his
schemes. Fortunes have been sunk by
1t; none have been made.
INTERESTED IN VIBRATION.
While he was working as a carpenter
the vibrations of windows and glass
dishes in response to the sOundings Of
the various musical chords first set his
mind upon the subject of vibrations
and the curious sympathy between dis
tant waves vibrating in harmony. He
became interested in speculations con-
corning physical forces and originated
many theories His declared object
was the Liberation of primitive atomic
motion and its application to the use
of man and the resolution of ether in
which the waves of sound and light are
supposed to be produced into work =
ing energy.
In 1872 company was organized and
funds were placed at his disposal. He
invented what he called IA hydro
pneumatic pulsating vacuO machine"
whose action he claimed was produced
by forces obtained from water and air.
The scientists have all agreed that re-
suits which are marvellous in their ef
fects have been obtained by Mr.. Keely.
He conducted hundreds of tests in the
presence of reliable experts, causing
them to wonder and to agree with him
that if the motor would only mote"
there were vast fortunes In it.
NEVER SHOWED A MACHINE.
The Keely motor financial affairs
have not been prosperous. At recent
meetings of the company stockholders
have been troublesome and little pro-
gress has been made. They have de-
manded proof that he was doing some
thing. He has shown them machines
at work, but has never revealed any OF
his secrets.
At various meetings Of his financial
hackers he has stated that few
more months would see his machine
complete and ready to be protected by
letters patent. When the stockhold-
ers would meet again and ask for a re-
port of progress Mr.. Keely would ex-
plain that he had quit working on the
old machine, having discovered q new
principle that WAS much superior to
the one on which he had been previous
ly latoring. He would ask for an
extension OF time and for more money.
The time was usually granted, thong b
occasionally the assessments on stock
holders met Mr.. Keely would have q
new story to tell aad q new machine to
show.
Few of these machines ever reached
the stage where they worked, though
occasionally MIR. Keely would
produce wheels that would &C
round. He would refuse to tell wha
made them go or would tell In language
that no one could understand. No,
any practical purpose unless perhaps
the encouraging of stockholders can be
so termed.
KEELY'S LAST MUSICAL MOTOR.
Last March Mr.. Kelly announced
that he had his latest and best motor
ready for inspection, and distinguish
ed company Of machinists and scien
lists gathered at the workshop. OF
North Twentieth street, to examin,
the invention. Among these men were
DR.. Edward Goldsmith, eminent as {
chemist and physicist; Lancaster
Thomas, electrician and chemist
Charles E. Davis, M. E., of Brooklyn
j. w. G. Loomis, machinist, of Boston
J. n. Linville, consulting engineer
who was formerly q partner of Car
negie, the iron king, and q number o
others.
At that time Mr.. Keely made the
statement: "After twenty-five years
of labor 1 have at last solved the prob
lem of Harvesting the ether and adap
| ting it to commercial uses. / have
finished experimenting. My work il
now complete" He showed to hi
visitors q machine which he started
and stopped by means OF striking
chords and discords. He made An ex
PLANTATION which not one of his audi
tors understood or pretended to under.
stand. Keely said that his new power
was called "etheric sympathetic os
citation"
| ASTOR WAS INTERESTED.
A few months prior to this investi
cation mum Der of experts in mocha
mics visited Mr.. Keely, and he show
ed them his machinery partially com
| pleted. These men were Genera