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Pacific Press Publishing Co. · New York · December 1, 1898

Mr. KEELY, of motor fame, is dead. He was the inventor of the “Keely motor,” which purported to be operated by a new and mysterious force, the nature of which for some reason could not be disclosed. He discovered this mysterious force about thirty years ago, and has been busy in utilizing it in a very practical way so far as his own interests were concerned, ever since. He found plenty of men with money who were waiting for the advent of a new motor which would revolutionize everything in the motor line previously made, and had little difficulty in getting the tidy sum of $100,000 subscribed with which to prosecute experiments. Mr. Keely constructed a model of his motor, which was exhibited on various occasions, but which he carefully guarded from the inspection of mechanical experts. On these occasions he would take pains to enlighten his audience concerning the nature of his discovery, by talking about “triune currents of a polar flow of force,” the “reflex action of gravity,” “chords of mass,” and “sympathetic outreaches of distance,” in a way which implied that he was on familiar terms with these things. The charm worked, and many persons including even some of repute for scientific attainments, became convinced that Mr. Keely really had hold of some wonderful occult force which could be dragged forth from its hiding-place and put in harness for the benefit of mankind, if only sufficient funds were put at the inventor’s disposal for that purpose.