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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (KEELER KNOX.) 



her and quantity of questions to decide as has 

 fallen to the lot of the Hawaiian Supreme Court 

 in the last quarter of a century, during the time 

 the islands began their development and lasting 

 till they became a part of the United States." He 

 was also a leader in the religious and educational 

 movements in the islands. 



Keeler, James Edward, astronomer, born in 

 Lasalle, 111., Sept. 10, 1857; died in San Fran- 

 cisco, Cal., Aug. 12, 1900. In 1869 his parents 

 removed to Mayport, Fla., where his fondness for 

 astronomical studies was developed, and where 

 in 1875-77 he had charge of the Mayport Astro- 

 nomical Observatory, in which were a quadrant, 

 a two-inch telescope, a meridian circle, and a 

 clock. At that time he constructed a meridian- 

 circle instrument, which he subsequently de- 

 sci -ilx>d. He entered Johns Hopkins University in 

 1877, and was graduated there in '1881. Mean- 

 while, with Charles S. Hastings, he served on the 

 United States Naval Observatory expedition un- 

 der Edward S. Holden that observed the solar 

 eclipse of July 29, 1878, from Central City, Col. 

 Before, graduation he was appointed assistant at 

 the Allegheny Observatory, Pittsburg, Pa., under 

 Samuel P. Langley, whom he also accompanied 

 on his expedition to Mount Whitney, Cal., in 

 June to September, 1881. He continued at the 

 Allegheny Observatory two years, and then spent 

 a year in Heidelberg and Berlin, pursuing higher 

 scientific studies. In 1884 he returned to the Al- 

 legheny Observatory, and aided Dr. Langley in 

 his work on lunar heat and the infra-red portion 

 of the solar spectrum. He was appointed assist- 

 ant to the Lick trustees in 1886, and proceeded 

 to establish a time system, also aiding in the 

 installation of the instruments on Mount Hamil- 

 ton. When the observatory was completed he 

 was appointed astronomer and placed in charge 

 of the spectroscopic work. The large star spectro- 

 scope was constructed mainly from his designs, 

 and the results of his observations of the atmos- 

 pheres of Saturn's rays and of Uranus, and of 

 the spectra of the nebula in Orion, did much to es- 

 tablish his reputation. He had charge of a suc- 

 cessful expedition sent by Lick Observatory to 

 Bartlett Springs, Cal., to observe the solar eclipse 

 of Jan. 1, 1889. He resigned from Lick Observa- 

 tory in 1891 to succeed Dr. Langley as director 

 of Allegheny Observatory and as Professor of 

 Astrophysics in the Western University of Penn- 

 sylvania. Here he remained seven years and con- 

 tinued his valuable spectroscopic work. His in- 

 vestigations included a study of the riebula in 

 Orion and the stars immersed in it, establishing 

 the fact that the nebula and the stars are closely 

 related in physical condition; also observations 

 of Saturn's rings, proving that they are a cluster 

 of meteorites myriads of little moons. In 1898 

 he returned to Mount Hamilton as director of the 

 observatory, which place he held until his death. 

 He devoted his observing time to the Crossley re- 

 flector, and began a study of the Pleiades and the 

 nebula in Orion. He also began photographing 

 all the brighter nebulae in Herschel's Catalogue, 

 at least half of which he completed. His observa- 

 tions on the great nebula of Orion, published in 

 1899, gave " an impression of the scope of a work 

 that "was designed to distinguish a new epoch in 

 astronomical research." The honorary degree of 

 Sc. D. wan conferred on him by the University of 

 California in 1893. He received the Rumford 

 medal from the American Academy of Arts and 

 Sciences in 1898, and also received the Henry 

 Draper medal of the National Academy of Sci- 

 ences in 1899, of which academy lie was elected 

 a member in IflOO. 



Keeley, Leslie E., physician, born in 1842; 

 died in Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 21, 1900. He was 

 graduated at Rush Medical College in 1864. He 

 founded the Keeley Institute system for the cure 

 of inebriety and the use of narcotic drugs, com- 

 monly known as the gold or Keeley cure, and was 

 president of the company that bears his name. 



Keep-Schley, Emma A., philanthropist, born 

 in Watertown, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1827 ; died in New 

 York city, May 10, 1900. She was a daughter 

 of Norris M. Woodruff, and married Henry Keep, 

 at one time president of the New York Central 

 Railroad, in 1847. Mr. Keep died in 1869, and in 

 1876 Mrs. Keep married Judge Schley, of Savan- 

 nah, Ga., who died in 1882. Her gilts to charitable 

 societies and individuals were numerous and of 

 large amount. She gave to the New York Oph- 

 thalmic Hospital $250,000, and endowed the Keep 

 Memorial Home for Old Ladies, in Watertown, N.Y. 

 The rents from office buildings in Watertown are 

 set aside for the maintenance of this institution. 



Key, David McKendree, lawyer, born in 

 Greene County, Tennessee, Jan. 27, 1824; died in 

 Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 3, 1900. He spent his 

 early years on a farm, and in 1850 he was gradu- 

 ated at Hiwassee College, in East Tennessee. He 

 studied law, and began its practice at Chattanooga 

 in 1853. During the civil war, although opposed 

 to secession, he yielded to the authorities of his 

 State and became lieutenant colonel of the 43d 

 Tennessee Infantry. He served through the war, 

 and surrendered under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston 

 in North Carolina. In 1865 he was pardoned by 

 President Johnson, who was his old friend, and 

 resumed the practice of law in Chattanooga. In 

 1869 he was a member of the Tennessee constitu- 

 tional convention. In 1870 he was elected chancel- 

 lor of the Chattanooga circuit, which office he 

 held until 1875. In 1872 he was a candidate for 

 Congress, but was defeated. In August, 1875, he 

 was appointed United States Senator to fill the 

 unexpired term of Andrew Johnson, but he failed 

 of election to succeed himself. In 1877 President 

 Hayes selected him as Postmaster-General in his 

 Cabinet. In 1880 he was appointed United States 

 district judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 

 and he served till 1894, when he retired, having 

 reached the limit of age. In July, 1891, he \\a- 

 rnade dean of the law school of Grant University, 

 at Nashville, Tenn. 



King, John Alsop, born in Jamaica, Long 

 Island, in 1817; died in New York city, Nov. -M. 

 1900. He was graduated at Harvard in is:!."). 

 studied law, and began to practice in New York 

 city. In later years he abandoned the law and 

 was engaged in the real-estate business. He wa* 

 a Republican presidential elector in 1872, and in 

 1874-75 he was a State Senator. He was OIK 

 of the oldest and most enthusiastic members <>i 

 the New York Historical Society, and was it* 

 president from 1887 till the time of his death. . 



Knox. Charles Eugene, clergyman, born in 

 Knoxboro, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1833; died in Poiir 

 Pleasant, N. J., April 30, 1900. He was graduate. I 

 at Hamilton College in 1856, and studied theology 

 at Auburn and Union Seminaries. He was ordained 

 to the ministry and installed as pastor of the First 

 Presbyterian Church, in Bloomfield, N. J., June S, 

 1864, and continued in charge till 1873. In that 

 year he was chosen president of the German Theo- 

 logical Seminary of Newark, situated in Bloom - 

 field. He received the degree of D. D. from Prince- 

 ton College in 1874. He published A Year witli 

 St. Paul (New York, 1862); The Second Year 

 (1864) ; The Third Year (1865) ; Love to the Enl 

 (Philadelphia, 1866) ; David the King and the 

 Order of the Psalms in his Life (New York, 1876). 



