Knox
PHILANDER CHASE, an American lawyer; born in Brownsville, Pa., May 4, 1853; was graduated at Mount Union College, Alliance, O., in 1872; settled in Pittsburgh, Pa.; and was admitted to the bar there in 1875. He was appointed assistant United States 3 district attorney for Western Pennsylvania; resigned after serving one year and engaged in the practice of his profession . On April 5, 1901, he was appointed Attorney-General of the United States by President McKinley to succeed John W. Griggs (resigned). Mr. Knox was a member of a number of clubs in Pittsburgh, New York, and Philadelphia; and in 1897 was elected president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. United States Attorney-General 1901-1904, Senator for Pennsylvania (unfilled term) 1905. Elected for full term 1909. Secretary of State 1912, toured Latin- PHILANDER CHASE KNOX America to establish good relations with United States 1916. Senator 1917-1923. Author of "Future of Commerce" (1908); "International Unity" (1910); "Speeches" (1912).
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Knox (HENRY an American milian)
HENRY, an American milian American military officer; born in Boston, July 25, 1750. distinguished as an adept in mili- Boston, July 25, 1750. He was d as an adept in military science, and at the battle of Bunker Hill rendered valuable service to General the battle of Bunker ble service to General Ward. He attracted the attention of the attention of Washington, who recommended him for mmended him for the command of an artillery regiment. in illery regiment. He particularly distinguished himself the repulse of Cornwallis at Assunpink stinguished himself in and the comedies, "The Hunchback The Love Chase" (1837), Princeton, and at the battle nwallis at Assumpink (1832) and " in 1777; at of Monmouth. For his signal service ton, and at the battle have survived. Among his other dramas Yorktown he was made Major-Genor his signal service at . In 1785 he was appointed by Conwas made Major-General ); "The sas appointed by Congress Secretary of War. He resigned f War. Es resigned in 1795, retiring to from the Cabinet in 1795, retiring to private life. He died in Thomaston, Me., Hed in Thomaston, Me., Oct. 25, 1806.
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Knox (JOHN a Scotch religious re)
JOHN, a Scotch religious re- Scotch religious reformer; born in Giffordsgate, near Had- Effordsgate, near Hnddington, Scotland, in 1505. A A pioneer of in 1505. Apioneer of Puritanism; prisoner of war, for 19 mer of war, for 19 months confined in the French galleys; friend of Calvin and Beza; a preacher of sermons that moved their hearers to demolish convents; with a price on his head, yet never faltering; arrested for treason, an armed "congregation" at his heels; burned in effigy, for years a dictator-he spent his life forwarding the Reformation in Scotland. His great work, distinguished in Scottish prose, was his " History of the Reformation of Religion within the Realm of Scotland" (1584). His famous "Letter to the Queen Dowager" appeared in 1556; the "First Trumpet Blast against the Monstrous Regiment of Women"-inveighing JOHN KNOX against women taking part in the government, and which offended Queen Elizabeth-in 1558. He died in Edinburgh, Nov. 24, 1572.
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Knox College
coeducational a non-sectarian institution in Galesburg, Ill.; founded in 1837; reported at the close of 1919. Professors and instructors, 36; students, 761. President, J. L. McConaughy.
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Knoxville
a city and of Knox co., Tenn.; on the Tennessee county-seat river and the Southern, Louisville and Nashville and other railroads; 111 miles N. E. of Chattanooga. It is at the head of steamboat navigation on the river; has a large trade in general commodities, and in logs and lumber particularly; is the center of important marble industries ; and has sawmills, iron and nail works, car and railroad shops, and cotton and woolen mills. Among noteworthy institutions are the University of Tennessee, with an agricultural experiment station, Knoxville College for Colored Students (Unit. Pres.) with other institutions for higher r Girls, East and West High Schools, lieducation. braries, the Eastern State Insane Asy- Ring of the Nibelung" (1889); "Wag- Ste Insane lum, State Institutions for White and for Whit Black Deaf Mutes, the Lawson McGhee Memorial, etc. The city was founded in 1792; chartered as a city in 1815; and was enlarged by incorporating West Knoxville and North Knoxville in 1888 and 1889 respectively. Pop. (1910) 36,- 346; (1920) 77,818.
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Knoxville College
an institution for higher education, at Knoxville, Tenn., founded in 1876. There were in the autumn of 1919, 500 students and 25 instructors. President, J. K. Giffen.
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Knuckle Joint
a joint in which a projection on each leg or leaf of a leaf machine or implement is inserted in corinser responding recesses in the other, the two me other, being connected by a pin or a pivot on orap which they mutually turn. The legs of The dividers and the leaves of butt-hinges e knuckle are examples of the true knuckle joint. The term, however, is somewhat comsomewhat monly applied to joints in which the moplace. tion is not confined to one place. KNUR AND SPELL (called by Strutt called by "Northern Spell"), an old English game Ed Englis played with a ball, which is "risen" from a trap and hit with a bat made for the purpose. The ball, called the "knur," is made of wood, a little bigger than a walnut. The bat, called a "tripstick," as it is also used to s spring the the trap or "spell," consists of a piece of hard wood, 6 by 4 inches, and 1 inch thick (the pommel), attached to a supple handle from 3 to 4 feet long, which the player giving grasps with both hands, giving the full swing of his body with the stroke. The the stroke mulative dia game consists of the cumulative distance of a given number of strokes, the player rokes, the who has the greatest number of yards number of being the winner.
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Knysna
a forest tract and elephant cact and sle preserve, extending from the sea to the Outeniqua Mountains in Cape Colony, in Cape C 150 miles W. of Port Elizabeth. Elizabeth.
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Koala
the genus Phascolarctos, and or hascolarese specially P. cinereus, the native bear ne native b native sloth of the Australian colonies. It is a tailless, but pouched animal, about ned a two feet long, with a stout body and limbs, a small head, moderate-sized ears, well-developed feet, and ash-gray fur. It feeds on the tender shoots of the blue gum tree, which the natives climb to effect its capture.
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