Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-05-29

to one delegate for every forty-five instead
of thirty-nine, as heretofore.
The voting for editor of the Ladies Re
p0S1oTy was proceed with, but none of the
SIX candidates receiving enough votes fol
election, the election was postponed untl
tomorrow. Adjourned.
This forenoon Christian TrefeZ,a broker
stabbed his wife fourteen times. she was
living with FROM Linderman. Linder-
man was also stabbed. Trefez then stabb-
ed himself. It is thought all three VIII
die.
ST. LOUIS, May 2S.-Special dispatches
from Versailles and other points III South
west Missouri say that terrible tornado
passed over Morgan county on Saturday
evening. On the farms of Avery Fisher
and others, houses, barns, orchards, &C.,
were completely destroyed. Jacob BloSser
| and his child were killed, and Mrs. Bios
| ser, Avery Fisher and his wife, and twelve
| others were wounded, only five of whom
are excepted to recover.
In the vicinity of Florence great num-
| Der of fences, barns, &C., were destroyed.
At NarOna on Sunday night there was q
| heavy fall of rain, which flooded large
part of the town and carried away the rail-
road bridge and large stretch of the rail-
| road track. The house of George Green
lock was swept away and himself, wife
and child were drOwnd in Valley Spring
river. Immense damage has been done;
the white farmers being completely ruined
at Springfield and its vicinity. The rain
fell in torrents the whole night The rail-
way track was washed away and other
damage done.
DETROIT, May 2S.-The Presbyterian
General Assembly last night disposed of
all the business relating to theological
Of no Acco |, ,I1y
relative to the Danville Seminary was adj
verse to its removal to San Francisco.
This morning, after the transaction of
miscellaneous business and the approval
of the records, judicial business was re-
sumed, the first being a complaint against
the Synod of Philadelphia, involving the
principle of a limited term of service on
the part of elders. The complaint was
not sustained, the vote being 145 in the
affirmative and 175 in the negative. The
Assembly has not yet adopted a minute
expressing its opinion in formal way.
ALEXANDRIA, VA, May pa freight
train on the Orange, Alexandria and Ma
nassas Railroad ran over q COW about eight
miles from here this evening, throwing
the engine off the track, killing two
brakesmen and seriously wOunding the
fireman.
SPRINGFIELD, May 2S.-The Papier
Mache works of this city were destroyed
by fire this morning. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000, and is supposed to be the
work of an incendiary.
BIDDEFORD, Me-, May 2S.-Shaw's
block, one of the largest buildings in the
place, was burned last night. The loss
can not be ascertained.
VICKSBURG, May 2S.-Mullen Teche is
the appointed Collector of Customs.
PHILADELPHIA, Nav 2S-The arrange
ments are now complete for the accOmmo-
datiOn of one hundred-aRd fifty represent
tatives of the press on the floor of the Ma
tional Republican Convention. Journal
lists desiring seats should apply at once to
Gen. II. H. Bingham, Chairman, Phila-
delphia, endorsing the word press" on the
envelope.
The National Baptist Educational Con-
vention assembled this morning in the
First Baptist Church. Twenty-Five States
were represented.