Great Knoxville Fire Obliterates FourStory Factory District
A morning blaze in Knoxville Tennessee gutted the four story Knoxville knitting mills on Commerce Avenue and rapidly spread to adjacent structures. By 2 35 a m flames engulfed the Davies Furniture building and other nearby firms including Broyles McClellan Lacky Claiborne Tate Cowan Clothing R H Cate Co liquor house and more. Chattanooga sent aid and total losses exceed one million dollars with all firms insured. The site is within 500 feet of the 1897 fire that destroyed similar property.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Knoxville Knitting Mills
Commerce Avenue
Broyles, McClellan & Lacky
David Commission Company
Davies Furniture Company
Claiborne, Tate & Cowan Clothing Company
Chattanooga
R. H. Cate & Co
Shankin Grain Company
Merchants’ Transfer Company
Blockade of Venezuelan Ports Begins With Force
Port of Spain Trinidad Dec 22 The Venezuelan port blockade began with an effective force on Saturday night. H T McIntyre of St Paul Minnesota says Chamberlain s Stomach and Liver Tablets helped his disturbed stomach more than anything else he has taken. For sale by J Wikle Buy Split Cahaba or Carbon Yeal Phone 72 K O Watton
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Port of Spain
Trindad
H. T. McIntyre
St. Paul, Minn
Chamberain
J. Wikle
Cahaba
K. O. Watton
Wireless trans Atlantic greeting message by Marconi
The London Times confirms receiving a wireless telegraph from Marconi at Cape Breton Nova Scotia. The Times says the message was transmitted from Glace Bay to Pold House Cornwall and reads I have the honor to send through the Times the inventor's first wireless trans Atlantic message of greeting to England and Italy.
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Washington
The
London Times
Marconi
Cape Breton
N. B
Times
Glace Bay
N. Y
Pold House
Cornwall
Signor Marconi
England
Italy
Eighteen Killed in Train Collision at Byron
Eighteen people died and twenty seven were injured in a rear end wreck last night near Byron California as the southbound Los Angeles Owl train collided with the Stockton flyer. The engine of the local plowed into the last coaches of the Owl which carried Fresno passengers.
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California
Owl
Fresno
Holiday Excursion Rates From Southern Railway
Southern Railway Co sells round trip tickets at one and one third fare for travel on December 23 24 25 30 31 1902 and January 1 1903 between points on its lines with return validity until January 3 1903. For details contact any ticket agent.
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Southern Railway Co
Souther Railway
Weekly excursion trains depart Memphis for California and Portland
Personally conducted cars leave Memphis every Tuesday for California via the Coctaw Rock Island System and Southern Pacific Ry and for Portland, Oregon, every Thursday via Chaok taw Union Pacific Route.
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Memphis
California
Coctaw Rock Island System
So. Pac. Ry
Portland
Oregon
Choctaw Union Pacific
L and N employes demand wage increase across system
A Nashville source reports an imminent strike by all union labor on the Louisville and Nashville system unless wage increases are granted. Engineers and firemen, with conductors and trainmen, seek higher pay, arguing that more powerful locomotives since modernization justify higher wages. Delegates from Louisville Cincinnati New Orleans Nashville Montgomery Birmingham and other cities prepared to push demands.
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Birminingham
Dac
Birmingham News
Nashville
Tenn
Louisville
Milton H. Smith
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Montgomery
Birmingham
Firemen and Engineers Demand Wages Increase
Louisville report says the executive committee of the firemen and engineers on the Louisville and Nashville railroad demanded higher wages after a conference with General Manager Evans. They set January 15 for a reply and will meet in Louisville to receive the answer, though a strike is not expected as the men do not want to disrupt the system if refused.
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Louisville
The
Courier Journal Today
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Evans
Parker Buys Reid Bros Office Saloon
Walter Parker has purchased the Reid Bros Office Saloon and will take full control on January 1. The deal includes the entire bar and fixtures. Reid will run the Noble Street saloon in the interim. Parker, long employed by the firm, is described as an experienced and capable saloon man. An oil painting of Gen Benjamin F Butler is noted in the Massachusetts state house gallery.
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Walter Parker
Reid Bros
Jnuary 1
Messrs
Reid
Noble Street
Parker
Bros
Benjamin F. Butler
Senate
Massachusetts
Roosevelt Accepts Arbitration Role in Venezuelan Crisis
From Cariacas to London reports indicate President Roosevelt has accepted the offer to arbitrate the Venezuelan dispute. Secrecy surrounds negotiations but indications suggest Roosevelt will serve as arbitrator for the allied powers.
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Roosevelt
Acting Manager Appointed At Southern Car and Foundry
Mr. J A Allman of Butler plant Standard Steel Car Co arrives in the city to serve as acting district manager for the focal plant succeeding Mr J H Harden who has resigned. Installed by Mr M Bb Duncan general manager of the company. Temporary arrangement expected to become permanent soon as Aniston plant improvements are planned and next year’s business is anticipated to exceed all prior years.
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J. A. Allman
Butler
Standard Steel Car Company
Pittsburg
Southern Car and Foundry Company
J. H. Harden
Mr. Allman
Allman
M. Bb. Duncan
Birmingham
Anniston
Calhoun Rifles Bazaar promised as Oxford highlight
The Calhoun Rifles staged a grand bazaar in Oxford to be held tonight and tomorrow night at the armory. Led by Capt. D Houston Smith the event showcases five booths including a country store with ten cent items, a string band, and prize competitions for guests.
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Calhoun Rifles
Oxford
Crack Military Company
D. Houston Smiti
Ciizeos
Humphries & Co
Avdieo
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Cas
Roose
Velt
London
Lieved
President Roosevelt
Big Car Works
Galhoun Rifles
D. H. Smith
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Pearce
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