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Heavy Loss by Fire in Honolulu. HONOLULU. Jan. <.-A fire causing a loss of more than $100,000 occurred thie n.crr.ing. The fire broke out In the gen «»raj merchandise rtore of tl B. Kerr & Co., and was probably caused by defec tive electric wiring. J. F. Morgan also •ustalned heavy loss. NAMES, OF LAWMAKERS WHO SIGNED CALL FOR CAUCUS Continued on Page 3, Column 1. Continued on Page 3, Column 3. STEAMSHIP COMPANY IS TTNDER SUSPICION Treasury Officers Believe It Intend3 to Aid in the Smuggling: of Chinese. WASHINGTON. Jan. 4.— Treasury offi cers, including Commissioner General or Immigration Sargent, are keeping a cIosb watch on the operations of the Chin* Commercial Steamship Company, which I^'about to establish a line of steamships between Hongkong. Mexican ports ami San Francisco. The president of the com pany. Eng Kok Fong: Vice President Lung Kam AVing and Counsel Lvman I. Mowry of San FTancisco were here last week and proceeded to the City of Mexico to arrange for the entering of the steam ers at Manzanlllo and Mezatlan. While here Mowry called on Commissioner G?n eral Sargent and sought to remove the suspicion that the object of the new com pany is to dump Chinese coolies on the Mexican coast at convenient point*, whence they can make their way into tha United States. It is believed at the Treasury Depart ment, notwithstanding the assurances given by the China Commercial Compa ny's counsel, that the principal object of the new line is to carry coolies to Mexico direct, where they will be free to m<*k-» their way- across 12C0 miles of practically, unpatrolled border into this country. Chi nese are free to enter Mexico, aa are pea pie of any other nationality*. _ _ these appointments has agitated the po litical mind for weeks. Governor-elect Pardee has absolutely and repeatedly re fused to discuss this matter v.ith any one, which leaves the attitude of the ad ministration upon this highly important matter undefined. There Is plenty of pre cedent for almost any action upon the ap pointments. Governor Pardee. if he Chooses, could do as did Governor Budtl— withdraw all appointments. But Governor Budd was a Democrat succeeding a Re publican administration,' and ' such de cided action might better be expected under those conditions than where one Republican Is succeeding a man of the same political faith. SENATORS WILL DECIDE. Governor Pardee will not pursue such a drastic course, but will leave the matter in the hands of the Senate. In this body the new Governor has many friends, and it will be more easy and decidedly more comfortable to dispose of them in that v.ay. This plan will involve less trouble, Continued on Page 3, Column 2. Special Dispatch to the Call. CALL HEADQUARTERS. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 4.— George .Fy,Hatton, zvlw is repre senting Senator Perkins' interests' here, gave out the following- signed statement to-night: "The fact that there are sixty-tzco signatures to the caucus call is, in my opinion, sufficient in dication of how everything is going. Senator Perkins re-election appears to be assured. I do not sec tioiv it can be considered that his friends haze a fight on their hands, for there is no one, in the arena against him. The Senator made his campaign in the open and the expressions of the various county conventions regarding his candidacy shoivcd that public sentiment was strongly in favor of his re-election. GEORGE F. HATTON." .; HATTON SPEAKS OF PERKINS . ;¦ ¦..-• ¦?.:'.¦ •¦¦•¦• ¦ ¦ CALL HEADQUARTERS, SAC RAMENTO. Jan. 4.— The re cent appointments of Governor Gage will all be passed up to the Senate, and the Senate will hold up the confirmations for at least a week. Beyond this plans have not yet been made, but It looka stormy for some of these appointees un less there Is a lot of diplomatic work done between now and the time that these appointments go to the higher branch of the Legislature. The disposition that will be made of sn far as the United States Senatorship is concerned. The Speakership contest is also virtu ally ended, with the coveted prize well in the grasp of Assemblyman Fisk of San Francisco, who claims to have secured thirty-eight votes, seven more than he needs to elect him. Fisk is so confident of his victory and places so much faith j In the loyalty of those who have pledged i him their support that he gave out to i night a list of the names for publication and Is now considering the makeup of his committees. DUNLAP HAS HOPE. Dunlap of Stockton still •disputes Fisk's , ! claim?, but it is known that he called on j I his rival to-day and asked that in the J event of his own defeat the men votir.s i for him should not be punished. Fisk i promised not to hold any grudge against j j them and to give them fair treatment in the disposition of patronage. Notwith- | standing this evidence of weakness Dun- j lap still believes he .will win, and hl3 • friends are urging him to keep in the fight to a finish. These two achievements in one day dls \ pose of the .fireworks and exciting fea tures of the session, leaving only the In augural ceremonies and ball to give color and interest to the conventional grind of bills, appropriations, appointments and pet schemes for public or personal ad vancement. The town is thick with rumors to-night as to whom Governor Gage will ndVn • inate to succeed the late Justice Jackson Temple upon the Supreme bench of the State. Many names are mentioned, but Senators Will hold Up All of the Gage Appointments and the Tempest Is Brewing for People Lately Favored. As socn as the last names were r.dded to the caucus call the document wis di vided into two parts. The Senatorial list was given to Senator Lukens of Alameda County and the Assembly list was turned over to Assemblyman N. K. Fos ter of the same county. Though these documents were circulated by Hatton as the representative of Senator George C. Perkins, they are the property of the Republican members of the two houses and will be used by them In organizing the caucus on Wednesday evening next. Hatton declines to give cut the names that completed the list 'upon the ground that there were several who put their George Hatton. the representative of Senator Perkins, arrived In Sacramento this morning with his caucus call. He at once opened headquarters In the Golden Eagle Hotel, where printed cards soon announced the fact that the Perkins headquarters were to be found behind cer tain dcors. Hatton had something over lifty names on the call, and while this was more than sufficient to control the Republican caucus. Hatton wanted to llnally settle the whole matter and get a clear majority of the entire Legislature. To that end he bent all of his energies. and shortly after 10 o'clock to-night he announced that one name more than the necessary sixty-one had been secured and still there were more to follow. to Perkins refused to sign the call, not all of those who did not sign are opposed to him. There are promises from one or two besides those included In the sixty-four that they will vote for Perkins or sign up by to-morrow. SENATOR WHO WILL BE RE-ELECTED AND THE MEN WHO WILL WIELD THE GAVEL IN THE LEGISLATURE t - " * 7' Robert Bowman, the little boy burned to rfpath, was a nephew of Jones and was 11 years old. He lived in Petaluma and came to visit his relatK-es last week. The in quest over his remains will b« held In this < ity 'to-morrow morning at 3 o'clock by Curoner Eden, 'jfefefl II. B. Field is station agent for the North Shore Railroad at Roks Valley and had just a short time ago moved into his new house here. Hi s i OE s is SHOO, with about iCA insurance. The loss to the Bta li'.e and contents will reach fully J30Q0, covered by $1800 insurance. That the fire is of incendiary orlprin is conceded. There is no fire department in Ross Val !ey. and the water supply, even though fcdequale, was of no use at the time the f.rt was discovered. Jones has conducted a livery and boarding stable near Ross station. During the summer mont'-- — y of the valley residents, San Francisco rlt iz'-ns, hsve their p--vate equipages in his rarn. At the time of the lire there \rer* several traps and other vehicles and har ness stored there. They were all de stroyed. LOSS TO CITY FOLK. Soon after the stable took fire the one story residence of H. B. Field, adjoining, was ignited. The occupants were roused by neighbors, and Mr. an.l Mrs. Field and the baby fled from thrir burning home in their night clothes, while willing Mdshbbni succeeded in saving most of the furniture and other effects. The struc ture was rapidly destroyed. There were five horses in the front of tht- stable and a thoroughbred colt in the rear. These animals were burned alive in their stall*. Five were found at daylight pSde by fide roasted to a crisp. l*p to dayiljrht it vras presumed that v^ung Bowman after being aroused ha-i ?•scaped from the burning building, but al 5 o'clock his charred Lo<3y was found In the ashes and debris. His little pet <icg was found by his side, also dead. The lad. it Is presumed, was not fully awake end did not attempt to leave, and that his faithful pup remained to mc-tt death by his master's side. By this time the entire building was in flames, and Jones speedily endeavored to save himself and wife. The avenue of • scape down the stairs was cut off by fire :md Fmoke. He and his wife therefore Bought an upstairs ¦window. The drop ¦nap fully twentj- f^et. Mrs. Jones was lifted out of the window by her husband, Jrt down n? far as his arms would per ir.it and then dropped to the gTound be low. Sha was injured about the back and limbs. Jor.es jumped to the ground and escaped injury. LEAP THOU A WINDOW. Last night the livery stable of Charles Jones in Ross Valley and the residence of H. B. Field, next door, were destroy ed by the incendiaries. The furniture of the latter was saved, but in the stable a:i rijfs. horses a^d a full stock of hay p'd Ttci were consumed. One boy lost his life by being burned in his bed while ss-leep. »nd the proprietor's wife narrow 1> escaped death from flames to be severe ly injured by dropping f rom - a-secoad etory window in her night dress. Th» lire started, as nearly as can be ascertained, about 3 o'clock this morning In the hayroom of the livery stable. Jones-, who with his family and employes, resides on the second floor of the build ing, was awakened by the neighing of horses and stamping of the animals' feet. He quickly rose, saw the place was in flames and awakened his wife. Then he vent to the front part of the building to arouse his nophew, Robert Bowman, ¦who occupied apartments there. lie open ed his relative's door, awoke him and told bias of the fire. Then he returned to an employe's room to also rouse him out of b<rU. SAN RAFAEL. Jan. 4.— The firebugs who have so terrorized the citizens of San Rafael by committing arson thirty times within one year and baffling the detec tive* who sought to locate them now Eeem to have shifted their seat of nefari ous operation* to Ross Valley. The many ¦v-falthy residents of that section fear their property Is the object of destruc tion. • Sr*cial Diiratch to Th« Call "I will work and vote for a just, fair and active measure. If Congress should do anything at all ¦ In this line, which seems to be a public demand, it should do something that means something." Senator Depew said: "I have consid ered this question of State and govern mental regulation of great corporations of ' a ; public" ancl ~"semi-publtc character, and have long held the view that legislation having as its most important feature pub licity is the most effective and fairest to all concerned. I speak more particularly of publicity as already applied by many States to the great Insurance companies and (great railroad corporations of tho country. These afford the best examples of the good effects of legislation of this character— good to the public, the Govern ment and the corporations themselves. "By means of this publication good cor porations survive, the bad are weeded out. So far within the limits of the con stitution as the Government can go in providing for this publicity I think legis lation should be passed. Statements of the capital stock, the number of stock holders, dividends and all other details bearing on the standing of such corpora tions could be made without injury to any one. Great concerns doing a legiti mate business should have no fear of the results. Concerns which are not doing a legitimate business are not entitled to merciful consideration. The best exam ple of the soundness and benefit of great public corporations is found in insur ance companies, and no corporations are subjected to more careful supervision by State authorities. They have built up a tremendous legitimate business, not in spite of but because of a Just and fair publicity." : . ¦ , • .. Senator McComa* of Maryland, another member of the Judiciary Committee, said to-night in relation to trust legislation: shall work and vote In committee and in the Senate for legislation looking to the regulation of what are known as trusts Just so far as the limitations of the con stitution will permit. I believe that Gov ernment supervision, so far as it is pos sible to give it. is best for all concerned— the officers and stockholders of large cor porations and the public at large. No good trust should have any fear of such super vision. Senator McComas announced himself ready to work in committee and on th« floor of the Senate- in favor of effective legislation regulating interstate corpora tions Just so far as the limitations of the constitution will allow. U Cr- CALL BUREAU, 14C6 G STREET. X. TV.. WASHINGTON*. Jan. 4— Two im portant statements were made to-day having a direct bearing on the prospects for anti-trust legislation before the pres ent session closes, coming as they do from two members of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate— Senator Depew of New York and Senator McComas of Maryland. Senator Depew pronounced himself most emphatically In favor of legislation providing for publicity. Special Dispatch to The Call. Both Will Labor for Imme diate Legislation Along These Lines. Horses Perish in Stalls and a Dog Loses Life With Its Master. Ross Valley Suffers From Torch » of Miscreants. One Favors Publicity, the Other Federal Regulation. When George Hatton, who Is managing Senator Perkins' campaign, arrived here this morning he had fifty votes pledged for a caucus, anil by 10 o'clock to-night he had Increased this number to sixty two, with the aFsurance of two more be fcre morning. This decided the contest once for al!, as a binding majority of the caucus have declared for Perkins. Signs of opposition promptly vanishes?, and now all is practically over but the »shouting, ¦was all done without a fight, too. and the outsiders are now wondering what happened to the dark horse, which never even put in an appearance. HEADQUARTERS. SAC £ ¦ ~ RAME.N'TO, Jan. 4.— The Caii- S fornia Senatorship is settled. m^ J George C. Perkins will be rc- elected on the first ballot. It Special Disratch to The Call CALL HEADQUARTERS, SAC RAMENTO, Jan. 4.-The fight for United States Senator was settled to-night when sixty two names were secured to the famous caucus call, with the assurance of two more before morning, thus giving: Perkins more than a clear ma jority of the entire Legislature. The dark horse was never even taken out of his sta ble and George C. Perkins will now be re-elected Senator upon the first ballot. While the attaching of sixty-two or six ty-four names to a call for a caucus does not necessarily mean that the signers will all vote for George C. Perkins for Senar tor, this call was circulated by the Per kins managers and Implied that those who attached their names thereto would stand for the Alameda man. _ But while all of those who are opposed Special Dispatch to The Call Depew and McCo mas Take Firm Stand. Dunlap Finds a Chance to Hope. Dark Horse Is Not to Be Found. YOUTH DIES THE VICTIM OF FIREBUGS Marin Incendiaries Add Murder to Arson. ANTI-TRUST MOVE GAINS SUPPORTERS Hatton' s Card Tells the Story. First Ballot Will Be De cisive. SENATORSHIP WILL GO TO PERKINS; FISK TO BE SPEAKER OF ASSEMBLY PRICE FIVE CENTS. The San Francisco Call SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, ,1903. VOLUME XCIII— XO. 36. ¦ mi whlnl. C «Vl 1 '. H # :^P Ql ARTERS * SACRAMEVro < Jmn ' "*• — T1 »* Call 1* able thin morning to present a complete list of the mlxtr-two narnr. rrhleh were attached to the cancan call and TTblcn are as follow*: . '. ; '^ . . ' xac "*««" c »"» btNrtTORS. <«R:»rin», Umolnr. Devlin, .^ncranirnio, ' Crrennell, Iloeneme. "film. Pasadena. Knoirland, Alamedn. Lardner. Auburn. Bj-rnes, San Mntpo. J.n«<h«liicpr. \ allojo. I.akena, Onklnnd. Mnrnlir. I.alhrop. Nelson, San Franclaeo. ¦ Oneal, San Jose. Prndleton, Loi Ancelpa. Ilalaton, Melones. Ronell, Frewno. t SrlTagre. Knreka. Ward. Chala Viata. \\>lrb,.f<an FrancUcn. Wllllamn, J>nn Francisco, Woodward, Santa Roxa. . ASSEMBLY/VIEN. Allen, San FrancUeo. Barber. San Franciaco. llnrnm, Pacific Beach. natm, Alameda. Black, Palo Alto. R!ln«, Oakland. IloUfion, Snu Franclnpn. Carter,'- Lou , Annrelen. Cromvrell. Petal ama. ' Dreir, Fresno. Camp. Sierra Madre. K11*. Steare.' ... IJuryeit, Lincoln. Foster, Oakland. . , Fiak, San Francinco. Vr«pr.,Oak Park.. . (•oodrlch.. Pasadena. How»er. I, o« Ansel e*. Jobnion, San Dim us. .!nhn, Sun Lni.< Oblnpo. Jofannon. Sacramento. K In R-, \apa. Lflnincrr, Wcnverrillf. 3IcCartney. I^nii Ansrelea. >Iatto», Centervllle. 3Ir.»II; RohnrrTllIe. . '/ McLaoKhlln. Vnha Cllj-. Moore, I'ndlne. • Mott, Oakland. "limited. San: Rafael. Preicott,. Redlanda. fann, Santa Panla. Rnl ley. Eureka. Pyle.'-Santa Barbara. Soirard. Dotvntevllle. Stannrll. »l<ion. ' Traber. Fresno. Stedman, Monterey. Tramae, '. LrO« ' Anareles. Walih, Oakland. Walker.* Lot 1 Gatoii Waste, Berkeley.