The evening world., 1892-05-02
ASKING ABOUT immigrants.
Senator Chandler's Committee Re-
sumes Its Sessions.
Col. Weber Tells How Ensily In
fected Passengers Can Get Away.

The senate and House Committees on I'M
migration resumed their inquiry at the Fed
eral Building this morning. The entire scs-
sion saturday was devoted to the investiga-
tion of the steamship Massillia typhus trou-
bic, and to-day furtner inquiry into the land
ing OF the infected immigrants was inst
tuted, a notification TO be present having
been sent to Dr. william NJ. smith, cx-Hcalth
Officer
with view, however, to gain an insight
into the inner workings OF the castle Garden
machinery summonscs had been issued to Ed
ward stevenson, n,eX-COmmissioner, and Henry
S. jackson, who was Superintendent of Land
ing and aterward secretary OF the old Board
OF commissioners.
, Ed. W. Soaring, counsellor, OF ia Nassau
street, Timothy f. Lee, Harbor Inspector,
and Tofey 4 Henderson, restaurant Keepers.
at Ellis Island were also notified TO be present.
Senator Chandler, Chairman, was more
than half an hour late and 1t was l1.35 be-
fore the inquiry began.
REPRESENTATIVES stump, Wright and Gels
enhainer and senator Du Bots were present.
Col. Weber submitted n list Of the steam
ship Massillia's passengers, from which Sena-
tor chandler said he desired TO take only the
names OF the Russian refugees.
col. Weber also submitted a copy or the hos
pital record for the voyage, which mad been
furnished him by the ship surgeon.
"What precautions do the health officers
al quarantine take IN regard to the baggage
OF immigrants" asked the Chairman.
~ do not know. Smith Will be able to
speak authOritatively on that. presume
that they tumigatc the baggage when 1t Is
necessary, and let 1t pass without opening IL
II tumigalion Is not considered necessary"
".ind II II Is passed II Is hrst opened on the
dCCKf'
Yes"
That leads me to inquire what would pre-.
vent an Immigrant from leaving the dock and
disappearing or hiding away SOmewherc|
" Nothing. There have been scNcra! cases
OF that Kind. 1t is impossible with our pres
Cnt force and the present steamship arrange
ments to prevent such happenings"
Col. Weber also submitted II copy OF the
passenger list uT the big "I,OOO day" Tor
which the committees had shown some
CUL Weber stated that at least two-thlrds
OF the immigrants arriving here went West.
Col. Weber said that about %,3JS bonds
were accyptcd,and guarantees numbering 100
or 200. The latter had been accepted ON the
authority Of Supt owen.
The guarantees were given by Il reprCSen-
tativc Ol II Hebrew society. who, however,
witness admitted, never exhibited any uu-
thOrlty to bind the society.
COl Weber explained that ne had never
considered the guarantees anything but
memoranda; in tact H. did not know whether
the guarantees were enforcible by law.
con Gresham stump ana the witness had a
would land immigrants to become charge
upon the private charities OF New York.
Mir stump argued generally that hy accept
Ing guarantees from societies Col. Weber aS
Uren to this aCCusutiOn.
Weber urged particularly that he had not
yet landed anyone who proved charge Il
any society.
/ ODOnOvun Rosa sat at the reporters table
and sent the following note to Senator
Chandler:
lam listening to yoTr examination Of Col. Weber.
. was convict in English prisons Eng and assu
cdt sd me with her convicted thieves and burglars.
talked daily with thcIl. Their destination after
their time in prison served was AmerlCh n.
ngiAnd sent them under escort Of prison guards
from the PRISON to the ship sailing for America,
and met IN a New York prison of these
q Eng iish convicts, who know me in Chatham Prison
lie vas arrested here tor burglary and sent for
/ to know II could help him out Respectfully.
O'DOSOvAS Rosa.
Rosa left the room without awaiting re.
ply.
EX-ncalth Officer smith was called. He
! was in Uilce at the time OF the arrival Of
the MasSilia, and described the inspection
OF the vessel by his Two inspectors There
. was no sign OF typhus no record Of such a
disease had been made by the ships surgeon
After the report in the newspapers that
. tyDnuS had been discovered he examined hi