Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-07
NOT SERIOUSLY ILL.
No Belief Here That Mr.. Cleveland
is in Bad Shape.
WHAT THE CABINET MINISTER'S SAY.
Their knowledge is Confined to
Press Dispatches.

Press Dispatches.
MIR. THURBER'S STATEMENT.
Telegraphic reports from Buzzard's Bay re-
ceived in this city today state that President
| Cleveland is suffering from an attack
Of rheumatism which confines him to
the house, and that DR.. Bryant, who
is with him, says that the President
must have absolute quiet and rest. 1t is fur
ther stated that "the President will remain
through July, but will not transact any public
business. He will later on give necessary at
tention only to any official business Of i'm
portance that may come from Washington"
Beyond the meager information conveyed in
the dispatches, supplemented by the assurance
OF DR.. Bryant that the President is all right
and only suffering from rheumatism" nothing
can be learned Of the Presidents condition.
RUMoRs AS TO HIS CONDITION.
The fact, however, that the President is
acknowledged to be incapacitated for work
rise to rumors that his condition
around him will admit 1t is recalled that
he was not incapacitated for work when he left
Washington, for on the afternoon Of his depart
ure he held cabinet meeting, at which it was
decided to call the extra session Of Congress.
One Of the rumors current here today, proba-
| bly, growing out of the supposition that his
| trip must have operated to hia disadvantage. is
that the rheumatism may have extended from
his limbs to the upper portion Of his
| body, threatening his heart, and that
| his physician fears that work or
worry may aggravats it. In connection with
this runor it is said that the Presidents trip
| from New York to Buzzards Bay in Mr.. Bene-
diets yacht was attended with rough weather
and easterly gales, which may have brought on
more severe attack with an extension Of the
locality.
OF course, as no information is obtainable
voyage. the rumor Ia not susceptible Of con-
| frmatlon.
| WHAT CABINET OFFICERS SAY.
Members Of the cabinet who are now in the
city have received no intimatiou, they say,
that the Presidents condition is in any way
serious, and add that their knowledge
| Of his indisposition Is confined to
the report carried in the press
dispatches. 1t is not believed here that the
rumor that Mr.. Cleveland is suffering from
cancer Of the mouth has any foundation in
fact
PRIVATE SECRETARY rHURBER's STATEMENT.
| STAR reporter called on Private Secretary
Thurber at the White House today and was
assured by him that there was nothing serious
! the matter with the President. He
based this statement on the fact that
| beyond being little run down by
hard work the President was in his usual
| robust health when he left here last Friday,
| and, furthermore, on the fact that he has
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arrival at Buzzards Bay. He was sure he
would have been informed il the President had
| been taken seriously i'll.
RESULT OF ovERwoRK.
Mr.. Thurber explained that the rheumatic
attack was undoubtedly the result of overwork.
and was merely the reappearsnce Of . trouble
to which he was subject at intervals.
He was confident that it will coon Weld to
treatment, of which rest was the principal
feature. There was no delay in the Presidents
| arrival at Buzzard's Bay as he orig
inally planned to arrive there about
Wednesday or Thursday. He took the
| sea trip for rest and recreation. and purposely
avoided haste, and it was also for that reason be
had kept away from 1.-THE madding crowd" for
a few days
No mail has been sent to the President from
the White House. and none will be forwarded
that is not necessary for the dispatch Of public
business.
This is in accordance with his instructions
| before his departure, and no change In the ar
| rangement has since been made.
INQUIRIES RECEIVED AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
| Many inquiries, telegraphic and verbal were
received at the White House yesterday
and today in regard to the Presi-
| dent, and Private Secretary Thurber re-
sponded to them all that there was nothing at
| II serious the matter with him. To some of
| his callers Mr.. Thurber took occasion to deny
the report that the President was undergoing
"banting' or any other treatment to reduce his
| weight
| He remarked that the President weighed less
and was more active and vigorous now than
during his first administration.
WHAT SECRETARY GRESHAM SAYS.
| Secretary Gresham, who is one of the few
cabinet officers now in the city, told STAR re-
porter that he had not heard anything to cor
roborate the newspaper dispatches concerning
the Presidents illness.
NEURALG1C TROUBLE.
| 1t is learned from another source that the
President has been troubled with bad tooth
for several months and it is recalled that he
| suffered from neuralgia of the face for several
days after his Inauguration.
| That was the result Of exposure to the chill
| winds Of March The Stars informant says.
He may now be suffering with his teeth in the
| Buzzard's Bay.
Mr.. Thurber is given as authority for the
statement that this neuralgia trouble is the only
foundation for the sensational report that q
cancsrous growth has appeared in the Presi-
dents mouth.
| WHAT THE POSTMASTER GENERAL SAYS
Postmaster General Bissell said late this A.
tsrnoon to a STAR reporter that he had re-
ceived no advices from Buzzard's Bay as to the
| Presidents illness. and that his only infoma-
ton Of his condition came in the press dis
patches.
| SECRETARY MORTON HAS NO INFORMATION.
Secretary Morton was seen by STAR re-
porter this afternoon to learn whether he had
received any advices regarding the condition Of
| President Cleveland. Mr.. Morton said that he
had no information directly or indirectly from
Gray Gables on this subject except what he
saw in the newspapers.
| Work of the Board Of Pension Appeals.
| A statement of the work of the board of pen
sion appeals Of the Interior Department, which
is the final resort for the adjudication Of cases
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