Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-08-31

Story-Dr. Hasbrouck Retracts a Little.
 Contradictory Reports.
 NEW YORK. Aug. 3l-A part of three column article in The World today con corning President Clcveland's health con sists of this letter
 The following was sent yesterday by L. Clark Davis of The Public Ledger of Phila- delphia from Marion. Mass, to George w. Childs, proprietor uf The Ledger in phila- delphiu:
 "Holland's story of the presidents ill health has a real basis of Il atoothache. If it has any other. Mir. Cleveland's friends do not know it.
 Il have srcn the president at frequent in terValS since hr first came to Buzzards Bay this summer, passing hours and days in his house and in the boat fishing with him. l passed all of last Monday with him fishing, and have never seen him in better health, never stronger physically or mentally, and 1 consider him in both re spects the hralthiest man ever knew.
 Any statements to the effect that the president k very sick man are absolute ly without any basis of truth. He s in fact, particularly well man. eating, sleeping, working and thinking and talk ing recrcation in wholesome, vigorous fashion.
 That he was a tired man when he came to BuzzardS Bay is true. That he needed rest from the great physical and mental strain that was put on him after the 4th of March Is also true, but that he is suffering from any chronic or malignant disease is not true. To his present strength, health, vigor, good spirits and cheerfulntSs l can certify of my own personal knowledge. The president would have left Gray Gables on Tuesday for Washington in Mir. Benedict s yacht had he not been storm stayed.
 1t l. quite safe Ia say that all the statements made abOut his ill health at this time are calculated and arr probably intended to add Ia the public di~Irt,Ss and are either pure inventions of enemies or idle unronsidered gossip The president is ill excellent health"
 Dr. Jones Denies Positively.
 The same paper also prints dispatch from Greenwich, Conn. containing An in, terview with Dr Jones ot that place, whom Holland, or l.. Jay Edwards gave as his authority for the story about the operation In the interview Dr Jones is quoted as saying:
 T never met Mir. Cleveland profession ally, nor was called in consultation, nol was my advice asked for in any way. and have not met Mir. Cleveland morr than two or thrce times Then barely exchanged a few words with him. l was not on the steam yacht Oneida al the time of the op eratiun and never heard a word from the physicians who were there, nor did eveI speak tu Dr Benedict.
 The Sun prints the following on the sub ject: Dr. Fcrliuand Hashruuck, who as sisted Dr. Bryant and Dr. Keen in the op eratiun which WAS recently performed ur President Cleveland, had a talk yesterday l morning with pr. E,rdmann of l4l West Thirty fourth street. who l. Dr Bryant assistant
 By pr. Erimanu'> advice pr HaShruucb announced that he would make no further statements rrGaulinS tn" operation unti Dr, Bryant had returned tu the city ol made known his wishes.
 pr llashruu,A said last evening that tn, | published accounts uf the operation on Mir ClcN rland had been exaggerated l Afraid He Has Talked Too Much. I am afra.i l have been talk inS to, | .vh, he added with d smile II lu no | 't Cnur~r wish tu place myself in a fals, | position The right to decide whether tn, details "f the operation shall he published heloug~ naturally "a pr RrvAnt. who wa the phH ~IviAn in ,htrEe The operation l took place on the v4,h, nneidA on the da, | after lea>iu. thu. ,lr, NJ rIrt of th l Nulk W=r [" Ahnlul t.r thr -a. and ex rrs-r the tra'H
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 "Nes, replied Dr Hasbruuck T hay neither affirmed nor denied that stat, | ment.
 | Dr. Hasbruuck rrfu>,d 10 discuss tn matter further He referred the reporte 10 Dr. Erdmann and said that il was prot able that statement would be made b
 him this morning. Dr Erimann said ths
 he had rrcvi>rd letter from Gray Gable
 saying that Dr. Bryant would arrive in thi city at 3n o'clock this afternoon.
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