Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-05


 NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-Thc World prints
 he following today: Banker F. C. Rene fct, the close personal friend of President Cleveland, made a statement 10 a reporter egarding he occurrences aboard the steam racht Oneida July last.
 The matter was discussed" said Nr Benedict, and since ii was necessary to pull one of the presidents teeth we con :ludcd to nave it done aboard the yacht. where therr perfect quiet and where
 here were fresh air and good light in plenty. Rather than sit down in an old dentists chair in A little office in town on a lot summer day. the president came aboard ny boat, and there's all about that.
 "How WIS the operation performed:" in luired the reporter.
 He Did Not See It.
 II don't know" said Mir Benedict, his ace becoming very stern all of a sudden. I wasn't there.'
 Was the operation performed while the Oneida was cruising in the sound at a moderate speed and while directly of this pout;"
 "Yes," said Mir. Benedict who explained hat the yacht was cruising mp and down he sound off Greenpoint, apparently troll ng for fish. The water at that time was unusually smooth. At first they pulled ,ne tooth. That s all, I think. they wanted O pull Then, l think. piece nf iawbone anne away, and the second tooth >.,d to be attracted Mir. Cleveland stuud the opera ;ion very well.'
 "lt has been printed. :. said the reporter, that the president was put to bed after he operation had been performed and that le slept for &5 hours. l. that true All bush,'' replied MT Benedict. Not | word of truth in that Why, let me tell TOu this, and you can judge for yourself whether there can be any truth in such n report. l played Cribbage with the presi- | lent the same evening. have the record | )f every days games We played aboard my ;acht now. We played every day and the president never missed a meal.
 Now l hope continued Mir. Benedict, that this will set everybody at ease
 want to say that the president never was l n better health than he Is today. The talk
 lbout his having Bright's disease, cancer l md goodness knows what, is all rot Fishing All Day Long. You should sce that man d. I saw him
 since that time you speak of, standing in | he boat two hours before sunrise. with a fishing rod in his hand and with that pow | arful right arm of hiscasting line. have | seen tine president stand in the boat all day long and fish to his heart = content And the people say that he k a sick | man. hope your healt or my own health
 ,s as perfect today as is the health of the president. Could sick man go through | all this exercise in an open boat all day | long? We went fishing. and we hauled | put IA big weakfi>h h. Not one of them | weighed less than five pounds, and the president personally caught half of the lot. . Mir. Benedict s;Id that the false reports
 concerning the president and his health hat | been of the greatest annoyance both to the president and to his friends
 | Charles Peterson k the steward ahuarC the Oneida. He was seen by a reporter I and asked about the operation that hac been performed on board the Oneida July |. when President Cleveland WAS a paSSen | ger. Peterson expressed utter ignorance | All he knew, he said. was that the prcsi | dent had a couple of teeth pulled, H. laughed al the reports printed that th president had been confined to his bc,
 aboard the Oneida for ;Aj hours. d. priute,
 in some of the reports
 Fl know that this i~ not true, ~ai, | Petcr~on The president was on drcl svery day 1 saw him there myself