Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-16
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE
The President and Secretary. Of War Get
Out of Washington Without Being


The President and Secretary of War Get
Out of Washington Without Being
Seen.
WASHINGTON, D. c., November 15.-
There was a genuine mystery about
the White House this morning, aud all
because no Information could be obtain
ed as to the whereabouts OF President
Cleveland and Secretary Lamont. Mrs.
Cleveland and the babies were at the
White House, and that only added TO
mystery, for, had she been Woodley. 1t
would have been taken for granted that
the President was there. At the War
Department 1t was said that Secretary
Lamont was away, but no one could, or
would, say where he was, and all
that was learned was that he In
tended last night to be absent to-day.
There was rumor 10 the effect that the
President was at Woodley undergoing
surgical operation, and Secretary La
mont was with him; another that he
was in the White House and quite i'll.
Private Secretary Thurber said, when
asked about those various rumors, that
they were all without foundation; that
the President was taking a day for
recreation, and that tomorrow he
woulu be back at his desk. There will
be no Presidential appointments to-day,
In consequence OF the absence OF Presi-
dent Cleveland. At the White House,
all information as TO where Nj. Cleve-
land had gone was refused. At the
War Department. however, it was said
-. haA no
MED the President in New York. For
what purpose no one would say.
A later dispatch says: The President
spent to-day in New York. His disap-
pearance was the cause Of considerable
speculation, especially as everybody
about the White House preserved such
a mysterious silence upon the subject.
1t was first thought the President
had gone to New York to un-
dergo another surgical operation
similar to that OF last summer, but this
is positively and officially denied at the
White House. Among all the rumors,
the most probable story is that there
was more or less politics in the visit,
and the President desired TO meet sew
eral prominent New York gentle
men. The meeting is said to
have been arranged by Secretary
Lamont. This explanation was given
by man who was positive that there
was nothing in the story that the Presi-
dents health necessitated any such
trip. All VINO have seen the President
lately assert that he is in excellent
health and there is no necessity for any
operation or for consultation with ply
sicians. At the White House this after
noon there was an intimation that the
President had private business in New
York which required his attention, and
this was the reason for his visit. There
seems to be no explanation for the mYs-
terry about the movements of the Presi-
dent except for the assertion made TO
the White House officials that pe
did not feel it incumbdlJ
upon him to take the public iI{ .
his confidence about his private AFFAIRS
and further that he was always inrs-
pendent in such matters. 1t was also
said that no matter what explanat n
was made Of the Presidents New YoIk
trip, the public would assume TO be
fully as mystitied and ask for as many
explanations as they do when he gees
away without saying anything about his
movements.