Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-06
PRESIDENT T'SGONDITION
MT. Cleveland Said to Be In a
 State of Decline.
gABINET OFFICERS ABE ANXIOUS.
It Is stated That He Is Suffering From . Chronic Ailment, and That the Doctors Can Rarely Keep the Rheumatism From Affecting His Heart.

It Is Stated That He Is Suffering From .
 Chronic Ailmcnt, and That the Doctors
 Can Rarely Keep the Rheumatism From
 Affecting His Heart.
 CHICAGO, Dec. GA Washington dis patch to the Chicago Herald contains these startling statements:
 "Mr. 'Cleveland's health is failing. He Is not by any means the man he was even year ago. Nothing is to be hoped from him in the futurc. His message to con grcss was the work of man who has passed the zenith of his physical and in tcllectual powers, and who is on the de cline. Though the truth is unpleasant, 1t must he faced.
 "Thc facts in his case appear to be that his blood is suffering from some chronic disorder. rsow it manifcsts itself in gout and rheumatism. For weeks he has been under trCatmcnt on this account The effort of his physician has. been to conflne the rheumatism to the cxtrcmities. In this he has succcedcd, and Mir. Cleveland IS now gctting better.
 He is not likely to recover, but he may be better for months, even for years, to come. There may be recurrence of the attack at any time. His heart Is al- ready sluggish; his fat is increasing; he is unable to take exercise and no one can torcscc the insult of another acute attack.
 This Is aS careful statement of the facts as can possibly be made. and in it thcrr k no d,sirC to he sensational.
 Fears For the Presidents Heart
 Ut is known to members of the cabinet that two wr,ks ago thcrc was serious anxiety aS tn Nh Clcvcland's health. His physician was afraid the rheumatism with which he was suffering was ascending to- l.s sl.- and immediate friends of the cabinet spent several anxious days and nights be- forc this phase of the malady was arrest cd Happily thcp' was soon n change for the better. and this changc continues to the present day.
 1t is no rctlcctiun upon the president | under the circumstances, to say that he did not write his own message. This Is. at any rate the fact. Thcre arc 3S pages in the printed pamphlet of the message, and of these Mir Cleveland wrote five or six whole pagrS and paragraphs in other pagcs. He wrote the introduction. and he wrote a brief rcvicw of the financial scheme worked out by Mir. Carlisle.
 He intcrjcctCd paragraphs or lines hero and thcrr and changN>d the phrascolo- gy of sentences to suit his own taste. | The CmaindCr of the message was writ ten by members of the 1abinct, each GOV cring the work nf his own department" The White House sentry Box. | WASHINGTON. Dee. 6.-Prcsident Clcvc- | land has made another innovation in the | White House customs. He has had a sen try box built and set up in the roadway immediately in front of the porte cochcrC of the White House and within 90 feet of the front dour. The box is so located that an inmate of il can cover every appruach to the porch with his eye UT with n rifle | if he should have one in his hands. \ hugr bronze vase has hCrrtoforc bccn the only obstruction Ia the roadway in front of the White House porch. and the new sentry box k placed close beside it. | Every person who walked through the White House grounds this morning stop 1 ped in amazcmcnt at sight of the sentry | box and woudcrCd what new danger thrCatCncd the inmates of the mansion. ThCrr arc at prCsCnt 24 policemen de l tailed from the city forrc for duty in the 1 executive mansion and the grounds sur. rounding il. They arc divided into thrct watches uf eight hours each and remain on duty night and day. Under an order recently issued no person is allowed tC cross the White House porch or walk un l der the porte COChcrc while a member o the White Hous" family is entering ol leaving il,