The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-08-18
POINTS GEN. WANAMAKER WILL MAKE
IN HIS REPORT,

absent from washington, OuE expects 10 return
to his post about the LIST of September. and
when he gets settled he intends TO begin the
preparation of his animal report. The heads Of
the various bureaus of the Department have
been requested to furnish him at the earliest
practicable moment with the official statement
of the work done during the past year The
annual report of the Postmaster General is
more interesting than tho average Government
report, for the reason that MIR. Wanamaker
manages to impart snap to the ordinarily dry
recital Of official facts.
He does this not only by using good STYLE
but by having the report printed in good shape,
the pages being relieved by frequent para
graphs, short, crisp sentences, and wide mar
gins. The report this year will mainly be q
recital of what has been done toward improving
the postal service by the adoption of better
methods. Mr.. Wanamaker will show that the
personnel of the service has improved, aud that
the clerks in the postotfices and the Railway
Mail Service work more intelligently and with
more ambition, and the result is that their
work is better. Letters, it is claimed, are de-
livered more rapidly and with more accuracy,
and the fact will be noted that the Dead Letter
Office matter has decreased.
Mr.. Wanamaker will be unable to state that
his postal telegraph scheme or several other
propositions he has made for improving the
service, which required the sanction of law, has
been acted upon by the present Congress. In
fact, none of the important measures recon-
mended by Mr.. Wanamaker were Endorsed by
Congress. His report, however, will be one
showing general progress and Improvement.
THE ARREST OF DR.. GEORG.
Attorney General Poe, of Maryland, called on
the Secretary of State one day last week, and
presented him with the report Of Gov. Brown,
Of Maryland, in the matter of the arrest of DR..
Georg an attache of the Swiss Legation at
Washington, which took place at Bay Ridge,
Md, two weeks or more ago, in violation of in
ternational law.
DR.. Georg was arrested at the time by an off,
Ger of the law and taken to Annapolis. where
he was released for lack of evidence The at
tention of the State Department was called to
the arrest by the Swiss Legation, and an nves-
tigation into the matter by the Governor Of
Gov. Brown, after reciting the facts in the case,
has this to say in regard to the subject:
ut is clear that under an accusation for
which there was not the slightest color of OK
cuse, DIR. Georg has been subjected to gross
indignity. Unfortunately it is not within my
power to mark my condemnation of this indig-
nifty by any punishment further than by call
ing for the prompt dismissal Of the officer whose
blunder was the occasion of this most deplora-
BILE incident. This l have DONE and he has
been discharged from the employ of the Sheriff
and the Bay Ridge authorities and will not be
reinstated. beg that you will make known
to Dr. Georg and the Swiss Legation my official
action in the matter, and at the same time ex-
press to him and them how profoundly regret
the unfortunate occurrence, and my inability
to offer him any further redress or reparation
for the atfront to which he has been subjected"