The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-03
FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
Baireuth. Bavaria (Bayreuth.)

Baireuth. Bavaria. (Bayreuth)
Beirut, Syria. (Bairout, Bairouth, e.c)
Bermuda. A group of small islands in the
western Atlantic ocean. Called Bermudas after
Juan Bermudes, a Spanish mariner who discov-
cred them in Ills. In 1853 Admiral sir George
Somers, r. n, in the 'sea Venture" found them
uninhabited He was wrecked and died there,
and the islands were called after him by his
companions, 'somers Islands" Bermuda has
been adopted as the British official usage, and is
the popular and Nil but universal designation.
Cape Town, Africa (Cape-town.)
Cape Verde Islands. (Verd.l
Colon. city and free port on the Atlantic
coast of the isthmus of Panama, republic of
Colombia, founded in 1850 by the Panama Rail.
road Company, and named for William II.
Aspinwail, one of the railroad company's pTin-
cipal stockholders, and afterwards president of
the PACIFIC Mail Steamship Company. The
official name given the city by the Colombian
government is Colon, the spanish form of the
patronymic of Christopher Colombus Desig-
mated as Aspinwall by the United states govern
ment from the year of its foundation until 1852.
The Colon bian name was adopted in the latter
year and has since appeared in the printed dip
lomstic and consular list OF the department of
state as colon (Aspinwall)," "Colon" being
recognized as the proper form. and "Aspfnwsn"
added in parenthesis merely for the purpose of
distinguishing the place for the guidance OF
persons unfamiliar with the Colombian name.
Erzerum, Armenia. (Erzeroum, Ergroorn,
etc.
Fuehau, China. (Foo-Chow, ete.)
Haiti. Haiti was the native name of the
island when Columbus landei on December 6,
1872, and called it Espagnola, which was latin
lied into Hispaniola. The French colony which
gained control of part of the island was called
saint Dominique, and in 1875 when France ac-
quired the title to the entire island by treaty
with Spain, it was called Saint Dominique, but
when the French were driven out AID independ-
ence declared in 1874, the aboriginal name Haiti
was revived by the negroes. Shortly after this
the Spaniards re-established themselves in the
eastern part of the island, retaining the
French name modified TO Santa Domingo,
but in 1871 lost control, aud from 1872 TO
lSi3 the whole island was under one govern
men., as the Republic OF Haiti. In lsi4 the east
ern portion OF the island again asserted its tn
dependence of Haiti and established the Do
miniean Republic, which remains to the pres
ent day thus today the island of Haiti, which
seems to De the proper name, consists of two
countries, Haiti Oh the west end and Santo Do
mingo on the east end, the dividing line being
drawn from the river Pedernales on the south 10
the river Massacre on the north coast
Hawaiian islands (Sandwich.l
Kashmir. Cashmere, etc.)
Massaua. (Massowah, etc.)
Paita, Peru. (Pay:al
San Juan de Ulua, Mexico. (Ulos.l
Sind, India {Scinde, etc.
Tokyo, Japan. (Tokio, Yeddo, Jeddo. etc.
Iafa, Palestine. tJaffa, Yafaj
There Is no appeal from the decision of the
are obliged N follow the orthography fixed by
the board. Mount Tacoma, or Tahoma, an i'm
aginary peak in this state, was removed by the
board six months ego.