The morning call., 1894-04-21
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

George T. Maxwell, who Is connected with
the Government Printing Office In Washington,
is 10 the city, and IN conversation yesterday
incidentally dVulged the existence of an au.
thOrity created by Congress which passes upon
aud is supposed to promulgate from time TO
time the proper spelling OF geographic names
In regard TO which a difference OF usage pre-
walls. This authority Is vested in what Is
known as The Board of Geographic Names"
whose members are appointed by the President
and who serve without pay. Their findings are
published in the shape OF bulletins at intervals,
accompanied by an executive order requiring
the various departments OF the Government
and the printers In this Government Printing
ONCE to follow the etymology recommended by
the board III all official communications. In
the first bulletin issued by this board they as
serted that the sea SO often called "Behring,"
or Behring's" sea was really "Berlng," or
''Berings" sea; that it derived its name from
having been first navigateG and chartered by a
Dane whose name was "Bering," and that in
all the early charts 1t Is so called. but that In
charts which afIerward came into general use
and which were engraved In Germany the
name was GermaDiZed, probably by accident,
by the insertion of an "h," and "Behring" sea
it has since been called. The board also in-
sists that the name OF the aggressive South
American Republic should be written "Chiie."
and not "Chi" They also say hat the Black
Republic OF the Antilles Is "Hati," and not
"Hayti," ana its Government the "Haitien"
Government and not the "Baytien." Some OF
those changes in spelling, or rather revisions
to first principles in spelling, have been pretty
generally adopted, but when the board insisted
that the country which Stanley turned over to
the King OF the Begians should be called the
"Kongo," and not the Congo country, the
very Government printers rebelled, and the
diplomatic and consular bill under which our
representative in that country draws his pay
calls il Congo" in consequence.
"Governor Waite" the now noted Populst
ruler OF Colorado, is 50 years of age. while his
wife is Al" said j. l.. Ordway OF Denver yes
terday. "They were born In the same district
In the State OF New York. There were three
| brothers in the Waite family, one OF whom set
tied in Eastern New York and from which
comes the Governor. His FIRST wife was Miss
Frances Russell. and the present Mrs. Waite
was Miss Celia Crane and she was q cousin of
Miss Russell. Her parents were quite wealthy,
and she was pretty and quite belle In the To-
| cality In which they lived. In 1868. when the
present Governor was living In jamestown. n.
Y, Miss Crane went to the city on a visit 10
her cousin and for time boarded In the family
and was instructed by Mr.. Waite, who was
| teaching school, lii 1876 Waite came out 10
| hdUSdS, WDeI6 Tie laILlcu lOI tiluO anu cClfCu
| one term in the Legislature. In 1879 he came
to Leadvile and practiced law. and it was
| while living there that his wife died. In the
meantime Miss Crane had married lawyer
| named Maltby, living In Utica, N Y. Some
| years after they removed to Galesburg, ILL.,.
where Maltby met with financial misfortunes
and came to California, where be died. leaving
! his wife with three children with small farm
| upon which TO depend for living, her father,
| In the interim, having also died poor. Here for
| eleven years the present first lady OF Colorado
supported herself and her family by managing
the farm. She r. ceived occasional slight assist
| ance from Waite and in 1885 he proposed mar
| riage, was accepted and the ceremony was per-
| formed In Oneida, Ill. Mrs. Walts's eldest son
! is a lawyer in Meek er, Colo. Her daughter Is
| Mrs. Daniel Bruce, whose husband is the man
about whom the Governor and the Board OF
! Prison Directors have had so much trouble.
| The Governors son, Wheeler. Is In the Govern
mant Printing Office at Washington, and 1t was
lie who characterized his father as an unmiti.
] gated old crank who was totally unfit for
! Office"
b. L. Mcconnell OF Buffalo, N. Y, who is in
the city, says that before long, unless present
| plans fall through, work will begin upon rail-
| road of novel design In Western New York.
! ION this road" says Mr.. Mcconnell, "the plans
! OF the projectors stale passengers Will be
whirled across the country at the rate OF 100
miles an hour If necessary, carried high up In
| AIR in long slender ears, driven along single
rail by electric power. The first OF these elec
| trical railways will run a distance OF forty
miles, from Oak Orchard Harbor to Batavia,
| N Y The inventor, Captain Lima Busher OF