Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-11-21

Acting Solicitor General. ..... R. E. TwITcHEL
Auditor .,.,............ TRINIDAD ALAkl
Adjntant General ........ EDWARD L. bartlett
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice Supreme Court. q. V. LON
Associate Justice lst district. W. II. WHITEMA
Associate Justice I'd district, ........, ". D. II
Associate Justice Sd district. j. 4; Mctl
Presiding Justice 4th district. ~. ~ V, Lon
| U. s. District Attorney ........ -. THOMAS oMlil
| Z. s. Marshal ,...........,,. .R0MuLo MAKTlNE
CLERK supreme Court .. SUMMERS BURKHAR
LAND DEPARTMENT
y. s. Surveyor General. 80. EDWARD F. HoBAR
U. S. Land Register ... go. - II. WALKEl
| Receiver Public Moneys. JAMES A. SPRADLlN'
US. ARMY.
Commander at Fl Marcy, COL HENRY DOUGLAS
Adjutant ............. LIEUT.. P 1. oEfBt III
1isb1rsing O. Capt. j. ". summerhayes
sec'y Bureau OF immigration. go; MAX Eros
U. S. Int. Rev. Collector ..........J. McdRohT'
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith o
st. Francis, is the capital OF New Mexico
trade center, sanitary, archeplscopa
see, and also the military headquarters
1t is the oldest seat of civil and religious
government on American soil. Wher
Cabeza de Baca penetrated the valley o.
the Rio Grande in 1888 he found SAINTS
Fe tiourlshing Pueblo village. The his.
tory of its first European settlement was
lost, with most of the early records of the
territory, by the destruction of all the
archives in 1880; but the earliest men,
ton Of it shows it then to have been the
capital and the center of commerce,
authority and influence. In 1904 came
the first venturesome American trader
the forerunner of the great line of mer-
chants who have made traffic over the
Santa Fe worldwide in its celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
Of New Mexico is considered the finest on
the continent. The high altitude in
sures dryness and purity Especially
adapted to tne permanent cure OF pull
monarv complaints, as hundreds will be
Witness and by travelling from point to
point almost any desired temperature
may be enjoyed The altitude of some of
the principal points in the territory is
as follows: Santa Fe, 7,O47; Costllla,
7,774; TERRA Amarillo, 7,455; Glorieta,
1857 Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452 /;
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
ouerque, 4,9lS; Socorro, 1865; Las
Cruces, 3,S44; Silver City, 5,946; Ft.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the years named was as follows; 1874,
4S.9 degrees; 1875, 1876 degrees; 1875,
48,l; 1877, 4S.3; 1873, 47.6. 1879, 500;
1880, 46.G; which shows an extraordinary
uniformity. For tubercular diseases the
death rate in New Mexico is the lowest in
the union, the ratio being as follows:
New England, 25; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, 6; and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
500 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles;
from Trsinidad, PIG miles; from Albu-
oueroue, So miles; from Deming, 316
miles from Ell Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, 1882 miles; from San Fran
cisco, ,2Sl miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base OF the monument III the
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 70l9.5 feet above the
level of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
1861 feet above sea level; Lake Peak,to
the right (where the Santa Fe creek has
its source, is IL, 045 feet high the divide
(Tesuque road) I'LL; Aqua Fria, 6, 480;
Cieneguilla (west), .6,025; La Balada,
) ,5l4; mouth of Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pena Blanca), 1925; Sandia mountains
(highest point, 10,608; Old Placers,
{, SOL; Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
5 ,5S4 feet in height.
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points OF
more or less historic interest in and about
the ancient city:
The Adobe Palace, north side OF the
plaza, has been occupied as an executive
mansion since 1880, the first governor and
captain general $50 far as the data at
hand reveals) being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
marches over this beautiful
oasis, the one in 1891, the other in 1923.
Church of San Miguel.-Erected in the
10th century destroyed during the Pueblo,
revolution OF $780, rebuilt by order OF
'The Marques de la Penuela, " IN the
year ITO. ~,
United States is located near San Miguel
church. 1t was built before the Spanish
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
ually crumbling and instead grand mod
ern stone structure is building. The old
cathedral was erected in 176l. :,
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they ,revoltod
against Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
the enemy after besieging the city Tor
nine DAYS. The American army under
Kearney constructed old Fort Marcy in
1916.
Fort Marcy of the present day IS gar
risoned by three companies OF the 10Th
u. S. infantry, under command OF Cap
tains Gregory Barrett, j. F. Stretch and
Duggan, and here at 8 q. m. daily occurs
guard mounting, feature OF military
maneuvering ever of interest to the tourist.
Other points of interest to the tourist
are: The Historical Society's rooms; the
"Garita, !" the military quarter chapel and
cemetery of Our Lady of the Rosary; the
church museum at the new cathedral, the
archbishop's gardens; church OF our Our
LADY of Guadalupe with its rare old works
of art; the soldiers monument, monu-
ment to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
Carson, erected by the G. A. R. of New
Mexico; St. Vincent hospital, conducted
by Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans
industrial school; the Indian training
school; Loreto Academy and the chapel
of Our Lady of Light.
The sight-seer here may also take a
vehicle and enjoy days outing with
both pleasure and profit. The various
spots of interest to be visited are Tesuque
pueblo, taking in the divide en- route ;
Monument rock, up in picturesque Santa
Fe canon; the Aztec mineral springs !;
Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fria village; the
turquoise mines; place Of the assassina-