Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-05-16


JUDICIARY.
E (ns1riate Jnstico list district W. II. WHlTEMAN
ASSOCIATE Justice I'd district. =. w. u. LEE
Associate Justice Sd district. J. X. mCfit
Presiding Justice 4th district, JAS y BRIEF
= . . Msrshal - TRINIDAD ROMERO
iorv Snnrarne Court , SUMMERS BCRKHART
LAND DEPARTMENT.
IT g surveyor General ... EDWARD f. HOBART
O. s. Land Register. ...,..... a.. H. MqhhisoH
Receiver Public Moneys. ......'WM' M bEk'hH
US. ARMY.
Commander at Fl Marcy Col SIMON e SNlDEE
Adutant ....'..''' 'LihT ., p Or ~
6}shnysine .. NJ Capt j. W Summerhayes.
II. q, Int, Rev. Collector .....-...J.P ?. McGRoETY
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith OF
st. Francis, is the capital OF New Mexico,
trade center, sanitary. archeplscopal
see and also the military headquarters
II is the Oldest seat of civil and religious
government on American soil. When
Cabeza de Baca penetrated the valley OF
thp Rio (iyande in 1888 he found Santa
Ne tourlshing Pueblo village. The his
torv of it's first European settlement was
lost, with most OF the early records OF the
territory, by the destruction OF all the
archives in 1850; but the earliest men
tion of il 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 nave 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
ooint almost any desired temperature
NAV be enioyed. The altitude of some of
the principal points in the, territory IS
as follows Santa Fe, 7,O47; Costllla,
7,774; Terra Amarillo, Z, 40; Glorieta,
1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, {, 4S9, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
oueroue, 4,9lS; Socorro, 4,655; Las
Cruces, 3,844; Silver City, 5,946; Fl.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the years named was us follows; 1874,
4S,q degrees 1875, 4S.6 degrees; 1876,
4S.1: 1877, 48.3; 1873, 47.6. 1879, 500;
1890. 46.B: which shows an extraordinary
uniformity. For tubercular diseases the
death rate in New Mexico is the lowest in
the union, the ratio being rs follows:
New England, 25 Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, 6; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
$3.50 miles; from Denver, 33S miles;
from Trsinidad, PIG miles; from Albu-
oueroue, s. miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, ,032 miles; from San fran
cisco, ,281 miles,
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument IN the
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 7,Ol9.5 feet ABOVE the
level of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme nofth-
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
II. 66l feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
the right (wh ere the Santa te creek mas
its source, is II, 045 feet high; the divide
(Tesuuue road iii; Aqua trla, 6,480;
Cieneguilla (west>, 6,025; La Balada,
5.514: mouth of Santa Fe creek north OF
Pena Blanca, 5.225 Sandia mountains
highest point, l0,60S; Old Placers,
{. sol; Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
1884 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 anC
captain general $50 far as the data at
hand rev9als) being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
triumphant marches over this beautiful
oasis, the one in 1891, the other IN 1923.
Church of San Miguel. in the
10Th century destroyed during the Pueblo
revolution of 1880; rebuilt by order OF
"The Marques de la Penuela, In the
year ITO.
The Oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Miguel
church. 1t was built before the spanish
conquest.
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
ually crumbling and instead grand mod
ern stone structure is building. The old
cathedral was erected in 1861. ,
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they revolted
against Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
the enemy after besieging the city for
nine DAYS. The American army under
Kearney constructed old Fort Marcy In
1916.
Fort Marcy of the present day Ii gar
risoned by three companies OF the 10Th
n, s. infantry, under command OF Cap
tains Gregory Barrett, j. f. Stretch and
Dugpan. and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs
puard 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. h. OF New
Mexico; St. Vincent hospital, conducted
nv Sisters OF Charity, and the Orphans
Industrial school; the Indian training
school; Loreto Academy and the chapel
of Our Lady of Light. -
The sipht-seer here may also take a
vahicle and enjoy days outing with
both pleasure and profit. The various
snots Of interest to be visited are Tesuque
nI,ehlo aking in the divide en- route
Monument rock, up in picturesque Santa
Fe canon; the Aztec mineral MN! ;5,a springs y;
Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fra village the
turquoise mines; place OF the a S
tion of Governor Perez; san iideIonse
nueblo, or the ancient Cliff jewellers, be-