Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-03-05

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n,'iosatt IL Congress ....... ANTHONY SET
Governor l.. BRADFDRD i"uEl
secretary ...... ... b. N. 1,itH.
solicitor General. ..EDwABp l.. BAH ljEl
Auditor .. TRINIDAD n lu
Treasurer ANTONIO ORTIZ SAI AAh
= Adjutapf General h W wY>Kro
sec Bureau OF Immigration 49,. MAX 5kon
JUDICIARY
Chief Justice supreme Court EY. .."N
Associate Justice LIST district ". H wnl1.A !,
Associate Justice I'd district, W. j. Il
Associate Justice 81 district. ...- j. K. Mcfil
Presiding Justice 4th district + V. LOSE
y. :. District Attorney. CO.. ... L. A. fIsKl
y. 3. Marshal. TRINIDAD K0A ~,
CLERK Supreme Court ...,SCMMERs BCRKtAR1
LAND DEPARTMENT.
q. ). Surveyor General. =. EDWARD f. Hop4r!
U. $. Land Register. a. l.. MORRISON
Receiver Public Moneys. O.. $50. WIN. NJ. BEEGEG
U. S. ARMY.
Commander .t r., Marcy, Col. HENRY DoUaLA As.
Adiutant -......... LIEUT.. i. I. SEYHl-NH
! Giertnrnaster ....... liGCT. PLUNdEE
o. 8. Int Rev Collector -.... LIP. NcGsoGTY
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith OF
st. Francis, is the capital OF New Mexico.
trade center sanitary. archepiscopal
see, and also the military headquarters.
1t is the oldest seat of civil and religious
government on American soil. When
Cabeza de Baca penetrated the valley OF
the Rio Grande in 1888 he found Santa
Fe fourlshing 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 1850; 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 forer,inner 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 the permanent cure of pull
monary complaints, as hundreds will be
Titness,) 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, 7,047; Costilla,
7,774; TERRA Amarillo, 1855; Glorieta, 4
I, 5S7; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452 r
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4 Albu- a
luerque, ABS; Socorro, 1855; LIS &
Cruces, 1874; Silver City, 5,946; Fl. p
stanton, $500. The mean temperature fl
It the government station at Santa Fe, O
or the years named was as follows; 1874, 4
$50 degrees; 1875, 1876 degrees 1876, "
81; 1877, 49, 1878, AIS. 1879, 5O,6: &c
$50, 46.G; which shows an extraordinary Of
For tubercular diseases the N
ia IN 10 l.
he union, the ratio being as follows -
lew England, %; Minnesota, IA; South
m States, +; and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES. -
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City -
50 miles; from Denver, 33S miles -
ON Trsinidad, 216 miles from Alb1-
lerque, So miles; from Delning, 3l6
lies; from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
ngeles, 1892 miles: from San Fran
SEQ, l,2Sl miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base OF the monument in The
and plaza is, according to latest correct
measurements, 7,0l9.5 feet above the
vel of the sea Bald mountain, toward
e northeast and at The extreme north
n end of the Santa Fe mountains,
dh,lU
e right twh ere the Santa Fe creek has
source, is 12,045 feet high the divide
esuque road I'LL; Aqua Fria, 6,4S0
(west>, 6,025; La Bajada,
ia mouth of Santa Fe creek north of --
ma Blanca), 5,225; Sandia mountains
ighest point, 10,608; Old Placers,
O1 Los Cerrillos mountains South,
"a feet in height.
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points OF
re or less historic interest in and about
ancient city:
The Adobe Palace, north side of the
"a, has been occupied as an executive
nsion since 1850, the first governor and
tain general $50 far as the data at
nd rev ,als) being Juan de Otermin
he Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
lmphant marches over this beautiful II
is, the one in 1891, the other in 1893.
,hurch Of San Miguel. in the
h century destroyed during the Pueblo
olution Of 1880; rebuilt by order OF 0l
ne Marques de la Penuela, " in the VI
r ITO.
he oldest dwelling house In the
tied States is located near San Miguel
rich. 1t was built before the Spanish
quest.
he ancient cathedral's walls are grad
y crumbling and instead grand mod.
stone structure is building. The old
ledral was erected in 1861.
Id Fort Marcy was first recognized
used as strategic military point by
Pueblo Indians when they revoltcd
INST Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
Oft hn u.% e.