Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-18
A CURIOUS CAPITAL.
WHERE NEW MEXICO WANTS TO
INSTALL
Astate Governmept-santa FEES Old
Palace SIN the Executive Man
sion of the Territory.


curious and ancient clpital in the union
Santa I'o. where the executive mansion
and the residences Of the governor and
officials are mud houses. In one OF these'
called the palace, during forty-tllrce years
of territorial regime, government has been
administered and it Is probable That
the first state governor win be installed
In the game ancient bliIdiug. IN il dave
ruled Hegenlccn American governors and
seventy six Spanish aud Mexican yicc-
roya, eiiefmins and military pro-consu5
Ia mbruken succession for 40 years. u
WAS buiit as Spaiah yiceroy's palace In
1888 before che first cabin was erected
| al Jamestown, Plymouth or New AM
suaNlnm. l'Or thrcg centuries it has been
the aedyc ccuter OF everything of historic
importance in the southwest, and the scnt
| OF government, while rle territory NOW
comprised by Sew Meyie0 Suited from a
Spanish province TO Pueblo Indian
| kingdom, reverted 10 a province, passed
inl0 a military department uencu miO A
! Territory OF the United Siatc'.
lhis pnmce IN the seventeenth century
! was the stronghold of thr church, aud iu
| It's dark room plt iuuuistorlal nUuir ut
] st. Francis cNtortud offerings and cJutcs'
aDns. Within 10 walls, fOrtihed Tor siege,
| tusiu,. Nm. pnrhl, ln,,ian ins,,rr.-t,on'
ma bcr. on, I'M. toui' af Ap',..i ,f tbnf
| ygr. MAS given tb,, or,i.r rior o,acuiri
! forty seven Pueblo Indian prisoners in
the plaza opposite the building lll ono
| of ia gloomy rooms @ day later sut ine
war council That decided To ovhcuate the
| civ. 'lbp utsNl dny s1y another srrp,,-
| Pueblo ludinup eVtirIiiui, ftrouirh II nud
| destroying tue Spanish archives. While
! they mold possession they built nnnilcr
story upon it and cluscd up the ground
| cutruucps to mike ID conform TO- uipir
/ puehlos and their idcn Of .nfptv. md ou-
| trrF hy indics through thn t1n When
De Vargas un September IA. lGO2. after
| eleven hours combut naccudpl from the
surrounding hill, md roussprtcd Spanish
Fulo. hc removed this offensive upper
story aud never has wing ca wall since
been added, More thnn century later.
IN 1901, Lieutenant q NJ Pike, The
United states government explorer was
brought before Governor Alaucastcr us
Ah invader uh Spanish soil. From this
ulno incidents began 10 cluster thiclv
Heolt we palace. ilo MeSican standard
on ehtie ana cactus WAS borne through
we plh.I nhh placed BIO the hall 10 1872
:" ilsNl'i 'lul NcW NirAico was nu longer
,nePNn''hty OF SPAN, 10 muiutln tails
n.''''T o,.ol trA't tefez started on
.NnHNst i'laAl nom " 10 guell the insur-
| 49, 81, '''' '.H - hHu WIS kllleN TWO
Jiga 'TI, Jose Huhanlce o Pueblo lu-
rrr,,r , i'', WIS next Installed as gov
n.sinatsj a., W. Hliulsl lmu'Iiately u.s.
In Wts AK 1''u'j"' WI" "urVerdcd him
letC r.trl,..i' ~ W1e' on August II,
orrr,,nt a ,,,. W. Iu' hl"l SlHtes gov
Capf Co5l. h. ,,, "l u'gnuee hr"uan
10 trrat frf nc,cg 10y; VIM hnd hern sent
Krarny for11eli,, to'i ~ ,ll7 hlcr Gen
, civ IN the pa5So TN l"H,sFNelpu on tho
and after hia XXX, ma ' ~ nltcd Si1lo7
ON thc curppt,I nnrt5, "v,Y9lF N|irch silent
ace. Gained films me- Cnpt %i tle pal,
war II heuue hoa lnu,rt.,1 ~ N"1hu Hl
, itry and civil oilir"rs ,vI Tor W. nliI
mansion OF tr Grst 49,, ,.' w io,W lh
States epyemor. when Nev NJ, T. n no.
orTniz9l nv federal ierrif5r, N''o wac
General low Wnl'rre vin
or from $50 to 1891 WI, ~ HphrIi,
in one NJ the rgir rome ,'n- iur
ErNrelly court While T. n ~ olrD
governor under Mr. fTor5so,'' iui. WY
tntion, undl Apil \ iS99 h "uul'4 ~
81 spanish dnys was rn,.iv,si Il, a. H's Hl'
old palace. no do sfafe r,.. ~, ,'lN iuuNt!
the officers from ifgt Ntnr,,' ''4'
lace uniforms ana MIN H. m ~,
officers aud their ,yiy,.l ,o 'r'ii'nrld
potau form. when ia S,a,.i a ulrlru
whose black locka ,,,r, l ,N.i.l Hvlpln
, silver and rall giyr,, ni WIZ
aud whiskorcd sonor,s. Win ern,,si, ae lii
fronts, lcnt the mir Of n Ssn,i 4 ~, ~ gilr
court Tho roiica an1 t,,,,,w't,u, ,N1lig' wv
lr..f. r. ''' NANiilHks 81 nun