Orleans Loses Leader in Law and Journalism

Lamar C. Quintero, 56 years old, attorney, journalist and one time Costa Rican consul general for the southern part of the United States, died at his home 2511 Esplanade avenue, Sunday morning after a prolonged illness.

The funeral will be at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon. Service will be conducted in St. Rose de Lima Church, with burial in Metairie Cemetery.

Mr. Quintero was the son of Don Jose Quintero, who settled in Texas in 1850, where he published a Spanish paper and practiced law with General M. B. Lamar in San Antonio. During the Civil War Don Quintero represented the confederacy at Matamoras, Mexico, and saw active service. After the war he moved to New Orleans with his family, and became a writer and attorney for the Daily Picayune. He also acted as consul for Costa Rica.

Lamar Quintero was educated at Jesuits' College, and at the age of sixteen followed his father into journalism, joining the staff of the Picayune in 1851. He attended Tulane University, and received his degree in law there in 1890. He first became associated with Judge John Clegg, and later formed a partnership with his brother, Marshall Quintero, and Donelson Caffery. For ten years Mr. Quintero was attorney for the tropical division of the United Fruit Company.

Mr. Quintero succeeded his father as vice-consul of Costa Rica in 1883, and eight years later was promoted to consul general for the South. Mr. Quintero was regarded as a big factor in developing the port's trade with Latin America, and as having done much in bringing about friendly cooperation between the United States and Latin America.

President McKinley offered Mr. Quintero the appointment of an associate justiceship on the bench of the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands, which was declined. President Taft, in 1910, named Quintero as a delegate to the fourth international conference of American countries, held in Buenos Aires, and as special United States representative at the centennial of Chile.

Mr. Quintero served several terms as president of the Pickwick Club, and was a member of several Carnival organizations, the Boston Club, Elks and Young Men's Gymnastic Club. He is survived by his widow, formerly Miss Emma Peniston; his mother, one sister, Miss Adele Quintero, and one brother, Marshal Quintero.