The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-23

ITINERARY OF
THE PRESIDENT
Party Will Probably Leave Wash.
ington March 80.
TIE COLORADO PATRONAGE
SURPLUS OF SILVER DOLLARS
IN UNITED STATES MINIS.
TIE COLORADO PATRONAGE
6snecLa1 70 The IIeraldl

Especial to The HeraldD
Washington, d. c., Feb. 22.-It is
semi-officiaIiy announced that Presi-
dent Roosevelt will start on his west
ern trip about March 80. Mr.. Cortel-
you, although appointed to a cabinet
position, =ill prepare the itinerary. but
Mr.. Loeb, who succeeds him as secre-
tary to the president, win have charge
of the party. Secretary Root, who in
previous years has hunted big game
in Colorado and Wyoming, Will be one
of the guests of the president on the
trip. IL is believed the first place to
be visited viii be the Jackson's Hole
country, south of the Yellowstone ma
tional park. Then the party will work
south into western Colorado, and will
remain there until he starts east
about April 80. to attend the dedica-
ton ceremonies Of the ST. Louis
go west again, and will be the guest
of the California G. A. r. in May.
From California he will go to the Pu-
get sound country, and will be in Port
land when ground is broken for the
Lewis and Clark exposition. He win
return over one of the northern roads
and stop at points in idaho. Montana,
the Dakotas and Minnesota He will
not return to Washington until late
in May or early in June.
Civil Service Examination.
A civil service examination viii be
held April u and % in all the large
cities of the United States to fill the
positions of assistant topOgrapher and
topographic aid in the United States
geological survey. The minimum age
limit is 20 years. AppointeeS will re-
Ceive salaries ranging from $720 to
$1,000 per annum, with expenses paid
while in the field. AppointeeS are in
line of promotion to the full grade of
topographer, and ultimately to that of
geographer and administrative chief,
with salaries ranging from $1,000 to
$500. In addition to these positions
the geological survey will offer tempo
rary employment in the early spring
to persons who have had experience in
field surveying, or who have attended
a course with engineering qualities.
This temporary employment will last
until late in the fail and may lead to
permanent employment through a civil
service examination. Pay will range
from $50 to S75 per month. with field
expenses paid. Applications for these
places should be sent to the United
States geological survey this city
Has a Wife.
The only Oriental in the foreign coll
ony at Washington who is married to
an American is Yuns Kwai, an at
tache of the Chinese legation. His wife
was Miss Mary Burnham of Spripo-
field, Mass. Mr.. Kwai was married TO
Miss Burnham eight years ago. He is
an alumnus of Yale at which univer-
sity he took a post graduate course in
chemistry after he received his degree
of B. A. At the time he was married
Mr.. Kwai was editing a Chinese news
paper in New York. American women
are not happily married to Mongolians
as a rule. but the case of Mr.. and Mrs
X ar ii
to be contented and happy in their
home life, and Mrs. Kwai is popular
in society.
The Colorado Boss.
So far as patronage is concerned. T.
E Brooks, representatives. from
Colorado to the Fifty-eighth congress,
viii be the senator from his state. Mr..
Brooks was elected from the state at
large, and, as he represents the entire
state, the general federal patronage
of Colorado viii be placed at his dis
posaL Mr.. Brooks was a Boston man
who went to Colorado in 1891 carry
ing with him the cheerful prediction
that he had just six months to live II
rejoice to have made the medical men
who made these prophecies fall down
in their predictions he said. "as many
others have done who have sought our
western climate for health" Mr.. Brooks
says that the western people are now
OF national irrigation. The building of
reservoirs by the government. from
which water can be turned on great
tracts OF land now arid, Will be a price
less boon and will make Of the west
an agricultural paradise.
Millions Of Silver Dollars.
An over-production of silver dollars
is reported by the mana cement of the
United States -mints,' and it is possible
that coinage of silver dollars viii have
to be suspended. The limit also has
been reached in the coinage of frac-
tional or subsidiary silver coins. The
limit is l00,O00,000 pieces: that is. of
the tens, quarters and fifties, and the
law does not permit Of any additional
coinage after this has been reached.
There are l00000,G00 silver dollars in
the vaults of the PhiIadelphia mini
for which there is now very little de-
'nand from financial institutions or
business men, Although the mint Is
overstocked with silver dollars. enc
and one-half millions must DE c.,;ped
monthly The only demand for silver
dollars IS from the west. Eastern
bankers do not want them. and il is
rare thing to see silver dollar in
circulation east of Chicago.
The War College.
The new war college, for which the
beautifully situated on the peninsula
formed by the junction Of the Potonae
and the eastern branch of that river
The officers who will be detailed To
take course at the war college will
be OF two classes; first, those who have
been recommended as distinguished
graduates of the general service and
STAFF college, and second such field Of
ncerS and captains as NAV be eSnec
tally designated by the war depart
ment. 1t is intended by the establish
ment of the college that the officers
who have uniformly shown the greatest
interest and most proficiency in the
theoretical and practical courses pre-
scribed for the officers schools ar
posts. the general service and stair
college. and the war college shall nave
high consideration of the war denart-
ment with view to utilization of their
abilities as military attaches or on
special missions abroad. and for the
higher duties of general staff work
TWO MEN AsPHYxIATED.
San Francisco Feb. 22-pat,;el,