Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-08

THE NEXT week
Pre- slpENT AND MRS. RoosE.
WELT Will OPEN SOCIAL
SEASON.
CANAL BIDS TO Be let
Tsosbis May Result in Paris Tuesday
By enforcement q Las prosidlng
Separation of Church and State.

| Proposals 10 complete tho Panama
canal viii be apeaed nj noon next
"Wednesday. Several bids are said 10
have been filed BY foreign m well NJ
american contractors. The success.
ful bidder will be- required 60 under.
take the entire construction work ami
70 furnish q bond of u go .saa. 10 be
forfeited In case the contract is not
carried out aceorilng 10 the apecifiea-
tions. Bidders are required 10 have
an available capital of s6.a0o. 900 10
prosecute the work. II In also speci.
fled that the canal commission In 10
retain control Of the engineering, po-
lice. sanitary. hospital. comissary,
buildings. railway aud auditing do
partments, Actual work on the canal
must begin within sixty days of the
signing Of the contract and the con.
tractors are required to take over all
employees on the isthmus that the com
mission does not wish to retain. I'm
defense Of the commissions N decision
that the work OF building tho Panama
canal can be better aud more quickly
done by private contractors than by
the government, Chairman Shonts de.
elared that u would lequire many
years for the commission to secure
the services of men equal In ability
and efficiency 10 those now employed
IhS the leading American contractors.
The first important social function
or tho season at the White House
Will take place on Thursday evening
when the president and Mrs. Roose.
welt will entertain the members OF
the cabinet and their wives al din.
ner. This will be the only official
banquet at the executive mansion
this month"; Vice President and Mrs,
Fairbanks win give their frs, state
dinner In honor OF President and Mrs.
Roosevelt next Saturday evening
ihree charming young women will
make their social debut next week
MISS Emma Shaw. daughter OF secre-
tary OF the Treasury and Mrs. Shaw,
Will make her first formal appear.
.ance in Washington society nj a tea
In the Arlington hotel Monday. Miss.
es Marguerite and Theodore shonts,
daughters OF the chairman Of the Pan.
anna canal commission, will be intro.
daced TO the society OF the capital nj
"a reception 10 be given Thursday
evening
Gable reports from Paris Indicate
that grave trouble may result from
the enforcement on Tuesday Of the
law providing for the separation of
church and state In France. There
are about 10000 Catholic churches IN
France. and these will become tho
property Of the government. together
with all vestments, relics, chalices
paintings and other church property.
The payment OF the salary of the cler.
gy by the government has already
been stopped. The eonfiscation of
the churches by the state is due 10
the fact that the government contrib.
uted to the erection of each house
OF worship the sum of 81 800. and has
In the past contributed to the sun.
port OF the clergy by annual allow.
ances ranging from $50 for Wears to
$4,000 for bishops. The Clemenceau
cabinet Is combating the program OF
spoliation and persecution advocated
by the radical extremists and by as
suming an attitude of Cancellation to-
ward both parties hopes TO avert the
threatened trouble incident to the car.
rying out Of the government program.
The new cruiser Montana wifi be
launched at Newport News next Sat
Iurday. Miss Minnie Conrad. of Great
Falls. Mont, will .ehristen the vessel
~a.< 4a ss-------
A decision fin the injunction suit
restraining the insurance commission.
er Of Kentucky from revoking the II.
cense OF the Mutual Life Insurance
company Is expected next Saturday.
The trial OF the charges against
the various packing companies Of Chi.
cago under indictments alleging COM
bination in restraint of trade will be
resumed Monday.
Arguments on the demurre"s filed
by the Standard Oil company to the
indictments charging that corporation
with giving rebates will be heard by
i Federal Judget Lands Mt Chicago on
MONDAY.
The respite granted. by the presi,
ldent to the two negroes. Robert Saw.