Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-07

The body when discovered was tied to a
| stone which had been used to sink 1t in the
| river.
| What u Dentist Knew.
1t was found on examination of the skull,
| after the examination, that the man mad
been killed by a charge of birdsnot In the
| back OF the head. The circumstautial evil
dence against Van Solen was very strong.
He was the only person known to have
been with Harcourt Just before his disap-
pearance. 1t was shown that the boat in
Mhlch ne had gone out had blood stains on
| 1t when he returned. Harcourt was known
| 10 nave had 500 with him, and II was
| proved that Van Solen had appeared. TO he
| rather flush just after the Disappearance of
| Harcourt.
| Altogether, the case looked very hopeless
| Tor Mr. Davis client. One day during the
| trial Mr.. Davis was stopped on the street
| by dentist named Patterson, a man of
nigh standing in the community. who asked
! MIN on what date Harcourt disappeared.
Ihat date was undisputed. Mr. Davis told
| him. Then he took Mr.. Davis to his office
and showed him record of dental opera
| ton performed on ''Dr. Harcourt' only a
| short time before the date of his disappear
| ahce The entry was clear II showed, as
dentists books do, that two teeth-describ-
| ing them-had been filled with gold and one
carefully specified tooth had been pulled.
Inc dentist could not describe Harcourt
accurately, but his general description tai
| lied with that OF the man who had disap-
| peared. Both Harcourt and Van Solen had
gone by the title of doctor"
Mr. Davis went to the court house in
great excitement. He asked the sheriff 10
let MIN see the skull of the man who was
| supposed TO be Harcourt. A hasty exami-
nauon showed that there We're no gold fill
lhss In the mouth, and that the tooth
which, according to the dentists record,
should be missing. was in its place. The
dentist went on the stand and attested the
| cOrrec tneSS of his record The iIrry do
| cided on his evidence that the body was
not that or Harcourt, and Van Solen was
| acquitted.
| THE day after the trial." said Mr.. Davis.
as he completed the narration, 'Commo-
| core Davidson who ran all the steamboats,
going from st. Paul--;he Mississippi river
| business was important in those days
walked into my office and offered me 5000
year to look after his interests. l would
not have been more surprised If he had
| sailed one of his steamboats, into my little
office. After that my future in my profess
sion was assured
| About Corporation Lawyers,
1 asked the Senator If he had ever been
| a corporation lawyer" The corporation
lawyer Is usually handicapped for political
| advancement.
MY rule has been to give my services to
the trst client who got to my Office" said
| MT. DAVIS. Il told the president of a rail-
| road who many years ago offered me $4,000
year to take charge of the legal business
/
contract which would give one the right to
| telegraph me to go here or there at his
pleasure or course. it is very pleasant to
| have your office and your clerks furnished
| you, and to ride about in your luxurious
| private car: but IT units man for general
practice, and s far less independent A
| railroad lawyer becomes in time a snaciaI
| iSt''
| The Senator keeps up his law practice
| very actively partly because he appreciates
the instability of public service and pro-
q ti~y. L.
| have to retire to private life. His practice
| Is chiefly in the civil courts, but he has
been counsel in a great many sensational
| criminal trials. The latest of these was the
| trial of Mary Milans, a young Irish girl
| VINO shot her cousin in the church yard
| atter divine service after he had betrayed
| gard for the brothers of the girl, whom he
| mad known for many years. The act and
| It's deiiDerateneSS were not denied, but the
senator made the plea that American law
| nad never convicted any woman for aveng-
| ing herself in such case of seduction and
| the jury agreed with him.
| =, i prefer civil to criminal practice" said
| the Senator, in answer to a question which
asked him. Il don't like the responsible
| lily OF criminal practice. 1t is torture to
feel that the fate of a fellow-man is de-
pendent on my skill, and that an erorr in
| my judgment may cost him his life
Troubled With Stuse Fright,
Senator Davis does not get excited over
|
But what worries him most is public
| speaking.
| Il can never get over my stage fright"
| he said to me in the course of long con-
versation, in which public speaking was
| discussed among other things. I'm fact"
he continued. Il think my timidity in
creases year by year. 1 suffer great deal
| of mental and physical anguish Just before
1 make public speech. 1 shall never
again read a speech from manuscript I
| did that once in the Senate and l will
never do 1t again. But / usually prepare
myself by considerable thinking in adj
vance and l make it rule not to speak
unless there IL some particular occasion
for it. Too much of the time of Congress
Is taken up with speech-making."
| When 1 told Mr.. Davis about a recent
conversation had had with Senator Teller
about the possible development of manu-
! featuring in Asia, he spoke freely of the
| great ability and integrity of the Colorado
Senator. The Asiatic problem" he said,
lis one which i have discussed with him
more than once. 1t is a serious one, and
one which NAV have to be considered in
| the near future. We are too apt to think
concerning what is not pressing for solu-
uon, 'apres nous, lie deluge.' But this
| problem is one which We may have to go
out and meet. 1 believe with Mr.. Teller
that we are threatened with serious compe-
| tition In manufacturing by the Chinese
and Japanese people. And as he SAYS
American or English German capital
will go to Asia as quickly any other
place where 1t can multiply. Capital is a
| citizen OF no country. 1t is a coSmopolite.
1t goes where there is the greatest chance
of profit"
Before 1 closed very pleasant and in
structive two hours conversation with
Mr.. Davis. l asked him IL he had been
paying any attention to politics during
The recess of Congress, and he replied that
as soon as he got free of the tread mill at
| Washington he had put politics and pub
| lie affairs just as far away from him as
possible. He had been degoting his sum-
mer to his law business and his reading
and nothing else.
1t is altogether likely that Mr.. Davis will
| receive the vote of Minnesota and several
other states in the convention of June
| next. AT least he will he one of the avail
| able dark horses IL the friends of the
chief candidates for the nomination should
have a falling out. And dark horses have
| Jared better than light ones in the conven.
| tions of the republican party.
Eleven Pups.
| One of the most interesting exhibitions
| at the bench show in bridgeport, Conn,
| is that sent by Francis w. Foley of New
| Haven II is a litter of eleven St BERNARD