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Speeches Made by the Only
Surviving Colonel of the
Twenty-Sixth North Caro-
lima Regiment and Other
Distinguished ConfederateS
Who Participated in That
Famous Battle.
tspecial correspondence.l

Gettysburg, Pa, Saturday, July A.
The celebration of the fortieth anniver-
sary of the Battle of Gettysburg on the
battlefield of that famous and once bloody
battle ground on Friday, July Sd, 1908, By
North Carolinians was one of the most ap
propriate commemorative events in the his
tory of North Carolina Circumstances
prevented the presence of great com
pany of North Carolinians, but there were
present some of the men who gave i'm
mortal glory to North Carolina. At no
period of its honorab history has North
Carolina won so much fame as upon that
in any war in the history of any country
won such renown as did the Twenty-sixth
North Carolina regiment at Gettysburg.
1t was matter for gratincation that Col.
John r. Lane. the only surviving colonel
of that famous regiment, could have been
present on Friday and delivered an his
torical address. That regiment had three
noted Colonels,. Zebulon Baird Vance. ele-
waited to the great office of War Governor
of North Carolina; Harry King Burgwyn,
who gave his brilliant young life on the
field of battle for his country; and Col.
John r. Lane, of Chatham county, who
survives. strong in health, young in pa
triotism, and full of interesting reminis-
cenee. The speech of Colonel Lane, de-
ivered. near the spot where his glorious
regiment made glorious history, appears
in full on the second page of today's paper.
Colonel Lane is not much given to public
speaking. He has written here an auto
biography that will i've forever because
he tells of deathless deeds of men whose
fame will grow with every passing year.
A PATRIOTIC SERVICE.
The idea of holding this celebration On
the battlefield at Gettysburg was born in
the brain of Mr. John WILDER Jenkins,
secretary of the North Carolina Society. of
Baltimore, now on the staff of the Balti-
more sun and formerly on the staff of the
News and Observer. He presented his idea
to the North Carolina Society Of Baltl-
more, which embraces in its membership
many of the most patriotic living North
Carolinians. and they enthusiastically
undertook the celebration. The whole
State owes lasting debt of gratitude TO
that Society for conceiving the celebra-
ton and carrying it out in way to give
honor and credit to the State of their
birth. The names of the officers of this
society should be known to all North Car
olinians. They are:
DR. Edwin Geer. president.
DR.. A. Marshall Elliott. vice president
John Wilber Jenkins, secretary.
d. H. Hamilton. Jr., treasurer.
BOARD OF GOVERNORS.
DR.. Charles G. Hill.
Rev. j. w. Millard.
John c. Dawes.
Dr. J. r. Winslow.
Charles G.. Joyner.
THE CELEBRATION.
The celebration was in every way
notable success The Posts Grand Army
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Celebrated on July Third by the North
Carolina Society Of Baltimore

fine band played Dixie and the people
of that historic town gave the North
Carolinians the most notable reception
ever given to any body of Southerners
There is no place in the world outside of
this good State where North Carolina
valour is esteemed at its true worth more
than IN the town of Gettysburg. For
thirty years the people have studied every
position on the famous battle field. They
know where the troops of every regi-
ment North and South met the furious
rain of shot and shell, and they have
learned the truth that while all were
brave and all ready to give up their
lives, that North Carolina went "furth-
est" into the Federal lines at Gettysburg.
OF course, the event of the celebration
that created most enthusiasm was the
presence of Mr. Charles II. Mcconnell a
member of the famous oath Michigan re-
giment who forty years ago at the stone
fence shot Col. John r. Lane, Colonel of
the Twenty-Sxith North Carolina regi-
ment. When these two brave American
soldiers, formerly foes in battle, clasped
hands near the spot where the Carolin-
ian was wounded, there was an enthus-
iasm that was genuine and touched every
heart that can beat with patriotic fire
The climax of the day was reached when
Mr.. Mcconnell, in a glowing speech, de-
clared that Tar Heels were the greatest
soldiers he ever saw.
The celebration took place at the very
hour and at the very place at high water
mark where forty years ago the Confed-
crates pressed furthest into the Federal
lines in the most desperate onslaught
Col. Lane. whose regiment went into
the charge with eight hundred and twen-
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The States Record in the Civil War.
BY JOHN wILBER JENKINS.

the
voters furnished
passed by ycountry in he worlds history.
n
the largest loss recorded
in lin
Vance, X John
In OF casualties the
he in
total
loss
Losses the leading North Carolina Regiments at Gettysburg 2h 7os
th
SIND 1f 5th 49, 1884, which suf
tered the greatest loss, from Nor Carolina.
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noted publication, "Regimental Losses
During the Civil War by Col. Fox, Uni
ted States Army. This quotation is a no.
BILE tribute to the Twcnty-sixth hegi-
ment. 1t is as follows:
"At Gettysburg the Twenty-Sixth North
Carolina, of Pettigrew's Brigade, Heth's
Division, went into action with an eff
fective strength which is stated in the
regimental official report as over 500
men, 1t sustained loss, according to
Surgeon General Guilds report OF 86
killed and 502 wounded; total, SIS. In
addition there were about 120 missing.
nearly all Of whom must have been wound
cd or killed but. as they fell into The
enemys hands. they were not included in
the hospital report. This. loss occurred
mostly in the first days fight. where the
regiment encountered the One Hundred
and Fifty-First Pennsylvania and Cooper's
Battery, of Rowley's Brigade, Doubleday 5
Division. The quartermaster of the Twen-
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FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG

further into the Federal lines on the
third day at Gettysburg than any living
soldier; ex-Representatiye and ex-Shcriff
Gilmer, of Guilford; Col w. J. Green, Of
Fayetteville; Capt. John Stewart, John
Rankin, J. A. love, d. Watson Garrison,
Mark Garrison, of Greensboro; l.. G
Lane of Chatham; Col W. F. Beasley, Of
Oxford; G. A. Hunt and Charles NJ
Thompson, Capt j. Z. Turner of Lexing
ton; Hon. Theo. f. Kluttz, of Salisbury;
Dr. F. C. e. Wise, of Pikesyille, and a
whole host of North Carolinians living in
Baltimore, who as members of the North
Carolina Society had originated the idea
of the 10th celebration of the Battle Of
Gettysburg on the field.
SPEECH OF MAJOR ROBBINS.
North Carolina people we're made par
ticularly welcome at Gettysburg by Hon.
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Gettysburg Military Park Com
mission, Gettysburg, Pa.
ty men and came out with having lost
seven hundred and eight men. was warm
ly greeted by Federals and Confederates
alike.
THEY SUNG THE OLD NORTH STAE.
The music was inspiring, not only did
the Grand Army Post Band play ~Mary
land, My Maryland Sewanee River. !"
and ''The Old North State" but upon the
quiet air of the notable day there came
the sweet voice of lovely North Caro-
lima woman singing the cold North
State" 1t thrilled the North Carolinians
present and charmed those from other
States who had never heard before the
singing of Judge Gaston's State hymn
by the way the first state hymn written
for and adopted by any State in the
American Union. Accompanied by the
Gettysburg band, this song was rendered
by Mrs. Walter Grimes. formerly Miss
Alice Dugger, of Raleigh. while the au
dience all joined in the chorus. Among
the North Carolinians present were Maj
w. NJ Robbins, of Statesville member of
the Gettysburg Park Commission Col.
John r. Lane, surviving colonel of the
26th North Carolina Regiment; Capt. f.
w Barnes, of Wilson; Col. W. H. S. Bur
gwyn, Of Weldon. brother of Col. Harry
King Burgwyn, second colonel of the
26th Regiment, who lost his life leading
a charge at Gettysburg; Capt. A. B. Viii
Hams, of Fayetteville; Mr.. j. Daniel Dor
sett of Siler City. who probably ventured
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North Carolina First.
BY J oRM WlLRER JENKINS

English colony Island July TO- M
child Virginia Dare Fort Raj
First battle between OF Royal Governor Aa
First formal Declaration Of independence Charlotte
Continental congress 20 oe @
Resolutions April - 776
Bridge February y
First killed battle in the Between the States henry wyatt =
Tarboo. Bethel Va. 1861
10.
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North Carolinians Revisit the
Scene Of Deadly Strife.
IRlBU les PAID TO
SOUTH'S VALOR
Celebration Of Fortisth Anniversary
Of the Battle Of Gettysburg Pro-
ductive Of Some Notable
Incidents.
baltimore SUM-

With the stirring war songs and the
tender ballads of their beloved Southland,
with eloquent tributes to the valor of the
heroes who wore the gray and with the
wild rebel yeIl,' which, when once heard,
is never forgotten, and given only as lusty
Tar Heel throats know how to utter it,
the North Carolina Society Of Baltimore
yesterday celebrated the fortieth anniver-
sary Of the charge Of Pickett and Petit
grew on the battlefield Of Gettysburg
The visit of the North Carolnians to the
fateful field wildly recalled the stirring
July days of forty years ago, when the
gray Southern tide swept northward over
Mason and Dixons line, engulfed the little
town Of Gettysburg fiocl1ed into the Devils
Den, submerged the peach orchard and
the wheat field. surged around the base
of Culp's Hill. dashed itself into bloody
spray against the rocky barrier Of the two
Round Tors and rose with a steady. re-
sistless sweep up tho greensward slopes
Cemetery Ridge The 'high-water mark,
a bronze tablet, flanked by cannon, shows
the most advanced point reached by Pick
ett's virginians and Pettigrcw's North
Carolinians in the Creates charge Of mod
ern times.
The society carried about 300 excursion
lists from Baltimore and the South, and
the party, left Hilfen Station yesterday
morning on special train over the West
ern Maryland railFoad Arriving at Get
tysburg about noon the excursionsts were
met at the depot by a reception commit
tee composed Of Senators D. Ps~McPher-
son and NJ T. Ziegler, Of Pennsylvania,
and Messrs. William McShcrry J L. viii
liams. Horatio T. Weaver, Penrose Myers
end Capt James T. Long
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ty men and came out with having los
seven hundred and eight men, was warn
ly greeted by Federals and Confederate
alike
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COL. HARRY K. BURGwYN's SWORD,

COL. HARRY X. BURGwYN's SWORD.
Recently the sword of Col. Harry X.
Burgwyn, of the 26th regiment. has been
placed in the Hall of History at Raleigh.
This sword is straight bladed one Of
unusual large size and pattern, never seen
now, and shows signs of much use. The
sash is of red silk. The gauntlets are well
preserved After the fall Of Col. Burgwyn
at Gettysburg. they we're worn by his
brother Capt. w. H. S. Burgwyn until
the latter's capture and they were also
worn by Col W. H. S. Burgwyn again
when he was colonel Of the North Carolina
Regiment, T. S. Volunteers.
Placed with these interesting relics of
the great War Between the States, 1861
1866, is the following extract from that
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ty-sixth, who made the official report on
July 4th, states that there were only
ZIG left for duty after the fight on the
1st inst. The regiment then participated
in Pickett's charge, on the third day of the
battle, in which it attacked the position
held by Smyth's Brigade. Hays Division,
Second Corps. On the following day it
mustered only so men for duty, the miss
ing ones, having fallen in the final and
unsuccessful charge. In the battle of the
first day, Captain Tuttle's company went
into action with three officers and 81
men; all of the officers and SO of the
men were killed or wounded
This loss of the Twenty sixth North
Carolina at Gettysburg was the severest
loss suffered during the entire war by
troops on either side"
COL. GREEN AT GETTYSBURG.
Among those who attended the celebra-
ton at Gettysburg on last Friday was Col.
w. J. Green. ex-member of Congress and
Confederate soldier. He was accompanied
Continued on Seventh Page)
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Carolina and the oath Michigan constitute
the most desperate fight known in the
annals of warfare, the loss to the 26th
North Carolina being 80 per cent of 800
men, or 700 killed and wounded, and the
24th Michigan SO per cent of 500, or 400
killed and wounded in round numbers.
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Moorish troops.
Fitz Smashed Mr.. Ball.

Anaconda, Mont.-With a left arm
hook Robert Fitzsimmons foored his
former manager, Clark Ball, in the lob
by of the Thornton hotel a few min
utes after l o'clock in the morning.
The blow struck Ball suarely on the
point of the jaw and he was knocked
against corner of the desk at the end
OF the counter. His head came in vio-
lent contact with sharp corner and
laceration resulted. In another frac-
ton of second Ball was PROSTATE
and out. He was revived in few sec
onds and his bleeding head bathed.
He was not seriously injured and was
apparently as well as ever within 10
minutes after the blow was struck.
The trouble was precipitated by the
fact that Ball has severed his connec-
ton with the ries-Fitzsimmons
combination and signed a contract
with Jack Munroe whereby the local
miner, who had stood before Jeffries
for four rounds a week ago Saturday
night, is to be the star attraction of an
athletic show managed by the former
manager of 'Lanky Bob" When the
men met tonight there was some
wrangling and Ball called Fitzsimmons
liar. Then the blow was struck.
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AT the gathering were famous states
men, sculptors and artists of world
wide fame. Governors of half dozen
States, Senators, noted churchmen,
leaders of commerce and finance, dis
tinguished men of the army and navy
all met to show the nations regard for
the French diplomat who had proved
at critical time that he and the nation
he represented were interested In and
jealous of the welfare of this country.
Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew and
James II. Hyde, Of New York, were the
hosts. NJ. Cambon goes from Washing
ton to the court of Spain, and takes
with him an unsual degree of regard
and respect from those who have been
best able to appreciate his jealous ef-
forts to more firmly establish the
friendly relations existing between
France and the United States.
1t was during the war with Spain
that NJ. Cambon won the lasting friend
ship of this nation. He was one of the
two representatives of foreign powers
CHOSCu Wy DcAOI OIO the luSl OpuulSN
minister at Washington before the out
break of hostilities, to look after SPANS
affairs here, and as such bore an i'm
portant part in the conflict that ensued.
M. Cambon is one of the most distin-
guished diplomats In the service of the
French republic. He has had long years
of experience in foreign courts and his
career has been most honorable. At
Washington he gave evidence of I'M
usual ability in treating with affairs of
state, and the interests of his govern
ment never suffered from his connec-
ton with them. He has been an elab-
crate entertainer, and during his stay
in Washington the French embassy has
been the scene of numerous receptions
at which the wealth and fashion of the
capital were largely represented.
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Buried on Horseback.

Lord Dacre, who died fighting for
the Lancastrians at Towton, England,
in 1861, directed that If he were killed
In the battle his favorite war horse
should be buried in the same grave
with him. According to his wishes,
when his interment took place in Sax
on church yard after the battle a ire
mendous grave was dug and in it the
warrior was buried, seated upright on
his horse. For centuries reflections
were cast upon the accuracy of this
tradition. but few years ago while
excavations for new graves were be-
Ing made close by the reputed burial
place of Lord Dacre the pick of a dig
ger struck into great bone and upon
further search being made the skull of
big horse was brought to the surface
AS this was found almost at the very
spot under which the body of Lord
Dacre was said to lie 1t was accented
as confirmation OF the tradition, par
ticularly as the skull was found to be
standing vertically in the soil. The
skull was replaced carefully in it's or
iginal position and the excavation filed
I'D.
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sixth term at the same time. The 9TH
terms.
No other living man has served so
long In the legislative halls of his coun-
try as Senator Allison. His eight
years In the House, added to his thirty
years in the Senate, give him a record
OF continuous service OF thirty eight
years. Yet to-day he is hale and hearty
and his face is rosy and plump as any
girls While he has been hard work
er and fairly good liver, his life has
been an even one and he has not al
lowed the chase for the dollar nor the
ambitions of politics to contract and
dlstort his soul. Always well dressed,
he makes you think of a New York
clubman or banker rather than of the
average American statesman. His
black clothes are we'll cut, and the lin
en- of his shirt and his broad, expan-
sive collar, which exceeds even that Of
William NJ. Evarts In size, Is of the
Ginest material and as white as the
and 1t is fast becoming iron gray. His
eye, however, Is bright, and the rosy
corpuscles that shine through his fair
skin show that his blood is full of iron.
Allison is probably the best politician
in the Senate.
The learning OF George F. Hoar, of
Massachusetts, is almost revered by
his fellow Senators. He is regarded as
the ahlest lawyer and the most pro-
found scholar in the upper house. He
is perfectly inhexible in the matter of
principle. People who are moved to
temporize, to compromise or abate In
the interest of courtesy are sometimes
impatient of the man who says: This
is right; viii advocate, maintain and
enforce it," Such man is Hoar.
Morgan of Alabama hits straight
from the shoulder. He is a fighter who
knows not compromise, and to whom
surrender is an unknown word. Witness
his fight for an Isthmian canal
Through dark days, WHEN few believed
that an interocean waterway was nos.
sible. he strove for it, and now he sees
ais dream nearing a realization. He
was ever fighter. He Joined the Cor
federate army in 1861 as a private. and
before the war closed was operating as
a brigadier general, with Longstreet.
Johnston and Hood. He practiced law
In Selma, Ala, until elected United
States Senator in 1877.
Before William Jennings Bryan had
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tempt to purchase the influence of DR..
Chapman, of the st. Louis Board Of
Health, in Endorsement of garbage
contract. 1t appears that there was no
argument among the jurymen as to the
guilt of the accused, the question Of
sentence furnishing the only occasion
for difference of opinion, some of them
favoring a five-year sentence for the
millionaire.
The millionaire who was convicted at
Columbia has been a political power in
st. Louis for quarter of a century.
Even after his indictment for bribery
he secured the election of his son to
Congress and another relative to local
office in ST. Louis. Notwithstanding
the wealth of the accused and the ire
mendous political influence brought to
bear in his behalf, he was prosecuted
and promptly convicted.
Butler owns large number of black
smith shops throughout the city. He
lives In fine mansion in the west end
Of st. Louis and drives to his shops, to
see what is going on, in stylish car
rage,
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An Ancient Joke.

A new, if not refreshing, variation
on the mother-in-law poke which we
have been hearing since the days of
Rameses appears in the statement that
an oxford professor while engaged in
chronological researches in Australia
on the mother-in-law joke which we
not allowed to come within mile of
the "miamia" (hut) of her married
daughter. If she did so the husband
was authorized by the tribal law to
use his club. Now that this messy and
venerable specimen of alleged humor
has broken into the domain of ethno.
logical science, may it be allowed to re-
main there along with other fossils p
Leslie's Weekly.
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-
VETERANS OF SEN{TE
FIVE MEN WHO ARE SERVING
THEIR SIXTH TERM.
Allison the Most Adroit, Hoar the Most
Learned, Morgan the Beat Fighter
Jones, of Nevada, aud Cockreii, OF
Missouri.

There are FIVE men In the Senate OF
the United States who have had more
or less connection with all important
legislation from reconstruction days
down to the present Their years, ex-
perience. wisdom, combativeness- all
have combined to keep Allison of Iowa.
Hoar of Massachusetts, Morgan OF
Alabama. Jones Of Nevada, and Cock
rell of Missouri among the senatorial
leaders. Each name, from its own pc
culiar cause, inspires respect. Allison
is the Father of the Senate" His
first term began in 1878, and March 4
next he will have completed thirty
years Of service in the upper house
Jones of Nevada, erstwhile high priest
OF the free silver cause. now back In
the Republican fold, will compete his
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Literary Theirs.

A curious incident in the history of a
free library where the rules forbid
books to be taken from the building,
was furnished by man who had a
mania for poetry. He read everything
in that line, good, bad, Indifferent. His
pockets were always laden with vol
umes of verse or clippings of rhyme,
and he was finally discovered purloin-
ing poetry by the most unusual meth.
Cd For years the library has sub.
scribed to periodical which at the
expiration of each year is bound in
book form. There is always a poem
on the last page of each issue of the
magazine. This man, it was discov-
cred. was removing these last leaves
from the bound volume by a unique
device. He would lay wet cord in
the book at the page he desired, then
close the volume and sit reading some
other book. AS soon as the water had
saturated the leaf it could he noiseless'
ly drawn from it's fellows and folded
away in his pocket. In this way he
had mutilated twenty-four bound vol
umes before the injury itself and the
personality and method of the offender
were discovered. He escaped prose
cution for -ke- time being by leaving
the city. and the aast heard of him he
was in the Egyptian army.
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The little daughter of the house
watched the minister, who was max
ing visit very closely, and finally sat
down beside him and began to draw on
her slate.
What are you doing?" asked the
clergyman.
I'm making your picture" said the
child.
The minister sat very still. and the
child worked away very earnestly.
Then she stopped and compared her
work with the original. and shook her
head.
Il don't like 1t much" she said.
"Tain't a great deal like you. I guess
I'll put tail to it and call it a dog
Duluth Tribune.
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Cold Snap in the South.

Jacksonville, Fla, Dec. 29.-Last
night was the coolest of the season,
the thermometer registering "a here
and 80 at Tampa, the latter with kill
ing frost. Il is feared young orange
trees are killed or badly hurt, as the
previous warm weather had kept the
sap in the upper limbs. There is con-
siderable fruit yet in the groves in
some sections, and it may have been
harmed.