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Meade. Organized in 1885. County seat, Meade Center. In honor of Major General George G. Meade, U. S. A., who died in 1872.
Miami. Organized in 1856. County seat, Paola. Originally Ly- kins, for Dr. David Lykins, a missionary among the Miamis. He was also a member of the first Territorial Council. Changed in 1861 to Miami, after that tribe of Indians.
Mitchell. Organized in 1870. County seat, Beloit. In honor of William D. Mitchell, who entered the Union army as a private in Company K, Second Kansas Cavalry; was promoted to captain in the Second Kentucky Cavalry, and killed March 10, 1865, at Monroe's Cross-Roads, North Carolina.
Montgomery. Organized in 1869. County seat, Independence. For Gen. Richard Montgomery, born in Ireland, December 2, 1736; was an officer of distinction in the British army; resigned and settled in New York State in 1773; was appointed one of the eight generals to command the revolutionary army of America, in 1875; was killed in the attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775, shouting "Death and Liberty!"
Morris. Organized in 1858. County seat, Council Grove. Orig- inally Wise, after Henry A. Wise, who was Governor of Virginia dur- ing the John Brown seizure of Harper's Ferry, and the execution of
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that "grand old man" at Charleston, December 2, 1859, was one of the last aets of his administration. Changed to Morris in February, 1859, in honor of Thomas Morris, a United States Senator from Ohio, in 1832, where he distinguished himself as an opponent of slavery. He died in 1844.
Morton. Organized November, 1886. County seat, Rielfield. Was named in honor of Hon. Oliver P. Morton, of Indiana.
Nemaha. Organized in 1855. County seat, Seneca. Named from a river in Nebraska-the Nemaha, one of whose branches drains the northern half of the county.
Neosho. Organized in 1864. County seat, Erie. Originally part of Dorn (see Labette). Changed in 1861 to Neosho, after one of the principal streams in Southern Kansas. The name was given to the river by the Osages.
Ness. First organized in 1873. County seat, Ness City. Dis- organized in 1874; reorganized in 1880. Named in honor of Noah V. Ness, corporal of Company G, Seventh Kansas Cavalry, who died August 22, 1864, at Abbeyville, Miss., of wounds received in action August 19, 1864.
Norton. Organized in 1872. County seat, Norton. In memory of Orloff Norton, Captain of Company L, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry, killed by Guerrillas at Cane Hill, Arkansas, October 29, 1865. In 1873 the county was represented by one L. H. Billings, a man of over- weening vanity, a erank on the subject of talking, who in consequence of his peculiarities became a sort of butt. A member of the Senate at the time-one of Kansas' brightest and wittiest of men-the same person in faet who named Shirley county, had the name of Norton changed to Billings, in two lines hidden in a paragraph of a bill ma- terially affecting the interests of the county. The next Legislature re- stored the name of Norton.
Osage. Organized in 1859. County seat, Lyndon. A large por- tion of this county was originally named Weller, for John B. Weller, of Ohio, Member of Congress and Governor of that State; also Governor of California and Senator, Minister to Mexico, ete .- a staunch Demoerat at all times. Changed to Osage in 1859; after the Osage river, the head waters of which stream drain almost the entire county.
Osborne. Organized in 1871. County seat, Osborne City. Named in honor of Vineent B. Osborne, private of Company A, Second Kan-
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sas Cavalry, who lost his right leg January 17, 1865, on the steamer Anna Jacobs, at Joy's Ford, on the Arkansas river.
Ottawa. Organized in 1866. County seat, Minneapolis. Named for the tribe of Ottawas; applied in 1860, by the act which defined its boundaries.
Pawnee. Organized in 1872. County seat, Larned. Named for the once powerful tribe of Pawnee Indians, the area of this county having been included in their original hunting grounds.
Phillips. Organized in 1872. County seat, Phillipsburg. Named in memory of William Phillips, a Free-State martyr, murdered Sep- tember 1, 1856, in Leavenworth, Kas.
Pottawatomie. Organized in 1856. County seat, Westmore- land. Named for the Pottawatomie Indians, whose reservation at the opening of Kansas Territory for settlement, and for years afterward, embraced a large portion of the geographical area of the county.
Pratt. First organized in 1873. County seat, Iuka. But not recognized in consequence of the most outrageous frauds. Organized constitutionally in 1879. Named in memory of Caleb Pratt, Second Lieutenant of Company D, First Kansas Infantry, killed in action August 10, 1861, at Wilson's Creek, Mo.
Rawlins. Organized in 1881. County seat, Atwood. Named in memory of General John A. Rawlins, who was a staff officer of General Grant, and went into his cabinet when elected President as Secretary of War, March 11, 1869; he died September 16, 1869, in office.
Reno. Organized in 1873. County seat, Hutchinson. In mem- ory of Jesse L. Reno, Captain U. S. A., and Major General of Vol- unteers, who was killed in battle, September 14, 1862, at South Mountain, Maryland.
Republic. Organized in 1878. County seat, Belleville. Received its name from the Republican river, which extends through the county. The river was so called, because many years ago the valley of that stream was the seat of the "Pawnee Republic," a designation given to a principal division of the Pawnee Indians, or Panis, as they were originally known.
Rice. County seat, Lyons. Named in memory of Samuel A. Rice, Brigadier General United States Volunteers; killed April 30, 1864, at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas.
Riley. Organized in 1855. County seat, Manhattan. Received its name from the adjacent military post, and which was established
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in 1853; so called in honor of General Riley, of the United States Army.
Rooks. Organized in 1872. County seat, Stockton. In memory of John C. Rooks, private of Company I, Eleventh Kansas Infantry, who died December 11, 1862, at Fayetteville, Arkansas, of wounds received in the battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, December 7, 1862.
Rush. Organized in 1874. County seat, Walnut City. In mem- ory of Alexander Rush, Captain of Company H, Second Colored In- fantry, killed April 3, 1864, at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas.
Russell. Organized in 1872. County seat, Russell. In memory of Avra P. Russell, Captain Company K, Second Kansas Cavalry, who died December 12, 1862, in field hospital near Prairie Grove, Arkansas, of wounds received in battle December 6, 1862, at Prairie Grove, Arkansas.
Saline. Organized in 1859. County seat, Salina. Named for the Saline river, whose waters drain a large area of the county.
Scott. Organized January 29, 1886. County seat, Scott City. Boundaries defined in 1873. In honor of Major General Winfield Scott, United States army, the hero of the Mexican war.
Sedgwick. Organized in 1870. County seat, Wichita. In mem- ory of John Sedgwick, U. S. A., Major General of Volunteers, killed in battle, May 9, 1864, at Spottsylvania, Virginia.
Seward. Organized January 17, 1886. County seat, Springfield. Boundaries defined in 1873. In honor of Wm. H. Seward, Governor and United States Senator of New York, and Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln.
Shawnee. Organized in 1855. County seat, Topeka. Was carved out of what was, before the treaty of 1854, Shawnee Indian lands- hence the name. General II. J. Strickler, of Tecumseh, who was a member of the Council, and also of the joint committee on counties, claimed Shawnee for the name of his county, a preference stoutly contended for by the Rev. Thomas Johnson for the county in which the Legislature was sitting, but the committee yielded to Strickler, and without solicitation complimented Mr. Johnson by conferring his own name upon his county.
Sheridan. Organized in 1880. County seat, Hoxie. Named in honor of Lieutenant General Philip H. Sheridan, United States army.
Sherman. Organized September 20, 1886. County seat, Eustis. In honor of General W. T. Sherman, United States army.
Smith. Organized in 1872. County seat, Smith Center. In
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memory of Nathan Smith, Major Second Colorado Volunteers, killed October 23, 1864, at Little Blue, Missouri.
Stafford. Organized in 1879. County seat, St. John. In mem- ory of Lewis Stafford, Captain of Company E, First Kansas Infantry, who was accidentally killed at Young's Point, Louisiana, January 31, 1863.
Stanton. Organized in 1887. County seat, Johnson City. This county was named after Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War under President Lincoln.
Stevens. Organized August 3, 1886. County seat, Hugoton. Was named after the late distinguished statesman Thaddeus Stevens.
Sumner. Organized in 1871. County seat, Wellington. In honor of Charles Sumner, the distinguished Massachusetts Senator, first chosen to succeed Daniel Webster in 1850, and continuing a member until 1874, when he died, in Washington, D. C. He was in 1854 a leader in the opposition to the extension of slavery into Kansas, as proposed in the bill to organize the Territory.
Thomas. Organized in 1885. County seat, Colby. In honor of Major General George H. Thomas, United States army, who died in 1870.
Trego. Organized in 1879. County seat, Wa-Keeney. In mem- ory of Edgar P. Trego, Captain of Company H, Eighth Kansas In- fantry; killed September 19, 1863, at Chickamauga, Tenn.
Wabaunsee. Organized in 1859. County seat, Alma. Origi- nally Richardson, in honor of Colonel "Dick" Richardson, of Illinois, who was the leader in the House of Representatives, on the Demo- cratic side, in the debate on the Kansas-Nebraska bill. Changed Feb- ruary of the same year to Wabaunsee, a chief of the Pottawatomies, when that tribe lived in Illinois.
Washington. Organized in 1860. County seat, Washington. Named in honor of George Washington, the first President of the United States.
Wichita. Organized December 24, 1886. County seat, Leoti. Boundaries defined in 1873. Should be spelled Ouichita, after the Indian tribe of that name.
Wallace. County seat, Wallace. Named after General Lew Wal- lace, United States army, and author of "Ben Hur," etc.
Wilson. Organized in 1865. County seat, Fredonia. This county originally extended to the south line of the State, and was named in honor of Colonel H. T. Wilson, who lived in Fort Scott in 1865.
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Woodson. Organized in 1855. County seat, Yates Center. Named in honor of Daniel Woodson, who was Secretary of the Territory, and for some time acting Governor, after the resignation of Governor Shannon, in 1856.
Wyandotte. Organized in 1855. County seat, Kansas City, Kas. (formerly Wyandotte). Was named after the Indian tribe of that name.
UNORGANIZED COUNTIES.
Only two of the one hundred and five counties into which the State is now divided remain unorganized. They are-
Grant. Principal town, Ulysses. Named in honor of ex-President U. S. Grant.
Greeley. Principal town, Horace. Named in honor of the founder of the New York Tribune.
GOVERNORS.
CHARLES ROBINSON 1859 to 1863.
THOMAS CARNEY.
1863 to 1865.
SAMUEL J. CRAWFORD.
1865 to 1869.
N. GREEN, 1869, three months, to fill vacancy.
JAMES M. HARVEY.
1869 to 1873.
THOMAS A. OSBORN
1873 to 1877.
GEORGE T. ANTHONY. 1877 to 1879.
JOHN P. ST. JOHN
1879 to 1883.
GEORGE W. GLICK 1883 to 1885.
JOHN A. MARTIN
1885 to 1889.
At the general election November, 1886, Hon. John A. Martin was reelected and is now serving a second term.
EXECUTIVE AND DEPARTMENT OFFICERS.
GOVERNOR-John A. Martin, Atchison; salary, $3,000.
GOVERNOR'S PRIVATE SECRETARY-James Smith.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR-A. P. Riddle, Minneapolis; salary, $6.00 per day during all sessions of the Legislature.
SECRETARY OF STATE-E. B. Allen, Wichita; salary, $2,000 and fees.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE-W. T. Cavanaugh.
STATE TREASURER-J. W. Hamilton, Wellington; salary, $2,500.
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STATE AUDITOR-Tim. McCarthy, Larned; salary, $2,000.
ASSISTANT STATE AUDITOR -S. S. McFadden.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION-J. H. Lawhead, Fort Scott; salary, $2,000.
ATTORNEY GENERAL-S. B. Bradford, Carbondale; salary, $2,500. ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL-Irwin Taylor.
STATE PRINTER-C. C. Baker, Topeka; salary, legal rates.
STATE LIBRARIAN -H. J. Dennis, Topeka; salary, $1,500.
ADJUTANT GENERAL -A. B. Campbell, Topeka; salary, $2,000.
SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE-D. W. Wilder, Hiawatha; salary, $2,500.
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE-James A. Billingsley. SECRETARY STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE-Martin Mohler; salary, $2,000.
SECRETARY STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY-F. G. Adams, Topeka; salary, $1,500.
SECRETARY STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY-G. C. Brackett, Lawrence. SECRETARY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE-B. B. Smyth, Topeka.
VETERINARY SURGEON -Vacant.
FISH COMMISSIONER -S. Fee, Wamego.
MINE INSPECTOR - George W. Findlay, Topeka.
COMMISSIONER OF LABOR STATISTICS-Frank H. Betton, Wyandotte. COMMISSIONER OF FORESTRY-Silas C. Cobb, Wa-Keeney.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL: Governor, Secretary of State, State Auditor, State Treasurer, Attorney General, Superintendent of Public Instruction. SCHOOL FUND COMMISSIONERS: Secretary of State, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Attorney General.
STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION: Secretary of State, State Auditor and State Treasurer.
STATE BOARD OF CANVASSERS: Governor, Secretary of State, State Auditor, State Treasurer and Attorney General.
FISCAL AGENCY: Fiscal. Agency for the State of Kansas in the city of New York, First National Bank.
AGENT FOR THE SALE OF KANSAS STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE LANDS: John B. Gifford; residence, Manhattan, Kansas.
STATE LAND OFFICE: T. McCarthy, State Auditor, ex-officio Register. SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS: Governor, Secretary of State and Auditor of State.
BOARD OF RAILROAD ASESSORS: Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer of State, Auditor of State and Attorney General. .
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STATE INSTITUTIONS AND COMMISSIONS.
University of Kansas, Lawrence. Board of Regents: A. G. Otis, Atchison; Chas. S. Gleed, Topeka; C. R. Mitchell, Geuda Springs; J. F. Billings, Clay Center; C. W. Smith, Stockton; M. P. Simpson, McPherson.
Kansas State Agricultural College, Manhattan. Board of Regents: Geo. T. Fairchild, president and ex-officio secretary, Man- hattan; A. P. Forsythe, Liberty; Joshua Wheeler, Nortonville; T. P. Moore, Holton; Thomas Henshall, Troy; E. N. Smith, Eldorado; John E. Hessin, Manhattan.
State Normal School, Emporia. Board of Regents: William M. Rice, Fort Scott; Milton Stewart, Wichita; E. W. Warner, Kir- win; J. H. Franklin, Russell; H. D. Dickson, Neosho Falls; W. H. Caldwell, Beloit; A. R. Taylor, A. M., president of school.
Penitentiary, Leavenworth. John H. Smith, warden, Colum- bus; Endsley Jones, clerk, Lawrence. Directors: H. E. Richter, Council Grove; O. S. Hiatt, Leavenworth; Arch. Shaw, Olathe.
State Board of Agriculture. Officers: President, Wm. Sims, Topeka; vice president, J. F. True, Newman; secretary, Martin Moh- ler, Topeka; treasurer, John Francis, Topeka.
State Claim Agent for Kansas at Washington, D. C. Sam- uel J. Crawford, Topeka.
State Board of Pardons. John C. Caldwell, Topeka; R. B. Stevenson, Iola; A. J. Felt, Seneca.
State Board of Health. Charles H. Guibor, Beloit; D. Surber, Perry; J. W. Jenney, Salina; J. Milton Welch, LaCygne; J. H. T. Johnson, Atchison; D. C. Jones, Topeka; H. S. Roberts, Manhattan; W. S. Schenck, Osage City; T. F. Lewis, Howard.
Trustees State Charitable Institutions. A. T. Sharpe, Ottawa; Jacob Stotler, Wellington; Chas. E. Faulkner, Salina; W. S. Crump, Clyde; L. K. Kirk, Garnett.
State Board of Pharmacy. James I. Taylor, Atchison; George B. Crandall, Jewell City; R. F. Bryant, Lincoln; C. J. Butin, Fredo- nia; R. S. Drake, Beloit.
State Board of Dentistry. L. C. Wasson, Ottawa; A. M. Cal- laham, Topeka; W. M. Shirley, Hiawatha; J. Young, Emporia.
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Railroad Commissioners. James Humphrey, Junction City; Almerin Gillett, Emporia; A. R. Greene, Cedarvale; $3,000 each.
State House Commissioners. N. A. Adams, Manhattan; Wm. Bowman, Atchison; Alexander Love, Lawrence; architect, Kenneth McDonald.
Live Stock Sanitary Commission. Harrison Kelly, Ottumwa; John P. White, Ada; Chas. Collins, Hutchinson.
Silk Commissioners. Chas. Williamson, Washington, J. S. Cod- ding, Westmoreland; J. H. C. Brewer, Peabody.
Commission to Locate and Erect State Industrial Reform- atory. John Severance, Axtell; J. E. Bonebrake, Abilene; Ed. R. Smith, Mound City.
STATE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
State Insane Asylum, Osawatomie; superintendent, A. H. Knapp.
Topeka Insane Asylum, Topeka; superintendent, B. D. East- man.
Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, Olathe; superintendent, S. A. Walker.
Institution for the Education of the Blind, Wyandotte; super- intendent, George H. Miller.
Reform School, Topeka; superintendent, J. F. Buck.
Kansas State Asylum for Idiotic and Imbecile Youth, Win- field; superintendent, H. M. Grecne.
Soldiers' Orphans' Home, Atchison; superintendent, John Pierson.
State Industrial Reformatory, Hutchinson; ( unfinished.)
JUDICIARY.
SUPREME COURT.
CHIEF JUSTICE- Albert II. Horton, Topeka; salary, $3,000.
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE-D. M. Valentine, Topeka; salary, $3,000.
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE-W. A. Johnston, Minneapolis; salary, $3,000.
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COMMISSIONER-Benj. F. Simpson, Topeka; salary, $3,000.
COMMISSIONER-Joel Holt, Beloit; salary, $3,000.
COMMISSIONER-J. B. Clogston, Eureka; salary, $3,000.
CLERK -C. J. Brown, Topeka.
REPORTER-A. M. F. Randolph, Burlington.
DELEGATION IN CONGRESS.
Senators are elected at large for a term of six years, by joint ballot of the Legislature. The first ballot is taken by both houses on the second Tuesday after the convening of the Legislature, and the joint ballots are taken on every successive day until an election is made.
Congressmen are elected for a term of two years, by direct vote of the people in their respective Congressional Districts.
SENATORS.
John J. Ingalls, Atchison, President of the Senate, term expires 1891; salary, $6,000.
Preston B. Plumb, Emporia, term expires 1889; salary, $6,000.
CONGRESSMEN.
District No. 1-E. N. Morrill, Hiawatha, Brown county; salary, $5,000.
District No. 2-E. H. Funston, Carlyle, Allen county; salary, $5,000. District No. 3-B. W. Perkins, Oswego, Labette county; salary, $5,000.
District No. 4-Thomas Ryan, Topeka, Shawnee county; salary, $5,000.
District No. 5-John A. Anderson, Manhattan, Riley county; salary, $5,000.
District No. 6-E. J. Turner, Hoxie, Sheridan county; salary, $5,000. District No. 7-Sam'l R. Peters, Newton, Harvey county; salary, $5,000.
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
EXECUTIVE.
President. GROVER CLEVELAND, of New York. The President is chosen by electors, who are chosen by the people, each State hav- ing as many as it has Senators and Representatives in Congress. He holds office for four years, is Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, has power to grant pardons and reprieves for offenses against the United States, makes treaties by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, nominates, and with the consent of the Senate appoints, all cabinet, diplomatic, judicial and executive offi- · cers, has power to convene Congress or the Senate only, communicates to Congress by message, at every session, the condition of the Union, and recommends such measures as he deems expedient, receives all foreign ministers, takes care that the laws are faithfully executed and the public business transacted.
Vice President-President pro tempore of the Senate. (This position is now vacant, owing to the death of Thomas A. Hendricks; Senator John J. Ingalls, of Kansas, is acting.) The Vice President is chosen by the electors at the same time and in the same manner as the President; is the President of the Senate, and has the casting vote therein. In case of the death, resignation, disability or removal of the President, his powers and duties devolve upon the Vice President for the residue of his term. In cases of vacancy, where the Vice President succeeds to the Presidential office, the ex-officio President of the Senate becomes Vice President.
CABINET.
[Arranged in the order of succession named in the presidential-succession act of Jannary 19, 1886.]
Secretary of State. THOMAS F. BAYARD, of Delaware. The State Department preserves the public archives, records, laws, arguments and treaties, and supervises their publication; conducts all business and correspondence arising out of foreign relations; makes out rec- ords, passports, commissions, etc.
Secretary of the Treasury. CHARLES S. FAIRCHILD, of New York. The Treasury Department reccives and has charge of all moncys paid
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into the United States treasury, has general supervision of the fiscal transactions of the Government, the collection of revenue, the audit- ing and payment of accounts, and other disbursements; supervises the execution of the laws relating to the commerce and navigation of the United States, the revenues and currency, the coast survey, the mint and coinage, the light-house establishment, the construction of marine hospitals, custom houses, etc. The First Comptroller prescribes the mode of keeping and rendering accounts for the civil and diplomatic service, and the public land. To him the First, Fifth and Sixth Audi- tors report. The Second Comptroller prescribes the mode of keeping and rendering accounts for the Army, Navy and Indian departments, and to him the Second, Third and Fourth Auditors report. The First Auditor adjusts the accounts of the customs, revenues and civil service, and private acts of Congress. The Second Auditor adjusts the ac- counts relating to pay, clothing and recruiting of the army, the arse- nals, armories and ordnance, and the Indian department. The Third . Auditor adjusts accounts for army subsistence, fortifications, military academy and roads, quartermaster's departments and military claims. The Fourth Auditor adjusts the navy accounts; the Fifth, diplomatic; the Sixth, postal affairs.
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