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KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF SECURITY.
National Council. Chartered February 22, 1892. Office, 634 Kansas ave- nue. E. G. Miner, president ; J. M. Wallace, secretary ; W. B. Kirkpatrick, treasurer ; Dr. H. A. Warner, medical director.
Capital Council, No. 1. Meets every Tuesday evening, in K. of P. Hall, 122 East Sixth avenue. R. S. Cunning, president ; Mrs. Ida Parker, corresponding secretary.
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Topeka Council, No. 2. Meets every Wednesday evening, in Lincoln Post Hall, 118 East Sixth avenue. H. R. Jones, president ; Miss Crusie Tuttle, cor- responding secretary.
Shawnee Council, No. 3. Meets every first and third Tuesday evening, in the A. O. U. W. Hall, North Topeka. S. C. Miller, president ; I. E. McGrew, corresponding secretary.
Victor Council, No. 4. Meets every first and third Monday evening, in the hall, corner Gordon street and Kansas avenue, North Topeka. J. W. Swartz, president ; George L. Swartz, corresponding secretary.
South Topeka Council, No. 245. Meets every Thursday evening, at 420 Kan- sas avenue. A. L. Leslie, president ; John G. Hewitt, corresponding secretary.
Oakland Council, No. 297. Meets every Wednesday evening, in Oakland Hall. John Dunn, president ; Della Gromly, corresponding secretary.
K. O. T. M.
National Tent, No. 19. Organized May 19, 1893. Meets on the second and fourth Tuesday evenings of each month, at hall, S3i Kansas avenue. H. F. Morris, commander ; E. E. Miller, record keeper.
Topeka Tent, No. 18. Organized 1893. Meets first and third Saturday even- ings of each month, at 634 Kansas avenue. D. W. Spillman, commander ; J. M. Kirkpatrick, record keeper.
IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN.
Shawnee Tribe, No. 14. Organized 1887. Meets every Wednesday evening, at hall, 620 Kansas avenue. Wm. Griffith, sachem ; W. E. Brubaker, K. of R.
Minnewa Council, No. 1. Meets every Saturday evening, at hall, 620 Kansas avenue, Miss Jennie Benthall, prophetess ; Mrs. Emma Miller, Pocahontas.
NATIONAL UNION.
Kansas Council, No. 265. Meets at 422 Kansas avenue, the first and third Tuesday evenings of each month. J. C. Lagerstrom, president ; Dr. S. A. Boam, financial secretary.
Preston B. Plumb Council, No. 607. Organized August, 1892. Meets first and third Monday evenings of each month, at K. of P. Hall, 122 East Sixth avenue. J. T. Coghlan, president ; J. M. Miller, secretary.
Shawnee Council, No. 247. Meets the first and third Wednesday evenings of each month, at 422 Kansas avenue. S. C. Garrard, secretary.
NATIONAL RESERVE ASSOCIATION.
Topeka Lodge, No. 3. Meets first and third Wednesday evenings of each month, at A. O. U. W. Hall, 723 Kansas avenue. F. H. Hubbell, president ; I. A. Strauss, secretary ; E. L. Copeland, treasurer.
KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE.
Grand Castle. Office, 635 Kansas avenue. W. F. Musser, G. V. C., Salina, Kas. ; T. E. Sheard, G. M. R., Topeka, Kas.
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Apollo Castle, No. 6. Meets at K. of P. Hall, 122 East Sixth street, every Thursday evening. J. M. Cleveland, N. C. ; T. E. Sheard, M. of R.
ROYAL ARCANUM.
Topeka Council, No. 1057. Hold regular meetings on the second and fourth Wednesday evenings of each month, at 723 Kansas avenue. H. F. Smith, re- gent ; E. H. Shumway, vice-regent ; C. C. Henshaw, secretary ; E. Gaylord, treasurer ; R. S. Morrison, collector.
KANSAS STATE TEMPERANCE UNION.
Kansas State Temperance Union. Organized in 1876 ; annual meetings held in Topeka. Offices, 116 West Sixth avenue. Rev. R. Wake, president ; M. F. Howie, vice-president ; Rev. Chas. M. Sheldon, secretary ; F. O. Popenoe, treasurer.
Topeka Council, No. 392. Meets the first and third Monday evenings of each month, at 422 Kansas avenue. Frank Collins, president ; Harvey An- drews, secretary.
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
Grand Organization. Meets at Topeka the third Wednesday in September, 1897. R. S. Riggs, Emporia, grand reporter ; H. S. Roberts, Manhattan, grand dictator.
Washington Lodge, No. 787. Organized November, 1877. Meets first and third Thursday evenings of each month, at Lincoln Post Hall, 118 East Sixth avenue. John L. Guy, dictator ; M. O. Frost, reporter ; I. T. Lockard, treas- urer.
KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF HONOR.
Jewell Lodge, No. 949. Organized in 1885. Meets the second and fourth Wednesday evenings of each month, at Lincoln Post Hall, 118 East Sixth ave- nue. M. O. Frost, protector ; Mary S. Frost, secretary.
MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA.
Sunflower Camp, No. 536. Organized 1887. Meets every Tuesday evening, at 704 Kansas avenue. D. C. Tillotson, V. C .; H. F. Bird, clerk.
Shawnee Camp, No. 2800. Organized 1887. Meets every Monday evening, at 420 Kansas avenue. J. J. O'Conner, V. C .; F. O. Plummer, clerk.
North Topeka Camp, No. 1243. Organized October 22, 1889. Meets every Thursday evening, at hall, 831 Kansas avenue, North Topeka. R. V. Higgs, V. C .; J. A. Hearick, clerk.
O. D. HERMANS SOEHNE.
Eintracht Lodge, No. 60. Meets every Thursday evening, at 225 Kansas ave- nue. William Klinge, president ; Charles F. Roediger, secretary ; J. H. Holm- baum, treasurer.
Martha Washington Lodge, No. 2. Meets every second and fourth Saturday evening of each month, at 225 Kansas avenue. Miss A. Miller, president ; Mrs. Oscar Krauss, financial secretary ; Mrs. F. Zimmerman, recording secre- tary ; Miss Julia Moeser, treasurer.
THE KANSAS MUTUAL LIFE.
J. P. DAVIS, Prest. W. M. WELLCOME. I-P.
JOHN E. MOON, Secretary.
W. B. KINGSLEY, Asst. Sec'y.
C. G. BLAKELY, Actuary. R. T. HERRICK, Counsel. S. E. SHELDON, M.D., Med. Dir. F. E. MARSH, Supt. of Agents.
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Topeka Council, No. 42. Castle, 41S Kansas avenue. Meets fourth Saturday evening of each month. James Weaver, senior councilor ; W. A. Seiler, junior councilor ; Charles W. Guild, secretary ; Thomas Dick, conductor.
COLORED ORGANIZATIONS.
Euclid Lodge, No. 2, A. F. and A. M. Meets first and third Monday evenings of each month, at 409 Kansas avenue. Chas. A. Smith, W. M.
Kaw Valley, No. 18, A. F. and A. M. Meets second and fourth Monday even- ings of each month, at 832 Kansas avenue, North Topeka. N. Childs, W. M.
Syrene Commandery, No. 3. Meets at 409 Kansas avenue, the first and third Wednesday evenings of each month.
Lincoln Chapter, No. 2. Meets on the first and third Thursday evenings of each month, at 409 Kansas avenue. Fred. Stonestreet, H. P.
Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 5, A. F. and A. M. Meets on the first and third Tuesday evenings of each month, at 409 Kansas avenue_ S. G. Watkins, W. M.
Queen Esther's Court, I. O. I. Meets second and fourth Wednesday evenings of each month, at 422 Kansas avenue. Mrs. Lucy Watson, queen ; Mrs. Ma- rilda Phifer, chronicle.
Independent Order of Immaculates. Meets in hall, 422 Kansas avenue, the second and fourth Friday evenings of each month. George W. Todd, com- mander.
Shawnee Lodge, No. 1923, G. U. 0. 0. F. Meets the first and third Wednesday evenings of each month, at 332 Kansas avenue.
Exodus Lodge, No. 2034. Meets the second and fourth Monday afternoons of each month, at 332 Kansas avenue.
Rebekah Chapter, No. 8, 0. E. S. Meets the second and fourth Tuesday even- ings of each month, at 409 Kansas avenue.
F. G. I. B. Society, No. 3. Meets on Friday evening of each week, in hall over 409 Kansas avenue.
Bethany Chapter, No. 7, 0. E. S. Meets at hall, 409 Kansas avenue.
Hussian Temple of the Mystic Shrine. Meets twice a year at hall, 409 Kansas avenue. J. M. Mason, G. P.
Excelsior Lodge, No. 3, K. of P. Meets at Topeka Post Hall, 422 Kansas av- enue, the first and third Thursday evenings of each month.
Rising Sun, No. 1, K. of P. Meets first and third Wednesday evenings of each month, at Topeka Post Hall, 422 Kansas avenue. John H. Guy, C. C.
Prince Albert's Court, No. 85, K. of P. Meets at 422 Kansas avenue, the sec- ond and fourth Thursday evenings of each month.
U. O. I., Order of Immaculates. Meets at hall, 334 Kansas avenue, second and fourth Wednesday evenings of each month. Bayless Bigsbee, N. C.
Tabernacles. Organized 1890. Meets second and fourth Friday evenings of each month. Mrs. Susie Richardson, president ; Mrs. Mary Calvin, treasurer ; Mrs. Louisa Wellsford, secretary.
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City of Potwin Place.
The city of Potwin Place is located west of the city and south of the Kansas river. It is practically a part of Topeka, but is incorporated as a city of the third class. Its citizens are some of the most prominent business and professional men of Topeka, who erected handsome suburban residences in a desirable loca- tion, and, in order to avail themselves of school facilities and internal improve- ments that the city could not supply them, incorporated the addition as an independent corporation.
Officers.
MAYOR W. M. Forbes.
ATTORNEY
Clad Hamilton.
POLICE JUDGE William Henderson.
CLERK
H. L. Miller.
TREASURER
. Frank G. Willard.
MARSHAL
James Booth.
STREET COMMISSIONER
CITY COUNCIL.
The City Council meets at the school-house in Potwin Place, on the evening of the first Monday of each month.
MEMBERS.
Charles S. Ogilvy. S. H. Griffith.
C. M. Atwood.
Frank G. Willard.
A. P. Jetmore.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
The meetings of the board of education of Potwin Place are held in the school-house.
MEMBERS. .
W. M. Forbes, Clerk. Hiram Hulse. William Henderson.
POTWIN SCHOOL.
Miss Eliza Nagle, Principal.
Miss Anna M. Davis, Teacher.
Miss Kate B. Hukill, Teacher.
Miss Mattie J. Dugan, Teacher.
NOTE .- The residents of Potwin Place are included in the Alphabetical Direc- tory of Topeka.
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Shawnee County.
[A complete directory of the tax-payers will be found following the business directory.]
Was organized in 1855, while Kansas was yet a Territory. It ranks as the second county in the State in population, and has an area of 558 square miles. The city of Topeka, on the Kansas river, in the central portion, is the county seat, as well as the capital of the State, and is one of the commercial centers of the State. In addition to the capitol, the buildings belonging to the State and located near the city are, the State Reform School, about two miles north from the city, and one of the insane asylums, a short distance west from the Capitol building. Rossville and Silver Lake, in the northwestern portion, are towns of much importance to the surrounding country. The towns of Auburn and Rich- land, in the southern and southeastern portions of the county, and Tecumseh, four miles east of Topeka, are also of considerable importance to their localities.
The railroads in the county are : The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe ; The Kansas, Nebraska & Dakota, of the Missouri Pacific system, crossing the eastern portion, north and south ; The Union Pacific, crossing the northern portion, east and west ; and The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, in the same direction, a little north of the center.
The total value of public school property in the county is over a half-million dollars, divided among one hundred and four organized school districts, and about the same amount is represented by private educational institutions.
ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY.
( The assessment of both personal and real property is made on a basis of not exceeding 30 per cent. of the actual valuation.)
Railroad property
$1,294,939 30
Lots . 8,738,445 00
Land 4,007,230 00
Personal property.
2,222,895 00
Total assessment $16,263,509 30
Elections are held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Regular sessions of the board are held in the county clerk's office, in the court-house, commencing on the first Monday in January, April, July, and Oc- tober.
First District -D. A. Williams.
Second District -T. P. Rodgers. Salary, $500 each.
Third District-J. L. Campbell.
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JURY COMMISSIONERS.
Van Smith. W. A. Snyder. G. E. Dunn.
JUDICIARY.
Shawnee County District Court. Hon. Z. T. Hazen, judge ; H. C. Safford, attorney ; E. M. Cockrell, clerk ; R. B. Kepley, sheriff. Regular terms of court are held on the second Monday in January, April, and September.
Shawnee County Circuit Court. Abolished by the Legislature of 1895.
Probate Court. Hon. Joshua G. Wood, judge. Regular terms of court are held on the first Monday in January, April, July and October of each year.
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
SENATOR, 17TH DISTRICT Hon. Wm. E. Sterne, Topeka.
REPRESENTATIVE, 35THI DISTRICT Hon. A. C. Sherman, Rossville.
REPRESENTATIVE, 36TH DISTRICT Hon. Geo. W. Veale, Topeka.
REPRESENTATIVE, 37THI DISTRICT.
Hon. S. M. Gardenhire, Topeka.
REGISTER OF COUNTY OFFICERS.
Office.
Name. Salary.
Judge of the District Court
Z. T. Hazen $2,500
Clerk of the District Court
E. M. Cockrell.
Fees.
Attorney
H. C. Safford 2,000
Sheriff
R. B. Kepley Fees.
Judge Probate Court.
J. G. Wood
Fees.
Treasurer
F. M. Stahl
4,000
Clerk
Chas. T. McCabe
2,400
Surveyor
B. A. Bailey
Fees.
Register of Deeds
. Frank Brooks
Fees.
Coroner
F. W. Bailey
Fees.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
J. W. Stout
1,200
Auditor
W. E. Fagan
1,000
Stenographer District Court.
R. H. Gaw
Fees.
Physician
.C. S. McClintock 100
Superintendent Poor Asylum J. E. Taylor
Commissioner of Poor. .A. C. Hale
I. S. Curtis
Deputy Clerks of the District Court. . F. R. Waters
Assistant Attorneys
Arthur B. McCabe
Under-Sheriff
T. C. Wilkerson
Deputy Sheriff
. Daniel Jones
Jailer .
.J. S. Burdge
Deputy Treasurer
. Emma W. Wallace
Deputy Clerk
J. M. Wright
Deputy Register of Deeds
Nanon L. Herron
Bailiff District Court
John Coyne
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State Government of kansas.
The Territory of Kansas remained unorganized and almost unpeopled until the 30th of May, 1854, when President Pierce signed the famous Kansas-Ne- braska bill, organizing the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska. In July, 1859, the Constitutional Convention met in Wyandotte, and on the 29th of July, signed the " Wyandotte Constitution." This was ratified by the people in Oc- tober of the same year, but it was not, however, until January 29, 1861, that President Buchanan signed the act of Congress admitting Kansas under the Wyandotte Constitution ; and then her existence as a State legally began.
The State of Kansas includes an area of 82,080 square miles, or 52,531,200 acres, and is larger than the whole of the New England States and Delaware and Maryland added; equal to North and South Carolina combined, and is twice as large as Ohio. According to the United States census, taken in 1860, the population was 107,206 ; in 1870, 364,399 ; in 1880, 996,096 ; in 1890, 1,427,096 ; and the estimated population at this time (January, 1896,) is not less than 1,600,000.
Elections.
Elections are held on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday in November, in each year. The Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney General, Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion and Members of the House of Representatives are elected on the even year, for a term of two years. State Senators are elected every four years. Judges of the Supreme Court are elected in the even years for a term of six years, one being elected every two years. The State Printer is elected every two years by a joint ballot of the Legislature ; and United States Senators are elected in like manner for a term of six years. A State Superintendent of Insurance is appointed by the Governor, by and with the approval of the Senate, once in four years, his term commencing in July after his appointment.
The gubernatorial term commences on the second Monday in January, following the election, and regular sessions of the Legislature are held biennially, commencing on the second Tuesday in January, in the odd years.
Legal Holidays.
A list of Legal Holidays as they were supposed to have been established or fixed by law, has been published in previous editions of this Directory, but it appears that many of the days recognized as Legal Holidays have never been so established by law. In order to settle the question, the publisher requested
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MR. SAM. RADGES, Publisher and Editor of Topeka City Directory :
You asked my opinion upon the two propositions following -first, what days have been estab- lished in Kansas as Legal Holidays ; second, what days have been established as Legal Holidays by any act or acts of congress. I answer as follows :
As to Kansas : There are only three Legal Holidays authorized or recognized by law in this state, and they are as follows : DECORATION DAY, 30th May, was made a Legal Holiday by chap- ter 125, laws of 1886, (General Statutes of 1889, paragraph 3251.) LABOR DAY, the first Monday in September, was made a Legal Holiday by chapter 145 of the laws of 1891. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY, February 22d, was made a Legal Holiday by chapter 161, laws of 1895. It is a popu- lar notion or belief that New - Year Day, January Ist - Independence Day, July 4th -Thanksgiving Day, as fixed annually by the President or Governor, and Christmas Day, December 25th, and Arbor Day, in April, are Legal Holidays ; but the legislature of Kansas has never declared any or either of said days to be Legal Holidays. The section which stands as paragraph 481 of the General Stat- utes of 1889, in the act relating to bonds, bills, and promissory notes, was first enacted in 1868 as it now stands, except that in 1870, by chapter 37, the word preceding was substituted for succeeding next before the words "business day"; but this section applies to all Sundays as well as to the other days named, and simply regulates the time at which "days of grace" allowed on commercial paper shall expire ; but Sundays have never been declared or even recognized as Legal Holidays, and the section referred to does not declare any or either of the days named to be a Legal Holiday.
As to Acts of Congress : Congress has not at any time passed any act declaring any day to be a Legal Holiday throughout the United States. It is doubtful whether it has legal authority to pass such laws. Until very recently the legislation of Congress relating to "Legal Holidays" applied only to the District of Columbia. All laws relating to and governing the District of Columbia are passed by Congress. Prior to 1879 such laws were revised and published as "Revised Statutes of the District of Columbia." Section 993 of said Revised Statutes is as follows :
"SEC. 993. The following days, namely : The first day of January, commonly called New - Year Day ; the Fourth day of July ; the twenty-fifth of December, commonly called Christmas Day ; and any day appointed or recommended by the President of the United States as a day of public fast or Thanksgiving, shall be Holidays within the District, and shall for all purposes of presenting for payment or acceptance, for the maturity and protest, and giving notice of the dishonor of bills of exchange, bank-checks, and promissory notes, or other negotiable or commercial paper, be treated and considered as is the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday."
By chapter 34, approved 31st January, 1879, said section 993 was amended by adding to the days therein declared to be Holidays, within the District of Columbia, "the 22d day of February," and said section 993 made applicable thereto for all purposes mentioned in said section. By chap- ter 391 of the acts of congress approved 18th June, 1888, the day "upon which the President of the United States is inaugurated, otherwise called Inauguration Day," is made a Legal Holiday in the District of Columbia for all purposes mentioned in said section 993 ; and by chapter 723 of the acts of congress approved Ist August, 1888, "the 30th day of May in each year, usually called Dec- oration Day," is made a Legal Holiday within the District of Columbia for all purposes mentioned in said section 993. By chapter 2 of the acts of congress approved 20th December, 1881, it is pro- vided that "whenever any day set apart as a Legal Holiday within the District of Columbia shall fall on the first day of the week commonly called Sunday, the next succeeding day shall be a holiday within the District of Columbia, for all the purposes mentioned in said section 993. By chapter 6, approved 22d December, 1892, and by joint resolution No. 15, approved 18th February, 1893, con- gress declared that every Saturday which under existing laws shall not become a Legal Holiday in its entirety in the District of Columbia, shall therein be a Legal Holiday from 12 o'clock at noon,
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OTIS L. ATHERTON, Treasurer of State.
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J. K. HUDSON, State Printer.
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E. STANLEY, Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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JOSEPH LOWE, Railroad Commissioner.
SAM'L T. HOWE, Railroad Commissioner.
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JOHN W. BREIDENTHAL, Bank Commissioner.
J. C. HOLLAND, State Architect.
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for all purposes respecting the presentation for payment or acceptance or protest or notice of dis- honor of all commercial paper whatsoever, and that all commercial paper which otherwise would be due and payable on such half-holiday Saturday in said District of Columbia shall be due and payable on the following Monday. All these statutes are limited in their operation to the District of Columbia.
By Joint Resolution No. 5, passed by congress and approved 6th January, 1885, it is provided, that " the employees of the navy yard, government printing office, bureau of printing and engrav- ing, and all other per diem employees of the government, on duty at Washington or elsewhere in the United States, shall be allowed as Holidays, the Ist day of January, the 22d day of February, the 4th day of July, the 25th day of December, and such days as may be designated by the President as days for annual Thanksgiving, and shall receive the same pay as on other days; and by Joint Resolution No. 6, passed by congress and approved 23d February, 1887, "Memorial, or Decoration Day," of each year, is added to the days mentioned in said Joint Resolution No. 5.
In 1802 congress authorized the Secretary of War to so arrange the course of studies at the Military Academy that cadets should not be required to pursue their studies on Sunday ; and in 1870 a like authority was given to the Secretary of the Navy respecting studies at the Naval Acad- emy; and in 1867, chapter 176, section 48, in the act relating to proceedings in bankruptcy, con- gress provided that in certain cases when the last day for the doing of any act, or for any purpose, in said bankruptcy act should expire on a Sunday, Christmas-Day, or any day appointed by the President as a day of public fast or thanksgiving, or on the Fourth of July, such day should be ex- cluded. These acts do not either directly or indirectly make any of the days mentioned a Legal Holiday. Such legislation is analogous in that regard to our own statute relating to "days of grace."
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