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BANKS.
The National banks doing business in this city under the act of Congress passed twenty-one years ago are two in number, and the State banks operating under the banking laws of Kansas number six. The banks are open daily from 9 A. M. to 3 p. M., except Sundays and general holidays.
Bank of Topeka (succeeded Topeka Bank and Savings Institu- tion) is located on the northwest corner of Kansas and Sixth avenues. Was established in 1868. Paid-up capital $250,000, surplus of $-, and deposits amounting to $750,000. The officers of the bank are, president, John R. Mulvane, vice president, B. M. Davies, cashier, J. W. Thurston, and assistant cashier, Wm. Wadsworth.
Central National Bank, (succeeded Central Bank,) located on the northeast corner of Kansas avenue and Seventh street; was estab- lished in 1871, and chartered under the National bank law in 1884. It has a paid-up capital of $150,000, surplus of $15,000, and deposits amounting to $400,000. The officers are, P. I. Bonebrake, president, A. S. Johnson, vice president, Edwin Knowles, cashier, F. M. Bone- brake, assistant cashier.
The American Bank. This bank is owned and operated by the Small Bros., and was established in January, 1887, with a capital of $50,000, and is located on Kansas avenne, North Topeka.
The First National Bank, established March 13, 1882, is located on the northeast corner of Sixth and Kansas avenues, and has a paid- up capital of $200,000, a surplus of $50,000, and deposits averaging three-fourths of a million. It has recently purchased the business of the Topeka State Bank, one of the oldest institutions in the city, and is now located as above. The officers are, P. G. Noel, president, Wm. Wellhouse, vice president, D. A. Moulton, cashier, F. G. Willard, as- sistant cashier.
Citizens' Bank, located on Kansas avenue and B street, com- menced business in 1872, and has a paid-up capital of $50,000, depos- -7
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its averaging $200,000. The officers are, Willis Norton, president, Peter Smith, cashier.
Guilford Dudley's Bank, a private bank, located at 519 Kansas avenue. Established in 1870.
John D. Knox & Co., investment bankers, commenced business January 2, 1874, are located at 620 Kansas avenue, and confine their business principally to the loaning department.
Topeka Savings Bank. Organized 1887. Located at 109 East Sixth avenue. A. W. Knowles, president, A. Washburn, vice presi- dent, J. G. Beal, treasurer.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Bar Association of Topeka, a social organization of considerable influence in matters pertaining to the legal profession. The associa- tion has upwards of one hundred members, and meets at the call of its president.
Base Ball Grounds. The grounds of the Topeka western league base ball association are located west of the city limits. The Sixth avenue street car lines run within two blocks of the grounds, where professional games are played during the season. For information regarding the club, see clubs.
Benevolent Societies and institutions are numerously scattered throughout the city, and are generally connected with church organi- zations and secret order societies. They will be found under appro- priate headings in the following pages of this work.
Board of Trade. This is the most important of the commercial institutions of Topeka. It was organized in 1880, and incorporated in the spring of 1886. Its object set forth in the preamble was, for the promoting and encouraging commerce and manufacturing inter- ests, and procuring such laws and regulations as may be found nec- essary for the benefit of trade generally. The association occupy elegantly furnished rooms in the Stormont Building, No. 109 Sixth avenue west, where regular meetings are held on Tuesday evening of each week. The following are the present officers and directors: John R. Mulvane, president; C. N. Beal, first vice president; J. H. Foucht, second vice president; T. P. Rodgers, secretary; B. M. Davies, treasurer; executive committee, G. G. Gage, R. L. Cofran, C. F. Ken- dall, E. P. Kellam and II. K. Rowley.
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CITY RAILWAYS.
Topeka Street Railway Company has been in operation for ser- eral years. Its lines run from Garfield Park, the extreme northern part of the city, to Washburn College, a distance of nearly five miles, and branches diverge at Sixth avenue, to South Topeka, Parkdale, Tenth and Sixth avenues west, and the Santa Fe depot.
Rapid Transit Company. This company has a capital stock of $250,000, and is building a double track from "E" street, north of the Kansas river, on Kansas avenue to Second street; thence to Jackson street, and south to Tenth avenue; thence to Kansas avenue, and continuing south to city limits. A branch of this line is also con- templated on Eighth avenue and Quincy street.
Highland Park Road. This road is projected through the south- eastern portion of the city, and will soon be in operation, to comply with contracts made in the sale of lots in Highland Park.
Deer Creek Line. An organized company interested in the devel- opment of the suburbs of the city in an easterly direction are contem- plating the building of this road, on Sixth avenue, a distance of about three miles.
The Circle Railway. As its name indicates, this road will, when completed, encircle the suburbs of the city. Work on its construc- tion will be pushed to an early completion, under the management of an enterprising corporation.
CHURCHES AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS.
METHODIST.
FIRST METHODIST, organized March 2, 1855, located on the south- west corner of Sixth avenue and Harrison street; Rev. W. G. Waters, D. D., pastor; residence adjoining church.
KANSAS AVENUE M. E., located in North Topeka, on Kansas ave- nue, between E and F streets, organized in 1870; Rev. P. M. Buck, pastor; residence 1031 North Kansas avenue.
PARKDALE M. E., established 1873, located in Parkdale addition, corner Seventh and Linn streets; Rev. J. O. Foresman, pastor.
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ASBURY M. E., located at No. 85 Van Buren street, North Topeka; Rev. - Waggoner, pastor; residence adjoining church.
AFRICAN M. E., corner Topeka avenue and Seventh street; Rev. G. C. Christburgh, pastor; residence adjoining church.
WESLEYAN METHODIST, located on Jefferson street, between Third and Fourth streets; Rev. G. L. Shepardson, pastor.
GERMAN M. E., corner Fifth and Tyler streets.
AFRICAN M. E., North Topeka; Rev. Henry HI. Lucas, pastor; res- idence, 405 Topeka avenue, N. T.
COLORED M. E., corner Fourteenth and Van Buren streets; Rev. R. P. Tyler, pastor.
MOUNT OLIVE M. E., located on Buchanan street between Eleventh and Twelfth streets; Rev. Win. Dawson, pastor.
LOWMAN CHAPEL, located on the corner of Morris avenue and Elev- enth street; Rev. J. A. Foresman, pastor; residence near church.
PRESBYTERIAN.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN was organized in 1860, is located on Harrison street, between Eighth avenue and Ninth street; Rev. -- , pas- tor; residence adjoining the church.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, NORTH TOPEKA, was organized in Septem- ber, 1878, and is situated on Quincy street, between D and E streets; Rev. Geo. W. Bean, 931 North Van Buren street, pastor.
THIRD PRESBYTERIAN, organized in 1880, is located on the corner of Third and Hancock streets; Rev. F. S. McCabe, D. D., pastor; resi- dence 821 Topeka avenue.
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN was organized in 1870, and is located on the northeast corner of Eighth and Topeka avenues; Rev. M. F. McKira- han, pastor; residence 412 Eighth avenue west.
PRESBYTERIAN, (colored,) located on the east side of Madison street, between Second and Third streets.
MOUNT OLIVE CUMBERLAND was organized in 1883, and is located on Thirteenth street, between Quincy and Monroe streets; Rev. Burr Williams, pastor; residence, corner Adams and Fourteenth streets.
FIRST CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN, organized in 1880, located on Western avenue, in North Topeka; Rev. Pinkney Price, pastor.
CONGREGATIONAL.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL, located on the corner of Seventh and Har- rison streets, was organized in 1855; Rev. L. Blakesley, pastor; resi- dence, 704 West Eighth avenue.
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NORTH CONGREGATIONAL, situated in North Topeka, on Jackson and E streets; Rev. Joseph F. Bacon, pastor; residence, 621 West E street, N. T.
COLORED CONGREGATIONAL, was established in 1883, in Tennessee- town, near Twelfth street; Rev. B. F. Foster, pastor; residence ad- joining church.
CATHOLIC.
CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION, established August, 1862, located on Eighth avenue near the corner of Jackson street; Rev. James O'Reilly, pastor; residence on Jackson street near the church.
EPISCOPAL.
GRACE CATHEDRAL, organized as a cathedral in June, 1879, is lo- cated on the corner of Seventh and Jackson streets, (new edifice to be erected on the corner of Ninth street and Topeka avenue;) Rev. Richard Ellerby, dean; pastor's residence at the Theological Seminary, on Topeka avenue, near Ninth street.
CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD was admitted to convention in 1886, but was organized in 1882. It is situated on the northeast cor- ner of Quincy and E streets; Rev. J. N. Lee, D. D., rector; residence 933 North Topeka avenue.
ST. PHILIP'S EPISCOPAL MISSION, (colored,) located in building No. 137 Kansas avenue; Rev. W. A. Green, pastor; residence Madison street.
LUTHERAN.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN, organized 1868, located corner of Fifth and Harrison streets; Rev. T. F. Dornblaser, pastor; residence, 205 Sixth avenue west.
GERMAN LUTHERAN, organized 1875, located on the corner of Sec- ond and Van Buren streets; Rev. F. Pennekamp, pastor; residence adjoining the church.
SWEDISH LUTHERAN, organized 1872, located on Fourth and Tyler streets; Rev. C. Holcomb, pastor; residence adjoining the church.
SWEDISH BETHEL CHURCH is located on Polk street, between Fifth street and Sixtli avenue; - Pierson, lecturer.
UNITARIAN CHURCH.
THE UNITY CHURCH is situated on Topeka avenue between Ninth street and Tenth avenue, where regular services are held; Rev. E. Powell, pastor.
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BAPTIST.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH was organized in 1856, and is located on the corner of Jackson and Ninth streets: Rev. T. R. Peters, pastor; residence 1310 Topeka avenue.
MEMORIAL BAPTIST, organized in 1881, situated on Madison street near Second street; Rev. L. H. Holt, pastor; residence 635 Fillmore street.
NORTH TOPEKA BAPTIST, organizod in 1869, located on the corner of Harrison and D streets: Rev. E. S. Riley, pastor; residence 319 West E street.
FIRST SWEDISH BAPTIST, organized in 1880, located on the corner of Sixth avenue and Fillmore street; no regular pastor.
PARKDALE BAPTIST, located in Parkdale addition ; has at this time no regular pastor.
SECOND BAPTIST, (colored,) organized in 1884, located on First av- enue near Madison street; Rev. R. Johnson, pastor; residence 154 First avenue.
SHILOH BAPTIST, (colored,) located in Tennesseetown; Rev. J. G. Stewart, pastor.
NORTH TOPEKA BAPTIST, (colored,) organized in 1877; Rev. J. W. Barker, pastor.
CHRISTIAN.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, hold regular service in Music Hall, on Eighth avenue, east of Kansas avenue; no regular pastor.
SECOND CHRISTIAN, hold regular service at Knights of Labor hall, over 531 Kansas avenue.
SPIRITUALISTS.
THE FIRST SOCIETY OF SPIRITUALISTS meet regularly at their tem- ple on Topeka avenue, near Sixth avenue, but have no regular lecturer.
LIBERAL SPIRITUALISTS. This association has regular meetings at Lincoln Post hall, near the corner of Sixth avenue and Quincy street.
SWEDENBORGIAN.
NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH. This society was organized in 1880. Its church is located on the corner of Sixth avenue and Harrison street. Rev. F. L. Higgins, minister; residence, 610 Harrison street.
MISCELLANEOUS.
HOLINESS CHAPEL, located on Jackson street, near H street, North Topeka; Rev. Ellis, pastor.
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FAITH CHURCH, located on the corner of Van Buren and F streets, North Topeka; Rev. C. A. Sexton, pastor.
UNIVERSALIST CHURCH, located on Kansas avenue, near II street, North Topeka.
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. Organized December 3, 1879. Is located on the corner of Sixth avenue and Quincy street. Rooms open from 8 A. M. to 9:30 P. M. A. Nash, secretary.
CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS.
Pioneer Club. "Ye olde folks," and representatives of the early settlers in Topeka prior to 1857, are associated under the above name for social gatherings, and an annual banquet that is given on the 5th of December-the date of the original charter of this city. For further particulars, see "Thirty Years in Topeka," or apply to Frye W. Giles, who is one of the ancients.
Cherrah Kedisha Bicor Cholen. Organized in 1871. A re- ligious and social organization confined to members of the Hebrew faith. Regular meetings of the society are held in their hall on Seventh street, near Quincy.
Avon Club. This is one of the oldest literary organizations in the State, dating back to 1870. The members of this club are devoted to the study of Shakesperian and other standard literature for their own edification and the entertainment of their friends, and enjoy an annual banquet on the anniversary day of their patron saint.
Topeka Base Ball Club. A professional club, bearing the above name, was reorganized in 1886, and is a member of the Western League. It is under the management of Wm. S. Goldsby, and is operated by the following directors: Hiram P. Dillon, Benj. M. Curtis, Henry Strong, D. A. Moulton and J. C. Wilson.
Occidental Club was organized in 1884. It is devoted to the study of history pertaining to ancient and modern art. The society meets fortnightly at the residence of one of its members. Its membership is limited to twenty. The present officers are, Mrs. J. K. Hudson, president, Miss Lucy Kingman, secretary.
Modoc Club. Eight years of ceaseless and unrelenting efforts to win the admiration and plaudits of the lovers of music have proven an epoch that every warrior of the suggestively named club "points to with pride." From a small band of free lunch singers at private
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houses, it has developed, under the leadership of that prince of all good cheer, Major Thomas Jefferson Anderson, until it now stands in the very front rank of the musical organizations in the country, and has a membership of over fifty highly cultured, classical and accom- plished vocal artists. Their spacious and elegantly fitted rooms are located at 704 Kansas avenue.
St. Ananias Club. This club, which has existed in an informal way for several years, was incorporated and reorganized under char- ter granted July, 1886. Its officers are elected annually, except its president, whose term is for life. Its members consist of statesmen, lawyers, politicians, editors, poets, authors and publishers, but "nary " a dude. They are the brightest, jolliest, cutest, handsomest, wittiest, most polished, honest, sensible, practical lot of old boys who ever got together for fun. As the majority are married men who love to hear a good joke and relax their faces in a laugh, one of the rules is the absolute exclusion of women from membership in the order. Their patron saint is the man who told a lie when the truth would have done better, and died for it. None of the members have yet shared his sin or his glory. Their den is located in the City Building, under the im- mediate surveillance of the city marshal, board of aldermen and en- tire police force.
Press Club. The pencil propellers of the numerous newspapers in the city are associated under the above name, for the purpose of ad- vancing their own interests specially and those of the public generally. Editors, reporters, authors, poets and publishers make up the grand galaxy of brains who periodically gather in the handsomely decorated rooms of the club in the City Building, on the corner of Kansas ave- nue and Seventh street. Visiting Bohemians are always welcomed, and treated to ice water and apologies for the stringency of the prohi- bition law. The officers are, Harry Frost, president; A. G. Stacey, vice president; O. K. Swayze, secretary, and C. C. Baker, treasurer.
Stenographers' Association was organized April, 1883. The object of this society is principally to provide measures for their mu- tual benefit and improvement. Irregular meetings are held at the call of the president.
Kansas State Fair Association. Chartered November, 1879, for the purpose of promoting the agricultural and stock interests of the State, and the holding of fairs in the city of Topeka. The initia- tory steps have already been taken for holding the grandest and larg- est fair next fall that has yet been undertaken in the West. Valuable
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and permanent improvements will be added to the grounds, and every effort will be made to establish a precedent for the success of future exhibitions given by this society.
Turnverein. Organized February 10th, 1867. This society has largely increased its membership during the last two years, and owns a valuable grove and hall on First avenue and Harrison street, where regular meetings of the society are held on the first and third Tues- day evenings in each month.
Arion Society. This organization is composed of some of the best musical talent in the city, and are favorably received wherever their selections are rendered. The society is rapidly growing in strength, numbers and influence, and is especially appreciated for their gratuitous services rendered at charitable entertainments, etc. The society meet in their commodious hall on Kansas avenue near Third street.
Musical Union. This society is one of the oldest organizations in the city, and is composed of a large number of the best vocal artists in the city. Its object is the cultivation of the voice, and for mutual improvement and an occasional public rehearsal. Regular meetings are held in the rooms of the Y. M. C. A., on the corner of Sixth ave- nue and Quincy street. President, Professor Worrall, vice president, L. Blakesley, secretary and treasurer, James F. Griffin, librarian, O. W. Fox, pianist, Mrs. Governor Crawford.
Ingleside. This institution was organized in 1881, its name be- ing adopted from the Scotch significant of "Home Cottage," and it has proven a veritable home to many helpless women who have sought shelter under its roof. It is located on Twelfth street near Van Buren, and is supported entirely by private charity, under the patronage of the Women's Christian Association, whose chief object is charity and to relieve distress among helpless and self-supporting women by supply- ing them with homes and employment.
Clearing House Association. Each bank which is a member of this association sends its representative to the clearing house each morning. The balances are there immediately adjusted and the proper settlements made. Over a million dollars in capital is repre- sented by the members of the association, and their business is greatly facliited through this agency.
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EDUCATIONAL-COLLEGES AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
College of the Sisters of Bethany. The College of the Sisters of Bethany is situated on a beautiful square of twenty acres, lying be- tween Eighth and Tenth avenues and Polk street and Western ave- nue. Its history is contemporaneous with that of the State, it having originally been chartered by the Territorial Legislature as the Topeka Female Seminary, and afterwards by the State under its present name. It is under the charge of the Protestant Episcopal Church, the venerable Bishop Vail being president of the institution. Under his fostering care, it has risen from a small beginning to be the peer of any school of its kind in the country. It is the only strictly girls' school in the State of Kansas, and as such deserves the patronage of all who believe in a girls' school as the best place for the education of girls. The course of instruction in the literary department embraces a thor- ough preparatory and collegiate course. The music department is the largest in the West, having about two hundred music pupils. Twenty- four pianos are used, and a complete and systematic course is followed in both vocal and instrumental music. The department employs eight teachers. The art department is fully equipped with casts, models and copies, and is fully prepared to give a complete course of training in all branches of drawing and painting. The elocution department is under the charge of a competent instructor. Additional facilities and improvements are contemplated the coming year, which will make it the most complete and best arranged for its purpose of any school in the West.
Washburn College. As early as 1858 steps were taken to estab- lish a Christian college, under the auspices of the Congregational churches of Kansas. The institution was first styled "The Topeka Institute." A site was secured in 1860, consisting of the present campus of forty acres, and 120 acres adjoining.
In 1865 a legal corporation was effected. In the summer of the same year a stone edifice, at a cost of about $10,000, was erected at the corner of Tenth avenue and Jackson street, in the city of Topeka. The school was opened in the fall of 1865, under the principalship of Rev. Samuel D. Bowker.
Mr. Ichabod Washburn, of Worcester, Mass., donated, in 1868, the amount of $25,000 for the establishment of an endowment fund,
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which was subsequently to be increased to $100,000. In consideration of this munificent gift, the trustees gave the institution the name, "Washburn College."
The contract for the present edifice-stone, four stories, 131x54- was let in 1872, and occupied as a school in the fall of 1874. The im- provements on the permanent site, inclusive of buildings, trees, wells and cisterns, have already cost nearly $100,000.
With one of the finest locations in the State, and with a material basis of over $110,000, Washburn College has an assured future before it, as one of the prominent literary institutions of our State and Na- tion. It is accessible by street cars from the city and depots, which run regularly at short intervals to the grounds.
The college courses are, the classical, the scientific and the liter- ary. The studies prescribed in each, and the requisites for admission, sufficiently indicate the standard of scholarship. The order and grade of studies compare favorably with similar courses in the best institu- tions in the land. The Chas. Boswell fund of $10,000, the Moses Day fund of $2,500, the Wm. Hyde scholarship of $1,000, the Chas. B. Botsford scholarship of $1,000, the Smith & Wood scholarship of $1,000, and the E. A. Bartlett scholarship of $500-total, $16,000- are funds established by the repective donors whose names are indi- cated. The interest on these funds is appropriated in aid of students who need and deserve help. This aid is usually given as a remunera- tion for work. In this way the income of the funds inures to the benefit of the institution, while at the same time the student earns the money received. The income of some of these funds can be ap- plied in aid of young women.
Young men having the ministry in view, if in need, are aided by the American College and Education Society to the amount, usually, of one hundred dollars a year. This aid is not available until one en- ters the collegiate course, and may be received as a gratuity, or as a loan payable after the recipient is settled in the work of the ministry. Should the recipient not enter the ministry, the money so received is to be refunded.
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