Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1886 — POLITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL.

Ex-Sena«or William H. Barnum has retired from the position of general manager of the Iron Cliff’Minin ’ Co., and is succeeded by John Abeel, of New York Reports have reached Canada that six mounted policemen were killed by Indians near Regina, and that the police at Edmonton and Saskatchewan bid defiance to their officers. Mr. George Hearst has been ap--poiuted United States Senator by California’s Governor. to succeed the late John F., Miller. Sir. Hearst is the proprietor of the San Francisco Eraminer, and is largely interested in mining enterprises. His fortune is placed at $20,000,000, and his daily income amounts to $2,000, He is 66 years old. and was bom in Missouri, of South Carolina parentage. Senator Hearst was the Democratic second choice for Governor of California in 1882, and was nominated in Caucus against Senator Stanford in 1885. In response to a Senate resolution the -Postmaster General informs that" body that the total number of removals of fourthclass postmasters from March 4, 1885, to March 3, 1886. was 8.645, divided among the several Stites and Territories as follows: Alabama, 46; Arizona, 9; Arkansas, 66; California,- 75; Colorado, -33; Connecticut, 100; Dakota, 125; Delaware, 37; District of Columbia, 1; Florida, 26; "Georgia, 61; Idaho, 16; Illinois. 613; Indiana, 499; Indian Territory, 6’; lowa, 399; Kansas, 253; Kentucky, 194; Louisiana, 32; Maine, 292; Maryland, 137; Massachusetts, 127; Minnesota, 124; Michigan,34l; -Mississippi, 60; Missouri. 287; Montana, 19TNnbraska,96; Nevada, 7: New;Hampshire,\ 127; New Jersey, 255; New Mexico, 12; New York. 1,053; North Carolina, 130; Ohio. 878; Oregon, 34; Pennsylvania, 938; Rhode Island. 25; South Carolina, 47; Tennessee, 168£ Texas. 74; Utah. 5; Vermont, 25; West Virginia, 138; Wisconsin, 20a; Wyoming. 4.