Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-17
CUBA'S REVOLT.
The Removal of Collector Wickers at
Key West for Alleged Sympathy with
AguerO.

The Removal of Collector Wickers al
Key West for Alleged Sympathy with
.AguerO.
WASHINGTON, April 16.-The President
has recommended to the Senate the re-
moval Of Collector Wickers, of Key West,
because Of his alleged sympathy and
eollusion with the Cuban fihbusters who
recently left there. The question is now
under consideration by the Senate Com
mittee on Commerce.
The President has taken this action
under the tenure of Office clause of sec
tion 1867 of the Revised Statutes, which
is as follows: every person holding any
civil office to which he has been and
hereafter may be appointed by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, and
who shall have become duly qualified to
act therein, shall be entitled to hold such
office during the term for which he was
appointed, unless sooner removed by and
with the advice and consent of the Sem
ate, or by the appointment, with like ad-
vice and consent, of a successor in his
place. In this case no successor was ap-
pointed.
AN AMERICAN VESSEL REPORTED BOARD
ED IN CUBA.
NEW YORK, April 16.-Havana advices
of April u says that private accounts
from Sagua report that an American yes
sci had been searched and her crew
roughly treated by Spanish cruiser out
side Of that harbOr, but the report is not
confirmed. All kinds of rumors are afloat.
An order of the authorities to arm with
rifles all laborers and employees working
on the public roads, has been the cause of
painful surprise. SiXty-five rifles have
already been distributed by the chief en-
gineer of this province. The measure is
considered very dangerous. In spite of
the terrible crisis the lower classes are
encouraged to indulge in costly public
picnics or romerias, which eat up their
earnings and keep them from their work.
FRIGHTENED BY A LITTLE POWDER.
KEY WEST, FLA, April 16.-The
Spanish Consul here makes the following
statement: ''This morning the Spanish
Vice Consul went to the consulate box at
the post office and took out letter mailed
in this city and addressed to Mr.. Ber-
mudeZ, Consul of Spain. On opening it,
without any suspicion, he found a
quantity of gun cotton inside. AS the
article is so easily exploded by even a
slight pressure, he thinks that not only
himself, who opened the letter, but the
postmaster who stamped, it ran a great
risk"
MADRID, April 16.-Senor Valera. the
Spanish Minister at Washington, has
been instructed to make strong represen-
tatiOns to the United Government against
Cuban filibusters being allowed to or
ganize more expeditions, and to intimate
that the guilty persons, when caught,
even if they are foreigners, are liable to
be put to death.
sPAIN'S PROTEST.
The Cabinet Council yesterday was
lively one. The King, who has
each spring a recurrence of ma
laria, contracted by him at an English
school in Sandhurst, was suffering from
violent attack, and was in nervous con-
dition. He expressed his fears that the
United States might refuse to take cOgni-
zance of the prOtestation forwarded by
the Spanish Government on account
of Gen. AgUero's escapade, and at first
opposed the presentation by Senior Valera
of the protest to the Washington Govern
ment. Senior CanOvas del Castillo, how
ever, carried his point, and Instructions
were forwarded to Senior Valera imme-
diatelv after the council broke up. al
though the Spanish ministerial papers ac-
cuse the American authorities of want of
proper vigilance. They very severely
blame Senior Valera for not keeping the
government at Madrid and Havana prop
erly advised of the gravity and real con-
dltion of the Cuban revolutionary move
ments.