Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1894-01-07
SIEzED THE PRIEST
He Wa Attempting 70 Escape
With Letters From Paris
SENT hin sY EXILE clPaIANI


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Ronk Jan "A ssarch x deputy a.
Fsiieeis houp y Rone has resulted In
the ssizuss = several lsttess addressed
70 him fron Razis ~ Bigncs Cipriani.
the eocialist exiie Aftsf ssarching
Dsphty - Fslics's house herr. tho po-
Iicl arrested = priest Who b helieved 10
BE- . frissd and political ally of the
sociaihk lsedsr. The priest tried 10 -
csps hy secret door fron bic house 10
the church vhsa hs heard The police
coming. He We caught With boz fuIl
of papers In his nrmA and together with
his sistsr and clerk uas taken directly
10 the police station. II Il supposed
rendezvous q ths rsvolutiouary 6icil-
isns living In Rome
Mob Leaders Arrosesd
Dispatchss from Palermo ssy that the
mob leaders In nearly ell the 6iciliAn
towns which have bssn disturbed BY
riots we're orrootod Last uighk Evidence
was found bY The police u several cities
that the German socialista, - veil as
the Frsnchmcn. have spent money In
Sicily to spread the propaganda Of their
cause Al the arrests Of socialist lead
ere have aWcd the ignorant revolution
lists greatly. Deputy de Fslice was re-
garded o. infalllble and invincible by
his mora ignorant followers and his In
carcsration has injured his prestige no
ticsably. The effect was apparent in
the govcsnmcnt reports received from
Sicily today. and private dispatches con-
firm the official statement that the situ-
alton on the island Ii much more satis-
factory.
Meetings Are Forbttitlen.
The manifesto Issued by General
Mora di Lavriano. project of Palermo.
suspends the right Of meeting. A de-
cree prolonging bills of exchange two
monfhe 10 expected Napoleon Cola
janni. socialist deputy for Castrogio-
vanni. Sicily. has conferred with Gen.
eral Nora di Lsvriano and with the
projects sanction has sent out . mani.
iesto 10 all disturbed districts In this
manifesto Colsianni urges the people
90 restore order. % the government is
engaged In bettsring the condition
OF the workmen and deserves at least
for . time. their confidence. People
breaking the peace, he says. are traitorA
This manifesto probably viii help tho
government greatly 10 calming the peo-
pie.
The central socialist committee In
Palermo has Issued defiant manifesto
concernipg the arrest Of De Felice and
other soc}alists The government has
decided 70 apply exceptional measures
at once. Premier Crispi has telegsaphed
oedess that numsrpss coumupsl coun-
cils b diesoived at once. and the troops
be called out for service in Sicily.
Several Soldiers Injured
A train carrying troops bound 70
Sicily colIided with another passenger
train at Asciano. near Scheme. today.
Three men were killed and several
others. most OF them soldiers were in
jured.
The army class OF 1868 has been called
out for service. Palermo Is still quiet
despite the recur ing rumors that the
provincial revolutionists are gathering
TO attack the city. Many families in
the city have been 50 alarmed by these
unfounded rumors that they have
stored provisions in their cellars and
have hidden their small articles OF
value.