Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-07
HE lTAllAN SITUATION.
Exceptional Measures To BE Taken In the
Matter of OuiefinC Sicily.

Matter of QuietinG Sicily.
ROME. January Ga search OF Deputy
de Felice's house, in Rome has resulted
in the seizure Of several letters addressed
TO him from Paris, by Signor Cipriani, the
Socialist exile
The Central Socialist Committee In
Palermo has issued defiant manifesto
concerning the arrest Of De Fclice and
other Socialists. The government has de-
cidcd to apply exceptional measures at
once
Premier Crispl has telcgraphed orders
that the numerous communal councils be
dissolved at once, and that the troops
called out for service start without delay
for Sicily.
4 priest in Partenco has been decorated
10y the King for bravery I'm trying 10
quell a mob. All Sicilian officials have
b on warned that those who fail to do
their duty will be punished vigorously.
\ SOCIALIST PRIEST.
Copyrighted 1891, by the United Prtss)
ROME. January 6-Afte- searching
Deputy De Fclce's house here The police
ARE stCd Il priest who is believed to Re
friend and political ally Of the Socialist
leader. The priest tried to escape by
secret door from his house to The church
when he heard the police coming. lie
was caught with box fun Of papers
in his arms. and together with his
sister ana clerk. was taken directly TO
10 a police-station. it is supposed that
the priests house has been the rendezvous
Of the revolutionary Siclians living in
Rome.
Dispatches from Palermo say that the
mob leaders in nearly all the Sicilan
towns which have been disturbed by riots
were arrested last night. Evidence was
fotud by the police in several cities that
German Socialists. as well as Frenchmen
have spent money in Sicily to spread The
propaganda Of their cause
The arrests of Socialist leaders have
awed the ignorant revolutionists greatly.
deputy De Felice was regarded as in
fallible and invunerable by his more
ignorant followers. and his Incarceration
has injured his prestige noticeably. The
effect was apparent in the government
reports received from Sicily to-day, and
private dispatches confirm the official
statement that the situation on the
island Is mucn more satisfactory.
\ manifesto issued by General Nora
al Lavriano, Project Of Palermo suspends
the right of meeting. a decree proiong-
ing bills of exchange two months IS ex-
tende d.
\ SOCIALIST PEACEMAKER.
Napoleon Coloianni, Socialist deputy for
CastrOgiovanni. Sicily. has conferred with
General LaNriano. and with the Projects
sanction, has sent out q manifesto TO
al the disturbed districts In this mani
festo Colajanni urges the people TO re-
store order. as the government IS en-
gagged in lettering the condition Of the
workngmen. and deserves. at least for
a time. their confidence. People break
ing the peace, he says. are fools or
traitors This manifesto. probably, VIII
help the government greatly in calming
the people.
The army class of 1868 has been called
out for service.
Palermo IL stil quiet, despite the recur-
ring rumors that the provincial revolu-
tonists 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 eel
lars and have hidden their small arti-
cles of value.
Several manfestos from small groups
OF Socialists have been issued to-day. In
both Milan and Naples the Socialists have
repeated their protests against the gov
ernments course In Sicily.
A train carrying troops bound for Sicily
collided with another passenger-train at
Asciano. near Sienna. to-day. Three men
were killed and several others, most OF
them soldiers. were injured.