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Show ATTEMPT TO BURN PALACE, Anarchists Seek to Destroy Italian Records of State. MILAN. Italy, Nov. 2. An attempt made by anarchists to set lire to the Palace of Justice early Monday was discovered In time to prevent serious damage. But this has been followed by a similar attempt directed against the great palace In which the archives of state are preserved. In the courtyard may be seen the uncompleted un-completed equestrian statue of Napoleon, Napo-leon, a monument never llnlshed owing to the opposition of the extreme political politi-cal parties. The building Itself contains con-tains 1000 documents of Incalculable value. The fire was discovered a little past midnight by the proprietor of an adjacent adja-cent cafe. "When the police and firemen arrived they discovered that, as In the attempt of the day before, the large door of the palace had been saturated with turpentine, turpen-tine, a small pile of turpentine-saturated sawdust placed against It and the whole Ignited. Owing to the prompt action of the man who discovered the fire the damage dam-age was slight. Two onlookers, who audibly approved the action of the Incendiaries, In-cendiaries, were arrested. |