The sun., 1891-08-10
CABLE NEWS FROM BERLIN.
urpn TRAUTNER SAID TO HAVE
vp,rTEy THE IRON MASK LETTERS

s,x Socialist TrsisinG Schools Started FOR
,..sorers n Berii.-Fubiie wrestiiss
Matches suppressed-A swindier I.-
.o... Upon . Russian Grand Duke
e,,r.r. At German watering Places
Cu, or Her Fingers to Escape Work.
prRrly. Aug. o.-Signincant revelations OF
-. Internal workings Of the Social Democratic
nsrty have Just been made BY prominent
p.rin journalist In the Saale Ze't,no. They
sonc.rn the mysterious Iron Mask" which
%, many years during the era OF re-
n,sssion was the signature attached
- .snacially acute and intelligent articles
An s.r,an Social Democrats supposed to be
dis,oyal to the party. The articles were usu-
Ally 10 the poirt. and several Social Demo-
sra,, yere disciplined on the strength OF them.
Th.y were pub ished In the Social Democrat
Edi,or Bernstein refused to reveal the identity
.ftbs Iron Mask" The secret was to have
been made public at the Social Democratic
Congress In Halle last October. but ct that
time Deputy Singer and his fellow leaders de-
elarsd that they did not know who the author
was. and as the Iron Mask" had ceased to
write tho whole matter was dropped.
The report has been circulated recently that
,srosts in preserving the mystery, as one Of
them had assun n .d the pssudonyme in question
asa means o. Kidding the party Management
Of refractory members. Singer especially WAS
su.psctsd Of the authorship. although he
strsnuously denied 1t.
The present revelation is to the effect that
tho Iron Mask" was Herr Trautner. q social
istic writer and friend OF Bernstein. Many
Of the articles were written from Paris. whore
Trsutner was making living as an emissary
OF the municipal police there. He was also an
emisssry Of Boulaugsr and other prominent
Frenchmen. He denounced Germans in Paris
At random as spies on French military affairs.
and caused many eIpulsions. Eventually the
Paris police got tired OF him-concludsd that.
however useful he might be to them. he was
dangerous character. and they expelled him
from the city.
rrautnsr was also German police agent on
German soil. He now lives in Constantinoplo.
whence be sends letters regularly to German
newspapers. which relegate them to the waste
basket He 10 believed to be Russian agent
st present These revelations have greatly in
famed the Social Democrats. and will have
considerable influence toward duplicating
the confusion which is spreading in tho party.
Herr Lisbknecht has established In Berlin
six socialistlc training schools for laborers.
He has already secured 1000 students. who
attend lectures at 0 A. N. and at 10 P. n. on
week days and more frequently on Sundays.
All elements OF . practical education arc
taught Four thousand workingmen applied
for admission ON the opening day. but most
Of them were turned away for want Of room.
Before winter. when the number Of idle labor
sss will increase. now schools will be founded.
These schools are part OF bknecht's great
nd ~ hA
eventually with scientific socialism. Tho move
nsnt has caused new alarm among tho people
Who saw With regret thu abolition OF the re-
prsssivs laws.undsr which such action was
impossible.
The Berlin police have forbidden Tom Cam
non from further public wrestling contests.
They sct. they say. under the law prohibiting
exhibitions which sndan9sr life and health. On
last Friday evening he gave occasion for the
police order in bis contest with Hoerensen Of
Copenhagen. He tried to lay the Dane on his
back by twisting his neck. Hoerenssn was
badly hurt. and will not recover from the in
Jury ior some time. Tho press denounce
Csnnon's act as unsportsmanlike. and sup
bort the police in their treatment OF him.
At the great International singing contest
in Wiesbadsr. the Cologne Liedsrkranz won
the nrst prize. the Emperors gold medal. val
usd at 5000 marks. The Frankfort Nsebscher
Mannerchor secured the bust OF Emperor
William II. and medal valued at 1000 marks.
given BY the Grand Duke OF Baden. Tho YER
viers Societs Royale d d'Emulation OF Belgium.
with 223 singers. won medal worth 1900
marks. Tho Cologne Liederkranz also carried
on the Empress's medal. valued at / 1.0Oo m arks.
Among the other prize winners were tho st.
Castor Mons Singing Society Of Coblenz. the
Choral Union OF 6chaerbeck. the Brussels
Liedertsfei. the Carlsruhe Mems Singing So
cisty. and the strasbure Mannerchor.
The Russian Grand Duke Michael Michael
ovitch. who is at Lsneenschwalbach,r recently
received call from smart young fellow In
the Russian naval uniform. The young man
introduced himself as Ab.smovitch. and COM
planned that serious illness In q foreign land
had exhausted his purse. He had been Or
dered from st. Petersburg. he said. to return
at orss to rejoin his ship. the Sinops, In the
Black Sea- For this purpose he must have q
temporary loan OF 800 roubles. He talked at
length with the Grand Duke ON naval Affairs,
and showed his passports and other papers,
which were In satisfactory condition. Tho
Grand Duke gave him the desired sum. but
upon subsequent reference to the Russian
naval lis. discovered that there was no Abram-
ovitch in the navy. He told his experience to
the police. who learned that tho ss-callsd
Aoramovitch had imposed In a similar manner
on several wealthy Russians In Frankfort
Two days ls,er the young impostor impu-
deniIJ returned to LanGenschw bach with an
othsr Russian OF his own Kind. and both were
arrested. TWAS learned then that he had
stolen his passport and that his name was
Loulschon.
Iechert, aloneshoreman at Stett!n. has long
nAd great reputation as . swimmer. His
specially had been diving from tremsn dous
nelshts' While helping to unload the ship
sohann Friedrich this week. he accspted Q
wager wage that he dare no: dive from the top yard.
wv W. feet After breakfast the next morning
work was suspended and his comrades
sNasred to see him perform tho feat. He went
'as TOP yard, hssttatsd a minute. and then
zane ssms down head first to tho water. He rose
suIsS,y to tho surface. while all cheerei. then
s. .Ik BACK dead. There was no scar on his
'cr' T, as all his Injuries were internsL
.u'se enterprisine Englishmen are causing
~, pO 20 0s trouble at Ems. Kissingen. Baden
,ss ten' and few less celebrated places OF
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