The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-21
ALBERTO j. pIAZ.

crowd was tested and was not found want
ing. The great audience went to hear a
talk by DIR. Alberto Juan Diaz, the exiled
Cuban clergyman and it took care to en-
phasize the chiefly patriotic portions of his
remarks with hearty applause. The wo'
men waved their handl1erchiefs in an en-
thusiastic manner when applause was
proper The crowd filled the church. 1t
was cosmopolitan crowd. 1t was not the
congregation which sits primly in the
pews each Sunday. The auditors watched
and waited for opportunities to make
some sort of demonstration which would
tell their sympathy.
sunday Applause Unusual.
Applause in ~ Baptist church may he
unusual Ii may be the more so when the
applause happens on Sunday. But no at
tempt was made To stem the tide of this
popular fecling and the pastor who sat on
the platform. appeared as greatly interest
ed i'm the sketch of the struggle for lib
erty as were the men and women who
filled the pcws. The applause was over
this:
"Frccdom for Cuba i'm ten months.
With recognition by the United states the
same result IN Ninety uiys
The talk of DR. Diaz was interesting.
But his prophecy of Cuban freedom was
more so. This crowd was easily swayed.
The Cuban minister caused people To act
before they thought. But they didn't re-
gret it, for they repeated their expression
of enthusiasm for free Cuba the next time
the chance came up. When they were
told that the Cubans were SO intrenched
that the Spanish soldiers couldn't get to
them and that the latter must suffer from
fevers and were handicapped by their in
ability to climb hills they laughed. Ii was
a loud laugh, too, though probably no
one could have told why they laughed,
for the point was likely enough to be
fraught with sorrow for some.
Told an Interesting story.
When they were told that the Cubana
have reached a place where they will no
more barter for their liberty and that they
will not pay for relief from Spanish tyr
amy, these people broke out in applause.
1t wasn't playhouse applause, where one
person starts up feebly and the rest tag
In, one after the other. Ii was simulta-
neously spontaneous. As with one accord
from the thousands of hands in the church
the applause came out, and IL lasted for
several minutes. DIR. Diaz told an inter-
esting story He said no one could carry
propositions to the insurgent camp which
did not treat of independence and inde'
pendence only. None others would be re-
ceiyed As proof of this he said the in
surgent camp bore i'm a conspicuous place,
where visitors might see It, the injunc-
ton that proposition of settlement not
on a basis of independence was liable to
make trouble. The man or woman carry
ing it would be hanged. Then this re-
markable crowd was unable To restrain
itself again, and IL applauded and placed
itself on record for free Cuba once more.
Outwitted General Weyier.
DIR. Diaz told how he outwitted General
Weyler's officers and obtained three days
in which to prepare to leave the country
Ina accordance with the commands OF the
Spanish general He went fishing, and
said he had taken that cue from the prac
tice of President Cleveland. This caused
another blast of applause to issue from
the cheerful crowd There was another
when he related the manner in which he
got the kilograms off, and when he con
cluded the applause was long and pro-
lonped Then it was that the women
showed their spirit. They seized their
handkcrchicfs and fluttered them enthu
siastically II was pretty tribute tc
Cuba. At both the morning and evening
services collections were taken for the
cause of Cuba DIR. Diaz Is staying at the
home of O = Lyford, Lake Park avenu,
and Thirticth street He spoke at the I'm
manuel church again Monday night.