Morning journal and courier., 1890-02-22
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 FR0H ALL QUARTERS. CRUSADERS IN COURT. Temperance People On Trial
 For SpiIIing Liquor. A NOTABLE BANQUET. Late Returns From !! The
 German Elections. Y THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK. Winter Weather on the
 Hudson River.
THE MISSOURI CRUSADERS.

THE MISSOURI CRUSADERS. Sixteen Arrested-Friends Come from NeighborinE ETowns-Parado Behind . Band = Adjourned to che Opera House Several ministers Present. The Trial Begun.
 KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Feb. 21.-The Nmes' Trenton, Mo-, special ssys: The $40 train to-day was loaded down with Spickardsyille temperance crusaders and their sympathizsrs. They came to attend the trial of the ladies arreated for demolishing the saloons of Tren- ton. When the train stopped at the station tho sixteen crusaders first a1ighted and were followed by some hundreds of people who had come to attend the trial. At the station a crowd of 300 crusaders was drawn ap to receive the "martyrs." Besides these there were people about who had been attracted through curiosity. The Trenton crusaders were headed by brass band and scattered through the ranks were numerous standard bearers who carried aloft banners and trans- parencies bearing notices of appropriate sentiment.
 A procession was formed, with the sixteen Spickardsville crusaders in the place of honor. Then the march was taken up and Rev. J. H. Cox, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church and marshal of the day,
 
 Fort" The hymn was sung with will. The procession marched to the music of the band l to the opera house.
 Rev. Mir. Cox presided at the public meet ing and when he had called the meeting te order the house was packed with a crowd ot twelve hundred people. A song was sung prayer was offered by Rev. Nr. Knox of tn, Presbyterian church and the chairman an nounced that short speeches were in order l AIIroouoo odn hv Pav nevio an; Rev. B. Loekhart of the Christian church Rev. MT. Robbins of the Methodist Episcopa church of Spickardsville and o. J. Rlnge, al engineer of this city. Rev. MT. Cox an. nounced that the ladies of Trenton had pre- pared a collation. for the visitors and tn meeting adjourned for lunch.
 l It was 1880 when Judge Shanklin, befor whom the cases were to be tried, called thu court to order. The jury had already bsel selected and there was no delaying business A. B. Burkholder, counsel for the defense | rose to state his case. The prosecution ob jected to this until the prosecution ha, stated the charges against the visitors. Tn justice over-ruled the objection and thel came the crowd of fully 1,e00 people wh broke forth in applau,e of the most violsn kind. The justice called loudly for order and when quiet was restored reprimandet the spectators, adding that this was not temperance meeting but a court room.
 Thomas Bracy, the owner of the demol ished saloon, was the first witness. He tol how his building had been wrecked. Durin the cross examination the defence questione him with the purpose of showing that hi saloon was public nuisance and ought have been abated. The prosecution objeete to that line of cross- examination and, pond ing the justice's decision on the point, th conrt adjourned until tomorrow morning. Seventy.five witnesses have been summone and the trial will last fully three days.