Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-11-22
Special to the Citizen.

left two masked men entered the oft
 Of the store from the back door openir
 to the yard in the rear and with cooke
 revolvers compelled the book keepe
 Mir. A. c. Sheen to turn out the cas contents of safe. Lieut.. Evans was
 the office at the time and was compel
 ed at the point of revolver to stan
 still and become an unwilling witness
 to tho robbery. The robbers declined
 take any papers though there wei
 mary checks in the safe. They brough
 sack with them into which MT. Since
 was made to put the cash. The affai
 lasted but few minutes, during whic the robbers constantly kept the gentle ! men covered. There was but little sai
 by the robbers to enablo their identif
 cation possible. After leaving the offic they fired their revolvers, no doubt, t
 prevent pursuit. The alarm wa quickly given and guards turned out
 but the robbers escaped in the woods ol
 the creek, about 50 yards off. Amour
 taken is supposed to be 5000 MT. J. t
 Norton, the proprietor, has offered re
 ward of $500 for the capture and convic
 tion of the thieves, and 15 per cent. o all money recovered.
 Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 14,-The crty to day was alive with the democracy el ihe nations. They came to pay their respects to the noblest roman of them all. Allen G. Thurman on the occasion oi his 77tb birthday. The banq et was n-li under the auspices of the Thurman o;ub.
 Among the participants were Sen ators aud ex senators, ex-Congressmeu and Oon2ressmen-elect, Governors, ex. Governors and GoyernC rs- elect, besides gentlemen who have distinguished themselves in various chsnIiels of public and private life.
 Shortly after 8 o'clock, ex-President Cleveland and Judge Thurman entered ,he room. Mr. o evelsnd supporting his venerable companion, who was further assisted by cane, and walked slowly up the osll. A mighty cheer, long re pested, greeted the two distinguished guests, continuing until the chairman motionsd to their seats.
 After the party was seated, every pan arose again and waved the tradition al red b tndana handkerchief in homer Of the s'Old Romsn." MT. Thurman bowed, smiling, to his 1000 admirers, and Mir. Cleveland did likewise, as cheers for him rent the air.
 At the conclusion of the banquet, Chairman Lentz, of the Thurman Club, made brief speech, introducing as toast nssteT Congressman Onthwaite. When MT. Outhwsite delibered brief eulogy of Judge Thurman, the guests arose tD their fee. agaiD and the scene of wild was one that would have swelled with pride the heart of any hu nan being. It was five minutes before ihe ovation subsided sufficiently to all low Judge Thu man to reply.
 JUDGE THURMAN RESPONDS. Judge Thurman responded to the tO s' Our Guests". He said in the beginning ha, he was Das here tonight .o make soy elaborate speech. He was here to -xpress heartfelt appreciation of the loner they have so kindly seen fis to do nim, to thank, with his whole heart, ais his fellow citizens of Ohio. and the distinguished gentlemen from rom other States for their mark of and esteem.
 "I am here," said he, Sat the age of v, to repeat my testimony, so often given, Of my confidence in the benei- ,isni effect of free institutions and my firm belief of their duration on this con I,nent and their gradual but certain ex- ension over other and larger portions of the globe. Short as my life has been, u comparison with the life of the na- ton, it has been long enough for me to zee my native land. under free ins:itu .ions, increase in population more thau sever. iold, in wealth in @ very far greater degree, in extent of territory more than double its area, in geueraI we'll being and prosperity of people and in their educational advantages and re- igious privileges without rivsl ID the \ orld, while its magnificent works of improvement, its wonderfui agriculture, its great mines and manu- scturiss and iis marvellous means of creations of science and lkili, have surpassed anything before inosn by tue human race, and in these .ame seventy seven Years the coOstltn ion of nearly every gove-pmeat in El- ope has been smeliorated by the inrr, . luctiOn of mors liberal priucipl.C. Cen rsl and Soath Americs have become Osnsds and Australia are republics, without the name; even ID the far east, Japan be- ,puce tuDfc iTcc auu iIUcTAl Wltl ekcu rear. and, more marvellous yet, light Ieems to be breaking over benighted Africa and men are predicting, without ,xcitire redicule, her redemption from Ter barbsric sleep of centuries. It. word, freedom seems to be gradually 'lrcumnsvigatirg the glove. anu, proud bought for us, the polar star of she Da- 'igator is our own r-public of the Unit d States"
 Judge Thurman spoke feeiiDglY Uf be uniform kindness snd hnnnrs bestov- d upon him by the people of Ohio fioni ,oyhood to old age ana spoke ct all he listing nished lawyers and etetesmeu of Ohio and other section of the cOIntry whom he had known during hls career. [u conclusion be said:
 "Bsfore conclude, there IS one state nent I feel 1t my duty to make. Iu nue # our town papers, u few days ago, aw my name suggested ae a proper for the presidency or vice pre- idency in 1892. regretted very much i n ea kha enoUe,tIou fOr apnaa.inp in !