Show THOMAS IS GONE GO i He Was the Last of a Famous Quartette QU r Philadelphia North N rth American New Kew York Aug 18 Thomas Murphy the tho la a In the tho big lour four if tf New Yorks York s sold old Arthur Grant Graat Murphy died here her late into Saturday after afternoon a anoon afternoon noon at itt t the age of 90 fID He lIe had enjoyed enJo robust health until quite recently Me He e ewas was taken ill lii at the Hollywood hu show and his physicians advised bl hIm m to come here bere for foJ an operation His H kidneys were affected The ailment aliment was awa byan an acute acutt inflammation of th the bladder His strength failed rapidly and nd d he died before the operation waZ wa At Attempted to t tempted Thomas Murphy was one of th the 18 old New Yorkers who made madea a lasting la Im Impression pre lon on men and affairs a Born Bom In to Ireland Irel nd he ho came to America with the family of ten tea at the age ge of 7 They nt y set tied in Albany y His boyhood bo chum III was waa caw Chester Allan Arthur The boys came down to New York City on a Hudson H river host when what barely rely a down demo years y rs oW to o neck their fortunes They got a room together Murphy first found a Job in a dry goods Young Youn Arthur some time tine later sot got into a law office odice H i Thus began their close c friendship Which later became a great power in instate state and national affairs Murphy Murph be became came Caine a rich neb merchant menhant the confidential friend of 0 A T and H B Claim and successively the dominant interest in the big firm firma of 0 Lee Murphy a A Avey ATef very and Murphy 7 Child Childs then collector of the tha port and one lie of tile the biggest t of the big four stalwarts stalwart Arthur became beca a ala lawyer la the tb head bead of the great firm of Arthur Neveil Nevell Choate Cheats then vice president dent deat f the United States Mr Murphy y entered politics as a whig He became a Republican when hn the old whigs whig tp were w dissolved He first ran for olSon ta to 1261 The goal geel was the tile state senate His op opponent opponent o was wan Christopher Godfrey Gun Gu Gunther Guther Gunther ther a a fur fur merchant Murphy was vic vie victorious victorious He had become a 5 power in hi his hla party part There was a terrific struggle in the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Republican ranks for the collector ship of the port then more important than it is today Reuben E B Fenton was waa wasu Murphys u l chief rival lor Conkling made one of his great t speeches in favor of f fy Murphy Fenton was waa beaten and Grant t appointed Murphy y collector I in July IKu l The Greeley faction made a savage attack on the collector In the die following year r Mur Murphy phy wanted to resign re S Grant urged the flue collector not to I If you must resign wrote Grant name your successor It gives me great pet pleasure to hear testimony tes mony to the effi efficiency 90 cleney clency honesty and zeal seal with which you administered the office Your own peace of mind will no doubt be enhanced by leaving the office of collector but I doubt whether such a course coors will he e a benefit to the e public service Under your adminis administration the revenues from lr the New York I custom house hou have been largely in tn increased Increased creased and the cost of collection greatly y diminished You have hv had bad my ned fled confidence ever since you entered the theoffice theoffice office of collector That confidence is stilt still unshaken and in accepting your resignation resignation tion I desire to give you the fullest as assurance assurance aurance of this fact Murphy named his IS boyhood chum u Oboe Ches Chester al tot ter t Allen Alien Arthur and Arthur was ap appointed appointed pointed collector by President Grant after Murphys resignation re was accepted in tn No November November vember ember Mn It was then that the press preen took up p the tho t cry my m son Ab I whenever ter er the close friendship rt of Murphy and Arthur loomed into pro fleece Arthur and led New Yorks famous into the con convention of 1310 pledged to nominate Grant Gra for a third thin term 0 s 0 S Mr Murphy Murph WAS ta the founder of Long LongBranch LongBranch Branch He was the first millionaire to toe build a cottage there Ho He interested I George e Vf W v c and Anthony y Drexel of Philadelphia He built a magnificent stock Mock farm Uno Oakwood at Deal and aad was wan first president of the Monmouth track being succeeded acc ed by such men as George Lorillard and A J Catt He took General Gea Grant to Long Branch and pro provided provided provided vided him dm with a cottage there Although Mr II Ir Murphy made mado hi his home at the Hoffman house while in New York he be was wag taken by his physicians to pet private pette vate va te apartments at US Ja West Went I street attest for the operation atlon op At his bedside were his daughters Mrs In M rL K E Ayvas AyTes and Miss JOss Mary Mare GIbb Gibbs Murphy and his son non Walter Gibbs Murphy chief deputy of the j I Bronx tax department His Hie other oUter son aon Edgar Gibbs Murphy the famous wing shot was waa w hastily called I from Long Branch bat but did not arrive before the end |