The Washington times., 1901-09-27
THE DEATH OF w. S. THOMPSON
A Prominent Citizen and n National
Authority on Pharmaceutical

| Arrangements for the funeral of W. s
thompson, the prominent pharmacist who
died suddenly yesterday forenoon at his
| home, 1922 New York Avenue. have not
yet been perfected. All the members OF
the family did not arrive until late last
night. The funeral arrangements will be
In charge of Lieut.. Frederick Thompson
U. S. N, who is stationed at Fort Monroe
In all probability the service will be
/ held on Saturday at the home and will
/ be conducted by the Rev. u. c. B. Pierce
of All Souls Unitarian Church, where Mr..
| Thompson was a member. Interment will
! probably be made at Oak Hill Cemetery.
The pallbearers will be selected from Mr..
Thompson's intimate friends and business
associates.
On account of the death Of the pro-
prietor, the pharmacy at Fifteenth
| Street and New York Avenue, where
Nj. Thompson had been in business
for nearly forty years, was closed yes
terday. The faculty and students of
the National College of Pharmacy, on
Street northwest, of which Mr.. Thomp-
son was one of the founders, will today
take appropriate action regarding his
death. -d
Mr.. Thompson's death was unexpected
He was seriously Ill for only few min
utes before the end occurred at o'clock
There was not time enough for medical
aid to be summoned. Acute indigestion
is ascribed as the Immediate cause There
were no members of the family present
at he time, except his wife.
Mr.. Thompson was one of the most in
fiue ntial business men in Washington
During the past thirty years he acquired
Ia cfafa
of property was most excellent, and he
served as often on appraisement boards
as any other man in Washington. He
wss a generous investor in the smaller
pro cts of Washington business men. In
ado IN to his prominence in business
affairs Mr.. Thompson was rated ma
tional authority on pharmaceutical ques-
tions. He had. for many years, been
member of the Revision Committee of the
United States Pharmacopea. A number
of years ago, when the American Phar-
maceutical Association held its annual
convention in this city, he was elected
it's president, and at the time of his death
he was third vice president of that or
ganiZation. He returned only short time
ago from st. Louis. where he had attend
ed the annual meeting of the association.
Mr.. Thompson was born In Frederick
Md. in 1893. and removed to this city
when about twenty-one years of age. He
secured position in KidwelPs drug store,
which was then located on Pennsylvania
Avenue, and while SO employed studied
pharmacy in his spare moments. He was
in every respect a self-made man, and
was made a clerk in the Kidwell store
when he had qualified himself for the po-
sition.
Shortly afterward he branched out for
himself and opened a store at 703 Fiji
teenth Street northwest. where he has
been located for the past forty years. He
a man of unusually good business
judgment and was Immediately identified
with the management of some of the
prominent local corporations. He was
president of the Riggs Fire Insurance
Company and of the Mutual Protective
Fire Insurance Company, a director In
the American Security and Trust Com
pany, director In the Arlington Fire In
surance Company, trustee of the Re
form School, treasurer of the Children's
Hospital, and Past Grand Master of the
New Jerusalem Lodge, F. A. A. NJ.
lie was always prominently identified
with the local charities and there was
hardly one with which he was not identi-
fed in one way or another. His widow
was formerly a Miss Tucker. The sons
and daughters of the deceased are: Lieu
tenant Frederick Thompson, civil en-
Gineer in the navy; w. S. Thompson: tr,
Mrs. Thomas ]. Fisher Mrs. Won Phul
Jones, of Wissahickon, a suburb of Phil
adephia and Miss Mabel Thompson