The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-21
Popular with Members and Be-
 loved by Constituents.
After Amassing . Fortune Colonel Thompson Entered Politics and at Once Forged to the Front. Funeral Will Occur at
 Tuskegee.
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 Colorado Building.

COlOIdQ0 ouAluknDs
 Washington. March %.
 Charles Winston Thompson. Represen- ntive in Congress from the Fifth Ala ,Mma District. died at 4:o6 p. m.. today, after an illness of scarcely week from pneumonia with other complications. All last week Mir. Thompson attended the sessions of the House daily. appar- entiy in his usual good health and with characteristic cheerful spirit. He was first stricken last Sunday night. Hc had attended the Southern Methodist Church at both the morning and evening services. and had gone without his overcoat. He had recently been in the milder climate of Alabama and hardly appreciated the danger of tho change to the greater hu- midity of Washington. stiil. he felt no serious inconvenience or pain until he 1u his side
 About Q o'clock Monday morning he sent for a physician and remained in he'd from which ho did not again arise. Not until Tuesday was his case diag- nozed as pneumonia and then as anect- sny one lung. He grew steadily worse hut there was no real apprehension for him until Friday.
 Showed No Dependency. q Thursday night, although attended by a trained nurse he asked to see The Ad- vertiser's correspondent, who saw him for a few moments He had undergone painful change in appearance. but showed no despondency. saying i've had hoped that this was nothing but case of grippe, but 1t is something more.''
 Friday, in response to summons for consultation from the attending physl- elan, Dr. BayAe of tais city. pr. oaler of Baltimore came to the bedside. Fri AS,., v.l~h he Shvatataue dtaNa1rayaN dence of a typhoid complication and Ru encroachrnent upon the othex lung. They said he was very critically ill., but hoped to .'pnll him through" The patient alone appeared to feel that the worst was com tng. not as though surrendering. but as ono who realizes the approach of the in- evitable.
 Representative Wiley. who had apart ments at the same hotel. the Metropoli- tan, was continually with him. looked af- Tor his business, and was vigtlantly so- licitous as to his condition and the care devoted to the sick man. While not los ing at any time his self-poise Mir. Tholnp- son seemed more fully to comprehend his condition than even his physicians admitted.
 wednesday he talked to Colonel Wiley about business details and kept it up 4 from time to time, when 1t was admissi- ble, even until this morning, for he was not only conscious but showed a perfect ly clear mind until between 10 and il o'clock this morning. He even dictated to his physician matters that he wished attended to as late az this morning.
 Made No Protest.
 When Colonel Wiley attempted to dis suade him from ietting his mind dwell upon such affairs as preparing for any such end as came, and attempted to cheer him. he made nc protest, but quiet ly said 1t was best to be careful under the circumstances.
 The last thing he said was that 1t was painful to talk, and then he soon became unconsclous and passed away very 1uiet- ty.
 It was indeed as lone who draws the drapery of his couch about him." for he seemed absolutely reconciIed to the end as though it was not the worst. He had borne himself bravely and composedly as though sustained by ah unfaltering trust"
 All day today many people, including members of Congress, called at the Met ropolitan Hotel to inquire about the sick man. It might have seemed a cruel irony of fate that today. a day of balm and sunshine, should have witnessed the cloJe of a life that but a week ago was strong and well beloved. smltten. as 1t has been, by one of the last strokes of long and rigorous winter.
 As he died peacefully outside was an almost spring-lilke alr. and the streets of Washington were filled with people en- toying the delight and warmth of sun shine long delayed. It could seem, too, that the heavens smiled kbindly well. done" upon a life as bright and fine as the day.
 Grief to His Colleagues.
 The death of Charlie Thompson" as he was fondly called by his colleagues, was grief to each of them and was heard with genuine sorrow by all who knew him. His presence was always suu t. ny. genial and kindly. He was univer. sally liked and by those who knew him best well beloved. Indefatigablv indus trious. as constant worker for his con- stituents as any man in Congress, and Accomplishing much. often wearylng him self he yet found time to make himself a happy factor in the social life of every circle through which he passed or in which he bided. He was a devoted mem Der of the Methodist Church, and mani Tested his faith without ostentation. No man ever in public life here walked a straighter path, lived better or cleaner, or died in full blossom of usefulness, which was exalted by honorable ambition, with more courage and honor to good name than Charles Winston Thompson.
 He was in his forty-fourth year, having been born In Macon County, near Tuske- rec. December 30 1860. He received edu- ,ation as a boy and youth at the conn mon schools of his community and at stratton's Business College at Louisville. Ky; was appointed by Governor Joseph P, Johnston in 1896 e member of his staff Ia Lieutenant-Colonel; was President ot he National Bank of Tuskegee; County Superintendent of Education for Macon County; represented the Twenty-slxth senatorial District in the Senate of thss General Assembly of Alabama. and Tn boo was elected a member of the Fifty eventh Congress.
 Work as Congressman.
 His work as a Congressman has been all-lnoWn in the State as of an indus