Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-01-06
Death Comes Quietly.


Death Comes Quietly.
He reta ined consciousness and was
able to converse with his wife and chill
dren until ten minutes before his dea I'll,
when he became unconscious and passed
quietly away. At his bedside were Mrs.
Pabst, his widow: Frederick Pabst, Jr,
Mrs. ". .. Goodrich of Milwaukee, and
Mrs. +. Schoenlein of WieSbaden, Ger
many, his daughters, and Mr.. Schoenlein.
Gustav q. Pabst had gone to ST. Louis
to spend New Years day. Upon receipt
Of the news of his fathers death he char
tered a special train. which brought him
20 Milwaukee last evening.
For several years Capt. Pabst has been
in failing health and made several ex
tended trips to Europe, from which he
received some benefit. Not until 4 year
ago last October was MS condition con
sdered serious. \ change for the worse
came last February. He rallied. how
ever, and enjoyed better health during
the summer and fall. The community
was startled early in December, how
ever, by the visit to Milwaukee of DR..
William Osier Of Johns Hopkins uni
versity, an accepted authority on internal
diseases. After careful diagnosis Dr.
Osler pronounced the case without hope
Sketch of His Career
Capt Frederick Pabst was of Dutch
ancestry, although his fOrefathers for
several generations had been natives of
Germany. Mr.. Pabst was son of
Gottlieb and Frederick Pabst, and was
born in Nicolausreith, SaX0ny. March %,
1886. Gottleb Pabst, hearing of the pos
sibilities of America, sold his estate and
with his wife and son sailed for this
country in 1913. locating first in Chicago
Frederick Pabst's first employment in
Chicago was as a hotel boy, and for two
years he worked for 50 a month and his
board Then, left to his own devices by
the death of mis- mother he secured Il
position as Il cabin boy on one of the
steamers plying on the great lakes. He
saved his earnings and his promotion WAS
rapid. Before he was u years old he
was captain and part owner of the
steamer Comet
This title of captain chung to him till
the day Of his death, and he was popular
ly and generally known as and called
Capt. Pabst. 1t did not take long III
those days to amass considerable wealth.
and ere long Capt. Pabst found himself
in prosperous circumstances.
Genius as a Brewer
In 1862 he was married to Marie Best,
daughter of Philip Best, the early owner
Of the Best brewery or Milwaukee, and
with that business sagacity which has
always characterized him Capt. Pabst
saw the possibilities Of this industry.
lie SOIQ MS steamer ana converted his
other property into cash and invested it
in the brewing company; and this may
be truly said was the beginning of his
great fortune. He introduced new meth
DDS, new machinery, and new facilities
for the manufacture of beer, greatly in
creasing the amount of product and rela-
lively reducing the cost. At the time OF
his death his company had capitalized
investment of So 100000.
yNoc y CD;r;+od Cit;1o~,
Capt. Pabst was for many years one
OF Miwaukee's foremost citizens. He
was one of the founders of the Wiscon-
sin National bank. with a capital of 81
900, 900. He was vice president of the
Second Ward Savings bank and q di-
rector of the Milwaukee Mechanics In
surance company and of the Milwaukee
Fire Insurance company, besides having
a number of other less important bust
ness connections.
Besides this, he was to the fore in the
erection of several of the largest build
ings in Milwaukee, among them being
the ST. Charles hotel, the Pabst building
and the Pabst theater building.
AS has been stated, Capt. Pabst was
married in 1862, and of twelve children
born, four are living-Mrs. Marie Good
rich Mrs. Emma Schoenlein, Gustave
Pabst and Frederick Pabst, Jr., all Of
Milwaukee,
Capt Pabst was a member of the Mil
waukee club, the Calumet club and the
Deutscher club. He was a man of com
handing presence and of great energy.
His charities were many and his public
spiritedness of common knowledge.