The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-16
DEATH OF R. C.
WAS THE vICE-PREsIDENT OF A. H.
 BELO AND COMPANY.
For Years He Labored for the UP- building of Galveston and Texas --Native of Scotland and Gai-
 Iant Soldier.

Galveston, Jan. 15.-Singing the Scotch songs of his boyhood, conscious to the last, recognizing the members of his family, but with his mind wan dering back to the days of his youth. such was the scene attending the death this morning of Major Robert G. Lowe. vice. president of A. H. Belo and Com pany, proprietors of the Galveston and Dallas News.
 Major Lowe was in his usual health until Saturday morning when he was stricken with an attack of heart trou- ble. He was quite i'll until Saturday afternoon. at which time he rallied and rested easily until early Monday morning, when he suffered a second and more severe attack and 1t was then apparent that he could not survive His death occurred about 9 o'clock.
 He was one of the most ardent work CTS for Texas the State has ever had For more than a generation his infiu- ence through the press has been felt. His was a spirit of fearlessness, jus- tice and liberty which always com manded attention.
 The services he performed for Texas in the great labor strike Of 1884 att tracted widespread attention. After the storm of 1900, he was active in the councils of the leading citizens of Gal weston who took a hand in the man. agement of affairs and in the resurrec- tion of the city he aided materially.
 Robert G. Lowe was born July IS, 1887 at Brechtin, Scotland. He sailed from Glasgow to New Orleans in 1856 when he was 19 years of age. In the early part of April, 1861, he entered the Confederate service at Shreveport, La, as a private in a company known rt nf Colonel Charles Dreux's battalion. From Shreveport. Colonel Druex with his command was ordered to Pensaco- la and from thence to Virginia, where they took part in the Peninsular cam paign, during which Colonel Druex was killed Young Lowe was then made one of the guard of honor to ac- company Colonel Dreux's body back to Shreveport, after which the command was disbanded. Subsequently he was raised to the rank of Major and in that capacity served in the northern part of Louisiana until the close of the war. After the war he became part owner of The Caddo Gazette, published at Shreveport, where he remained until he came to Galveston in 1874 and be- came connected with The Galveston News.
 The firm of A. IT. Belo and Company was incorporated III leoi anu III 100" Major Lowe was elected vice-presi- dent. which position he held up to the time of his death. He was the father of the movement to duplicate The Gal weston News at Dallas.
 As a member of the original deep water committee at Galveston. he at tended the numerous meetings which were instrumental in finally securing deep water on the gulf. He was the author of the resolution leaving 1t to the board of United States Engineers to select the most desirable point on the gulf for a deep water port This resolution was indorsed al the Topeka and Denver deep water meetings and later passed the National congress with practically no change. MT. Lowe leaves a wife and four children He leaves a half brother at Edinburgh, Scotland, and nephew. Henry Frazer at Chicago. I s-:-