BYRNE 



Tampa, Florida, where he remained three 

 years. Here he continued to work for 

 Cuban independence largely through the 

 columns of El Expedicionario, a small paper 

 which he directed, and through his con- 

 tributions to the Cuban periodicals Patria, 

 El Porvenir, Cacarajicara, El Continente 

 Americano, and Cuba. He also collaborated 

 in the Album Patriotic which El Figaro 

 published in 1899. He was secretary, in 

 Tampa, of the club Pedro Betancourt. 



Upon his return to the island of Cuba, 

 after the close of the Spanish-American 

 War, Byrne acted for a short time as editor 

 of La Discusion, but in April, 1899, resigned 

 to accept an appointment under the provin- 

 cial government of Matanzas; later, being 

 appointed secretary of that government, he 

 retained the position for ten years, until 

 1912. 



During a part of this period he directed 

 in Matanzas the periodical Yucayo, which 

 he continues in 1919, serving also as Secre- 

 tary to the Superintendent of Schools of 

 the Province. He has been President of 

 the Press Club and of the Club of "Emi- 



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