Andrews, Byron
journalist, author, was born Oct. 25, 1852, in Argyle, Wis.
He received his education at the Evansville seminary and Hobart college, of Geneva, N. Y. He went direct from college to newspaper work; served as a reporter on the Chicago Daily News; then on the Chicago Inter Ocean. In 1880 he accompanied Gen. Grant on a tour through the West Indies and Mexico as his secretary and as correspondent of the Chicago Inter Ocean and New York Tribune. Then for four years he was the Washington correspondent of the Chicago Inter Ocean and the St. Paul Pioneer Press. In 1884 he became connected with the National Tribune of Washington, D. C., and in 1897 became its owner. He is the author of Notes on the Russo-Turkish War; Biography of John A. Logan; and One of the People, a biography of President McKinley; besides various historical and controversial pamphlets, such as The Story of Cuba; President Monroe and His Doctrine; and others. He has also filled many public positions of trust.