INDEX

Abell, Arunah S., associate of Day, [23]
establishes Baltimore Sun, [136]
buys Guilford estate, [136]
helps S. F. B. Morse, [136]
death of, in 1888, [136]
Abolition of slavery, article on, [54]
Wisner’s editorial on, [42]
Actors of the early 30’s, [121]
Adams, Cyrus C., cable editor, [394]
Adamson, Robert, Evening Sun reporter, [399]
Adams, Samuel Hopkins, Dana finds it hard to discharge, [378], [379]
writes Sunday Sun fiction, [412]
Adams, Samuel, murdered by John C. Colt, [154]
“Addition, Division, and Silence,” [305], [306]
Advertising, fashions of, in 1833, [26]
specimens of early “liners,” [125]
the Sun takes off the first page in 1862, [189]
the Sun, under Morrison, refuses advertisements on Sunday, [190]
Alamo massacre, [113]
Alexander, Columbus, escape of, in the Safe Burglary Conspiracy, [308], [309]
Alger, Horatio, Jr., writes fiction for the Sun, [195]
Allen, Miss Susan, smokes a cigar on Broadway, [45]
Alumni, of the Sun, [328]
Anderson, Harold M., Spanish war correspondent, [355], [356]
Arago, D. F., alleged deception of, by the Moon Hoax, [97–99]
Armstrong, Henry M., Spanish war correspondent, [356]
Associated Press, Dana’s break with, [374]
formed in Sun office, [167]
Astor House, [49]
Astor, William B., New York’s richest man, [234]
Attree, William H., [61–62]
reporter on the Transcript, [133], [134]
Aviation, prophetic editorial comment on, [46]
“Azamet Batuk.” See [Thiéblin, N. L.]
Badeau, General Adam, a Sun contributor, [404]
Ballard, Anna, reporter, [286]
Balloon Hoax, Poe’s, referred to by De Morgan, [98]
Bartlett, Willard, dramatic critic, counsel for Dana, editorial contributor, [286]
invents the Sun Cat, [287]
Bartlett, William O., writes “No king, no clown, to rule this town!”, [255]
style of, compared with Dana’s and Mitchell’s, [256]
reference of, to General Hancock’s weight, [256]
counsel for Tweed, [275]
Battey, Emily Verdery, first real woman reporter, [285], [286]
appears in the Sun on April 13, 1844, [149–153]
Beach, Alfred Ely, becomes partner in the Sun, [161], [162]
invents first typewriter for the blind, [162]
builds first New York subway, [162], [163]
withdraws from the Sun April 6, 1852, [171]
dies in 1896, [163]
Beach Brothers, name of ownership, [170], [171]
issue Evening Sun, [171]
Beach, Erasmus D., book reviewer, [349]
writes classic football story, [350]
Beach, Frederick Converse, [163]
Beach, Joseph, son of Moses Y. Beach, [173]
Beach, Moses Sperry, becomes a partner in the Sun, [161], [162]
part owner Boston Daily Times, [162]
invents printing devices, [162]
becomes sole owner of the Sun, [171]
brings wood from the Mount of Olives for Beecher’s pulpit, [177]
absence of, from the Sun in the early months of the Civil War, [189]
takes the Sun back, [191]
sells the Sun to Dana, [198], [199]
bids readers farewell, [200]
Beach, Moses Yale, enters Sun office as bookkeeper, [111]
buys the Sun, [127]
youth and marriage of, [139]
inventions of, [140]
joins Benjamin H. Day, [140]
owns two buildings where the Sun had its home, [157]
takes sons as partners, [161]
enterprise of, in Mexican War, [164], [165]
starts for Mexico as President Polk’s special agent, [166]
retires from the Sun, [167]
dinner in his honour, [167]
issues various editions of the Sun, [169]
publishes “The Wealth of New York,” [169]
father of the newspaper syndicate, [169]
Dana’s estimate of, [169], [170]
amasses a fortune and retires, [170]
writes European articles for the Sun, [173]
Beach, Stanley Yale, [163]
Becker, Charles, conviction of, reported by E. C. Hill, [320], [321]
Beckwith, Arthur, telegraph editor, [280]
Beecher, Henry Ward, John Brown speech of, in the Sun, [177]
tribute to H. B. Stanton, [259]
trial of, [278]
“I don’t read the Sun,” [310]
denounced by the Sun, [311]
Belknap, William W., accused by the Sun in Post-trader scandal and impeached, [306], [307]
Bell, Jared D., part owner, New Era, [134]
Bendelari, George, book-reviewer, [411]
Bennett, James Gordon, thrashed by Col. Webb, [36]
work of, for the Courier and Enquirer, [37]
editor Philadelphia Courier, [53]
the Sun replies to charge of, that Day is an infidel, [108]
early career of, [109]
treats Helen Jewett’s murder sensationally, [114]
second assault on, by Webb described, [114]
early failures of, [131]
debt of, to Day’s example, [132]
announcement of coming marriage of, [132]
establishes the no-credit system, [133]
works harder than other proprietors, [174]
dies in 1872, [293]
“the first yellow journalist,” [413]
Bennett, J. G., Jr., takes his father’s place, [298]
death of, [132]
Bigelow, John, associate of Bryant, [174]
Bishop, Joseph W., night city editor, [372]
night editor, [372]
Black, Chauncey F., a Sun contributor, [405]
Blackwood, Algernon, Evening Sun reporter, [399]
Blatchford, Judge Samuel, historic decision of, in the Shepherd case, [307], [308]
Blizzard of March, 1888, [362], [363]
Blythe, Samuel G., describes E. G. Riggs, [346]
Bogart, John B., “If a man bites a dog, that is news,” [241]
“a whole school of journalism,” [281]
possesses “sixth sense,” [335], [336]
persistence of, [336]
Bonner, Robert, pays $30,000 for “Norwood,” [235]
sagacity of, commented on by Dana, [300]
Book-reviewers, Sun’s, list of, [411]
Borden, Lizzie, acquittal of, reported by Julian Ralph, [318], [319]
Bowery Theatre Fire, ruins Hamblin, [118]
first American playhouse lighted with gas, [121]
Bowles, Samuel, employs B. H. Day, [22–23]
Bowman, Frank, dramatic critic, [411]
Bread riots, the Sun’s part in, [118], [119]
Brewster, Sir David, appears in Moon Hoax, [71]
Brisbane, Albert, association of, with Greeley, [161]
Brisbane, Arthur, son of Albert Brisbane, [161]
style of, like W. O. Bartlett’s, [256]
becomes reporter at 18, [346], [347]
becomes London correspondent, [347]
reports Sullivan-Mitchell fight, [347]
is managing editor Evening Sun, [348]
becomes editor Sunday World magazine, [348]
becomes editor Evening Journal, [348]
becomes proprietor Washington Times, [348]
takes Richard Harding Davis on Evening Sun, [398]
Brook Farm, Dana enters, [206]
Brooklyn Theatre fire, [362]
Brooks brothers, James and Erastus, establish New York Express, [134], [135]
Brown, John, the Sun’s attitude toward, [177]
Bryant, William Cullen, editor and poet in 1833, [34]
conflict of, with W. L. Stone, [34]
Buchanan, James, supported by the Sun, [176]
Burdell, Dr. Harvey, murder of, [196]
Burnett, Wm., [60]
Burr, Aaron, [51]
Butler, Stephen B., [60]
Cady, Elizabeth, marries Henry B. Stanton, [259]
Caroline case, the Sun’s enterprise in reporting, [144], [145]
Carroll, Dana H., Spanish war correspondent, [355]
Cat, the Sun’s, his invention and reputation, [287–289]
Chadwick, George W., in business with Dana, [216]
Chamberlains and Chamberlins, [341–343]
Chamberlain, Henry Richardson, covers Europe for the Sun, [342]
visions by, of a great war, [342]
Chamberlin, Wilbur J., takes charge of the Sun staff in Cuba, [356]
eleven-column report by, [361]
known as “Jersey,” [338];
cable hoodoo of, [339], [340]
describes German soldiers’ brutality in China, [340]
describes the Deacon’s broken suspenders, [341]
Chamberlin, E. O., reporter, [342]
Chamberlin, Henry B., reporter, [343]
Childs, George W., tells of W. M. Swain’s industry, [135]
buys Public Ledger, [135]
Cholera, in New York, 1832, [22]
Church, Francis P., a Sun editorial writer for forty years, [191]
“Is There a Santa Claus?,” [409]
Church, William C., publisher of the Sun, [190]
war correspondent, [190], [191]
owns Army and Navy Journal, [191]
Circulation in November, 1833, 2,000, [50]
in December, 1833, [52]
April, 1834, [54]
in November, 1834, [57]
Day offers to bet on it, [62–63]
in August, 1835, it becomes the largest in the world, [78]
in August, 1836, 27,000, [116]
in September, 1843, 38,000, [157]
in December, 1848, 50,000, [168]
in September, 1860, 59,000, [194]
Dana’s estimate of 50,000 to 60,000 in 1868, [228]
in 1871, 100,000, [269]
in March, 1875, 120,000, [300]
day after Tilden-Hayes election, [220], [390], [323], [325]
after other interesting events, [323–325]
high-tide marks, [325]
Civil War, the Sun in the, [172] et seq.
the Sun declares “the Union cannot be dissolved,” [179]
the Sun charges the Herald, the Daily News, and the Staats-Zeitung with disloyalty, [180], [181]
the Sun, the Tribune, and the Times entirely loyal, [185]
the Sun’s news from Bull Run, [187];
from Gettysburg, [188]
the Sun protests against Sunday battles, [190]
attitude of Greeley and Dana, [211]
Clarke, Selah Merrill, night city editor, 1881–1912, [383]
story of the Northampton disaster by, [383]
remarkable memory of, [384], [385]
head-lines written by, [387], [388]
gifts of, as copy reader, [389]
Cleveland, Grover, Dana’s opposition to, [421], [422]
Clubs: Bread and Cheese, Hone, Union, [122], [123]
Cobb, Irvin S., reports Portsmouth peace conference for Evening Sun, [399]
Coffey, Titian J., recipient of the “addition, division, and silence” letter, [305]
Collins, E. K., an advertiser in the first Sun, [27]
Colt, John C., murders Samuel Adams, [154]
Conkling, Roscoe, in business with Dana, [216]
Connolly, James, reporter, [284]
Conventions, national, Sun men reporting, [344]
history of, written by E. G. Riggs, [346]
Cook, Tom, reporter, [284]
Cooper, Charles P., city editor, Evening Sun, [400]
Cooper, James Fenimore, [50]
Corbin, John, dramatic critic, [411]
Coward, Edward Fales, Evening Sun dramatic critic, [399]
Crédit Mobilier scandal, [304]
Crockett, David, memoirs of, in the Sun, [51]
Cronyn, Thoreau, Dewey’s funeral, report by, [333]
Cuba, Dana’s interest in struggle of, [353–355]
Cullen, Clarence L., writes “Tales of the Ex-Tanks,” [411]
Cummings, Alexander, writes for the World, [182]
Cummings, Amos Jay, secretly learns typesetting, [264]
goes with Filibuster Walker, [265]
wins Medal of Honor at Fredericksburg, [265]
holds Tribune office against rioters, [266]
conflicts with John Russell Young, [266]
“They say I swear too much,” [267]
“To hell with my own copy,” [267]
best news man of his day, [268]
is first human interest reporter, [268]
reports prize fights, [285]
Nicara-goo Song of, [289], [290]
“Ziska” letters of, [290]
is managing editor of the Express, [290]
returns to the Sun, [290]
is elected to House of Representatives, [290]
becomes editor Evening Sun, [290]
returns to Congress, [290], [291]
death and funeral of, [291]
prints murder charts, [414]
Curtin, Jeremiah, a Sun contributor, [404]
Curtis, David A., Sunday Sun writer, [412]
Curtis, George Ticknor, a Sun contributor, [404]
Curtis, George William, writes for the Tribune, [161]
Daly, Augustin, tries to have Dana dismiss Laffan, [252]
Damrosch, Leopold, music critic, [314]
Dana, Charles A., a boy in Buffalo when Day founded the Sun, [35]
reading “Oliver Twist” weakens eyes of, [123]
draws $50 a week on Tribune, [174]
named by the Sun as a possible postmaster, [179]
buys the Sun and announces its policy, [198], [199]
absolute master of the Sun, [202]
birth and ancestry, [202]
brothers and sisters of, [203]
boyhood and life of, in Buffalo, [203], [204]
goes to Harvard, [204]
teaches school at Scituate, [205]
religious indecision of, [205]
sight of, impaired, [206]
joins Brook Farm, [206]
milks cows and waits on table, [207]
meets Horace Greeley, [207]
writes for the Harbinger and the Dial, [207]
writes poetry, [208]
marries, [208]
goes to Boston Daily Chronotype, [208]
comes out “strong against hell,” [209]
becomes city editor of the New York Tribune, [209]
goes to Europe, [209]
returns to be managing editor of the Tribune, [210]
his pay and income, [210]
literary works of, before Civil War, [213]
leaves the Tribune, [214], [215]
induces Grant to stop the cotton speculation, [216]
convinces Lincoln of needed reforms, [216]
is chosen to report on complaints against Grant, [216], [217]
writes of his “new insight into slavery,” [218]
is with Grant at Vicksburg, [218]
brings Grant full authority, [218]
sees much of war, [219]
estimate of Grant by, [219]
estimate of Rawlins by, [219], [220]
reports on Rosecrans, [220]
poetry contest of, with General Lawler, [221]
describes the storming of Missionary Ridge, [221], [222]
reports Grant’s Virginia campaign, [222], [223]
goes to Richmond to gather Confederate archives, [224]
talks with Lincoln about Jacob Thompson, [224]
authorizes Miles to manacle Jefferson Davis, [224]
quoted on Davis’s imprisonment, [225]
becomes editor of Chicago Republican, [225]
assails President Johnson, [226]
quits Chicago Republican, [226]
determines to have a New York newspaper, [226]
his backers, [226]
decides to buy the Sun, [228], [229]
changes its appearance, [230]
moves “It Shines for All,” [230], [231]
“Dana was the Sun and the Sun Dana,” [231]
makes no rules for the Sun, [238]
editorial principles of, [238], [239]
lectures at Cornell, [239]
defines news, [241]
on college education, [242]
on reporting, [242]
“The invariable law is to be interesting,” [243]
“Do not take any model,” [243], [244]
not impressed by names of writers, [246]
“This is too damned wicked,” [246]
refuses to expose a silly literary thief, [246]
methods and surroundings of, [246–251]
interest of, in everything and everybody, [251]
“Take the partition down,” [251]
love of, for variety of topics, [253]
delight of, in other men’s work, [254]
tact of, in handling men, [263]
death of great rivals of, [293]
quoted on “personal journalism,” [296]
quoted on Greeley, Raymond, and Bennett, [297]
“We pass the Tribune by”, [298]
advises World reporters to read the Bible, [299]
kindly feeling of, toward the younger Bennett, [299]
belief of, in a newspaper without advertising, [299–301]
objects to “heavy chunks of news,” [302]
“our contemporaries exhaust their young men,” [302]
is a witness against Secretary Robeson, [305]
defeats Shepherd’s attempt to railroad him, [307]
denies wishing to be collector of the port, [309], [310]
loses friends because of attacks on Grantism, [310]
refuses to be turned, [310]
retains opinion of Grant’s military ability, [310]
“First find the man,” plans of, [326]
frames gold plank for New York convention of 1896, [345]
asks Platt not to oppose Roosevelt, [345]
affection of, for Cuba, [353–354]
memorial to, in Camaguey, [354], [355]
breaks with Associated Press, [374]
encouraged Sun men to write fiction, [405]
“The second yellow journalist,” [413]
not a yellow journalist, [415]
attacks yellow journalism, [413], [415], [416], [417]
revolutionizes journalism, [416]
“An opposition party in himself,” [420]
attacks Hayes, [420]
opposition of, to Cleveland, [420]
supports B. F. Butler, [420]
would burn his pen rather than support Blaine, [421]
opinion of, on civil service reform, [421]
opposes Bryan, [422]
continental travels, [423]
knowledge of languages, [423]
porcelain collection of, [423]
country home of, [424]
death of, [425]
the Sun’s announcement of death of, [425]
elevation of journalism by, [426]
Dana, Paul, succeeds his father as editor, [426]
chief owner, [427]
Davids, David, reporter, [283]
Davies, Acton, Spanish war correspondent, [356]
Evening Sun dramatic critic, [399]
Davis, Oscar King, goes with Schley’s squadron, [355]
describes capture of Guam, [356], [357]
Davis, Richard Harding, experiences and work of, on Evening Sun, [398]
writes Van Bibber stories for Evening Sun, [398]
Day, Benjamin H., decides to publish the Sun, [22]
birth and ancestry of, [22]
issues the first Sun, [25]
issues a True Sun, [60]
is indicted for attacking Attree, [61]
welcomes an attack by Col. Webb, [111]
quarrels with Bennett, [110]
attacks the service at the Astor House, [117]
name of, taken from the Sun’s masthead, [125]
sells the Sun to Moses Y. Beach, [127]
period of ownership by, of the Sun, [127]
profits from the Sun, [127], [128]
influence of, upon journalism, [129]
influence of, on Bennett’s success, [131], [132]
success of, responsible for the founding of many one-cent papers, [133]
says the Sun’s success was “more by accident than design,” [137]
establishes True Sun, [137]
starts the Tatler, [137], [138]
founds Brother Jonathan, [138]
retirement and death of, [138]
remarks on Dana’s purchase of the Sun, [138]
son of Benjamin H. Day, [138]
contrasted with Dana, [202]
was he a yellow journalist?, [414]
Delane, John T., pictured by Kinglake, [247]
De Morgan, Augustus, notes of, on the Moon Hoax, [96–99]
Denison, Lindsay, covers Slocum disaster, [361]
Dick, Dr. Thomas, [66]
Dickens, Charles, “Nicholas Nickleby” criticized, [123]
The Sun’s comments on American visit of, [155], [156], [157]
Dieuaide, Thomas M., writes story of the Santiago sea fight, [355], [356]
describes the destruction of St. Pierre, [357], [358]
Dillingham, Charles B., Evening Sun dramatic critic, [399]
Dix, John A., an advertiser in the first Sun, [28]
Dix, John A., Governor, seizes three New York newspapers in 1864, [183]
Douglas, Stephen A., the Sun’s attitude toward, [175], [177], [178]
Draper, Dr. John W., [35]
Dyer, Oliver, versatility of, [405]
Eaton, Walter P., dramatic critic, [411]
Edison, Thomas A., thanks the Sun for chewing tobacco, [322]
Editorial writers, list of, [326]
England, Isaac W., first managing editor of the Sun, [263], [264]
Dana’s tribute to, [264]
Evans, George O., “He understands addition, division, and silence,” [305]
Evening Sun, first issued by Beach Brothers, [171]
issued by Dana, March 17, 1887, [397]
“Laffan’s baby,” [397]
Cummings first managing editor of, [397]
later managing editors of, [398], [400]
list of editorial writers, managing editors, and city editors of, [399], [400]
Express service, usefulness to the Sun, [140], [141]
Fairbanks, Charles M., reporter and night editor, [351]
Fernandez, the murderer, [103–104]
Field, Eugene, obtains Dana’s shears, [249]
Fire, New York conflagration of 1835, [105–106]
Fisk, James, Jr., pays $800,000 for a theatre, [236]
tells of Sun enterprise, [269], [270]
Fitzgerald, Christopher J., finds the lost Umbria, [392], [393]
Flaherty, Bernard. See [Williams, Barney].
Flint, Dr. Austin, youthful friend of Dana, [204]
Florence, William J., subscriber to the Tweed statue fund, [273]
Foord, John, editor of the Times, [298]
Football, Ralph’s story without a score, [334], [335]
Beach’s Homeric introduction, [350], [351]
Forks, the Sun’s conservative attitude toward, [55]
Forrest, Edwin, [55–56]
Fowler, Elting A., predicts Bryan’s appointment as Secretary of State, [377]
Fuller, Andrew S., agricultural editor, [199], [200]
Fyles, Franklin, reports Beecher trial, [278]
reporter, dramatic critic, and playwright, [283]
Garr, Andrew S., sues Day for libel, [126]
Gibson, A. M., Washington correspondent, [312]
Godwin, Parke, edits Daily News, [181]
Goodwin, Joseph, creates Sarsaparilla Reilly, [412]
Gould, Jay, is blackballed in the Blossom Club, [270]
Grant, Ulysses S., the Sun’s support of, in 1868, announced, [199]
imposed upon, [304]
opposed by the Sun, [304]
Grant scandals, [304–310]
Greeley, Horace, founds Morning Post, [23]
fails with Morning Post, [37]
Albany correspondent Daily Whig, [134]
starts the Tribune, [159]
is scorned by the Sun, [159]
hires Henry J. Raymond, [160]
attacks the Sun, [161]
tells British legislators the Sun was cheap at $250,000, [171]
mentioned for the collectorship, [179]
hires Dana, [209]
timidity of, toward slavery, [211]
writes pleas to Dana, [212]
denies writing “Forward to Richmond!”, [213]
hires Cummings on the state of his breeches, [266]
Gregg, Frederic J., editorial writer, Evening Sun, [400]
Griffis, William Elliot, a Sun contributor, [404]
Gurowski, Count, writes for the Tribune, [161]
Hackett, James H., [39]
Hallock, Gerard, sympathy of, with slavery forces him to retire from the Journal of Commerce, [181], [182]
Hamblin, Thomas S., ruined by fire of 1836, [118]
beats Bennett, [118]
Hamilton, Captain, aspersions of, relative to tooth brushes, [45]
Harbour Association, formed by six newspapers, [167]
Harnden, William F., starts express service, New York to Boston, [141]
Harte, Bret, stories by, syndicated by the Sun, [403]
Hawkins, Ervin, city editor, Evening Sun, [400]
Hayward, Billings, part owner of the Transcript, [133], [134]
Hazeltine, Mayo W., writes on Dana’s elevation of journalism, [426]
“M. W. H.,” [408]
literary critic for thirty-one years, [408]
Head-lines, the Sun’s second, [44]
examples of (1833), [52]
example of, in Dana’s time, [314]
Hearst, William R., “the fourth yellow journalist,” [413]
Henderson, William J., musical critic and yachting writer, [391]
Hendrix, Joseph C., “Cut out the damn,” [279]
“Hermit,” writes Washington letters for the Sun, [176]
Herschel, Sir John F. W., [66]
Hill, Edwin C., reports Becker trial, [321]
style of, in disaster stories, [361], [362]
Hitchcock, Thomas, author of “Matthew Marshall” financial articles, [228]
Hoaxes. See [Moon Hoax], [Balloon Hoax], [Mungo Park].
Hoe, Robert, Day’s remark at dinner to, [137]
Holmes, Mary J., writes novels for the Sun, [195]
Hone, Philip, as a writer, [37]
Horse expresses: the six-cent papers combine to use, [110]
Hotels, huge noon dinners in the thirties, [122]
Howard, Joseph, Jr., issues a false Presidential proclamation, [183]
Hudson, Frederic, opposes managing editorships, [262]
“Human interest,” [244], [245], [313], [363]
Humour, [366], [367]
Hurlbut, William Henry, a Sun contributor, [405]
Illustrations, the Sun’s first, [43]
Interviews, invented by Bennett, [316]
Introductions, the Sun’s objection to, [363]
Irving, Washington, [34–35]
Irwin, Will, “The City That Was,” [358]
“It Shines for All,” [58]
Jackson, Andrew, message of, printed in full, [51]
James, Henry, flashy head-lines on a novel by, [404]
Jennings, Louis J., chief editorial writer of the Times, [274]
becomes editor of the Times, [298]
returns to England, [298]
Jewett, Helen, murder of, [113], [114]
trial of Robinson for murder of, [115], [116]
Jones, Alexander, becomes first agent of Associated Press, [167]
invents telegraph cipher, [167]
Jones, George, partner of H. J. Raymond, [274]
Journalism, the earliest dailies, [29]
advance of, between 1830 and 1840, [136], [137]
great editors of 1868, [233]
managing editors, [262], [263]
first women reporters, [285], [286]
Watterson’s review in 1873, [293–295]
“Personal journalism,” [295], [296]
Dana’s dream of a paper without advertisements, [299–301]
interviewing, [316]
What do people read?, [323]
“Sixth sense,” [335], [336]
Journal of Commerce, the Sun’s only surviving morning contemporary of 1833, [25]
Josephs, Joseph, reporter, [283]
Kane, Lawrence S., city editor, [279]
reporter, [280]
Kellogg, Daniel F., city editor 1890–1902, [371]
Kelly, John, marriage of, reported, [321], [322]
Kemble, Fanny, [44], [59]
Kemble, W. H., author of the “addition, division, and silence” letter, [305]
causes Dana’s arrest, [306]
is sent to prison, [306]
Kendall, George W., despatches of, to the New Orleans Picayune used by the Sun, [165]
King, Charles, editor of the American, [130], [131]
Know-Nothing Party, uses Maria Monk’s “Disclosures” as political capital, [112]
Kobbé, Gustav, dramatic and musical critic, [350]
Laffan Bureau, established, [375]
growth, [376]
Laffan, William M., becomes proprietor of the Sun, [427]
thorough newspaper training of, [427]
art expert, [427], [428]
dramatic critic, [428]
“Anybody can get anything printed, except the owner,” [428]
death of, in 1909, [430]
Landon, M. D. See [Eli Perkins].
Leggett, William, fights duel with Blake, [130]
Levermore, Charles H., describes victory of the Sun and the Herald over old-fashioned journalism, [137]
Lincoln, Abraham, “No match for the Little Giant,” [177]
“A man of the people,” [178]
is elected, “and yet the country is safe,” [179]
Sun comments on re-election of, [182];
on death of, [182]
New York newspapers’ comment on emancipation proclamation, [184]
assigns Dana to Virginia campaign, [222]
Literature, in the fifties, [173]
serial novels contracted for by M. S. Beach, [196]
“The finest side of the Sun,” [402], et seq.
Literary men, list of, in 1833, [34–35]
Lloyd, Nelson, Spanish war correspondent, [355]
city editor, Evening Sun, [400]
Locke, Richard Adams, goes on Sun as a reporter, [64]
Poe’s sketch of, [65], [66]
early life of, [66]
confesses the Moon Hoax, [86–87]
life of the murderer, Fernandez, by, [103–104]
starts the New Era, [116–117]
writes “The Lost Manuscript of Mungo Park,” [117]
becomes editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, [117], [118]
death of, [118]
attends dinner to Moses Y. Beach, [167]
Lord, Chester S., Whisky Ring story by, [284], [285]
long service of, [326], [327]
first staff of, [327]
“Ten thousand battles of,” [327]
managing editor, 1880–1913, [372]
studies at Hamilton College, [373]
goes on the Sun as a reporter, [373]
buys Syracuse Standard, [373]
returns to the Sun, [373]
assistant managing editor, [373]
managing editor, [373]
described by E. G. Riggs, [373]
perfects collection of election returns, [374]
sends Blaine first news of his defeat, [374]
establishes a news service in a night, [375]
selection of correspondents by, [376]
“Use your own judgment,” [377], [378]
“You’ve been fired, but come back,” [378]
Lord, Kenneth, city editor, [371], [432]
Lotteries, list of numbers drawn, in the Sun, [40]
Lottery advertising, [37]
Luby, James, chief editorial writer, Evening Sun, [400]
Lyman, Ambrose W., night city editor, [371]
Lynch, Charles, Sunday Sun writer, [412]
Lynde, Willoughby, part owner of the Transcript, [133], [134]
Magazines, New York periodicals in 1833, [34]
Maguire, Mark, newsboy and sports writer, [285]
invents boxing chart, [285]
Mallon, George Barry, city editor, 1902–1914, [371]
Mandigo, John, sporting editor, [395]
Mann, Henry, reporter, exchange editor and author, [284]
reports Stokes trial, [321]
Mansfield, Josephine, [236], [270]
Marble, Manton, joins the World, [182]
controls it, [182]
protests to Lincoln when the World is suppressed, [183]
Maria Monk, the Sun prints “Disclosures” of, [111], [112]
exposed by W. L. Stone in the Commercial Advertiser, [112], [113]
Martineau, Harriet, comments of, on the Moon Hoax, [86]
“Matthew Marshall.” See [Hitchcock, Thomas].
Matthias the Prophet, trial of, for murder, [63]
McAlpin, Robert, reporter, [284]
McAlpin, Tod, reporter, [284]
McClellan, George B., supported by the Sun in 1864, [185]
McCloy, W. C., city editor and managing editor, Evening Sun, [398], [400]
McDonnell, P. G., predicts Aguinaldo’s revolt, [376]
McEntee, Joseph, Albany correspondent, [394]
Mexican War, Sun’s news of, [164], [165]
costly to newspapers, [166]
Mitchell, Edward P., owns a copy of the first Sun, [26]
is quoted on Dana’s freedom from ancient journalistic rules, [240]
describes Dana’s methods and surroundings, [247–251]
describes Dana’s encouragement of Cuba Libre, [354]
finds “Plaza Charles A. Dana” in Camaguey, [355]
writes short stories of distinction, [405]
breadth of his fancy and humour, [405], [406]
address on “The Newspaper Value of Non-essentials,” [406]
champions the classics, [407]
defines yellow journalism and white, [415]
describes Dana’s revolution of journalism, [416]
receives Dana’s instructions as to length of death notice, [425]
becomes editor-in-chief, [430]
president of the Sun Printing and Publishing Association, 1909–1911, [430]
remains as editor, [432]
“Monsieur X.” See [Thiéblin, Napoleon L.]
Moon Hoax, [64–101]
reacts on the Sun’s big fire story, [106]
Morris, George P., [37]
Morrissey, John, pugilist, is supported for the Senate by the Sun, [323]
Morrison, Archibald M., gains control of the Sun to use it for evangelical purposes, [189]
Morse, Samuel F. B., assisted by W. M. Swain and A. S. Abell to finance the telegraph, [136]
Motto, “It Shines for All” appears, origin of, [58]
Mullin, Edward H., editorial writer, Evening Sun, [400]
Munn, Orson D., buys Scientific American with Alfred E. Beach, [162]
Munsey, Frank A., sells Washington Times to Brisbane, [348]
remarks of, at Yale on the influence of the Sun and the World, [419]
buys New York Press, [431]
buys the Sun, [431]
consolidates the Sun and the Press, [431]
buys Stewart Building, [432]
“M. W. H.” See [Hazeltine, M. W.]
“Mystery of Marie Roget.” See [Rogers, Mary].
Navy Department scandals, [304], [305]
“Nemo,” a Sun correspondent in the Civil War, [188]
News boats, [166]
Newsboys, Day originates street sales by, [39–40]
Sam Messenger, [40]
Newspapers, Courrant, the first English daily, [29]
London Times the first English paper to use a steam press, [29]
Pennsylvania Packet, the first American daily, [29]
the Globe, oldest New York paper, [29]
the Evening Post, second oldest New York paper, [29]
the Courier and the Enquirer amalgamated, [35]
New York Tribune, founding of, [37]
New York Times is started, [57]
the Transcript is started, [57]
the True Sun, [59–60]
Courier and Enquirer, its huge size, [62]
attitude of the Sun’s contemporaries toward the Moon Hoax, [75], [76], [82], [87]
the Sun’s penny imitators, editorial reference to, [107]
New York Herald prints the first report of Stock Exchange sales, [109]
Herald’s circulation in 1836, [116]
the Journal of Commerce denounces the Sun as an inciter of riots, [119]
paper rolls, a new invention, described, [123], [124]
Courier and Enquirer’s writers under Webb, [130]
Journal of Commerce, enterprise under Gerard Hallock’s editorship, [130]
the Transcript’s early success, [133], [134]
list of penny papers started in New York, 1833–1838, [134]
New York Express established, [134], [135]
New York Daily News established, [134], [135]
the Daily Transcript, the first Philadelphia penny paper, [135]
Philadelphia Public Ledger, office mobbed, [135]
list of great dailies founded, 1833–1843, [136]
the Herald called “a very bad paper,” by Greeley, [174]
New York World, appearance of, as a highly moral sheet, [182]
the New York Times and the Tweed exposure, [274], [275]
Orange Postman, the first penny paper, [29]
Newspaper feuds, Day and Webb, [54]
Sun and Journal of Commerce, [54]
New York, size and life of, in 1833, [32–34]
life in the thirties, [121–123]
rich and powerful figures of Dana’s first Sun year, [234], [235]
clubs, hotels, and theatres of the sixties, [236], [237]
New York Press, sports staff of, transferred to the Sun, [393]
Nicollet, Jean Nicolas, supposed connection of, with the Moon Hoax, [94–101]
Noah, Mordecai M., [61]
establishes Morning Star, [134]
“No king, no clown, to rule this town,” [255]
Norr, William, writes “The Pearl of Chinatown,” [411]
North, S. N. D., describes the influence of the penny press, [137]
North, Walter Savage, writes fiction for the Sun, [196]
circulation of New York dailies in 1833, [31]
“Nym Crinkle.” See [Andrew C. Wheeler].
O’Brien, John H., Laffan’s jest with, [429], [430]
Odion, Henry W., night city editor, [371]
O’Hanlon, Virginia, asks the Sun if there is a Santa Claus, [409]
O’Malley, Frank W., story by, on Policeman Sheehan’s death, [364]
describes Passover parade, [367]
Overton, Grant M., book-reviewer, [411]
Palmer, Frederick, Evening Sun reporter, [399]
Paragraphs, quotations from, in 1834, [52–53]
Park, Mungo, Locke writes the “Lost Manuscript” of, [117]
Patton, Francis T., rules for exaggeration by, [390], [391]
Penny newspapers, failure of, before the Sun was established, [23]
Perkins, Eli (Melville De Lancey Landon), Sun correspondent, [314]
Philip Hone, the Sun suggests that he incited a riot, [119]
Phillips, David Graham, last assignments of, [360]
finds material for novels, [360]
Pigs in City Hall Park, the Sun objects to, [55]
Pigeons, the Sun uses, to carry ship news, [146], [147]
editorial explaining presence of, on the Sun’s roof, [147], [148]
Pike, James S., Dana advises, to get “Black Dan drunk,” [211]
career of, as journalist and diplomat, [256], [257]
Poe, Edgar Allan, describes R. A. Locke, [65], [66]
his “Hans Pfaall” spoiled by the Moon Hoax, [90–93]
belief of, that the Moon Hoax firmly established penny newspapers, [102]
returns to New York, [148]
writes the Balloon Hoax for the Sun, [149]
inspiration of, for “The Mystery of Marie Roget,” [153], [155]
Post-Trader scandal, [306]
Prall, William M., [104]
Press, the Sun’s first, [24]
the Sun’s second, [52]
the Sun’s third, [58]
Presses, Day buys two Napiers, [118]
Price, Joseph, partner of R. A. Locke in New Era, [116]
part owner New Era, [134]
Price of the Sun changed from “one penny” to “one cent,” [51]
Printers, union, in 1833, [48]
Prize-fighting denounced, [59]
Pulitzer, Joseph, is assigned by Dana to report the electoral controversy, [240]
correspondent of the Sun, [312]
“The third yellow journalist,” [413]
influence of, on journalism, [419]
Railroads, extent of, in 1833, [30]
Ralph, Julian, reports Borden trial, [321]
long service of, on Sun, [331]
Grant’s funeral, report by, [332]
books written by, [334]
a football classic by, with the score left out, [334], [335]
Molly Maguires, reported by, [335]
is gifted with “sixth sense,” [335]
describes reporting an inauguration, [337]
Ramsey, Dave, originates the idea of a penny Sun, [21]
Rawlins, General John A., part of, in Dana’s assignment to report on Grant, [218]
Raymond, Henry J., goes to the Tribune, [160]
performs a great reporting feat, [160]
leaves Greeley, [160]
becomes the first editor of the New York Times, [161]
calls Webb’s paper “the Austrian organ in Wall Street,” [174]
Reamer, Lawrence, dramatic critic, [411]
Reick, William C., becomes proprietor, [430]
early career of, [430], [431]
improves Evening Sun, [431]
sells the Sun to Frank A. Munsey, [431]
Reid, Whitelaw, succeeds Greeley, [298]
Reporters, comparison of styles, [315–322]
Sun staff in 1893, [330]
Sun, anonymity of, almost complete, [330]
“The Sun has no ‘stars,’” [359]
a typical assignment list in 1893, [359]
Rewey, Elijah M., night city editor, [371]
exchange editor, [372]
Riggs, Edward G., reports seven national conventions, [343], [344]
wide acquaintance of, [344]
Dana’s reliance on, [344]
“Riggs is my Phil Sheridan,” [345]
defines political correspondents, [345], [346]
described by Samuel G. Blythe, [346]
writes history of national conventions, [346]
describes Lord’s discernment, [373]
tells how Lord built up the Laffan bureau, [375], [376]
“One story you [Chamberlin] can’t write,” [341]
“Rigolo.” See [Thiéblin, N. L.]
Riis, Jacob A., chief police reporter, Evening Sun, [398]
writings of, attract Roosevelt, [398], [399]
Riots, the Bowery Theatre, [55–56]
Ripley, George, lectures, [205]
helps Dana to enter Brook Farm, [206]
is chief of the cow-milking group, [207]
editor of the Harbinger, [207]
prepares, with Dana, the “New American Encyclopedia,” [213]
Robeson, George M., accused by the Sun in the Navy scandal, [304], [305]
Robinson, Lucius, Sun reporter and governor, [104–105]
Rogers, Mary, disappearance of, announced in the Sun, [153]
editorial comment on murder of, [154]
Poe’s uses case of, in fiction, [153], [155]
Root, Walstein, Spanish war correspondent, [355]
Rosebault, Walter M., city editor and reporter, [280]
Rosenfeld, Sidney, Sun reporter in 1870, [280]
Ruhl, Arthur, Evening Sun reporter, [399]
Rum, the Sun’s aversion to, [43]
Safe Burglary Conspiracy, [308]
Salary Grab, [307]
Sam Patch, the Sun’s pigeon, [147], [149]
Santa Claus editorial article, [409], [410]
Scientific American, interest in, bought by Alfred E. Beach, [162]
Secession, the Sun’s plan to emasculate, [179], [180]
Serviss, Garret P., night editor, [372]
Shaw, Henry Grenville, telegraph editor, [280]
Shepherd, Alexander, accused by the Sun in the Washington paving scandal, [307]
tries to hale Dana to Washington, [307]
Short, Wm. F., [60]
Shunk, James F., a Sun contributor, [405]
Siamese Twins, arrest of, [51]
Simonds, Frank H., editorial writer, the Sun and the Evening Sun, [400]
Simonton, James W., associate of Raymond, [174]
“Six-penny respectables,” [110]
“Sixth sense,” examples of, [335], [336]
Slavery, Missouri Compromise and Dred Scott decision rejected by the Sun, [175], [176]
Smith, George M., night editor, 1904–1912, [372]
managing editor Evening Sun, [400]
Smith, Goldwin, a Sun contributor, [404]
Space rates, [380]
Spalding, James R., a World writer, [182]
Spanish War, Sun’s news service in, [353–356]
Sports, the Sun’s first prize-fight story, [58]
Sports department, [391–393]
Spears, John R., cruises around the world, [349]
reports America’s Cup races, [349]
covers Hatfield-McCoy feuds, [349]
books written by, [349]
Spears, Raymond S., reporter, [349]
Speed, Keats, becomes managing editor, [432]
Spencer, Edward, a writer of fiction for the Sun, [405]
Stanley, William J., part owner of the Transcript, [133]
Stanton, Henry Brewster, a Sun writer from 1868 to 1887, [258], [259]
Beecher’s tribute to, [259]
Stanton, Edwin M., asks Dana to enter War Department, [215]
withdraws appointment, [216]
Steamships, Great Western arrives at New York, [119]
Sirius arrives at New York, [119]
the Sun’s extras on arrival of, [142]
loss of the President, [143]
Stephens, Ann S., writes fiction for the Sun, [196]
Stereotyping, adopted by the Sun, [193]
Stetson, Francis Lynde, a Sun contributor, [404]
Stevenson, Robert Louis, early successes of, first appear in the Sun, [403], [404]
South Seas articles of, complete only in the Sun, [403], [404]
Stewart, Alexander T., grave robbery of, [322]
Stewart, William (“Walsingham”), first dramatic critic to adopt intimate style, [411]
Stillman, Amos B., telegraph editor for forty-five years, [280]
“Quite a fire in Chicago,” [281]
Stokes, Edward S., conviction of, reported by Henry Mann, [317], [318]
Stone, William L., conflict of, with Bryant, [34]
the Sun’s quarrel with, [56]
sketch of, [112]
exposes Maria Monk, [113]
Sullivan-Mitchell fight, Arthur Brisbane’s report of, [347], [348]
Sun, the, reprints of the first issue, [25]
size of the first issue, [25]
extant copies of first issue, [26]
second issue, contents of, [38]
attacks shinplasters and phrenology, [123]
sold by Day to Beach, [127]
plant, expenses, and circulation of, June, 1838, [128]
Day’s period of ownership of, [127]
editorial comment in 1837 on popularity of, [129]
issues extras on the arrival of the Great Western, the British Queen, and other steamships, [142]
uses horse expresses to bring Governor Seward’s message from Albany, [143]
uses train, trotting horses, and boat to get the news of the steamer Caroline case, [144], [145]
uses carrier pigeons to get ship news, [146], [147]
moves to Nassau and Fulton streets, 1842, [146], [147]
second home of, burned after it had moved, [157]
buys a new dress of type every three months, [158]
is seven columns wide in 1840, [158]
title of, reads “The New York Sun” for a few months, [158]
is eight columns wide in 1843, [158]
Weekly Sun, [169]
American Sun, for Europeans, [169]
Illustrated Sun, [169]
syndicates President Tyler’s Message in 1841, [169]
value of, $250,000 in 1852, [171]
becomes a two-cent paper August 1, 1864;
a one-cent paper, July 1, 1916;
a two-cent paper January 26, 1918, [194]
size of, reduced to five columns in 1863, [193]
Weekly Sun, continued by Dana, [199]
Semi-Weekly Sun announced, [199]
Dana and his associates pay $175,000 for, [228], [229]
apologizes for issuing more than four pages, [278]
city editors under Cummings, [279]
telegraph editors, [280]
Office Cat of, [287–289]
only four pages for twenty years, [301]
extraordinary sales, [323–325]
success of, explained by E. P. Mitchell, [325]
the Sun spirit, [326], [379]
home of, for forty-seven years, [369]
editors-in-chief, only three in fifty years, [371]
managing editors, list of, [371]
city editors, list of, [371]
night city editors, list of, [371]
night editors, list of, [372]
news system, [372]
ethics, [380–383]
list of editorial writers, [409]
price of, [431], [432]
homes of, [432]
“Sunbeams” column, [315]
Sun cholera cure, [173]
Swain, Wm. M., predicts Day’s ruin, [24]
founds Philadelphia Public Ledger, [135]
industry of, [135]
makes $3,000,000, [135]
Swift, John T., sends the Sun a beat on Port Arthur’s fall, [376], [377]
Swinton, John, double intellectual life of, [259]
makes speeches attacking Dana, [260]
is managing editor of the Times, [261]
starts John Swinton’s Paper, [261]
Tammany Hall, old home of, bought by Dana for the Sun, [229]
Taylor, Bayard, European correspondent of the Tribune, [161]
Telegraph, comments on Morse’s new invention, [145]
a report that the Sun tried to control, [146]
extended to New York in 1846, [146]
is opened from New York to Philadelphia, Boston, and Albany, [164]
lines completed in 1846, [165]
drives reprint from first page, [171]
first cable messages, [197], [198]
Theatres, the Bowery riot, [55–56]
attractions of the thirties, [121], [122]
“Footlight Flashes,” [315], [316]
list of Sun critics, [411]
Thiéblin, Napoleon L., critic and essayist, [314], [315]
uses pen names of “Monsieur X,” “Azamet Batuk,” and “Rigolo,” [314], [315]
Tilden, Samuel J., editor of Daily News, [181]
Townsend, Edward W., writes Chimmie Fadden stories, [330]
fiction characters created by, [411]
Trains, special news, used by Sun and Herald, [166]
Trowbridge, H. Warren, writes fiction for the Sun, [195]
Tweed, William M., is boss of the city, [234]
as a source of news, [269]
statue of, a Sun joke, [271–274]
declination by, [273]
retains W. O. Bartlett as counsel, [275]
denounced by the Sun, [275], [276]
absolute power of, [276]
stable of, described by the Sun, [277]
escapes from keepers, [277]
Van Anda, Carr V., night editor, 1893–1904, [372]
Van Buren, Martha, [51]
Vance, John, writes editorials, [174]
leaves the Sun, [192]
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, an advertiser in the first Sun, [27]
opposes Jay Gould, [235]
a Sun interview with, in 1875, [316]
Van Dyke, Dr. Henry, deception of, by Tweed statue joke, [274]
Vila, Joseph, sports editor, Evening Sun, [400]
Damon Runyon’s tribute to, [393]
exposes huge betting, [393]
Wall Street news, Bennett appreciates value of, [109]
“Walsingham.” See [William Stewart].
Wardman, Ervin, first used phrase “Yellow Journalism,” [415]
becomes publisher of the Sun, [432]
Warren, General Fitz-Henry, writes the phrase, “Forward to Richmond!”, [213], [214]
career of, [214]
Sun writer, soldier, and politician, [257], [258]
article of, on Sumner’s death, [258]
Watkins, James T., editorial writer, Evening Sun, [399]
Watterson, Henry, “You [Dana] don’t make the Sun,” [291]
“Mr. Dana is left alone,” [293–295]
predicts no end to the “personality of journalism,” [295]
first woman reporter of Evening Sun, [400]
Webb, James Watson, journalist and a duellist, [35–36]
editorial articles on, [61], [62]
the Sun’s story of attack by, on Bennett, [108]
charges the Sun with stealing a President’s message, [110], [111]
second assault on Bennett described, [114]
refuses Joseph Wood’s challenge, [115]
retires from newspaper work, [183]
Webster, Daniel, Bunker Hill speech of, reported by the Sun, [158]
Weeks, Caleb, carries the Moon Hoax to Herschel in Africa, [86]
Weston, Edward Payson, the best “leg man” in journalism, [283]
feats of, in pedestrianism, [283], [284]
Weyman, Charles S., editor of the “Sunbeams” column, [228]
Wheeler, Andrew Carpenter, (“Nym Crinkle”), dramatic critic, [411]
Whisky Ring scandal, [305]
White, Frank Marshall, brings the Sun a beat on the missing steamer Umbria, [392], [393]
Whitman, Stephen French, Evening Sun reporter, [399]
Wild pigeons, [43]
Williams, Barney (Bernard Flaherty), the Sun’s first newsboy, [40]
makes first stage appearance, [121]
Williams, John, city editor, [279]
Willis, Nathaniel P., [37]
Wilson, Alexander C., associate of Raymond, [174]
Wilson, General James Harrison, quoted on Dana’s assignment to report on Grant, [217]
says Grant declared Dana would be appointed collector, [309]
Wisner, George W., the Sun’s first reporter, [38]
becomes half owner of the Sun, [46]
indicted for attack on Attree, [61]
challenged to a duel, [62]
retires from the Sun, [64]
Wood, Benjamin, buys Daily News, [135]
owns Daily News, [181]
Wood, Fernando, proposes New York’s secession, [180]
Wood, Dr. John B., “The Great American Condenser,” [278]
condenses through a reader, [279]
Wood, Joseph, feud over, and wife, challenge of, to Col. Webb, [115]
Wood, Samuel A., originates rhymed news stories, [351]
spring poem by, [352]
“Snygless the Seas Are,” [352]
Yale University, students of, investigate the Moon story, [84–85]
Yellow Journalism, Col. Watterson’s statement on, [413]
defined by E. P. Mitchell, [415]
phrase, first used by Ervin Wardman, [415]
Young, John Russell, orders of, enrage Cummings, [266]
Young, Mr., charged by the Transcript with biting two of its carriers, [119]
Young, William, city editor, [279]
managing editor, [282]

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