1903.--Edward P. Mitchell becomes the editor of the _Sun_, July 20. 1909.--Death of William M. Laffan, November 19. 1911.--William C. Reick becomes proprietor, December 17. 1915.--The _Sun_ moves to 150 Nassau street, July 11. 1916.--Frank A. Munsey becomes proprietor, June 30. 1916.--With the _Sun_ is amalgamated the New York _Press_, July 3. 1916.--The price is reduced to one cent, July 3. 1918.--The price again becomes two cents, January 26. 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