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