1900

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January 20, 1900

• The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn, New York Saturday, January 20, 1900 - Page 13 — Death of Thomas Frere. — Veteran Chess Player and Organizer Dies at Bay Ridge. … He was one of the most active promoters of the First American Chess Congress, which was played in New York in 1857, through which Paul Morphy was introduced to the world. Mr. Frere was a player in the minor tournament of that congress. He was one of the organizers of the first Brooklyn chess club, in the early 50's and was secretary for several years, entertaining Morphy on his visit to the Brooklyn Chess Club in 1858. He was one of the organizers of the Manhattan Chess Club, and made the official presentation of the portrait of Morphy to that club which was purchased by subscription.” Read More

February 08, 1900

• Carlisle Evening Herald Carlisle, Pennsylvania Thursday, February 08, 1900 - Page 2 — Noted Chess Player Insane. — New York, Feb. 8 — Dr. William Steinitz, the famous chess player, was taken from his home to the insane pavilion of Bellevue hospital last night. He is 62 years old, and was confined in an asylum in Moscow in 1897. ★

Noted Chess Player Insane. 08 Feb 1900, Thu Carlisle Evening Herald (Carlisle, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

February 10, 1900

• The Evening Democrat Warren, Pennsylvania Saturday, February 10, 1900 - Page 5 — The present attack of insanity from which William Steinitz, the celebrated chess player, is suffering, is believed to be the second he has experienced. The first came in 1897 while Steinitz was participating in a chess tournament in Moscow. He was placed in a sanitarium, where he was visited by the American consul, who found his mind apparently clear. The patient was released after a month's rest and exhibited great indignation with the Russian Government for incarcerating him, threatening to make a claim for damages. Steinitz has always maintained that he was not crazy in Moscow, but that his mind was under a tremendous strain and that he was excited. He is now bothered by electric currents. “They may be a delusion,” he told the hospital surgeons the other night. His condition is regarded as serious. Read More

February 13, 1900

• The Standard Union Brooklyn, New York Tuesday, February 13, 1900 - Page 12 — Chess Champion's Sad End — Friendless, Poverty Stricken and Insane at 70.

April 07, 1900

• The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Saturday, April 07, 1900 - Page 4 — William Steinitz Discharged. — He Has a Pronounced Case of Paranoia, but There is Nothing Alarming in the Symptoms, it is Announced. — New York, April 7 — William Steinitz, the former chess champion of the world, will be discharged in a few days from a sanitarium near Astoria, L I, where he has been undergoing treatment for several weeks. From the standpoint of a specialist, the former champion is still insane, but Dr. Kindred says there is nothing alarming in the symptoms, although the question of an absolute cure could only be solved by time and proper treatment. His case has been diagnosed as paranoia, and the sanitarium physicians say it is most pronounced. The Century dictionary describes paranoia as a chronic form of insanity, developing in highly irritable nervous constitutions, presenting systematized delusions of more or less definite scope, while in other directions there may appear a fair amount of mental health. The prognosis or forecast of the probable course and termination of the disease is usually extremely bad. Read More

April 26, 1900

• St. Albans Daily Messenger Saint Albans, Vermont Thursday, April 26, 1900 - Page 1 — William Steinitz, one of the champion chess players of the world who was recently released from a sanitarium, was arrested at his home in New York city to-day for insanity and will probably be again committed to an asylum.

April 27, 1900

• Spokane Chronicle Spokane, Washington Friday, April 27, 1900 - Page 12 — Steinitz Again Loses His Mind — Great Chess Player Will Probably Return to the Asylum. — New York. April 27. — William Steinitz, at one time the champion chess player of the world, and who was recently released from a sanitarium, where he was being treated for insanity, is thought to have again lost his mind. About a week ago he began to suffer from a hallucination that he had made a great discovery and was the possessor of immense wealth. Last night he went for a walk and it was found afterward that he had given all the money he had with him to small boys. He will probably be again committed to an asylum. Read More

Steinitz Again Loses His Mind 27 Apr 1900, Fri Spokane Chronicle (Spokane, Washington) Newspapers.com

May 19, 1900

• Winfield Daily Courier Winfield, Kansas Saturday, May 19, 1900 - Page 4 — Chess Player Steinitz Insane. — William Steinitz, the famous chess expert, who was the greatest player at the game since Paul Morphy's day, is now an inmate of Manhattan State Hospital for the Insane in New York. He was admitted to the institution this week, and his wife is left penniless. Steinitz lost the world's championship to Emanuel Lasker in 1894 and never recovered from the blow. His friends went back on him when his mind gave way and he is now obliged to go to a charitable institution. Read More

Chess Player Steinitz Insane. 19 May 1900, Sat Winfield Daily Courier (Winfield, Kansas) Newspapers.com

August 14, 1900

• The Post-Crescent Appleton, Wisconsin Tuesday, August 14, 1900 - Page 4 — Death of William Steinitz

November 04, 1900

• The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sunday, November 04, 1900 - Page 46 — Chess.