The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-09-04
ASTORIA EVENING NEWS.


yesterday afternoon and both lines Of the
Western Union and Postal Telegraph were
blown down and from that time until this
morning. all telegraphic communication
was cut on from the outside world. The
Astorian came out this morning just the
same with alleged telegraphic reports
fact the Astorian did not receive one word
of telegraphio matter last night. and the
News will donate Slcc to any local chari-
table institution II the statement is not
correct The decision TO be left with
Manager johnson OF the Western Union
and Manager Clark Of the Postal tele-
graph.
The above item. from the Evening News
OF yesterday, is an intentional misrepre-
sentation of the Astorian. It was written
by a man who knows the untruth Of his
statements as wen as any one employed
on the Astorian. II belongs to that class
Of cowardly and malicious lies whose
distinguishing characteristic is the in
clusion of a sufficient grain of truth to en-
able their castardly perpetrator to escape
the fun consequences Of their exposure.
The Astorian did not pretend to print any
telegraph received after the wires went
down on the evening in question, but every
word which purported to be telegraphic
rews in yesterdays paper was live tele-
graphic matter, received by this paper.
through Portland, before the wires be-
tween here and there were disabled. The
proof of this fact will be apparent to any
one having sufficient inclination to check
the Astorian's report with that contained
in the oregonian of yesterday or the
Telegram. neither of which papers could
have been received in Astoria until after
the Astorian was printed and delivered
The publishers of the Evening News know
that the Astorian receives both an after
noon and nigh, report, just the same as
the oregonian. The offer TO donate 'slcO"
to some charitable institution is. under the
circumstances, a perfectly safe propO-
sition for three reasons, viz: G) Because
no one connected with the Evening News
has got or could raise the sum Of s100:
CD the Astoian did not and could not
make any claim TO having received a night
telegraph report on the date in question;
and 90 II the Astorian had made and
could substantiate any such claim the
Evening News would set up its right Of
forfeit to the money. on the just ground
that it is the most needy, although not the
most deserving, charitable institution now
existing in Astoria.
And now, in its turn. the Astorian makes
the Evening News the following offer:
1t will donate the receipted bills for unpaid
accounts. amounting to several times the
sum involved in the News challenge, rep
resenting composition, press work and
material furnished for the publication Of
that paper. IL either one, or all Of the
following propositions is not true, viz:
u That every line Of purported ,ele-
graphic news printed in yesterdays As
torian was live Associated Press matter
received and paid for at so much a word
by the Astorian; (2) that not one word Of
telegraphic matter printed in the News wa
received by that paper on yesterday. and
90 that large portion Of the telegraphic
news published and purporting TO have
been received by that paper over the wires
was clipped bodily from the genuine tele-
graph report published in yesterdays
Astorian.