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Show r A UTTLC- LOTTERY.. RACKST, Th. Entire Mnll l.ditton of an r.t Pas Ta- pur Contli-oat.il. - - El Paso. Tex., May 14. The entire mail edition of Ihe F.l Paso Times was confiscated and refused transmission through the mails yesterday nioruing by the postmaster at this place because the paper contained a rynopsis of lho Louisiana supreme court decision which compels the Louisiana state secretary to submit tii th'j people of that state at the next election, the atneud-ue-it passed by the general assembly extending extend-ing the charter of the Louisiana Lottery Lot-tery company. Tho same matter was published iu the republican paj or hero and, it is said, no protest was made against it by the postmaster. The business manager of the Times swore out a warrant for the postmaster's arrest on a charge of unlawfully detaining mail matter and refusing its transmission through the mails. The postmaster was taken before be-fore a United Slates commissioner who bound him over to appear for a hearing hear-ing today. |