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Show DISGUISED AS NUNS. Chinese Are Smuggled Across the Canadian Borde Ulull (Canada) Cor. Baltimore Sun.) A new ruse for smuggling Chinese into the United States has been discovered near this place. A party of supposed nuns and a prisht boarded a train In Montreal a few davs I ago with tickets for Jojinsbury. Vi. Two commercial travelers noticed that they were closely veiled and never spoke a word. From them a L'nlted Slates customs cus-toms officer who was on the train took his cue, and went Into the car to investigate. investi-gate. At Rlohford, Yt., he went his rounds among the passengers us usual and the little reticules of the nuns and his own bag were handed to him by the priest. These contained nothing out of the ordinary, or-dinary, though the Book of Hours in each one was evidently quite new and unused un-used as yet. The supposed clergyman was in his bland, French way most affable to the officer. nen uie train next stoppen, naving doubled back again into Canadian lerri-tory, lerri-tory, the man disguised as a priest rising ris-ing in his place made a signal to his friends and with them left the car. A few hours later the entire party was arrested while tramping along near Troy, Yt., by officers of the Cnited States customs. cus-toms. The capture has been kept as quiet as possible, in the hope that the illicit percolation per-colation of Chinese into the Cnited States from Canada might be diminished. It is noticeable at the present moment that Chinese laundries are being established estab-lished In several of the villages within ten or lifteen miles and on each side of the Maine and Vermont boundaries. In all probability these laundries are merely depositories de-positories for the use of smugglers of Chinese, the surprising resemblance between be-tween these foreigners making It exceedingly ex-ceedingly difficult to keep tally of those arriving and departing. |