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Show 1 have afcents call for them on this side. My father writes mo that the officials have been searching for a smuggling gang that is carrying on this sort of traffic, und I suppose this boarch frightened the persons who used our names without permission." T he contraband goods were shipped on the Gothland, the next steamer following fol-lowing the Kroonland. PLOT TO SMUGGLE FRENCH GOWNS IS FOILED SMUGGLERS HAD USED NAME OF MISS .NELLIE GRANT. - Goods Are Confiscated When Custom x House Officials Learn That She Knows Nothing of Them. San Francisco, April 17. Miss Nellie Nel-lie Grant, daughter of Jesse R. Grant ' and grand -daughter of Ulysses S. . Gf&nl and her aunt, Mrs. John E. Ma- , son of this city, have been unable to throw any light upon the plot now be-1 I Ing Investigated by the New York customs cus-toms officlals to smuggle about $30.-! 000 worth of 'French gowns and rare! Icces Into this country. . Upon tho assurance of the two worn- ; en that they knew, nothing of the trunks held at the New York custom i houee In their name, the trunks were opened, and the valuable shipment ; was confiscated because the goods i had not been declared for du,ty. Miss j Grant said: i "We returned from Calcutta last month after a two' years' residence' J abroad and all our effects were ad- milted free of duty. Wo arrived .in N"C;W York on the Kroonland. Recvit-I Recvit-I ly Mr. Stratton, the local collector. I communicated with us and asked whether or not. we expected any de-layei de-layei baggage. When we told him vc did not, he Immediately communicated communi-cated with New York. They broke ! open tLe trunks and found them HleJ ! with laces and gowns. The rmugglera i must have gotten our names from the passenger list and decided to ship tiuue goods addressed to us, aud then |