The San Francisco call., 1903-09-17
.LEPER HIDES
IN A VILLAGE
OF THE SOUTH
Refugee From Hon
olulu Escapes
Officers.
Cottage Empty When
PurSuerS Discover
Her Retreat.
Former Chicagoans Depart
and Leave No Clew
Former Chicagoans Depart
and Leave No Clew
Behind Them.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN BERNARDINO, Sept. 16.-The peo-
pie of San Jacinto. little town southeast
of here, at the base Of San Jacinto Peak,
have just discovered the startling fact
that a lepe- has been mingling in their
midst for the last three months without
their knowledge. G. L. Greenwen brought
the story TO this city to-day.
Some time ago there arrived at San
Jacinto a Mr. and Mrs. John McQuade.
who rented a cottage in the suburbs. He
was a carpenter and prosperity smiled
on him from the moment that he first
set his foot in the town. The couple
made friends, but no one ever caught a
glimpse of his wife's face. she always
appearing in the presence of others heav-
fly veiled. The man explained this by
stating that she was bothered with a
painful rash. which. If exposed to the air.
would become the more aggravated.
The other day two deputies from the
United States Marshsls office arrived in
town and on going to the house eecu-
pied by the couple they found it deserted.
After a long search they found several
persons who had seen them leave the
evening before on the train. The Of
fcers explained that Mrs. McQuade was
leper.
The couple were married in Chicago
several years ago. where she had been
employed as a city school teacher She
was regarded as an exceptionally bright
young woman and had received honors
from several leading seminaries in the
country. They had desire to travel and
McQuade was offered a position at a high
salary and concluded to settle there. AL
though he protested his wife secured an
appointment as principal of the native
schools, she having a desire to master
the language. This position brought her
in touch with lower classes and from
them she contracted the dread disease.
For a time she occupied a cottage in the
leper settlement, her home being built for
her especially, ard in an Isolated place,
where she would not come in contact
with the other lepers.
McQuade was desperate and thought
if he could get his wife to the United
States he could cure her by the change
in climate With the assistance of some
faithful natives they succeeded in snug
Cling her aboard a steamer. The author
tiles thought she had gone to the Orient
and did not learn of the true destination
until the steamer returned from the Unit
ed States. Then it was discovered that
the woman had escaped TO this country
The San Francisco authorities were noti-
fed by cable and since then officers have
been on the track of Mrs. McQuade.
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them came in. They included Statehood
for New Mexico, ARIZONA and Oklahoma,
for the protection of watersheds supply
ing municipalities with water. to permit
the entry and location of coal lands on
forest reserves and petitioning Congress
to repeal the lieu land provision Of the
forest reservation law and that private
lands in forest reservations should be
purchased or acquired by condemnation.
A long resolution was introduced by
George 8 Maxwell. chairman of the Ma
tional Irrigation Association, favoring the
recommendations contained in President
Roosevelt's telegram of yesterday for the
preservation of the forests. favoring the
immediate repeal of the desert land act.
the timber and stone act and the COM
mutation clause of the homestead act.
The resolutions were very explicit and
were heartily applauded by the delegates.
E. M. Brannock of Portland, Or, was
scheduled to speak on The Relation of
Irrigat ation to the Internal Trade and Com
merce of the Country" but he was not
nresent and his address was presented by
T. G. Harley.
c. E. wantland Of the Union Pacific
Railway, Denver. delivered an address on
"colonization." He claimed the national
IRRIGATION law will fail unless improved
methods of colonization are adopted and
urged greater cooperation between States
and land owners and railroads.
John Henry Smith spoke on THE Colo
n,zation of the West" and during his
talk he devoted some time to a defense OF
the character of Brigham Young. Maio,
carson. Washington correspondent of the
New York Times, also spoke briefly.
Governor George c. Pardee of Caiifor.
MIA then spoke. on THE Relation of Colo
ntzation to Irrigation" as follows:
GOVERNORS SPEECH.
In beRinning / wish to make an acknowI-
edgment 1 am indebted for the better part