The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-02
FEAR THE WORST,
Miss Kate Schaeffer Was at NOdoa
When the Massacre Occurred July
4th.- Was Probably Slain.
HER LAST LETTER HOME.
Relatives Received Letter From Her Yes
terdav Morning TELLS of Her Anxi-
ETY. and Recent Attack.

ETY. ana Recent AGLaCk
The news of the danger of Miss Kate
Schaeffer has caused great excitement
in the little town of Somers and a rep
resentative of this paper calling at the
village Thursday evening, found her
citizens in a state of great anxiety on
account of the recent news from the
island of Hai-Nan. Miss Schaetfer IS
general favorite in the town and every
one seemed anxious to get some cheer
ing news from the lady who has given
so much to advance the cause of relig-
ion which she loves so we'll.
A call was made at the home of Jacob
Schaeffer, a brother of the young lady
whose life is inaperi1ed in Hai-Nan, but
he could give no new information.
However, the sadness which wraps
about the little home showed that both
Mr.. Schaeffer and his wife fear for the
worst. Through the courtesy of Mr..
Schaeffer we are permitted to publish
the following letter, which was received
from Miss Schaeffer on Thursday:
Vun-siag Market, about sixty miles
from Kiungchow, Hainan, China, May
18th, 19OO-Dear Brother and Sister,
I was very glad indeed to receive your
good letters about a week before l lett
home I started away on May 18th
and expect to wander around the coun-
try about two weeks more, when l
hope to end. up with a few weeks visit
&C., c.
and then go back to Kiungchow. Mr..
Street is again taking care of my
school and other work, while |, with
four Chinese, am out itinerating.
The weather is very warm and the
nights in some of these windowless inn
rooms are hot. We try to avoid trav-
cling in the hot sun and don't go out
on the road at all between 10 O'Clock
and 2. This morning we were on the
way here at 4:30 and found it nice and
cool at that hour. We finished the
fifteen miles in six hours. How would
you like to be that long going to Ra-
cine? rode on my pony till the sun
became hot and then got into asedan
chair. AS all of my folks walked and
my load of books and clothes was
also carried by AMMAN, could ride no
faster than they walked. Since /
have gotten accustomed to the nice
slow gait of China, Iexpect to go dis
tracted when I come in contact with
the hustle and hustle of America.
Have Just been counting up and find
that l am planning to get over 132
miles more before getting to Nodoa.
That will take me to fifteen market
towns where we will sell Scriptures
and tracts. Besides selling books we
talk with people every chance we get
The four Chinese I have with me are
of great help. AS I write | am per-
spring so hard that I think of the
Chinese saying, 'Three drops of sweat
equal one brass CASH. (1-2O of U. S.
cent, only I would say "Three drops
of sweat equal every single word /
write.
Lia-min Mountain .Gate) ninety
miles from home, May 3Oth-Have
gotten up the hills to this place again
and now, while a nice cooling rain is
coming down, I'll resume where left
off. We staid three nights at Vun-
stag and each night was worse than
the one before.
A Chinese open air theater was go
ing on during the night, but what was
worse was the racket made by the
gamblers next room to us.
On Monday we reached Nani-1u,
where have always, put up before and
been well received, but this time the
man of the house, who had been down
to Singapore and Ma1acca eleven
years, had returned home and he evil
IDENTIFY does not like foreigners. I took
some Gospels into the main room,
placed them on the table which stood
in front of their ancestral tablets and
sat down in a chair beside the table
waiting for buyers. Presently the
1and1ady came in, sat down beside me
and picked up one Of the books. AT
this her husband beloved out at her,
'What are you looking at those books
for?" She hastily put the book back
and went away. Then pretty soon the
landlords nephew came and asked me
to put those books on a chair on the
other side of me. I said, ''Never
mind, these books are clean and won't
soil this table, Next, the wife asked
ME to put the books OH a bench which
she brought. I declined. Then the
nephew came twice more with the same
request, and began to feel my ire
rise. said, care you afraid to have
these books here? If that is it, I will
take them away, if not, propose to
leave them here till get ready to go
e1sewhere." He was not willing to
say they were afraid of the books, so l
sat there longer than | really intended
to, just to let them know they had no
business to ask me to put those books
away. I found out the folks did really
far those hooks would make their n