The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-03-22
Death of Kate Shelley.

name of Kate Shelley is written in letters
of gold. Her recent death calls to mind
the intrepid courage that aroused the
| Countrv'S admiration and sympathy
when some thirty years ago, child oil
sixteen, Kate Shelley in the face of al
most insurmountable obstacles. saved the
lives OF two hundred people from death
that would have been fraught with fright
Jul horror.
Her father was section foreman, liv-
ing between Boone, Iowa, and the station
of Moingona, near the wooden bridge
that Spanned the Des Moines River. He
was away on the night of July sixth when
a helper engine used in assisting the
other engines draw heavy freight trains
up the grade went through the weakened
treStle.
Kate with her lantern went out to look
at the bridge, and the engineer of the
helper who was clinging to the wreck
age, called up to her to save the Western
train. A terrific thunder storm had
broken and it was only by the flashes of
the lightning that she could see through
the enguliing darkness. She lost her
lantern and TO creep and feel her way to
the bridge, built of rails and ties about
sixty feet above the raging, turbulent
stream. There was no place for her feet.
1t would be imperilous to cross at any
time, but then it seemed next to impossi-
BILE.
On her hands and knees this brave
little girl crept The bridge was swaying
from its weakened abuttments and the
gap where the engine went through was
held together by swaying ties and bent
rails. She never knew how she got there.
The engineer of the express had his
hand on the throttle and was ready to
start from Moingona when by the bright
ness of his headlight he saw child run
ming down the track waving her arms
frantiCally. Her hair was flying, her
clothing in tatters and her raised arms
were bleeding. He leaped from the en-
CINE and ran to her in time to hear her
cry The long bridge is gone-the helper
engine down." before she fell unCon-
sCious across the track.
Her brave deed has passed into history,
but its memory must remain ever as one
of the high achievements of womanhood.
When the test of her courage came this
brave girl did not falter, and it is not so
much what she did, as the way she did it
seeing a duty before her, one in which the
odds were frightfully against her, facing
every step the horror of death alone-yet
she never turned back nor faltered
moment 1t is this absolute surrender to
the demand of duty that makes the name
of Kate Shelley so honored.
1t is pleasing to know that recognition
in the most SatistaCto y way came to her
before she died. She was given oppor-
tunities for honorable work and means
for its preparation. The school children
of Iowa gave her gold medal and the
Legislature of her State, likewise, award
ed her one, with the sum of $4,000. The
new bridge built to replace the old wood
en- structure, was named after her.
When she died short time ago she
was holding the position of station agent
at Moingona near where she had saved
the crowded Western train.
McSherry Case Compromised.
A compromise was effected in the will
case of Mrs. Clara McAleer McSherry.
While the terms of the settlement are
withheld, it is understood that !. Roger
McSherry, of Chicago; Mrs. Bertha Nc
Sherry Wimsatt, of Washington, and
Mrs. Clara Louise Alveres, of New York,
who were given but IS each by the terms
of the will, will receive a satisfactory
portion of the $50, 900 estate. Judge
McSherry died in 1907 and he bequeath-
ed his entire estate OF $50, 900 to his widow
absolutely, with power at her death to
devise as she chose
Quotations Furnished by Freder-
lex County Farmers Exchange.
CORRECTED MARCH %, 1912.
WHEAT
No. 2, Red, $l01
CORN
Shelled Corn, 65c. to zoe. per bushel.
Ear Corn, So. 40 per barrel.
RYE
zoe to 75c per bushel.
OATS
63c to Sc per bushel.
BARLEY
65c to Zoe per bushel.
FLOUR, Eric
Winter Wheat, So % to SIS per Dbl
Spring Wheat, $5.45 to 1896 per Dbl.
COrnmeal ST. 80 per 100 lbs.
MILL FEED
Bran, S31 90 per ton.
Middlings, F3l 90 per ton.
Dairy Feeds, $26 to S29 per ton.
Red Dog, So. 20 to $3.50 per sack.
SEEDS
Timothy, 500 to $500 per bushel.
Clover, SIP. 90 to $1400 per bushel.
HAY, BALED-
No. Timothy, 500. 90 to $27.O0.
No. , Timothy, $25. 90 to S26.00.
No. / Mixed, S25. 90 to $4,000.
No. , Mixed, $2400 to $25. 90.
Clover $24. 90 to $500.
STRAW
Bailed Wheat, $1,000 to $11 90.
Baled Oats, S11 90 to $1,000.
HAY, NOT BALED-
co. ma 70 g1S M ,ar ron