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Fort Dodge Masons soon will be co-oupying their fine new temple. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Masonic Temple association, reports showed that when all of the subscriptions are paid, but $4,000 will remain to be subscribed. The building is so arranged that two or more Masonic bodies may put on their work without interference. Fine club rooms are a feature of the building. The structure will cost about $36,000. Dorcas Brazzell of Dubuque, found guilty of murder in the second degree, charged with causing the death of her husband, Charles Brazzell, has been ordered liberated by the supreme court of Iowa. The court ruled that the evidence was circumstantial and not sufficient to warrant a conviction. Brazzell was a street car motorman. When found his skull was fractured and he had received other injuries. John A. Thomas of Des Moines was elected president of the Iowa State Master Plumbers' association at the closing session of the convention at Davenport. The next convention goes to Clinton. The other officers are James M. Wilson of Washington, vice president; Sidney C. Smith of Waterloo, secretary; W. D. Hagan of Sioux City, treasurer. The supreme court in an opinion handed down recently decided that one-third the amount collected is sufficient pay for an attorney, in ordinary circumstances. The case decided was that of the estate of Travers D. Munger, who was killed in a railroad accident two years ago. The lawyers had collected $1,875.35 and took half as a fee. The program committee for the eleventh annual Farmers and Grain Dealers association of Iowa convention to be held in Mason City February 8, 9, and 10, has issued an anti-booze edict. All secretaries and chambers of commerce are warned against turning their hotel rooms into barrooms for prospective shippers. According to a census by the county superintendent of schools, Audubon county has 4,208 children in the public schools of the county. This number represents 92 per cent of all the children between the ages of 6 and 20 in the county. The Methodist church people of Rockwell City are delighted over the fact that Andrew Carnegie has signified a willingness to donate $1250 toward the purchase of a pipe organ for the church to cost not less than $2,500. The date for the national rifle matches has been fixed for Oct. 15. Major Brookhart expects to call a meeting soon of the officers of the Iowa small arms practice department to plan Iowa's preparation for the matches. In a dense fog freight No. 96 on the Minneapolis & St. Louis, struck switch engine No. 203 in the yards at Mason City Sunday morning. Both engines were completely wrecked. The engine crews jumped. Pensions recently granted to Iowans are: Sarah A. Brown, Center Point, $12; Elmira Cutler, Whiting, $12; Phemia Judson, Onawa, $12; Hannah E. Goodrich, Lima, $12, and Magdalena Ohmer, McGregor, $12. Fire destroyed a portion of a block in the business district of Marshalltown, entailing a loss estimated at $100,000. The greatest loss fell upon J. Levin dry goods store destroyed. Loss $45,000 fully insured. The contract for the building of a dam at the lower end of Goose lake has been let by the managing committee of the Bever Island Hunting and Fishing club. This will facilitate the fishing possibilities. The Methodist church of Mason City is to start an innovation January 27 and will make a break into what might be called an institutional church. A gymnasium is to be installed in the basement. John Leber, the 8 year old son of George Leber of Fort Madison, who was struck by an automobile while on his way to school, died at Sacred Heart hospital two days later without regaining consciousness. The depositors of the failed first National bank of this city are finally to be paid a dividend. They will get 30 cents on the dollar for their deposits after months of exasperating delays. The parole department made its report to the governor showing fifty-one paroles issued during the year and suspension of jail sentences in fifty-nine cases. There were four pardons granted. Mrs. Laura E. Pike dropped dead at Ottumwa while at work at a washtub in the cellar of her home. The coroner said she died from natural causes. James Shunka, an employe of the college of medicine at the University of Iowa, fell down the stairway of the medical building and died instantly. The Morrell Packing company at Ottumwa will begin the erection of a modern hog cholera serum plant at the packing house within a few weeks. Mrs. Abraham Nygaard of near Hanlontown attempted to light a fire in the range, and used kerosene for a quickener. Her burns were fatal. The Shorthorn sale at the Plumb Brothers' pavilion was largely attended, several hundred farmers and stock buyers being present. Sixty-five head were sold to different buyers from seven states. The top price for males was $155 and for females $150, while the entire lot averaged $90. Maud Ashby, 17, daughter of R. M. Ashby, of Whitebreast township, Lucas county, killed herself by swallow.
