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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-10-20
OIL WAR IN ST. PAUL.
Retail Grocers and the Standard Com
pany at Losserheads.

pany at Loeserheads.
From Wednesdays Daily.
The Standard Oil company is conduct
ing an active campaign to secure retail
trade in st. Paul, which may soon cause
the grocers to engage in spirited fight
against the company. There has already
been some cutting in prices by both the
company and retail dealers to secure
customers. No action has yet been tax
Ell in the matter by the grocers' asso-
citation.
The company last week had men can
vassing from house to house As soon
as they have secured orders they have
turned them over to the driver of
wagon which follows the canvasser. Al
ready some of the grocers have lost
many of their best customers. The com
pany is selling kerosene at IL cents a
gallon, which is a cent lower than the
usual retail price. Some of the grocers
retaliated by selling their oil, purchased
from Independent concerns, at 10 cents.
The Standard Oil company has pat
ented can which is so constructed that
the grocer cannot insert funnel into
it. The can is long and narrow There
is handle on top. under which there is
a revolving spout. There is apparently
no means of pouring oil into the can I'M
less by pumping it in. No charge is
made for the can, it is said The driv-
er delivers full cans, and when empty
they are taken back into the wagon and
other full cans delivered to the customer.
1t is said that six wagons for the re-
tail trade recently have been put into
service in st. Paul by the Standard Oil
Company. The Standard Oil company
has for some time done some retail bust
ness, but the oil was taken out of
tank in the usual manner. 1t is only
within the last week or so that the com
pany has used the truck wagon and the
peculiar can and had retail canvassers
in the field. One of the leading grocers
turned over his oil trade to the Stand
ard Oil company three years ago. This
was done, it was explained by the gro
Ger last night, because the oil ran over
the groceries and was bother to han
die.
There are two independent oil con-
Germs doing business in st. Paul, and
many of the leading grocers purchase
their oil from them. In fact, only the
corner" stores, it is said, buy any oil
from the Standard Oil company at pres
ent.
Some of the leading grocers welcome
the aggressiveness of the Standard Oil
in entering the retail field,
while other are inclined to fight.
81 wish the Standard Oil company
would take care of all the oil trade"
said grocer. 'Oil is more bother than
it is worth. Lost cans. take away all
the profit there is in the business. A
customer comes in at times with no
can. He borrows can and we never
see it again."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-10-20
ROSTER OF A COMPANY.
Men Who Went to Defense of Settlers
on the Watonwan.

From Wednesdays Daily.
The following is a partial roster of the
Mankato company which went to the de-
Tense of the settlers on the Watonwan
and took part in the skirmish with the
Indians in the northeast corner of Ma
della township during the Inkupadutah
massacre in the spring of 1857. 1t was
furnished to the writer, Thomas Hughes,
in most part by Charles Barney, of Lake
Crystal, Mimi, who was a member of
the company. 1t is incomplete and there
may be some errors. Any addition to or
correction of the list will be appreciat
ed: Captain, DR.. William F.. Lewis; first
lieutenant, +. d. Bruner; second lieuten-
ant, Frederick Ayers; orderly sergeant,
w. S. Sergeant; Barney, Charles;
Becker, George; Besser, James; Brew
ster, -; Brigham, -; Comstock,
Byron; Gibson, -, Franz, Perry,
Hensley, Clinton b., Hoerr, George Pc
ter Hodgson, Emerson, Hodgson, John;
Hodgson, Joseph, Humphrey, Henry,
Hill, Rlisha, Jones, John c., johnson,
Stanley, Karmany, Uriah, Kissinger,
Stephen, McAIullen, -, McMullen,-,
Roos, George, Wagner. -, Wicker
sham, Jason H., Whitman, C. c.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-10-20
u lITED STATES COURT CASES
calendar of Actions to Be Heard
Session Opens Tuesday.

calendar of Actions to Be Heard
Session Opens Tuesday.
from Wednesdays Daily.
The following is the calendar of the
United States circuit court, for the
district of Minnesota, second division.
which convenes in this city on Tuesday
of next week:
Law Cases.
The Minnesota & Dakota Cattle
company VS.. Chicago & Northwestern
Railway company. Hoidale & Somsen
for plaintiff; Brown, Abbott & Somsen
for defendant.
Neander Wolden, VS.. Fred W. Linds-
ley and Henry G. Anderson, co-partners
ct al. Dunn & Knatvold for plaintiff;
Brown & Kerr for defendants.
Edward Claude, as administrator, etc,
vs. Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail
way company. Knox &, Faber for plain
tiff; F. A. Mathwig, II. H. Field for de-
PENDANT.
Amy NJ. Ponwith, as administrators,
VS.. Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha Railway company. A. A. Stone
and Davis & Olson for plaintiff. James
B. Sheean for defendant.
First National Bank of Emmetsburg,
Iowa, VS.. Ingeborg II. Melby. Mathwig
& Sasse for plaintiff; Putnam & Nichol-
sen for defendant.
The Marion Manufacturing company
of Ohio VS.. J. d. Drake. Morgan &
Meighen for plaintiff. Allen & Ward for
defendant.
Law Cases Continued.
Interstate Drainage & Investment
company VS.. the board of county COM
missioners of Freedom county, state of
Minnesota, Morgan & Meighen and John
A. Sennefi for plaintiff; John G. Skin
ner for defendant.
Chancery Causes.
Eugene MastersOn, VS.. Patrick j. Nc
Elroy Thomas Hessian and A. A. Stone
for plaintiff; How, Taylor & Mitchell
for defendant.
United States District Court.
Thomas Hessian, as trustee in bank
ruptcy of William H. Patten and William
A. Patten, individually, and as co-part
ners as w. II. & w. A. Patten and as
Farmers & Merchants bank VS.. William
II. Patten, Lodusky j. Taylor and
George w. Taylor. Benjamin Taylor
for plaintiff; Pfau & Plau and Ora j.
Parker for defendants.
There are a number of criminal cases
bound over to the United States grand
jury.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-10-20
Nothing for Creditors.

From THURSDAYS Daily.
Edison James Harris, a Nashville mer-
chant, now living at Truman, this morn
ing filed a petition in bankruptcy with
Court Commissioner Eberhart The La
bilities are given as $2,9S7 .62, of which
$500 is secured; and the assets as 500,
of which $500 is stock that is mortgag-
ed, and 5000 is exempt. Paul C. Cooper
of Truman is attorney for the petition
er.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-10-20
Farm for Sale.

From Wednesdays Daily
My 240 acre farm, ten miles north of
Mankato, in town of Oshawa, NicoIet
county. Twenty acres timber, eighty
acres pasture and 40 under pillow. Good
house, barn and windmill Address NJ.
r. Coffin, r. F. ID. No. l, ST. Peter.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-10-20

OF the 5O,374 British immigrants of 1903-r4
1854 were from England and Wales. l0.552
from Scotland and 3.l2S from Ireland.
During the fiscal year ended June 30,
1904, 1928 Minnesotians filed on land
in the country across the line. Mr..
Curtis says the immigration from Eu
rope consists of much higher grade
than that which comes to the United
States.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-10-20
Committed to st. Peter.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Mrs. Anna Gjervig of Decoria was ex-
amined this afternoon as to her sanity
and was ordered by Judge Hughes com.
mitted to the insane hospital at ST. Pc
ter. She has developed bad attack of
melonchala She is married and Al
wears old.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-10-20

The presidents Monroe doctrine plan,
left over from the Venezuela and San
Domingo affairs r, of last winter, will
raise. a pretty serious question between
the White House and the senate. The
president is very earnestly in favor of
giving the Monroe doctrine practical eff
feet. He wants power to deal with our
friends to the south as a sort of big
and benevolent guardian and to reckon
with foreign powers concerning them as
occasion may require. In other words,
the president wants a sort of enabling
act to make it practicable for him to
make the United States meet all its re-
sponsibiities under the famous doc
trine. There probably will be big de-
bate on this question, and in the end 1t
is expected the senate will sit down up
an any attempt to broaden the powers
of the president.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-10-20

The meaning of this is the president
recognizes the existence in congress of
continuous and well-defined sensitive
ness as to the interference of the exc
cutive with the constitutional preroga-
tives of that body and he is prudently
trying to avoid giving offense Whether
he can succeed in this is another ques-
ton. For fortnight or more the papers
have been printing gossip as to what the
president intends doing as to railway
rate legislation. He has conferred with
Representative Townsend of Michigan
and others as to that subject. Mr..
Townsend, at the presidents request,
has conferred with Attorney General
Moody. A bill has been drawn embrac-
ing the ideas of the president and his
advisers.
Meanwhile are heard mutterings from
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-10-20

President Roosevelt's effort in behalf
of government regulation of life in
surance stands better chance to Sc
cure results, but even there the outlook
is not bright. Insurance managers will
favor such law if they can through
it get rid of vexatious and manifold
state supervision, provided the federal
control is not too earnest. Many states
will oppose a federal law, fearing the
means of securing protection for their
citizens may be taken away without
anything adequate being substituted
therefor. Advocacy of federal supervis-
ion by leading life insurance men has
thrown little suspicion upon the whole
movement. ,'"".f
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-10-20
MANKATO FREE PRESS

leaders of the senate which sound very
much like this, freely translated:
$50 Mr.. Roosevelt is preparing ii rail
way rate bill to be introduced when con
gress meets, is he? Does Mr.. Roosevelt
imagine that he is member of con
gress? Or does he think he is the eXecu
tive and the legislature rolled into one +?
Umphl We shall see about that"
Hence the cautious Mr.. Roosevelt-for
he has a large bump of caution, despite
the prevailing impression to the contrary
that "there is to be no administration
rate BILL But bill has been drawn,
or is being drawn, at the presidents sug
gestion. Saying it is not an administra-
ton measure will not make it so, at
least in the eyes of sensitive legislative
leaders who think the president should
stay off their reservation on Capitol
HILL
Some bad feeling is probable in the
end over the method employed by the
viii not counsel open war upon Mr..
Roosevelt. He is too popular. They
will prefer indirection, the passing of
bill which seems-only seems-to be
railway rate bill; but is not.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-10-20

We think we know precisely what the
president wants and what he will urge
upon congress, whether the new Town
send bill is an administration measure
or not Mr.. Roosevelt believes the in
terstate commerce commission or some
other administrative body created by
congress, acting under its expressly
delegated authority and so partaking of
its legislative functions, as a court could
not do, shall be given power to condemn
a rate which is challenged and to pre-
scribe new and reasonable rate to
take its place and to go into effect at
once, but with right of appeal, of course,
on the part of the railroads.
But this is precisely what the rail
road managers and their friends in the
senate do not propose to have.
The news & observer., 1905-11-04
Stocks and Bonds,

New York, Nov 3.-FOr the fourth
consecutive day sales of stocks today
exceeded million shares for the day
en- the Stock Exchange. ThlS counts
the fifty dollar Reading shares as full
shares. AS Reading absorbed the
Overwhelming proportion of the days
dealings the comparison with ordinary
DAYS of extreme activity is considera-
bly, affected. The movement in Read
ing dominated attention throughout
the day. Its moderate advance in the
morning carried the market with it,,
but in it's more violent and feverisn
stages it's effect upon the general
speculation became unfavorable. AS
a consequence the market moved con-
trary TO Reading, the response to all
fluctuations being remarkably close.
As a consequence the considerable
general gains which were established
at one time were entirly wiped out at
another when Reading was in the
course of it's higher flights. Fears
continued that corner in the stock
was about to be precipitated, which
might demoralize the general market.
'rhe furry in call money late in the
day emphasized the influence OF the
banking outlook and prices ran Off,
wiping out the gains except In few
cases where special movements had
j
ments, that i'm Erie, was a sort OF
pendant to the Reading movemenl
and was in the same hands.
! Other special movements were III
| Canadian Pacific, Smelling and Rail
| way Steel Spring. Reading sold as
high as 1.39 "a. but closed at 1888, {
rise of rs over night, and point:
above the high price touched yester'
day.
Total sales (par value) $3,795.1O0
Il United States bonds were all un
Il changed on call.
i Total sales today were 132O.40'
shares. including Copper $500; Cot
ton Oil 700; Locomotive $4,000
Smelling $1,000; A. c. l.. LOO
4 Brooklyn Transit $1,000 Canadian
tPacific 1,100; Chesapeake and Ohi
The news & observer., 1905-11-04

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady: winter patent 3S06 d 20; straiehts
$500 400; spring patents 1850 42o; straight, s1t
3.60G 300; bakers 2.206 3.20; wheat No. Nm
SO: No. 3. 8O0S9: No. 2 red. $3.50 SSss
corn No. ?. 81; No. 2yellow. S3iaco -: Oats No
s0i4; No. white 3i12@32; No. white. 800 3l'4
rye No. 2 7lCd 7lta; good feeding barley $500 80.
fair to choice mailing 4i@ So No. fax seed
95 No. 1 Northwestern, 90; timothy SEQ
800; mess pork per bb Ia goo p: lard per lot
lbs. 7.02ia; short ribs uoose) 7l2G72S; dry
salted shoulders (boxeO .........; short clean
sides (boxed) 7I2h@7.25; whskey, basis Of high
grade wines. l.30: clover contract grade 1925.
New York Provisions.
New York. Nov 3.-Flour steady. winter
patents 4.25o is Minnesota patents s.65fd s. 10
do bakers Goa T. 90. Straight5 $3.50 $50.
choice To fancy a60td 4.S0.
Buckwheat flour steady. 2.OO@2.l0
Corn meal quiet. yellow coarse l.3o; Kiln
dried $40.
Rye steady. No Western g..
Barley quiet feeding 44ia mailing. 55@6S
Wheat strong. No. 2red 955s September 80
Corn fTrm, e2la January 5s7s December $50
May 81
Oats steady mixed 1870 IS.
Il so; mess 10 000 TO- So; beef hams II .00M u 90
Cut meats steady. picked bellies St2@ l0'a
picked shoulders Ga ia. picked hams GEO TO-
Lard firm. Western steamed I.S0. rehned
steady continent 7S0 compound 6i2@ IS.
Pork firm. family 1850 1900. short clear 10 W
a i6 So mess 16 GOA l6. so.
TalIow steady q per pIg) 4ta. country 4's.
Rosn steady. strained to good $50
Turpentine firm 69iao SO.
Rice firm domestic fair to extra 3i2m 3's.
MoasSeS steady New Orleans open kettle
good to choice 300 IS.
Conee spot rio quiet. No. Invoice gas, mild
quiet. cordoya 9Follaa.
Sugar raw quiet. fair refining 27s. centrifugal
96-t est 3h mo.asses sugar 2ss refined steady
confectioners A sos, mold A, SIS cut LOAF
$40 crushed $40 powdered $50 granulatec
4. 20 cubes ass
Butter firm. creomery common TO extra
l6 s23 state dairy Is western factory 1920 N5H2
Cheese quiet. state, full cream small coloree
fancy 1914 small white fancy 1912.
Eggs firm. nearby fancy selected $40 So
Potatoes firm. Long Island 2.OOa22S. jersey
2 0Oto Z. IS. do sweets 1.50n1.75.
Peanuts quie fancy hand-picled q0i2. othe
domestic go 5iA.
Cabbage steady. 250@350 per 100.
Cotton by steam to Liverpool 15@lS.
Cotton seed oil market was active, crude
f. o. d. mills. 20t2. prime summer yellow 2T2"
27a,. off summer yellow nominal, prime white
29iso go prime winter yellow 29f4n 50.
The news & observer., 1905-11-04
FOURTH DAY Of A
MILLION SHARES
Sales of Stock On New
York Exchange.
READING LED The LIST
That is to Say the Movement in These
Stocks Was the Most Conspicuous
Feature Of the Day. Cotton Ad.
vanced Twenly.0ne to Twen.
ty.Five Points.
CBv the Associated Press. }


New York. Nov. 3.-The tendency
of lne ury goods market today was
upward Advances were reported and
many lines of goods for nearby de-
livery were sold out as the settle
ment of the labor matter at Fall River
rendered that section particularly
strong.
New York Cotton.
New York, Nov 3-The cotton mar
kct was active and decidedly firmer
on covering and fresh bull support
promoted by reports of a big spot
business at advancing prices and
claims that small crop estimates were
influencing spinners The close was
steady at net advance of II to %
points. Sales were estimated az 500.
900 bales
The opening was strong at an ad-
vance OF G to 16 points in response
TO much higher cables than looked for
and the bullish showing of the En-
9lish spot market which was six
points higher with sales of 10000 bales
Ut the advance. Private cables from
Liverpool were also bullsh, claiming
that short crop estimates were gain
ing ground and while there was very
heavy realizin~ at the initial bulge in
the local market q setback of or 6
points shortly after the opening was
followed by n renewed firmnesS in the
afternoon when the market sold at
the highest noint reached since the
census report 'of last week. and nearls'
30 points up from the lowest just be-
fore that report. or at 1898 for Janu-
airy. The close was within four points
of the top and steady IN tone, although
there was increased realizing for over
Sunday in the late trading. South
crn SnOt markets were steady to firm
and 1-16 TO IA higher with good
sales reported at several points.
Receipts of cotton at the ports to-
day $3.50 bales, against 1888 last
week. and S3,749 last year. For the
week (estimated) $40. 900 bales
against 293.913 last week. and 440,-
92J last year. TOday's receipts at
New Orleans $3.50 bales. against
26.2GG last year and at Houston 49,
10S bales, against II, 594 last year
Me- York. Nov. 3-Spot closed quiet.
20 points higher: Middling uplaDds ILLS; mid
ding gulf Il40: sales ESQ bales. Cotton fu-
lures opened strong and closed steady.
The news & observer., 1905-11-04
NORTHBOUND.

NORTHBOUND.
No. "a at 100 a. m. daily for Nor
folk, Richmond, Washington. New
York and points north and northwest
Pullman drawing room sleeping car
to Portsmouth, Washington and jersey
City.
No. 38 at 11.00 a. m. daily 70,
Portsmouth, Norfolk, where conrec.
tions are made with steamers fo'
Washington, Baltimore, New York
Boston, Providence and Nypan fo'
New York Pullman to Portsmouth,
No. sc at 11.50 a. m. daily for Rich
mond, Washington and New YorE
Connects at Richmond with c. q O.
for points West. Has day coaches tc
Washington, Pullman Sleeping Car t.
Jersey City and Dining car.
sOUTHBoUND.
No. IL 400 %. m. daily for all loca
points, connects at Hamlet FOR VIII
mington and Charlotte. Pullman sleep.
ing car for Atlanta where connexions
are made for all points SoutnWest.
NO. 43 at 7.15 p. m. daily .or JACK
sonville, Tampa and all Fiorloa p9lIts
connects at Hamlet for Atlanta. Fun.
man sleeping cars to JachsonViiie aho
dining car to Hamlet.
No. 81 at 1926 a. m. 1or al polnts
South: Atlanta, Charlotte Whining
ton, Columbia, Savannah, IachsonVliie
and all points in the southwest.
No. 80 at 500 p. m. daily except
Sunday. Shoo-Fly local train petWeer
Raleigh and Weldon with connexions
for LouisbL-g, oxford ana Warrenton
| No. 20 Shoo-Fly Saily excepl sun
! day between Weldon ana naieisn wlli
connection from WarrenIon. OxIort
and Louisburg. Arrives Raleigh 1O.1'
! 4. m.
!, For further information relative t.
| fetes Cad time tables, aooress
| H. A. MORSON, C. T. L. A,
Raleigh, N. G.
c. B. RYAN. g, P; A..
portsmouth. Va
The news & observer., 1905-11-04
Timber Land for Sale.

BY virtue of decree OF the Superior
court Of Wake county, made in the
case of ]. w. Maroon and others, ex
parte, we will sell, by auction. at the
court house door, in Raleigh, N. c., at
II M, on Monday, the 20th day of
November, 1905, a tract of wood and
timber land, containing 101 4-10
acres, situate in Wake county on the
border of Cary and House Creek town
ship, about six miles west of Raleigh,
adjoining the lands of E. B. Barbee,
Mrs. Kings dover land, and others,
and bounded on the south by lot No.
in the division of the j. c. Maroon
land, and on the east by lot No. /
in said division, and being lot No. 2
in said division, plat and full de-
scription can be seen at the office
j. II. Fleming, 25 Pullen Building,
Raleigh.
Seventy-six acres of this land are
finely timbered in original growth
pine, oak and hickory; the other
twent. five acres are in second growth
pine of good size and suitable for
lumber.
Terms Of sale: cash.
j. HI. FLEMING,
w. j. PEELE,
Commissioners.
10-22-t d Q
The news & observer., 1905-11-04
Comparative Cotton Statement.
(By the Associated Press. }

tbN lHe ASSOCldlct ICSS)
New York, Nov. 3.-lSor the week
ending Friday. November 3rd. 1905:
Net receipts at all United States ports
during week. 342652: net receipts at
all United States ports same week last
year, 1885,: total receipts since
september lst. 2,577,272: total receipts
to same date last year, 3,0S7,310; eX-
ports for the week, 9,413; exports
for same week last year, 323,709; to-
tai exports since September 1st. .542,
G63 total exports same date last year.
2,073,697; stock at all United States
ports. 1,003.053: stock ut all United
States ports same time last year,
1856; stock at all interior towns,
500,S63; stock at all interior towns
same time last year. 508.132; stock at
Liverpool same time last year, 371,-
00G; stock Of American af1oat for
Great Britain same time last year.
$50, 900.
The news & observer., 1905-11-04
Cotton Receipts.
(Ry the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated PreSS.)
New YORK, Nov 3.-Ihe touoWine
are ,he total net receipts of cotton
at all ports since September lst:
Galveston, 941.116; New Orleans
269,236; Mobile. S9.05S Savannah
651.1S1; Charleston, 98,391; Winning
ton, 1896; Norfolk. 236.945; Baltl-
more, 6,7T7; New York, 532; Boston
5,616; Newport News, Az; Philadel-
Lhia 500; San Francisco, 3,193; Bruins
wick. 43,919; Port Townsend. 1873;
Pensacola. 1884; Port Arthur and
Sabine Pass, 1G,117; Jacksonville
.. .065: Eagle Pass, Texas. 700; Laredo
1.242; minor ports, 1908. Total
2.577.272 bales.
A Woman's smile is more danger
Gus than her frOWn.
The news & observer., 1905-11-04

2.30O Erie 166,300; Louisville and
Nashville $500; Norfolk and Western
200: Missouri, Kansas and Texas
2.1OO: Reading 2S1.70O: Rock Island
2O.9OO; Southern Pacific 3S,500;
Southern $500; Southern, preferred,
400: Tennessee Coal 10,S00; Union
Pacific 96,500; United States Steel
$500; Virginia Carolina Chemical
1000; Virginia Carolina Chemical,
preferred. 500: Sloss-Sheffield Steel
800.
The news & observer., 1905-11-04
Ralf:mOrp Provisions

Baltimore Nov. 3-F1our quiet, winter
p ltents d. $50 so spring patents 5.7O@ $40. ex-
IRA lbs.
Wheat firm. spot contract $3.50 &C. spot No
red western 85iaa IA Southern by sample ~"
So
Corn i m. spot old co; new Sc. Southern
white 53n5e.
Oats easier No. white 3412a3S.
RYE firm: No. 3 weIern H078.
Butter strong fancy limitation 1920, do
creamery 23N "a do Iadle 17Gpl8. store packed
14d15
Eggs firm. n.
Cheese steady. large 1912, small 1884. medium
1884
Sugar steady. coarse granulated 500, fln9
500