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The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-05-19
Minister RESIGNS.

Colfax, la, May ls-Special: Rev.
J. L. Barton, for three years pastor
of the Colfax Baptist church, has ten
dered his resignation 10 go to Roches-
ter, N. Y, to compete his ministerial
studies at the Baptist college. Rev.
Mr.. Barton is only "a years old and
has educated himself by much self
denial and hard work He is grad
uate of Penn college OF Oskaloosa and
is also just finishing special course
for the B. A. degree, having had five
years in the study OF Greek His
wife win accompany him TO Roches,
ter and also take up some studies in
the school.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-05-19
Results of Tuesdays Games.
NATIONAL. I.EAGUE.

Results Of Tuesdays Games.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Pittsburg. 8; Boston, o.
81. Louis. 10; philadelphia, g.
Rain prevented all other games.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Philadelphia. 8; Chicago, o.
Boston. S; Detroit s.
Washington. /; Cleveland, q
New York. s; ST. Louis. Z.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Milwaukee. 2: Toledo. ;.
Kansas City. .: Columbus, 8.
Rain prevented all other games.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Omaha, IL; St. Joe, o.
Sioux City. 8: Denver. 4.
Lincoln. 6: Wichita. 8.
Des Moines-Topeka. rain: no game,
7 THREE "I'' LEAGUE.
Bloomington. 2; Dubuque, u. s"
Peoria, 8; Waterloo. 4.
No other, games: wet grounds.
CENTRAL LEAGUE.
Rain prevented all games.
Observation-Disclosures LEAGUE.
All games postponed; rain.
CENTRAL ASSOCIATION.
Kewannee-Qu incy-Rain.
Ottumwa 6, Monmouth 0.
Keokuk-Burlington-Cold.
Galesburg 4, Hannibal 0.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-05-19

Iowa City, May Especial; Iowa
defeated Cornell to 3 in red hot
up and down game marked by many
exciting passages, with the umpire
and between the players Tuesday af-
ternoon. The visitors gained 2 to 0
lead in the first inning and led the
game all through. BY hard and fast
playing in the ninth Iowa came out
winner.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-05-19
indiana panee for "a. Mem.

Oklahoma City, Okla. May 49,
Twenty-Five comanche Indian braves.
led by Chief Quanah Parker. danced
10 war regalia in the very shadow OF
ten. twelve and fourteenstory build.
inss. and for the entertainment OF 500
members Of the National Gas assoeia.
ton OF the united States. IN annual
convention here.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-05-19
Took strychnine.

Centervile, Ia, May lS.-Special:
Despondent over domestic troubles,
Nicholas Smeed, resident of this
city, is supposed to have committed
suicide by taking strychnine or some
other deadly poison, and was found in
an old building formerly occupied by
an iron foundry yesterday evening, in
dying condition, expiring soon after
being taken 10 the city police station.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-05-19

Chicago, May IS.-Choice horses
wsTs fairly active and fully steady.
while common offerings were dull
and weak. Spring demand Is gradual
Iy waning and usual summer dullness
wiz soon be more noticeable. Re-
celpts the nrst two days this week
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-05-19
Hoo PurchaaAs ruaadaY.

Armour & Co.. 1000; Swift & Co..
1900; Anglo-American, 500; Ham.
mond, 500. Morris 4 Co., 300; Boyd
LunhaIh, 400: s. & IS. Co., 1000;
Boore & Co. 400: Roberts & Co.. 1907;
Western P, Co., 600; butchers, 500;
shippers, 5000. Total 1850.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-05-19
Keeping ca Flowers.

Cut flowers win last fresh much
longer II. before putting them In
water. the stem 10 split up about an
Inch. Maidenheir tern win last fresh
for long sims Il. when gathered. the
stems are inserted IN boilins wster
and left until the wafer Is cold before
nsins
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-05-19
Cash Quotations.


Chicago, May 1S.-Wheat-No. 2
red, $112@l.14; No. 3 red, 5000
1.12; No. 2 hard. $1.1161.14; No. 3,
$1.07@1.12: No. spring, $1.04@1l2.
Corn-No. 2, 62@62kc; No. 3 white
661s @67c; No. 3 yellow, 6219 63c;
No. 4, 59A @6O1ac; No white, 59h
@63c; No. yellow, 60661hc.
Oats-No. 2, 43& 644Ac; No. 3
white, 42643c: No. white, 40@42c;
standard, 43@44c. a.
Flour-Steady. .f-
Rye-No. 2, 7S@SOc.
Barley-Feed or mixing, 52G57c;
fair to choice mailing, 62@66c.
Timothy Seed-Nominal,
Clover-$l1.25.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-05-19
EleetroIlers Tor crinnell.

Grinnell, la, May 1S.--Special: The
Grinell Commercial club has selected
eIectroliers for street lighting. The
electroliers will be set up as soon as
possible.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-05-19

totaled around 1000, against 1,131I
the same period last week and 1.15iI
the corresponding time last year.
Eastern dealers were after heavy
feeders at s175@225, while choice
drafters made $225@275. Medium
weight chunks sold largely at 1850
200.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-05-19

state business" The 1rvings affirm
ed. their speakers being John Gwynne
of Iowa City, Leon Powers of Tara,
Conger Reynolds of Dexter. The
zets were VIM. H. Antics of Waverly,
A. c. Porgeson OF Beresford, s. OAK.
and e. +. McKellips OF Beresford, s.
Oak
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-05-19

Summary-Time Of game 1888: first
on balls, off Picken 0; OFF Beach 2;
left on bases, Penn 3, Grinnell Z; two
base hit, Muyskens; struck out, by
Ficken 4. by Beach 10; double play,
Ficken to Carney TO Joe Greenwood;
Umpore, Moody. Attendance 200.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-05-19
Complete Wild West.

SO Cow Boys, 80 Cow Girls. SO Real Blanket In
dams, Mexican Horsemen, Vaqueros. Russian
Cossacks and Japanese Scouts. Company of u S.
Cavalry in all kinds of Fancy Drills Grand Camp
of The Nations, Sinsalese Dancers and Nagicians!
Lowanda's Eight Brazilian Riders, the Worlds
Greatest Horsemen!
Warren TraUis, Strongest Man Living!
Dare Devil Dart!
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-05-19
Prices for prsssed Reet.

Chicago, May 1s,-Prices for beef
cuts on the South Water street mar
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-05-19
Oskoloosa, Thursday,
MAY 10th

Americas Oldest, Richest Cfreusl A Modernzed, Stu
pendous Realization Of all that is greatnthe CrcusWorld
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-05-19
Country Produce.
Live Poultry.

The prices here quoted are those
maid IN the produceF
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-13
Alleged Mexican
Was a Citizen Of
the United States
Man Whose LynchiPg Provoked Anti
American Riots Was Native Of
New Mexico.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12-rhrough un-
official sources report has reached the
Stnte department that Antonio Rodriguez,
the alleged Mexican who was burned at
the stake at Rock Springs Tex, by a mob,
was really born in New Mexico.
II this should prove to be the case, OF
course the Mexican government would be
Obliged to withdraw it's protest and demand
for reparation. 1t would leave the United
States the aggrieved party in the rioting
and anti-Amerlcan demonstrations in
Mexico.
Little doubt is entertained here that the
wireless message on the subject of the citl
senship OF Rodriguez which was picked up
last night by the War departments wire
less station at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
was one being sent from Secretary OF State
Knox to President Taft, who is on board
the cruiser Tennessee enroute to Panama.
Just bare mention OF the disturbances at
Ciudad Porfiro Diaz and Guadalajara
came over night to the State department,
giving no details ane merely confirming
so much OF the press reports as indicated
an outbreak OF anti-American feeling in
the Mexican cities.
The inference is that Ambassador Wilson.
who forwarded the news either found it
difficult to obtain the details or looked
upon the disturbance as OF minor Inn
portsnoe. The fact that the Mexican gov
eminent lost no time in suppress.ng the
uprising is taken as confirmation Of Mr..
Wilson's statement that it's attitude has
been correct throughout.
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 12.--A special dis
patch received here today from Guadala-
jara, says that Charles B. Carothers. the
American manager OF the West End Realty
company last night fired into a crowd OF
RntbAmerioan rioters who were stonins
his residence killing Jesus LoEa, a A.
year-old boy, and wOunding PrudeHe
Chavez, a policeman. Carothers, the dis
patch says, was taken from HIS home al
midnight and placed In sail
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-13
Bartling Refuses
to Tell Where He
Stands on Option
Man Who Holds Balance Of Power in
Senate Refuses to Commit
Himself.

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., Nov. i2-(spe-
oisl.)-H H. Hartiing. the republican can
didate who defeated S. II. Buck the dem-
oeratic candidate for state senator in this
aounty. refuses 20 state just how he Will
vote on the matter % eeunty option. lie Is
a German and promised his German friends
that he would be against this portion OF
bis platform and TO the county opuOnists
ne stated nc was standing upon his plat
form. Now he refuses 70 state where he
stands on the matter. saying his vote viii
be q sufficient answer 20 all, The execu-
tive committee Of the democratic central
committee met here yesterday and decided
70 ask FOR a recount Of the ballots because
Mr.. Bartling received only q majority Of
eleven. They allegs that alnumber OF mis-
takes have been made ana they can show
where a number OF votes were wrOngfully
Tailed for Bartling that belonged to Buck.
The local committee is backed by the DEM
obratic state committee IN this move. As
AIr. Bartlng holds the balance OF power in
the matter OF voting for or against county
option his contest will be watched with a
great deal OF interest.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-13
Polygamy is Still
Practiced by the
MOrmons of Utah
Startling Statements Made by Rev.
Mr. Phifer of Denver in the Home
Missionarv Nesting

NEW YORK Su,. i..--(specisl Tele-
gram THE Mormon question was the topic
which exercised the members Of the general
committee of Home Missions and Church
extension, in session here today az Grace
Methodist Epscopsl church. The subject
was cataloaued Mormon Missionaries and
Polygamy." and was brought Up by Bishop
Luther y. Wilson u Philadelphia He de-
-larcd the church must awake to the
menace OF Mormonism ard combat its in
roads lie was followed hy Eov w %.
Phlter of Denver, WHO was closely listened
to, as us district borders on Utah and the
Mormon confines
"Duut minimize the Mormon eyll,' said
Rev Mr. Fhlfer Fifteen thousand Nor
mons believe On pulyEamy just as strongly
az ever. They are propasatlng that dlctrine
just as strongly as ever Why, there was
a convention Of sixty Mormon missionaries
IN Denver the day left
Let me illustrate. Coming to New York,
! fcll iu conversation with man who
came from Utah. It developed that he was
Mormon missionary and in short order
ne was tryinE TO convert me. lie introduced
three companions. all missionaries, and they
set 20 work on me. OF course they did not
know that I was a minister. didn't en-
Tighten them. I was there on business, TO
get data for this committee.
Il asked about polygamy. Ny answer waa
that whenever the Mormon people should
become sufficiently spiritualized. they could
safely practice polygamy. The reason. they
asserted that the church had dropped the
practice was because Of the insufficiency
1 OF the spirituallzstions."
! An animated discussion ensued ON the
proposition to increase the missionary APP
| preparation for Utah per cent. Rev e.
A. scheil president OF Upper Iowa unlyer-
sity, opposed 1t on the ground that there
were greater needs OF longer standing
! Bishop Earl Cranston vigorously retorted
that to neglect Utah would be criminal
migmanagement. The matter was referred
| 10 a subcommittee.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-13
Disappearance of Count Tolstoi
Causes a Painful Impression

PEASANTS food and wearing the peasants
costume, a rough blouse wide trousers
tucked into his coWhide boots. a leather
belt and q fur cap. He has not always
continued this humble mode Of life but Il
has been his choiOe
The first news OF Tolstoi's disappearance
came from Prince Dnhtry Obonnsky. who
says the count left his home several DAYS
ago accompanied by DR.. MakOvetsky. HE
physician. That the doctor should be
rarty 20 the affair is another inexplicable
feature. Makovetslly became the COM
panion OF the count In succession 10 the
lattsr's prlve secretary, Mr.. Duseff
ST PETERSBURG Nov. H-The Novos
Vremya has received the following tels-
gram from Tula, signed by Prince IDENTIFY
ObolOnslSi;
Count Leo Tolstoi left Yasnaya Poliana
on the morning OF October 10. accompanied
BY a physician, and neither has been heard
from since. The countess Is ia despair. In
letter to his vie Tolstol says he has
decided 70 spend his remaining days In
solitary retirement" The last news con
oernlng Count Tolstoi, the eminent novelist
and social reformeG was received from
81 Petersburg on October Is last. Ths
Dispatch said the count had suffered
several fainting spells that day and fOT
several hours was unconscious. IN the
evening. however. his condition was sOme-
what improved. Tolstoi celebrated hio
J oiEhty second birthday last AuEuht-
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-13

rUtA. Russia. Nov. l2.-The mysterious
OF Count Leo rolstOi the
Russian novelist and social reforIner, has
made a painful impression That he should
decide to spend the evening OF his days IN
solitude surprises no one acquainted with
his career, but that he should deliberately
desert the wife who has borne him nine
children Is difficult Of belief even I'm the
Light OF lila well known eocsntriclties Of
character
,-he ssFgestion OK falluE mentality is
sccopted by many In explanation of the
counts sudden leavstaking, watch may
nave a trasic sequel as the countess Is
prostrated. u has been reported that she
had attempted her lie,
I'he family Was without a clue today In
a letter LETT Tor his wife. the count said.
IL cannot continue iongsr 70 live sur
rounded by luxury. and. Ike many other
old men. / retire from the world 20 COM
plots my life On solitude.
II ask that you DO not seek nay place Of
sojourn. and that you do not come 70 u.
II 81 Is discovered. beg forgiveness for
the grief ] May cause you.r
Tie nOvsliHt's gegceence 70 living amid
luxuruous su,roul.diuEs Is significant u
his state of min6. ~ De has long lived the
ifs of q peasant While MS fa1niiJ oc
aupled 4 Substantial mansion on the Yas
nsaya Poiiana estate, Iolstoi abode IN :
peasant hut partakinG only Of the simpl'
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-13
AFTER ROCKEFELLER'S CASH
Peter LiliyOu, Who Wrote Threaten
ing Letter to Oil King, is Puzzle.
HRID N JAm FOR ExAMINATIoN
Believed 10 Have Laid a plan by
which He Hoped to. secure
Fifty Thousand Dollars
in Cash.

NEW YORK, Nov. t2.-(Special Tele-
gram Peter LiliyOus dream Of Thursday
night that he would be arrested came true,
for today he is detained at police head
quarters, charged with writing three let
ters in Hungarian dialect two OF which
contained a threat that II John d. Rookie
feller did not turn $4,000 over TO the
"Fekede keze," which means black hand,
he would suffer death.
LiliyOu, who is about % years old. went
into the Hungarian banking office OF Man
del Irkovitz in the Bronx handing Hugo
lSardos, the head OF the banking house,
three letters he said he wanted translated.
Nardos began 10 read one OF the letters,
and as he did his eyes began to pop and
his breath came in gasps! Jumping from
his chair as II he had suddenly sat on an
electric battery, Kardos grabbed the young
Hungarian, who could not speak English,
and demanded an explanation OF the mis-
sives.
"ru come back at o'clock said Liliyou,
departing.
Linyou did return at 8, but found sew
eral detectives from the Bronx Borough
waiting for him. He was arrested and
Immediately the police began an investi-
cation to find out whether Lliiyou was
connected with society that might have
the same object as the black hand. They
are satisfied today that Lillyou alone
schemed TO get $4,000 from Mr.. Rockefeller
through the medium Of threatening letters
How Liliyou came 70 hit upon Mr.
Rockefeller is explained by Mrs. seitA, his
lsndlady.
"He told me, said Mrs. seitE that IN
Cleveland there was a man who had more
money than all the other men In the world,
and this man had come 60 New York He
said this rich man was good to poor people
and would give them enough to make them
rich. He said he was going TO see THE
rich man and would get rich himself"
L4liyOu did not confine his threats to
kin Mr.. ROckefelleF. The first OF the three
misslves contained the assurance to Kardos
that II he failed 70 translate the letters he.
100, would be killed.
| Sir you have me arrested the letter
lqOncluded, 1t makes no difference. as my
society is very big ana viii get you"
! IAliyou was arraigned before Magistrate
kernochan in the Morislana police court
today and his case puzzled the maFistrste
The court decided that as the letters had
not been sent 10 Rockefeller IAIivou
could not be charged with sending threat.
ening letters TO the oil man. The MACS
trate decided 20 hold the man for v,ritlns
a threatening letter to Hugo Kardos. WHO
was sent for 10 translate the letters. and
the examination was deferred until to.
morrow.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-13
Mrs. Belle Elmore Crippen
is Reported to Be in Canada

ALEX, Alberta Nov. l2-Great excite
ment has been caused here By the report
that a woman who arrived In town Wednes-
day is Belle Elmore-Crlppen, for whose
supposed death Crippen Is under sentence
10 be hanged IN London November %.
After the woman alightsd from the train
Wednesday. she went directly TO a livery
barn and ordered team Of horses hitched
to a wagon She left q deposis with the
iiveryman for the return OF the team,
saying she would send II back next day
by a friend. The horses were returned By
farmer
While the woman was waiting az the
harm the Crippen case was being discussed
by a group OF men standing near her. and
one Of them remarked: II guess they viii
make old DOC Crippen squawk over IN
London"
On hearing the statement the woman
tainted, but soon recovered
While in one Of the stores, the woman
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-13

was eagerly scanning a number Of news
papers and again tainted on reading some
thing concerning the Crippen sentence
These occurrences. together with several
Of a similar nature. led 20 much excited
speculation, especially when Il was noted
that her appearance tailed with the de-
scr,ption printed OF Belle Elmore. The
police have the woman under suryeillance
and she may be arrested today.
= CHICAGO, Nov. l2.-Brucs Miller. who
was witness at the trial OF DR. Crippen,
and who iE the only man in this country
Il is said, who could Identify Belle Elmore
placed no oredenoe IN the report from Al
borta that the woman had appeared AZ the
town Of AmK. or anywhere else, for thai
matter. Belle Elmore had no friends OF
relatives in that section Of the country, SC
far as know" said Mr.. Miller "As
have said before. there Is no doubt that
she is desd-murdered. - was proved in
court
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-13
Fatal Fight Over
Election Bet
Con Kerwin, Proprietor Of Pool Hall
at Cross, Neb., Instantly Kills
Ed Jones.

NORFOLK. Neb,. Nov, l2.-After shoot
ing and instantly killing ED Jones late last
night, Con Kerwln a pooh hall proprietor
al Gross, Neb,, barrlcaded himself In his
pool hall and stood Oft a sheriffs posse
until 3;i5 o'clock this morning. Three
hundred shots from rifles and shotguns
were sent into the building. breaking all
the windows and riddnng the structure.
several times Kerwin appeared at the door
and told the crowd he would XIII anybody
Who approached. Finally Sheriff Brad
street entered and kerwin surrendered.
Kerwin killed Jones in an argument over
a bet.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-13
REPUBLICAN TICKET ELECTED
Figures from Fify-Six Counties on
Offices Below Governor
AUDITOR BARTON IN LEAD
Addison wait, Candidate for secre-
tary of state. who Is Lowest
Man, ProBaBIy Is Elected
by FIVE Hundred.

Returns from fifty-six counties, casting
approximately 10000 votes or nearly three
fourths of the total, indicate the election
Of all republican candidates below governor
The table given below includes practically
all the strong democratic counties. and
returns from the remainder will probably
increase the plurality Of each candidate
from 600 to 1900 votes
Addison Wait candidate for secretary OF
state is lowest man on the ticket, and
probably will be elected by a plurality Of
about 500. state Auditor Barton who was
a candidate for reelection, Is high man.
and will be reelected by more than 10000
votes. The following table shows the vote
from fifty-six counties. including Douglas
and Lancaster:
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-13
Sketch of HIn Cnrerr.

Lafe Young was born on q farm near
Abba, Ia, slXty-two years ago shortly
after Iowa became q state. Baby states
and baby boys had a hard road 10 hoo IN
those days. His father turned from farm
Ing to manufacturing, having built wooden
factory. and here the youngster developed
his muscles handling bundles OF wool. They
were hard days and long days. says a re-
cent biographer but they passed somehow
until the tragedy came. II came on July
H. 1861, three months after Fort Sumter
had been fired on. 1t came IKE blow in
the dark and the family crouched and
trembled. The mill burned down,
Some time, perhaps. a greater tragedy
will come into the life OF Lafe Young. but
It has not come yet lie waa only boy
ls years old. but he realized what tho blow
meant II meant rhat the family was
turned out 10 grass where the pasture
was poor, with thistles plentiful and water
holes few and far between.
The family disaster sent him adrift IN
search OF a livelihood There were four
boys and three girls in the family and
such Of the children as were able had to
hustle for themselves Lafe drifted on
foot into a print shop az Centervilie and
having learned the boxes" moved on ~
absorbed the atmosphere OF newspaper life
and stuck TO It with varying SUCCESS unul
kindly fate bade him launch the Des Alolnes
Capital twenty years ago.
working at the Case.
When IS years OF age Lafs struck nes
Moines and worked at the case for $40 q
week. AZ 20 he was in ST. Louis working IN
the job department OF the ST. Louis Post
Iv-t-
struggling. but Lafe Young managed 10
pull down S25 a week and 70 save SO OF Il
each week. He worked hard All day and az
night attended the Jones commercial col
loge six nights q week. What he did the
seventh night he does not tell, but inas-
much as he adds: II returned to Iowa for
the purpose Of getting married" Il is n
fair inference that he continued his jour
naiistio practice by writing love letters "a
the pressat Mrs. Young. At any rate after
two years In st. Louis, he returned 90
Iowa and has been there ever sinoo.
start ~ an Editor.
while In Des Moines with my vile
whiting our old friends. F. M Mills offered
me the local editorship Of che Register" is
Mr.. Youngs story Of how fate. which had
burned the Abba wOolen mill, threw him Into
/ the journalistic whirlpool Of Des Moines II
accepted and did not return 10 my place
/ in St. Louis. / was 70 be paid SIS o week
IN Des Moines, ] remained with Mills & Co.
until December 9, 1870 They sold the Reg
lister TO Clarkson Bros. Then. with the
money / saved In s. Louis and some bor-
rowed from a relative ] started the Al
lantlo Telegraph, which ! published nine
/ teen years. In Cass county / took part IN
everything that was going on, helped 10
build up Atlantic and 10 advertise a. Ia
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-13
COLORADO ELECTION IS CLOSE
official COunt win he Needed to De-
eide Two Places on the
state Ticket.

DENVER, Colo, Nov. n.-The result Of
Tuesdays election for attorney general and
railroad commissioner is still in doubt. The
candidates on the republican and demo
cratic tickets are running so close that an
Official count probably will be necessary to
decide
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-13
Look them over.
You will find
what you wish.

The Bee has a nice list OF COM
Portable rooms today not found Ia
any other paper.
Look them over
They will be rented quickly
II you do not find what you want,
call Tyler 1000 and say what you
wish and you Will hear from rsli-
able landiadiea ~ once.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-13
Run on London Hank Continues.

LONDON, Nov. 12.-The run on the Bir-
beck bank which began yesterday, follow
ing the circulation Of an anonymous circu-
lar falsely connecting the institution with
the Charng Cross bank. which failed
recently, was continued with increased eL-
citsment today When the doors were
opened an hour earlier than usual an enor-
nous crowd was waiting 10 withdraw de-
posits. The Bierbeck people say they have
$1,000 900 In cash I'm their vaults