Show ROOM TRADERS P MV 1 y KEPT IN DOUBT Wide Fluctuations in Prices in inWall inWall inWall Wall Street Served to Liven Up Matters MONEY CONTINUES FIRM EXTREME DULLNESS LATE IN INTHE INTHE INTHE THE DAY New York Oct Fluctuations 8 In tho the prices of ot stocks were quite wide today and the purposes of the professional trad traders traders ers ere were thus better served than In the tho lethargic market which has prevailed for several days The drawback was that the fluctuations became rather feverish and erratic making it difficult even for forthe forthe forthe the room traders to take advantage of ot opportunities The dealings offered nothing of significance outside this nar narrow narrow narrow row professional circle Evidently there have been built up speculative accounts of ot some volume on the assumption that there was to be an extra dividend on Northern Pacific and a rather precipitate precipItate precipitate tate decline followed the announcement that only the regular dividend had been declared Reports of ot an extra dividend have Java been heard ever since the Burling Burlington ton dividend was Increased owing to the benefit accruing to the Northern Pacific treasury from that increase Official disclaimers dis disclaimers disclaimers claimers of the tho rumors quieted them for fora a time but they were revived by yesterdays yes yesterdays yesterdays extra dividend of the Great Northern stock out of a profit by a sub company compan The Hill HIlI stocks ab abruptly abruptly abruptly declined when It became known that Northern Pacific was getting its regular quarterly 1 per cent and no nomore nomore nomore more Their strength earlier had only partly artly J offset the heavy tone in the gen general genera general eral era list which was Inclined to react from the sharp advance of ot yesterday of ofUs Its Us own weight The maintained firmness of the money mone market was a restraint on any speculative speculative ventures The Interior continues to draw on New York and some special requirements also develop from time to time Ume Yesterday a Installment of sub subscriptions to Great Northern preferred stock was payable and New York tax taxpayers taxpayers payers turned into the city treasury some representing the rush to avoid penalties for delinquencies Attention was given glen to reports of ot a further re reduction reduction reduction in the selling price of ot copper by some of ot the tho great producers which was said to tall fall In attracting any con considerable considerable demand A reduction In the div dividend dl by b the Rio Tinto company was an Incident of ot the day In foreign foreign markets but It was noticeable that copper securities securities securities ties were inclined to advance abroad on the score of ot the reduction In the Rio Tinto dividend not being so radical as ashad ashad had been feared The episode gives a hint of which has a counterpart in some recent events In the New York market The whole market lapsed into extreme dullness again late lato in inthe inthe inthe the day Bonds were irregular Total sales par value United States is declined U l i per cent centon centon centon on call |