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Show WILL -SIL32I PIT ARE BZCHIG ' : .BAY TiOKSMY;- BOW 10 YEMENI -: SMALL, EOT PMie;IS m IN CMECKi Copper Stocks Decline in Boston, Bos-ton, but Market Is Active and Panicky Feeling Ap-; pears to Have Subsided. COPPER STOCKS DECLINE IN BOSTON. 9 .... BOSTON, Dec 9. The Boston stock market opened active and irregu- lar today. Amalgamated Copper, which cloeed last night at 66. sold at the outsef at 67, but went oft almost Immediately to 64. Copper Range , opened at 71, last night's closing, and then went Up one-half. United States Mining declined to 26 and Utah sold at 434. up Vs from last right. S) 0fflfflffl) NEW YORK, Dec J. The stock market mar-ket opened weak and lower, opening quotation showing a decline of from M to 1 point. Amalgamated Copper opened at 65, a decline of 1 point from last night, and the next sale was at 64. Erie opened at 37. a loss of from last night. Boon after the market opened prices steadied and In some of the shares there were good rallies. ; Feeling More CheerfuL The opening of the stock market was attended with but little excitement The feeling was rather more cheerful, although al-though the unsettled condition Indlcat- ; ed In the early quotations tended . to , check anything like aggressive buying .' for the rise. Both Buy and SelL Representatives' of certain commission houses were reported to be buying moderately mod-erately of the active list while others seemed to have a preponderance of selling sell-ing orders. There were no Indication of forced liquidations. Room traders were not very active, though seemingly seeming-ly committed for the most part to the short side. The market developed marked strength and activity before the end of the first half hour. la the Curb Market. In the curb market Northern Securities Securi-ties broke shortly after the opening from 122 to 118 1. Montreal and Boston copper, which bore the brunt of yesterday's yes-terday's panic on the curb, opened at '' 1 to 1. later selling back to H. NO PA2II 0 WAS CAUSED 02T LOUDON EXCHANGE BT FALL IN STOCKS. LONDON, Dec 8. The effects of yesterday's fall In the - stock market were evidenced at the opening of the stock exchange today by general ner- ' vcusness. Americans, however, opened firm at about parity, subsequently became be-came a little easier, but quickly re- t --f covered and at 2:45 p. m. were again above parity. London financiers who were seen by representatives of the Associated Press generally expressed the opinion that the New York market had been top-heavy, top-heavy, and that yesterday's crumbling of prices was considered Inevitable sooner or later. Although 'the suddenness of the fall .-surprised .-surprised the market . bore, there was ',' no panic; In fact, there was some buy- C Ing at low price. The London flnan- '" clers anticipate that the recovery, will be gradual. They do not believe that stocks will reach their former price nor develop much staying power for, some time. ' |