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Show STOCKS ASiF DEPRESSED j Weakness in London Over Venezuelan Situation Reflected Here. ' NEW YORK, Jan. 22. The Venetue-lan Venetue-lan situation was the cause of weakness in London, which was reflected at the. -opening here. Declines ran to half a point In some of the leading active stocks, and in Manhattan and Brooklyn Transit there were losses of a i-olnt. The dealings were on a small scale. Selling- became more urgent Traders were prompted to offer stocks down on account ac-count of a feeble demand. Colorado Fuel lost 2. and recessions ran from 1 to 1 In leading members of the principal groups, including the trunk lines, coal, era, grangers. Pacifies, Southerns and specialties. There was as much hesitancy hesi-tancy In pursuing the selling movement as the buying, and there were indifferent indiffer-ent rallies before noon. .v . Bonds were Irregular. ' Prices made mow further recoveries, V -but dealings were of insignificant proper- tlons. St. Louis A Sun Francisco moved 1 P J1. and Commercial Cable fell IV ' Three point advances in Great Northern preferred. St. Loula & San Francisco and the second preferred Increased the buying tendency and earlier losses were about recovered. The market showed more animation an-imation than at any time during the day but the dealings sua were on a moderate scale. With the assembling of the directors of the Northern Securities company the trading became idle to await their decision de-cision oi the dividend. The dull market maintained its firm undertone and closed steady without any announcement on the Securities dividend. Closing stocks: Atchison. 87: do preferred, pre-ferred, 99; Baltimore & Ohio, 101; Chicago Chi-cago & Alton. 84; Chicago Great Western. West-ern. 27; C. A O., 62: Erie preferred. ' 70flf; Illinois Central, 148; Louisville & Nashville, 12814; New York Central, 152; Pennsylvania, 154; Reading, 61; do first preferred, 87; Southern Pacific. 64; St. Paul. 17814; Southern Railway, 35; Union Pacific, 101; do preferred, 94; United States Steel. 17; do preferred. 87; W. ' bash preferred, 454; People's Gas, 103: Brooklyn Rapid Transit, 68; Missouri Pacific, Pa-cific, 111; Copper. 63: Sugar, 130; Wisconsin Central, 26; do preferred, 62: corn products, 33. |