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Show w"j,"m - NEW TCRK, March 28. The movement move-ment of prices of stocks was very irregular irregu-lar In the opening- dealings, but fluctuations fluctua-tions were not so violent as has been usual recently. A rise in Great Northern preferred of S was due to the- decision of the Minnesota court upholding the legality legal-ity of the nw stock Issue. Stock prices displayed a uniform tendency ten-dency upwards after business had been under way a few minutes. Buying of Reading, the priirclpal metal stocks and the Hlil and'Harriman groups Imparted a strong tone to the speculation. Great Northern preferred rose 4. Northern Pa clfic and Reading 31, Northwestern, Union Pacific 21, Amalgamated Copper 2i. Smelting 2. Anaconda If, Atchison and Pennsylvania 11, United States Steel, Colorado Fuel 1 and several others a point. The tone was rather feverish upon the advance and there were occasional relapses In some stocks. i The market's activity both on advances and declines was spasmodic. After the ad 4 vance had been somewhat extended a brisk selling movement wiped out most of the principal gains. St. Paul was car ried 1 below last "night. The selling movement then subsided and the market became dull. Very little business was done between 12 and 1 o'clock., and prices were not es- ! sentially changed. The tone was grow, lng rather heavy owing to the restricted demand. , Speculative operations were on a smalU er scale than for some weeks, and prices drifted narrowly. American Express fell 11 points and rallied 8. The market closed ' steady. Prices ranged more widely, but on restricted operations. Union Paclfto fell back to a fraction below yesterday, ! and the whole list receded and then ral. lied. Prices were marked up quiet rapt idly again In the late dealings, but trans actions were small. i .1 |