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Show PRICES YIELD ON WALL STREET NEW TORK, Feb. 4. Speculation on the stock exchange began with a declining de-clining tendency to prices. Sales amounted to a moderated volume and were confined to storka that have been recently absorbing absorb-ing the most attention. Great Northern preferred fell 1. Canadian Pacific 1 and St. Paul. I'nlon Pacific. Atchison. Pennsylvania. Penn-sylvania. Reading. Amalgamated Copper and Smelting to e. Further progress downward was made before the selling movement spent Itself. Canadian Pacific was the severest sufferer and lost two points. When a rally started the market rose slowly but ultimately got back to within a small fraction of last week's close A drop of 2 points In Pensvlvanla unsettled un-settled the market, but the stock rallied promptly and prices ruse again to th- best of the day In some stocks. Japanese Japa-nese bonds were weak. TJie general bond list was heavy. The usfial mid-day dullness was Intensified Inten-sified by the apparent lack of speculative Interest In the active stocks. Very few of the leaders fluctuated beyond i until 1 o'clock, when a fall In Rending to ljn brought a decline. The market was without change during dur-ing the lat.e afternoon Price. If any thing, were somewhat better Mian in the preceding hour. Northwestern gained li and National Lead I. The market closed e.isv and dull The general list settled to a lower has's under small offerings |