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Show iWORLD'-SMARKETSj i IRREGULARITY IN THE i PRICE OF STOCKS New York. Aug. 3. -There vas a good deal of In ognlarlty today in the opening dealings of stocks. The uiv ward tendency of yesterday was continued con-tinued at some, points, but reali'lng sales caused sharp rencLlons at others. oth-ers. Rock Island. I'niied Slates Steel and Amalgamated C'eipper fell 1. and I'nion Pacific, Southern Pacific. Reading. Read-ing. Atehlron and New York Central substantial fractions. Louisville 5 Nashville, Inierboronsrh Metropolitan . preferred and Colorado Fi el & lnn j advanced .M. The market became ! heavy in sympathy with the large de- cllnes in some of the leading stocks i Afterwards, there was a brlrk demand , for a number of minor 6tocks and the whole list turned strong. Rallies from from the low point ran from 1 to 1 1-2 , in Union Pacific. Reading, New York Central, Atchison, United State i Steel, Amalgamated Copper and American Smelting. There was a sudden decline of:3 points in Third I Avenue on the disapproval of the re- organization plan by the public nor-vice nor-vice commission. At 11 o'clock the market whs ruling ( fractionally below its best prices and ; was quiet The market was .affected , .by the disposition to realize en the sharp rise in prices yesterday. The ( strength in special stocks was a sus- : taining Influence. Rains in the corn . belt and the Improving money situa Hon were helpful factors. Noon prices, were about the lowest no to that time, with Amalgamated Copper down 2. Southern Pacific 1 Northern Pacific 1 1-2 and Union Pacific, Pa-cific, St. Paul and Reading 1. i.'onds were firm. , |