Show SUIT OVER AJAX STOCK Case of Hickman vs Frank Knox on Trial The trial of the suit of John R Hlck man vo Frank Knox was begun yesterday yes-terday before Judge Cherry and a jury Attorney Arthur Brown representing the plaintiff and Judge Street and Attorney At-torney IT 12 Boothfor the defendant The action was to recover 2500 the alleged value of 2COO8hares of stock of the AJax Mining company alleged by the plaintiff to have been wrongfully converted by the plaintiff to his own y use Tho Stock was jhc0to the Defendant 1 De-fendant as security for u promissory note of J C McNally for 2M3 of which t Illcknian was the owner Knox sold the stuck and credited the proceeds on the note which Knox alleged was valueless value-less without the security while nick man clalma the note was worth its face value and should have been collected by Knox The testimony was concluded when court adjourned until this morning when the arguments to the jury will be made Suit on Notes and Account Suit was yesterday entered in the Third District court by M A Bcckstcad against John S Jones to recover 3200 and Interest on two promissory notes nnd to recover 255760 alleged to be due for 1059 head of sheet sold and delivered I de-livered U t Gilsonite Motion Argued A motion In the case of the United States vs the Assyrian Asphalt company com-pany to have the defendant enjoined from taking out gllaonlte from Government S Govern-ment lands was argued and taken under un-der advisement in the United States court yesterday Bingham Tunnel Company Sued Morrison Merrill it Co are suing the Blnrcham Tunnel company et al to recover re-cover STDIG alleged to be due for lumber lum-ber supplied to the Tunnel company and secured by a mechanics lien on the buildings of the company at EIngham District Court Orders Estella B Schwartz vs James A Perry dismissed by stipulation George Nichols vs Oregon ShortLino t L Railway company motion for a new trial overruled upon plaintiff agreeing to accept a reduction In the verdict from 120873 to S1000 1 R B Whlllemore vs Nora Carroll ct ill Judgment and decree offore 1 closure for the plaintiff j John Anderson ct wl vs Oregon Short Line Railway company dismissed on1 i motion of the plaintiff |