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Show FAMOUS ALASKA . PMAOE SUIT Seward, Alaska, Aug. 19. United States District Judge N. E. Cushman today called the" damage case of R. Phillips agaiost the Copper R1tt & Northwestern Railway company. A motion for a continuance was denied aud the court ordered the attorneys to procc-ed with drawing a jury. The Fcllllps case Is one of the most famous damage suits ever filed in an Alaska court It grew out of tho battle two years ago between rival railroad construction crews seeking to hold Keystone Canyon. Phillips alleges al-leges that he received a gunshot wound during the fighting In Keystone Canyon and says that his injuries were such that he has been incapable of performing niauual labor since. In his suit he seeks to hold the Copper River & Northwestern Railway company com-pany (a Morgan-Guggenheim property), proper-ty), responsible for his Injuries. |