Show Alaska Censns Retnrns SAN tnA CISCO Aug 29Census Agent Petroff has returned from Alaska having completed the census of that territory The following figures closely represent the population in 1S90 Aleuts 900 Indians 5000 Esquimaux 18000 Chinese 2300 whites 4mO total ai000 This is t decrease de-crease of 000 in ten years but as during that time the white and Chinese population has increased largely this really represents repre-sents a decrease of SOOO in the native population popu-lation Petroff says the natives have learned the use of liquor from whalers and it is killing them off rapidly |