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Show j THE KEWS: FROM ALASKA. i Work of tha nanaalerr CaaiinLaton The, Onvarttinaut aelteois San FnAvciyjo, Oct. 3. Tim revenue cutter Uush arrived from lttbrlii"f una yesterday, bringing Special' j Agent Krown from the Seal islands, Iff. Jack-on, Jack-on, eoverumtuit educational ajent, ami the Mri'ratli parly, which hs bea two years io ppr Alaska lufYeyinjf the United Slatei houudary line Or. Juckxnu rapnrti thoir froveintneDt icliools had fOit pronpect for the year. Tim intriidu.-tion of Siouhaa reindeer into Alaska proioie. U be 1 succps-lul. 'i) , All the Uritish war vosseln ,l''ft rli i njf f, ami tlio' Uuitftdiita'-f i iteameri Mohican and Timlin wilj'leave i in a short tiuit). 1'hu Hoar will twmaio until Deceininir. A laixo iniml'er of eta'iuK re.sela wera "warnau" fluting the se;inn . s. Mr. MctJr.ith of the bontnlarjrie.om-mifc.ion bontnlarjrie.om-mifc.ion reports that all was ae:oiu- piislie.l tbe.t wae cxpectml. Ihe cuup of the Mcl.iratb party, which was established estab-lished Auuust la, 8M, was nijmeil Camp Davidson. It was on the Yjtkoti liver, auout 1 J0O miles froili its nitiulh, and exactly on the Alaskan boundary. 1 here the explorius; sciontistl made their hnad'iiarlers until May 2i last, McCrath e-iye tho territory uortH of the cauip is an absolutely iropenetiV)' wihlerueoe. During the winter of JyO irovisions rati very low at the camp, the Ktipply e teamer havnir been wrecked. wreck-ed. MrUralii oays a hik'li tribute to McCarthy ud i'reneii, two of bis men w ho vvi'iu that winter liOd miles down the Yukon io Stevens's piaoo, and in I'eliruaty si.irted to return. The cold was iutcnt-e. Thev forced their way along tha frozen river, the journey taking seventy days, and finally fin-ally reached the camp with the provisions. provis-ions. They had cut off their boot leps to feud the Hogs drswini; tho eiedges, aud had iullered preat privation. |