Show TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS The Brooklyn will sail soon to Join Si cards squadron In the gulf Michael the bicyclist Is In the divorce court In the position plaintiff The steamer City of Seattle sailed yesterday yes-terday for Alaska carrying COO passengers passen-gers By a recent decision 258000 of Yavapal county Arts bonds issued inald of railway rail-way construction is validated and sustained sus-tained The Merchants association of New associaton York Is in favor of the Drorfosltlon that the legal tender note commonly called te legl cled the greenback should b retired by the use of money in the treasury and by the issue of longtime lop Interestbearing bonds Collls P HuntIngton says he will shortly short-ly build the largest and best dry I dock In American waters a basin In which any ship In the United States or English merchant mer-chant marine can be safely Hocked and overhauled This dock will jie built atOne or l 1 t one corner of the shipyard rc Newport Newt General Merriam commanding tho Department De-partment of the Columbia chartered a steamboat to convey the suppliesand baggage I bag-gage of the Alaska relief expedition from Vancouver barracks to Portland from which point they will bo shipped to Dyea by the steamer George Wt Elder on I Feb1 I |