portion of the insur-ly.it ooonoil which hase superior a Fourth tt, which trength of»•■An irade esty to all hose sen-Che terms t 100 Ar-death forlian head-Brazil hasrrifcory as 10s Ayres.ind.n. George ed British eaarbitra-TRANSCONTINENTAL PEDESTRIANS.Ur*. Kfttby and Her Daughter CluraCora-. plete Their Journey,New York, Dec. 24.—Mrs. H. Estby ;ahd her daughter Clara, 19 years' Old, ithe transcontinental pedestrians, cam-pleted the journey from Spokane,Wash., to this city at 1:80 yesterday afternoon. iThey left the western city May 6 on a wager with a New York woman, that they could cross the continent in less than seven mouths.. The .conditions of the wager were that each of the women were to leave town with only $5 and earn their living enroute. If any sickness befell either the time consumed by it was to be deducted from the total time. On the way across the continent they worked at- anything. They did housework, sewing and sold photographs of themselves. At Lincoln Mrs. W. J. Bryan fed them and bought photographs. In Ohio they called oh Major and Mrs. McKinley.Collision Witli » 'rug1.New York, Dec. 24.—The StandardOil company’s steamer, Hercules, collided with and sunk the tug boat George■ A i ^PremlfSydney; 1 John Forest has requests of New Son federal conv Mr. Reed ol that it meat tion movem. Rust-, .London, .] ■ Graphic frlt;that, a Russ: been station Japan, whi( another bio-BlgFLondon, ' The Timesqueathod a-000 to the SteoKey WesConsul Gen ily passed t on their wa