Evening star., 1898-12-14
FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE

WASHINGTON, ID. c., POST OFFICE NOTICE.
Should be read daily. as changes may occur at
FOREIGN MAILS are forwarded to the ports of
sailing daily and the schedule of cosngs is AZ
ranged on the presumption of their uninterrupted
overland transit. For the week ending December
Il the last connecting closes will be made from
TRANSATLANTIC MAILS
WEbNESDAl-tc, WE'D I;S At 11;lo TN. for NEITHER
York via Amsterdam Letters must be directed
FKIDAY-'m At 7:2o PM for EUROPE, per
s. Umbria,. from New York. via Queenstown.
Letters Letters for FRANCE. SWITZERLAND. ITALY,
ISL INDIA must be directed Per Umbria'' ~
Af Y;2o iI..i IM for EEANGE, EWITZERLANn
and BRITISH INDIA per SIS. la Champagne
from New York. via Havre Letters for other
RsSrSrr PARTS of EUROPE must be directed Per La
LANDS direct, per s.s werkendam, from New
York via Rotterdam. Letters must be directed
per SIS Kaiser Wilhelm II. from New York, via
Naples Letters must be directed Per Kaiser
Wilhelm H. tcJ At 11:1o Pm. for SCOTLAND
direct, per SIS Ethiopia from New York, via Glas-
gGT nsIlsTs %qst 1-r he directed Per Ethiopia
matter etc. for GERMANY and specially si-
EUROPE. American and White Star steamers sail.
ing from New York on Wednesdays. German steam
French and German steamers from New York On
Saturdays take printed matter. etc, for all
MAILS FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA
WEST INDIES. ETC.
,eH MEpNfS9MMte' TI,a,So At 1l;1o Pm for BERMGDA,
7 NJ. for NORTH BRAZIL per SIS. r. F. Mat.
I thews, from New YORK; via Para Maranhnm and
CIENFuEGOS per SIS. Cienfuegos. from New
JACAEL and SANTA MARTHA per Holstein.
from New York, tc) At 11:lo PM. for PORTO
iI:o5 m for cAMfECHE. " cIiIArAs' m %rf TABAsGo 20
aud 1tCATAN, per steamer Ithaka, from New
parts Of EXic0 must be directed e Per haHa Gaat
FRlDAf-tc, At 11:1U PM. for NEWFOUND-
&c, At 11:1o PM. for F0RTI Ne ISLAND, JAMAI.
@ Ca SAtAr--z,A "a "A. and CARTuAGENA, per S., Allie
must be directed Per AIleghany," (c9 At ii;fn
PM. for PORTO RICO via Ponce: VENEZJ Ell 4
and CURACAO, also SANANlLLA and CARTHA-
GENA' via Curacso. per ss. Caracas, from New
SATuRDAY-,O At 1906 Pm. for NEwFoUND-
Malls for NEWFOUNDLAND, by rail- to Halifax
and thence Via steamer, close here daily, except
Sunday; at 12;25 PM, and Sundays only at
Mails for MIorELoS: by rail to Boston aud
thence via steamer close here daily at 3:21
Mails for CUBA close here daily at 3:c5 PM. sor
forwarding by steamers sailing from Port Tampa
Fla. Mondays. Thursdays and saturdays ID,
Mails for MENICo overland close here daily at
TRANSPACIFIC MAILS.
Mails for CHINA, JAPAN ana HAWAII per SIS.
Gaelic: from San Francisco close here daily at
Mails for AUSTRALIA texcept those for West
Australia; which are forwarded via Europe), NEW
ZEALAND, HAWAII. FIJI and SAMOAN ISL
ANDS. per IS. Alameda from San Francisco
close here daily at 6:35 PM. up TO December
"a tdl
Mails for the SOCIETY ISLANDS. per ship Trop-
ic Bird: from San Francisco. close here daily at
6::S5 Z NJ. up to December %. Id
Mails for CHINA and JAPAN per Empress Of
India, from Vancouver. close here daily at 6:35
PM. up to December &c Cdi
Mails for CHINA and JAPAN per SIS Victoria
from Tacoma, close here daily at 6:35 PM. up 10
January .. 1899. Id
Mails for HAWAII. per SIS Australia from San
Francisco. close re daily at 6:35 M. up TO
January ;. 1899. tdl
Mails for AUSTRALIA (except those for West
Australian, NEW ZEALAND, HAWAII and FIJI
ISLANDS. per SIS. Warrimoo, from Vancouver
close here daily at 6:35 Z VI. after December "A
and up January s. 1899 tdl
ta) Registered mails close at 1000 An. same
day.
(b, Registered mails close at 100 PM. same
day.
&c, Registered malls close at 600 PM same
day.
tdI Registered mails close at 600 PM previous
day.
de1O JAMES p. WILIErT Postmaster