The times., 1898-10-18
PosToFFIcE NOTICE.

NASHlNGlOS. d. C., POSTOFFiCE NOTICE
any time.
FOREIGN MAILS ARE forwarded to the ports
of sailing daily, and the schedule of clcsngs is
arranged on the presumption Of their uninteF-
rupted overland transit. For the Week ending
October %, the last connecting closes will be
made from this office as follows:
Transatlantic Mails.
At 9:2O p. m. for EUROPE. per
5 st. Paul, from New York. via Southamp-
tO;I.
(c) At r:lO p. m, for EUROPE, per s. 5.
Germanic. from New York. via Queenstown.
(c) At u:l0 p. m, for BELGIUM direct.
per 5. s. Westernland. from New York, via
Antwerp. Letters must be directed ''Per
WcsteInand"
WEDNEsDAY-Cb) At 7:2O D. M. for EUROPE,
per 5. S. F. Bismarck, nom New York, via
Cherbourg, Southampton, ard Hamburg.
FEIDAY-(b At 7:2O p. m, for FRANCE,
SWITZERLAND. ITALY, SPAIN; PoRTu
Ola, per 5. $ Ia Navarro, from New York,
via Havre. Letters for other parts Of EU-
ROPE must be directed per La Navarro
OBJ At 7:2o p. m, for EUROPE, per g. g
Letters for FRANCE. SWITZERLAND. ITA-
LY. SPAIN. PORTUGAL. TURKEY. EGYPT.
and BRITISH INDIA must be directed 'Per
Umhria-"
(c) At ll:l0 p. u., for NETHERLANDS di-
rect, per s. s. SpaaFndam. from New York.
via Rotterdam. Letters must be directed
per Spaarndam-"
20 At n:lo p. m. for ITALY. per 5. $.
Vera, from New York. via Naples. Letters
must be directed "Per Vera"
(c) At lI:l0 p. m. for SCOTLAND direct.
per $. = Anchoria, from New York, via Glas-
gov. Letters must be directed per An
ehoTia.''
(c) At I1:lO p. m, for EUROPE, per s. :.
BelGenland from New York via Southampton.
Letters must be directed Per Be'genllnd."
Mails for South and Central Amer
len. West Indies. etc.
TUEsDAY-(d) At I2:o5 p. m. for NEwFoUND-
LAND. per steamer from North Sydney.
(c) At li:l0 p. m, for JAMAICA, per
(c) At 1910 p. m. for GRENADA. TRIM
DAD and TOBACCO, per S. 5 Grenada. from
New York.
(c) At ll:IO p. m. for CUBA. per = :.
City OF Washington. from New York, via
Havana
wEDNEsDAY-(dD At 6:25 a. m, for ST. KITS.
MARTINIQUE, GUADELOUPE and DEMER-
ARA, per ; 5. Uller. from New York.
(d) At 1905 p. m, for JAMAICA, per
steamer from Boston.
(e) At lI:IO p. m, for BRAZIL. per s. $
Button, from New York, via Pernambucr,
Bahia and Rio Janeiro. Letters for NORTH
Brazil and LA PLATA COUNTRIES must
be directed per Button"
(c) At ll:lO p. m. TO- MEXICO, per 5. s.
Catania, from New YORK. via Tampico. Let
tiers must be directed per Cltania''
(c) At ll:lO p. m. for BERMUDA, per 5. $
Trinidad. from New York.
(c) At l1:l0 p. m. to7 JAMAICA, per = s.
Ardanhu, fgom New York. Letters for BEL
IZE. PUERTO CORTEZ and GUATEMALA
| must be directed "Per Ardinhu."
| IHURSDAI-(c) At n:l0 p. m, flr HAITI, per
5. Prins Maurits, from New York Letters
| for VENEZUELA. CURACAO. TRINIDAD,
BRITISH and DUTCH GUIANA must be di-
| rected Per Prins Maurits."
(c) At 1l:lO p. M. for NEWFOUNDLAND,
| per :. Silvia, from New York.
FRIDAY-(c) At n:I0 p. M, for NEWFOUND-
| LAND. per : $ CoFean from Philad lphia
(b) At 1:a0 p. M, for Ia PLATA COUN-
TRIES direct. per 5. $ Cyrene IRON New
(c) At u:lO p. m. for FORTUNE ISLAND.
| JAMAICA, SAVANu.LA ard CARTHAGENA.
| per 5. :. Allegheny, fr, m New YORK.
| (c) At lI:l0 p. m. for CUBA. via Havana,
| also CAMPECHE. CIiIAPAs. TABASCo, and
| YUCATAN. per 5. :. segwanca. from New
! must be directed per Seguranca.'
| (c) At Il:IO p. m, for PONCE, VENE-
| 2uELA and CURACAO, also SAYANILLA AMI
| CARTHAGENA. per :. :. Caracas, from New
| York, via Curacao.
(c) At 1l:10 p. m. for NEWFOUNDLAND
per 5 5. Portis, from New York.
| SATURDAY-(d) At l2:05 p. m. for NEW
FoUNDLAND, per steamer from North sgd
suNDAY-(d) At 1905 p. m. for PUERTO COR
TEZ and GUATEMALA, per steamer from
New Orleans.
Mails for NEWFOUNDLAND. by rail to Halifax
and thence via steamer close here daily exccp
Sunday at l2:O5 p. M. and on Sundays only a
Mails for MIQUELoN. by rail to Boston, an,
thence via steamer, close here daily at S:20 p
m. (a)
CAMPECIiE, CHIAPAS, TABASCo. and YUCA
TAN which will be forwarded TO New York u
to and including the 10 p, M closing Friday
for dispatch via steamer, after the WtdneSda.
overland cloie). close here .taris at ':lO a. m
TrnnspaciRc Mails.
Mails for CHINA and JAPAN, per s. s. Tacoma
from Tacoma. close here daily up to $40 p. m.
Mails Mails for CHINA. JAPAN and HAWAII. per
s. Dorc, from San Francisco, close here daily u
| 10 $40 p. NJ October %. I'D
Mails for the SOCIETY ISLANDS, per shi
| City of Pspeit. from San Francisco, close heI
daily up to 6:iO p. m, October 25. Id
Mails for AUSTRALIA Except those for We
Australia, which forwarded via Europel NEl
ZEALAND, HAWAII. FIJI and SAMOAN Isl
| ANDS per s S. Mariposa. from San Francisco
close here daily up to 6:iO p m, October
Nails for CHINA and JAPAN, per $. $. Empire
of Japan. from Vancouver, close here daily up
$40 p. M, October 81. (d)
Mails for HAWAII, per s. S. Australia, frc
San Francisco, close here daily up to 6:i0 p. m
November 10. I'D
Mails for AUSTRIA Except West Australia
NEW ZEALAND. HAWAII and FIJI ISLAND
per $. 5. Warrimoo, from Vancouver, close he
daily up to GAO p. m, after October 2s, and l
to November 10. (d)
(a) Registered mails close at 1O:O0 a. M, san
day.
Cb) Registered mails close at 100 p. m, san
day.
(c) Registered mails close at 600 p. M, san
, day.
! Id Registered mails close at 6:O0 p m. pre-
ious day.
JAMES p. wILLETT, Postmaster.