The evening times., 1898-12-14
PosToFFICE NOTICE.

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WASHINGTON. d. C., PoSToFFICE NOTICE
Should be read daily, as changes may occur at
any time.
FOREIGN NAILS are forwarded to the ports Of
sailing daily. ard the schedules OF closings Is
arranged the presumption Of their uninter-
rupted overland transit, For the week ending
December l.. the last connecting closes viii be
made from this office as follows:
Transatlantic Mails
WEDNEsDAY-(c) At IL 10 p. m.. for NEITHER
LANDS direct, per $. :. Amsterdam. from
New York, via Amsterdam Letters must be
directed Per Amsterdam"
FRlDAY-tb) At 7:2o p. m, for EUROPE. per s.
town. Letters fer FRANCE. SWITZERLAND,
ITALY. SPAIN. PORTUGAL, TURKEY.
EGYPT. and BRITISH INDIA must be di-
OBJ At $50 p. m, for FRANCE. swift
zERLAND ITALY. SPAIN, PORTUGAL.
TURKEY, EGYPT. and BRITISH INDIA, per
:. :. La Champagne. from New York, via
Hsvre. Letters for other parts OF EUROPE
must be directed Per La Champagne
direct, per 5. ;. werkendaul. from New York.
via Rotterdam. Letters must be directed
''Per Werkendam."
- (c) At Il:10 p m. for ITALY, per : :.
Kaiser Wilhelm H. from New York. via
Nares Letters must be directed Per Kaiser
&c, At Il:lO p H.. fer SCOTLAND direct.
per s. Ethiopia. from New York. via Glas-
gov. Letters must be directed per Eth
iop:a.'
PRINTED NATTER ETC.-CerInan steamers
sailing from New York Tuesdays take Printed
Matter, etc. for GERMANY, and specially ad-
EUROPE.
American and White Star steamers sailing from
New York Wednesdays, GeTuJsn steamers from
New York On Eu,sdays and Cunsrd, French and
German steamers from New York on Saturdays
take Printed Matter ETC. for ali countries fer
lTyP fEa 10. F-s- yTa5t
Mails for South and Central LnIer-
len, West Indies, Etc.
WEDNESDAY-(c) At u:Io p. m for BER-
MUDA, per :. 5. Trinidad. nom New York
(c) At II 10 p. IN. for NORTH BRAZIL.
per 5. :. r. F. Matthews. from New YOlk,
via Para, Maranham and Ceara
tc) At lI:l0 p. m. for MANZANILLO and
ClENFuEGoS, per :. :. Cieniuegoz. from
New York
THURSDAY-(o) At n:10 p. H. for AIX-
CAVES JACMEL and SANTA MARTHA peT
S. 5. HolStein. from New York
(c) At les p IT.. for C-iAPECHE. CHA
PAS, TABAsC0, and YUCATAN, per steamer
Ithaka from New York; via PrOsreso. and
must be directed per Ithaka'
(c) At I1:lO p m: for PORTO RICO. per
s. Evelyn. from New Ycrk
FRIDAY-(e) At 1:10 p. m, for NEWFoUND-
delphia
(c) At 1l:1O p. NJ, for FORTUNE .sLAND
JAMAICA, SAyANILLA and CARTHAGENA.
per 5. s Allegheny, from New York. Letter,
io- COSTA RIGA must he directed per Al,
leghenv."
(c) At Il:1O p. NJ. for PoRTo RICO. via
Ponce. EENEZt Ella and CURACAO. also
SAVANIL-LA ara CARTHtGFNA. via Cura-
Gao, per :. 5. Caracas, from New York
SNTt RDAY-(d) At 1866 p. m, for NEW
FouNDLAND, per steamer from North sgd
Mails for NEWFOUNDLAND. by rail to Hall.
fax, and thence via steamer. elese here daily cy-
eept Sunday at l2;t9 p. m, and cn Sundays only
at II 80 p. m. (d)
Mails t6r MIQCELoN. by rail 10 Boston. ard
thence via steamer, close here daily at 500 p.
m. (a1
Mails for CUBA. close here daily at Sos p. m.
for forwarding by steamers sailing trop, port
Tampa, Fla, Ao2dayS, Thursdays and SATURDAYS
Id
Mails ior AfEXICo overland, close here daiIv
at 1:la i. m. (d)
TraEspacific +IniIs.
Mails for CHINA. JAPAN and HAWAII. per :.
8 Gaelic. from San Francisco. close here d1iIy
at G3j p. m, up to December Is (dl
Mails fer AUSTRALIA, (except those for Wesf
Australia, which arc forwarded via EMupe) NEW
ZEALAND, HAWAII, FIJI and SAMOAN ISL
ANDS. per : s Alameda, from San Francisco
close here daily at 6:S5 p. M, up 10 December
q. Id
Mails for the SOCIETY ISLANDS. per ship
Tropic Bird. from san Francisco, close here daily
at 6:35 p. m, up to December 20 Id
Mails for CHINA ard JAPAN, per S. :. Empress
of India, from Vancouver, close here daily at
6:S5 p. m, up to December 26. td)
Mails for CHINA and JAPAN, per :. :. Vic
toria, from Tacoma. close here daily at 6:S5 n
M, up to January 2. 1899. I'D
Mails for HAWAII, per :. $ Australia. from
San Francisco, close here daily at 6:35 p. m. up
to January ;. 1899. Id
Mails for AUSTRALIA. Except those for West
Australia), NEW ZEALAND. HAWAII, and FIJI
ISLANDS, per $ s. Warrimoo, from Vancouver
close here daily ct 6:Sj p. m, after December u
and up to January 5, 1890 I'D
(a) Registered mails close at 1000 a. M
same day.
Oh Registered mails close at LOO p m same
day.
(c) Registered mails close at Goo p. m. same
day.
Cd Registered mails closc at 600 p. M. prev
ious day.
JAMES p WILLETT. Postmaster