Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-12
FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE.

WASHINGTON. DC. POST OFFICE NOTICE;
EoaEiGN MAILS are dispatched to the ports Of
sailing daily and the schedule Of closings Il ar;
Fo4 sse week Se ending
H. 1904. the last connecting closes win be made
TRANSATLANTIC MAILS.
Ma.s1 Ssm ls POM s sSr KolR rs
TUESDAY-taJ AT 7:l5 p.M for EUROPE. per
IS Oceanic from New York. via 9ueenstSown ana
direct, per g: Amsterdam, from New York Mail
must Be directed Per SIS. Amsterdam" ~,
Turkey, Egypt, GREECE and BkITIsH INDIA.
Man Tor other part. Of EUROPE OPP must be directed
New !S for va
Cherbourg. Mail for LIVERPOOL, SCOTLAND and
a us sa for eIssfso per e
from New York. via Queenstown and Liverpool.
g At n;45 Pm: for bELGiuM direct Per s;s
per SIS. iceland" tc) At 11:45 Pm. for SCOT
Nan na dfe st. fsm Ne.
II AS PM for DENMARK direct, per SIS. Hekla,
from New York. Mail must be directed Per ''
MAILS FOR SOUTH sp tn AND CENTRAL e AMERICA.
iI45 PM for NfcARaG H0 except East COAST.
PsSa eAS ssfsR sN East SGsiR
L Lav and CHILL Per SIS AdyanGs fs9n New snS
directed per SIS. Advance"
ST A tS fSE 81 TH31H IS
York Mani for GRSSl 2fa s and TRfSipAD must
;Aa S Ss PM faF 1sasi[1 pss
III lasSf SH sq uk a5t t0l and
must be directed ,per ss Capri. g At ll;a s9
from New York Nan for
parts Of MEXICO must be directed Per S. Is;
@ A. rh for
New York. via Barbados: Para and Manaos , lc) At
HIP PM for the OF fSom
York, via Guantanamo and Tampico. Mail must be
Eef isseS sr aS sRsTA M2k A. .as
places in MAGDALENA DEPARTMENT, COLON
BIA. per SIS. Valencia: from New York; sc) a, At
MARTINS, NEVIS BARBlDoS and GUIANA. per
SIS; uller, from New York: o,
INCE OF SANTIAGO, CUBA, per SIS. Cienfuegos.
from New York Mail must be directed Per S.
FKDAY-!e At u:45 Pm. for BERMUDA, per
SIS Trinidad from New York tc) At IL AS Pm
from New York. any Mail for Colombia, via cura:
IDS I'm: for PORTO RICO So; ceapo; from ON
FORTUNE ISLAND. JAMAICA and COLOMBIA,
Msgdaena per sc S. A Alt from
PM. for ARGENTINE. URUGUAY and PARA
Mexico, overland unless specially addressed for
dispatch by steamers sailing from New YORK, close
CUBA NAILS close here at 800 Pm. on Mon
days, Wednesdays and Saturdays, via Port Tampa,
Ella. o. and at 1000 Pm; on Thvrsdays via
on Wednesdays at AS Pm. tcl
NEWFOUNDLAND by rail to North Sydney and
fhpncQ vi
days. at 2:3o Pm. fb). and on Sundays at II 80
Wednesdays and Saturdays.
JAMAICA. by rail to Boston and thence via
steamer, close here at 2;so Pm; on Tuesdays o. ,:
and on Wednesdays at 1880 PM (c), by rail- to
Philadelphia and thence via steamer.
MIQUELON by rail to Boston and thence >, via via
pm. (bj, and Sundays at 1880 AN. GD
BRITISH HONDURAS, HONDURAS Except East
La. and thence via steamer, close here daily at
1905 AN. ~ and 1000 Pm. (h), the connecting
' COSTA RCA by rail to New Orleans and thence
via steamer close here daily at 1905 An ~ and
1000 Pm. hl, the connecting closes being on
NICARAGUA Cast Coast. by rail to New Or:
leans La, and thence via steamer close here daily
at 1905 AM. ~ and 1000 Pm. h, the connect
TRANsPAC!FIC NAILS ,,,,,
IPpINE ISLANDS via San Francisco close e. here ere
s. 5A SssEia koa r. CHINA and PHILIPPINE IS
LANDS. via Tacoma. close here daily at $3.50 P N.
up t. Rff L. ssSa.sa G
NEW ZEALAND. NEW CALEDONIA, SAMOA,
eiose here daily at $50 up to December IL
for dispatch per SIS Ventura tal ,.u
dr., ssea mails fcr the PHHSH IsIaND Via
Seattle close here daily at $50 Pm. up to De-
T. for apitsn Per Ma
SHIFT sSS gllaS a and
d n o1aS daf 10 af NJ
December 20. for dispatch per: SIS. Empress OF
'n MAwAn al JAPAN. KOREA. . 81 CHINA. and sps-
c.aly addressed mail for thu PHILIPPINE Is
LANDS. via San Francisco. close here daily at
$50 Pm up to December 20 1or o'spatcn p'i
s. rA M1nfo'i and q n}AnouEsAs ISLANDS via
peeemsep g. so fer
PHiLipPTSB ISLANDS and GUAM, via San
o. close sTe ea At $50 up
HAWAII. via San Francisco. i,cose here daily at
$3.50 PM up to Decembsr "a. for dispatch per
AUSTRALIA except nails for West Australia.
FIJI ISLANDS and NBwcALEDoTIA, via ds,y Van =;
$3.50 PM up to December 81. for dispatch per
NoTE.@Mails for COCHIN CHINA are dis
f Mails for MANcHUR1A Except Newchwangsand
York N Y until further notice. for transmission
via Russia. instead of via Japsn the usual route.
MAILS will be dispatched via Europe; those for
NEW ZEALAND via San Francisco. and those for
certain places in the CHINESE PROVINCE OF
YuNNAN via British India1the quickest routes;
aGGressed ''via Europe" must be fully prepaid at
the foreign rate Of postage.
Mails for HAWAII are dispatched via San Fran
cisco. Cal. exclusively.
REGISTERED MAILS close at the MAIN OF
FICE as follows: (al At $50 PM same day;
Oh at AS PM same day; (c) at 9:45 PM. same
dfy: Id at $3.50 AM same day; (e) at 5:45 PM
same day; G1 at 8:35 A. same day; (h) at 1915
PM. same day; (k) at SAB Pm. previous day;
(p' at 1880 Pm; previous day; % at $50 pm
second previous day; r) at $3.50 Pm. previous day;
Isl ct 9:45 PM previous day.
delO JOHN A. MERRITT Postmaster.
Anacostia and Vicinity.
Fifteen veterans of the civil war who have