Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-25
FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE.

WASHINGTON. d. c., POST OFFICE NOTICE.
Should be read daily. changes may occur At
+ FoREleN MAILS are dispatched to the ports Of
sailing daily. and the schedule Of closngs Is ar,
overland transit For the week ending May %.
1904 the last connecting closes will be made from
the MAIN 9 4RassA /; ssl!sSs: NAILS
WE2kEsR1AH A loSS ffs
Ola, per SIS. La Savoie. from New York. via
Havre. Mail for other parts Of EUROPE must be
FRiDAY'eb, 1t 2:so Pm. for AZORES IS
LANDS SIS csnSpic from sSstGn u, from
New New York. via Plymouth and Cherbourg., Mail 70,
IRELAND must be directed per SIS st. r Lors
PM for BELGIuM direct, per So. Finland. from from
land te) At i1:zS PM: for ITALY direct, Pc.
IS. Konigin Luise from New York Mall must &c
PM for sc ST direct, per ss Columbia
from New York. Mail must be directed "fer S.
NAILS dis'i For SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA.
WEST INDIES. ETC. -
WEDNEsDAYrtclAt HAS PM for h froG Ee
directed Per Monte5ey &c, At Il NJ. ;a5 y pM
THuRspAY.{e At sos Pm. for ARGENTINE,
uRuGuAY end PARAeuAY per ss fd Hy gEW
e. 1 At li:75 PM If for iNAGuA, HAITI and SANTA
for other parts Of COLUMBIA, Via savanilla, must
be directed Per SIS. Adirondack. te) At Il 40
ssM York for the NAH IA rs
AGO CUBA, must be directed Per SIS. orizapa;
rom q New York via perna@baee RIO Janeiro and
Ma fr MOI
FRipAS-ta5 At lis IN. for ARGENTINE,
uEUGnAY and per IS ,o1 paR%6
RICO, CURACAO and VENEZUELA, per SIS.
Caracas, from New York Man for CoiQMBI.AA
LuMBiA except Cauea and Magdaiena Depts3,
aa Ma or c mSat be-
per SIS. Valencia" tcl At Il 40 PM for MEN
pico . Mail must be directed ..Per SIS Matanzas
CUBA MAILS close here at 500 M Mondays,
and at 1000 PM. Mondays and Thursdays, via
MEXICO, overland, unless specially addressed for
dispatch by steamers sailing from New York, close
here daily at 1905 AM. 70 and 1000 Pm. th)
NEWFOUNDLAND, by rail to North Sydney and
thence via steamer, close here daily, except Sun
days, at 1900 NJ. I'D, and Sundays at II 80
AM 11l. the competing closes being on Mondays,
JAMAICA, BY rail to Boston and thence via
steamer, close here Tuesdays and Fridays at 2:so
MIoUBLoN, by rail to Boston and thence via
steamer, close here daily, except Sundays, at 2s0
BELIZE 81; sH a' Puerto coRTEz and GUATEMALA
by rail to New Orleans and thence via steamer
& here at On
COSTA RIGA. by rail to New Orleans and thence
via ste. mer, close here daily at 1905 AN 81 and
1000 PM CHI, the connecting closes being on
Tuesdays.
TRANsPACIFIc MAILS.
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. via San Francisco. close
here daily at $3.50 PM. up to May a. for dis
patch per U; s Transport g,
dressed mail for the PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, via
San Francisco close here daily al $3.50 P. M. up TO
HAWAII Sia San psl Close here daily at
$3.50 Pm. up to May 80, for dispatch per SIS.
CHINA and JAPAN via Tacoma. close here daily
at $3.50 PM up to June 8, for dispatch per S.
CHINA. JAPAN HAWAII and PHILIPPINE 49,
LANDS. via San Francisco. close here daily at $50
Pm; mp to June 9 for dispatch per SIS Siberia. !o)
c. close here daily at $50 PM. up to June T.
70, dispatch per IS. Empress of Japan. Merchan-
China. cannot be forwarded via Canada. 10Y
AUSTRALIA Except mails for West Australia,
HAWAII AW and t FIJI ISLANDS, Via San Francisco
close here daily at $50 Pm up to June II. for
d.nSh per IS mails o. for West Australia.
FIJI ISLANDS and NEW CALEDONIA, via Van
and Victoria. B. G.. close here daily at $3.50
NOTE-Ma.ls for COCHIN CHINA are sratched
TO New York. N. y, for connection with European
Mails for MANCHURIA and EASTERN SIBERIA
will; be dispatched to New York. N Y; until fur
Russia. instead Of via Japan, the usual route.
Unless otherwise addressed. WEST AUSTRALIA
MAILS will be dispatched via Europe, and those
70. NEW ZEALAND via San Francisco. Cal.-the
quickest routes: Mails for the PHILIPPINE IS
LANDS, specially addressed ''Via Europe I" or 'Via
Canada" must be prepaid at the foreign rate Of
postage Malls for HAWAII are dspa tched to San
Francisco Cal. exclusively.
REGISTERED MAILS close at the MAIN Of
FICE as follows: ta) At $3.50 PM. same day;
Oh at las PM. same day; tc) at 9:45 Pm. same
day: Id at $3.50 4. NJ. same day; lei at 5:45 PM
same day; ~ at 9:35 A. same day; th) at 1:15
PM same day; (k) at S:45 PM. previous day;
10, at 2:30 AN day.
my2I JOHN A. MERRITT Postmaster