Show Washington Words WASHINGTON March 18 Instructions Instruc-tions have been issued to the superin tendants of lifesaving districts embracing embrac-ing the Jakes to man their stations and put them into operation at the opening of navigation The stations in the lower districts will begin operations April 1st and others between that date and the 15th proximo TheTreasury Department informed that OPIUM IS BEING SMUGGLED into tl United States through the Detroit troit and Suspension Bridge districts andisthen shipped to San Francisco whereat is placed on the market According Ac-cording to the reports received on the subject the opium is shipped from China through British Columbia and tbenoe across the lakes I General Dumo supervising inspec torgeneral of 3teamJYessel3has received a letter from the officers of the Cleve and Vessel Owners Association comp com-p s ng about onehall of the steam onriage on the lakes ASKING A SUSPENSION of Rule 5 of his circular of February 19ih prescribing that wheel chains shall be driven so that the wheel and helm shall move in the same direction the observance of which tbeyrepresen will be attended with considerable trouble and inconvenience to them Its It-s ascertained that the method of steering steer-ing steam vessels is required by the rule and is universal on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and on mostof our rivers but that the Cleveland steamers have adopted the system in use on sailing vessels that is to reave the wheel chains so that the wheel and helm shall move in opposite directions I |