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Show Tnorai m wilt never cease Willi the Chlcsg. World's I air. They nro so frequent and to Inexillcable that If Dion Iloiiclcsult were still alive, he might be tempted to wrlto another ' Hhaughraun." Now It I. Walter Maxwell of Otllfsrnla, who Is causing trouble That gentleman waa recently confirmed at chief of the department of horticulture of the World's lair. Imnsrdlatoly after the confirmation was nnnounctsj, charge! of a heinous character were preferred against him. An attempt Is being made to brand hint at a criminal of the darkest dye. According lo his traducsrs he waa a horse thief, a bunco teerer,he killed his grandmother to save doctor's bills, and ho got drunk In company with Dennl. Kearney. This la ft terrible Indictment, and an lnestlgatIon com intltce has boon appolutod. In n day or two Maxwell will bo tried anl tho truth of the charge! tested. Maxwell himself demands a hearing. Director-General Director-General Divls Is favorable to him, and Vtic-rresldent Do Young Is bis frltntl aud champion. |