The herald., 1896-01-08
SKULL FRACTURED
But the Mans Friends Expect He VIII
Recover

But the Mans Friends Expect He win
Recover
SAN BERNARDINo, Jan. BERT Johnson.
q brother of Sidney II. Johnson and clerk
in the atter's store, was badly hurt in q
runaway accident last night, and while he
is resting as comfortably as could be ex-
pected considering the nature of his in
juries, the surgeon in charge is not pre-
pared to say what the result may be. john
sons skull was frac ured, and bones have
been picked out leaving clear break in
the skull two inches long and half an inch
broad. The fracture begins just to the left
of the crown of the head, extending down
toward the left ear.
The team belonged to Sidney H. John
son. and had started to run down Third
street, but were stopped in Chinatown by
boy in a wagon. johnson wen down from
The store to drive the team back, but when
he turned the horses, they dashed up Third
street, whrling into and throwing John
son out at the crossing His head struck
rough pointed stone in he foundation Of
the building, crushing in the SKULL.
DIR. j. w. Aldridge was called, and the
unconscious man conveyed to the residence
of Sidney II. Johnson. The surgeon
picked out the splintered bones, leaving the
brain exposed. The scalp was laid open
for a distance of four inches.
The team las record as runaway.
About year ago they ran the full length
of Third street, throwing johnson out, but
not injuring him. Il is the same team
which ran away in Coldwater canyon last
Fourth of July. resulting in very serious in
jnries to Miss Craig and Mrs Allen. They
also ran away once last spring when a
party of four gentlemen, including Evan
gelist Martin, were driving in the country,
and it required the combined strength of
the four to stop them.
IN THE COMMISSION
The horticultural commission fight is
only begun. 1t Is probable that Messrs.
Pierson and Muscott will maintain hat
they are still in office, and attempt to con-
tinue performing the duty of commission
ers. Whether this will precpitate clash
of authority between them and the newly
elected commissioner, Mr.. Pease, remains
to b. seen. They will, of course, recog-
nize him as the regular successor of Mr..
Collins, but whether Mr.. Pease will recog-
nize them as members OF the commission
is another question:.
The first point to be fought for by the
members of the commission as formerly
constituted, is that the board of supervis-
ors has no power to reduce the number of
commissioners. +. f. O5ter, who repre-
sents DR.. Pierson, said this morning that
they would con end that the amendment
passed by the legislature, providing for q
one man commission, applied only to coun
ties where no commission existed when the
amendment became a law. That is to say,
counties establishing a commission after
the amendment was passed, could make it
consist of three members, but Mr.. Oster
maintains there is no provision for reduce
ing the number of members of the COM
mission i'm counties where it already con-
sisted of three members.
On this point the fight against the resolu-
ton adopted by the b ard of supervis RS
will be made, and Mr.. Oster proposes
to contest the question in any shape it may
come up
The second point made by the former
member of the commission is the general
statute which expressly provides that all
officers are in office until their successors
are elected and have qualified, regardless
of the term for which they were originally
elected.
"Che law is mandatory; they must con-
tinue in ofIice.' said Mr.. Oster. "When a
man is elected to any position he is ex-
pected to serve not only his term of office,
but until his successor ls ready to take up
, the duties of his position"
AS yet no plans have been made for the
carrying on of the test. Mr.. Oster says
that he is advising DR.. Pierson that he 10
stll IN Office, and the clash may come
when he undertakes to continue his work
as a commissioner.