New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-20
LOCAL MISCELLANY
prp,Is OF THE SEA.

CONTINUED PERILS or THE SEA-
Az the steamship Pollux M the hey yes.er-
& d %po f,on Amsterdam she presented every in-
dication of having had terrific oa'te WIN Wills
and waves Some OF her p sa Ming was partially
torn away and other damage had been causeu
about the decks. Sailing from Amsterdam on w
enber % she was forced to take refuge Ill the mar
Nc, &c Eamonth four DAYS afterward from stress OF
weather She sailed on the following day' anu en-
countered terrific seas until December 2, osneed
wild hurricane was encountered, when caus g' u
friohtful sea- Captain Mallinekrodt was standlng
on The bridge in charge of The vessel when 'ne
stormstavsail parted carrying with IL portion ot
fbe for,rigpinG The next moment the f0remast
snapped of about ten feet above the deeK' carTy3
with il the naintOpmast The wreckage carIledd
with il the wheelhOuse and one OF the boats armed
with axes the crew ent the rigging admit and thro"
the shattered masts and boat overheard Inc cap
tain barely escaped beng tllel; SNORT my a
in the windows OF the fOrecastle aud filling that
apartment with water. One OF the hremen was car
ried along bv the sea against an iron bukhead ana
had three ribs broken. A child three months GA
died from exhaustion and confinement III the sIeel-
age and was buried at sea. r. r1u
The steamship Marengo twenty ua5s iI"Iu ii'.il'
also arrived after an exceedingly stormy VOYAGE
The most bosterous weather occurred on ileceIhoor
and T. when the seas broke over the snip, sweep
ing the decks fore and aft. The vessel was move 10
during these two days and also on Friday night asI
when the weather was again severe. ne captain
reports having passed great qlantitV OF WreGSSag;
snars and lumber on December, IN latitude 40 uu
north longitude 30 50 west
Cautain Waidham OF the steamship Brooklyn
Civ sister ship of the Bath City, now thlrty-nine
DAYS out from Bristol has strong hopes OF Ae SAFETY
of that vessel ami believes she VIII yet Ge plcke"
mn About twelve years agO the steamship Schnldl,
from Bremen to New-York, was given dp as Iosl.
She finally arrived in port after having Deeh %
nays nj sen. Another case is mentioned Of the
steamship Venezuela, which was lG2 days crossing
the ocean, number OF years ago, r..
The Inman steamship City OF Berlin arrived aItef
n voyaee of Sl2 days IRON Queenstown. She IS TIE
second steamship that has arrived OF time within
two months.
SAMUEL WOODS WILL HELD TO BE GOOD.
Surrogate Calvin yesterday rendered a decision
I'm the contest over the probate OF c0dicli o. the
will of the late Samuel Wood, In which nc NOUS
flat the contestants have not shown anything
agins the proprlety of the probate of said codicll
and that the same should stand as proved Mr:
WOOD wasa wealthy merchant of thus city. re lelt
will dated July II, 1872, 10 which was added
codicil dated March 20 1878. In his Will M.
Wood provided that his resiuuary estate should he
nsed by his executors to found an institution 10 10
called the Samuel Wood Benevolent Institution. for
the purpose OF maintaining such OF ms relatives anu
kindred should IN the OPINION OF ms tru Trustees.
need assistance The benefits OF the institution
when provision had been made for such relatives,
were 10 he extended TO the general public
me 80 tb Renevoenf Institution and directed
that the residuary estate should ne applied 10 the
foundation of musical college IN tins CITY. oev-
eral of MIR. Woods remote relatives contested the
probate of the codici ana the contest asted ABOUT
two wears, a vast mass OF testimony having Deen
nj pO n iT.
the execu ton of the codic. In regard to the oO-
lection of undue influence, the surrogate, aiter
some apparent hesitancy arrived at the conclusion
that the objection had not been sustained oy tne
proof The Surrogate is also OF the opinion that the
contestants had no such rights entitled them TO
contest the probate of the Will. ~,
DR. William Elmer one OF ltDe Executors Oh SlT:
Woods will and formerly his physician. was called
upon last night by TRIBUNE reporter. lie had
not heard of the decision Of the surrogate ahd
nressed his Measure at the result of the contest.
When asked what the future plans of the eSecu;;
tors would be in regard 10 the proposed Inu sa
college Dr. Elmer said: The first thing we shall
do IS 60 find out exactly how much mas oeeh WasteG
by those who have had the property III charge, ana
what there is lett he properly OF 4nI I'm
courts. We hold that that too ought to 60 TO tne
col lego. and think there will be from Sl,000OOo to
81 800 600 left besides that which is in litigation
we EXPECT TO erect building on the site set apart
In Central Park near Eighty-fourth-st. The Legls-
latuTe authorized the city TO give sixteen acres Ior
This and other purposes in the Park. We intend To
have an institution where thorough education can
be had in all branches of music. The plan WIN De
more like that of the Conservative at Paris than any
other institution. but we hoIe to have some I'M
provements on that We have bad man travelling
all over Europe TO make examinations OF Inherent
schools aud the late Colonel StebblnS, who was In
feres ed in the plan, was preparing to go over 10
Europe about it just before his death. Our sehooI
will free as far as the endowment Will permit
AFAILURE IN THE PRODUCE EXCHANGE.
TIE failure was announced at the Produce Ex-
ShaHg e of f. NJ f IS sRaed ho Mr.
knapp has been a strong bull" IN bis operations,
dealing in lard principally and also in wheat and
corn. While nomnally doing business for custn-
mers ii is said that lie has been dealing largely on
his own account, and that large proportion OF his
capital is locked up in margins" tie was long
between % 900 and 80 600 terces OF lard. The es-
tmated liabilities are between 100000 and
S125O00 II was learned that his contracts were
distributed largely among the members OF he TX
change. The principal cause of the failure mas Deen
the decline of more than a half cent pound on
lard within the past two weeks. Upon the an
nouncement of the failure yesterday there was a
Sudden drop of about ten cents per hundred pounds
on lard and further decline occurred later III the
day At the Office Of Mr.. Knapp his son stated that
his father WIS out Of town and wOud not return be-
fore Wednesday. He added: We will probably
make a settlement with creditors and resume
business again next week. The failure was pTecipl-
tated by our customers declining to respond to calls
for margins"
GRATEFUL FOR A DEATH SENTENCE.
Justice Brady, yesterday, in the Court of Oyer
and rerminer, sentenced William Sindram TO he
hanged on February 10. Sndram was convicted on
December 10 OF the murder OF Mrs. Elizabeth Crave.
Justice Brady in prOnounCng sentence told the prs-
orsr that he ought TO employ the short space OF lie
which was left to him IN preparing to meet death.
and that he ought not TO count upon anything nap
peDing ia his favor. Sindram bowed TO the Judge
and said with smile: THANK you" He then
turned TO Sheriff Bowe, and remarked that he sup
ti,at tIe Sheriff would have him