Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-19
NEWPORT NEWS
Shipyard Fighting a Tax Assess.
ment.
Corporal E,Ifngton's sad Case Arous-
CIV sympathy and Fricnds-Arter
state Normal School Robip.on.
Crosby Nuptiais.

Newport News, Va. Jan. 1S.-Thomas
w. Russell. the examiner of records
Tor the Eighth judicial Circuit of Vir-
ginia, which includes Newport News.
recently assessed the valuation of the
Plant Line steamship La Grande
Duchesse at the ship-yard at $500. 600.
Commissioner of Revenue Magruder
Is. Jones. figuring on the basis of so
cents for city and 40 cents for State
on each 500. calculates that the ship
yard owes $4,000 as taxes on the ele-
CANT passenger steamship.
Attorney A. S. Segar, counsel for the
Newport News building and Dry
dock Company, states that he will fight
the tax in court on the ground of
erroneous assessment, in that this is
not the home port of La Grande Ouch
esse and the ship-yard cannot be OK
pected TO pay taxes on what 1t does not
own.
CORPORAL 11LLINGTON'S CASE.
Corporal w. r. Ellington, the young
Newport News soldier who is serving
three years sentence in the military
prison at st. Augustine Fla for a
trivial offence, Is confined to his cell
with illness, and the prison physicians
say that he cannot get well with his
present fare and in his prcsen; quar-
ters. 1t is necessary that the young
! man should have some funds in order
10 secure proper nourishment until his
friends in Newport News can see the
President with n view of securing his
pardon.
Some days ago the Evening Telegram
started fund for the relief of CORPORAL
Ellington, but only portion of the
| money has been paid in. 1t is desired
that the other persons who kindly con-
tributed to this cause send the amounts
named to that Office in order that the
unfortunate Newport News soldier lam
gushing in the old Spanish prison at
81. Augustine can have the benefit of
| proper nourishment.
Attorney w. T. Moss Is now at work
on a petition to the President of the
! United States. praying for the pardon
OF Corporal Ellington, and proba bly, to-
morrow 1t will be circulated for sigma
lures of prominent citizens.
Mr.. r. II. NJ. Harrison. of Richmond.
an uncle of the soldier, has expressed
desire to accompany the delegation
from Newport News to Washington
when the petition is taken there to be
presented to the President.
AFTER THE NORMAL.
delegation from this city will go IN
to Richmond on Saturday for the pur-
pose of comforting with Superintendent
or Publlc instruction, DR.. Joseph
Southall, and urging the selection of
Newport News as one of the cities for
the summer normal TO be held in July
next
The delegation will represent to the
Superintendent of Public instruction
| that Newport News has never had the
summer normal and is entitled to it for
many reasons. The fact that the city
now has the largest public school build
| ing in the State, amply large to accom-
modate the normal classes will be cited
and the delegation Will also point out
that there is much of historical interest
| in this section of Virginia
ROBINSON-CROSB
| Miss Ellen G.. Robinson, the beauti-
full daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.. s
Robinson, of East End. and Mr.. Ralph
Worthington Crosby, a well-known
naval attache at the ship-yard. were
married this morning at 1890 O'Clock a,
the Newport News Baptist Church.
Rev. c. c. Cox. pastor of the church.
performed the ceremony in the presence
OF n large number of friends of the
popular young couple.
The church was tastcfuly decorated
for the occasion and the scene at the
altar was truly a beautiful one when
| the nuptial VOWS were taken. The
happy couple went to Norfolk yester-