The evening world., 1894-04-12
CHAMPION CORBETT SAILS.
Many Friends Wish Him Bon
Voyage on the FuerSt Bismarck
Denies that lie Is Mixed Up I'm a
California Divorce Suit.

When the Hamburg American steam
ship Iu,rst bismarck backed out of her
dock in lIobukcn this morning, bound
for Europe. by all odds the most con
Suinuuus figure aboard was James j.
'orh'tt, champion pugilist Of the world.
\ big crowd Of people stood on the
dock and never took their eyes off the
tull iigur" of the Californian as he leaned
over tn" railing and waved his adicIIs.
lie was also the Ccntr" ~ attraction for
his fellow passengers They knew that
the champion was aboard. and they all
wanted to see him.
COrb"tt was accompanied by his father
aud mother onl Bud WOodthurpe, his
private secretary. The party will go
direct to London, where the "Gentleman
jack company opens shortly at the
DrurY Lane Theatre.
The torhott party arrived at the dock
shortly HIirr 10 O'Clock. It's approach
was hernldcd by TIA" playing Of the Srv-
"nty-iirst regiment Band with Three
Cheers for tn" Red, White and Blue"
and other stirring airs.
Tn" crowd around the gang plank and
on the steamer set up a great cheer ~
Iurhott stepped out Of his carriage.
WIN him were his wife. father and
mother, his fath,r-in law and Miss
Howard, the actress. COrbett aCknOWl-
edged his reception by tipping his hat
and milling. The party had considerable
difficulty IN working It's way through
the crowd on the steamer, SO thIckiy
were the passengers packed together.
once on board the champion was es-
Cort'i to the, saloon, where Frank
lielCher, on behalf Of the Olympic club,
OF san, Francisco. presented him with a
floral belt. on which was inscribed
champion of Champions" An immons,
floral horseshoe and "A dozen smaller
pieces w"r" sent to he pugil.st.
Harry Miner sent n basket of wine anG
fruit. The crowd wouldn't get away
from tOrh"tt. and he had to say gOod-by
To- his VIII" with everybody looking on.
just when he would rrturn-probahlS
not before the end Of Summer. He saiC
h" expected to take in Paris, Berlin anC
othgr EHr9pean cities, He VII, Of
Ireland The subject OF pugiliSm was
not mentioned at all.
Corbctt's stateroOm Is No. II, IN the
upper deck. and the best in the ship.
torhett was shown the following de
Spatch after he went aboard:
\ NI'K%Al!DlNO. cal, April "A scnsn
tlouaI divpr"" ease was tried In the superior Cour
Yesterday before judge otis In which ElI,ab,tl
johnson vas plaiutiT and 1 NJ johnson defendant
10th were Residents or Rcd Lands. The hu-hau,
filed a cross hin alleging adultery and naming a
yam. "A the plaintlr dld not appear at tn, tria
the Court granted the divorce on the husband
cross iii.
After reading It over carefully he said
There Isn't anything in 1t. Not on
your life. i don't know these people o.
ANYTHING about them"
corhett was kept busy shaking hand,
until the warning whistle blew. He haC
q pleasant word for everybody, and wa,
In good humor. Among the friends VIII,
were on hand to see him off and wish
him well We're AL Smith. Col. Bill Hard
Ing, John p. ECkhardt, Teddy Foley
Arthur Moore, j. II. WinSlOw, Prof. At
tia M others.
\ big party followed the steamer dowr
the bay on the tug &. Il. Evarts, which
cation from the olympic Club, of Sar
Francisco. Among these were Franl
fletcher. Fred Burt, w. Blissard. Jak
Hayden, William Barrett, J. Peacock, NJ
Cohen and Il. Martin, all Of the Olympi
club: j. II. Fox. W. n. FlelSchman, +
A. Lake. Corbett's fath~er-in-law, an,
James Moorehead.