The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-19
DYE KNOW Who?
DIANOvTCH !.
His Whiskers, the Russian
Count, Calls at the City
Hall to See the
Animals.
A GLOBE TR0TTER is He
He Says He Is the Real Thing
and Gets a Certificate from
Secretary O'Connor.
A GLOBE TROTTER is HE

A tall man with bear-like bunch of
whiskers ON each side of his face wear
ing dust covered clothes. thick soled
shoes and leggins, called at the Mayors
office yesterday afternoon and introduced
himself to the Mayors private secretary,
Joseph O'Connor, as Count Rosso Dian
ovich, Russian traveller"
He carried grip from which he had
extracted half a dozen scrap books con-
tanning clippings from newspapers all
over the world and printed in many diff
ferent languages.
He wanted Mr.. O'Connor to take his
time and read them all, but the secretary
begged to be excused, as he was then
engaged in doing four things at once.
HIS ROYAL ANCESTRY.
Then the Count Strengthened up, toyed
gently with his wonderful whiskers, and
told this story in good English:
Il am what ana count. / have
my credentials. There is no mistake
about my royal ancestry. am not what
you call 'em, fakir. / am a traveller
great traveller / have been this world
over many times. have been tramping
the globe thirty-fve years. 1t is much
fun. My object is to get material for
history of the world
The Count asked the secretary to give
him a certificate to the effect that while
on his journey he had honored jersey
City by calling at her splendid City Hall
and dropping in to see the Chief Magis-
trate.
He didn't get a chance to see Mayor
Pagan as His Honor was extremely
busy. But Mr.. O'Connor gave him u
written document setting forth that he
visited the City Hall, Which the Mayor
signed and the secretary attested. This
was stamped with the great seal of the
city and Count Dianovich bowed his
thanks as he put the treasured paper
in his pocket.
The count said that he had found it
rather expensive journeying around the
world in search of information for his
history He spends on the average of
$500 a year, he said, and has been a
traveller since he was fifteen years old.
That means that he has spent about
$S7, 500 so far, and this history, which
promises to turn the literary world up
side down. hasn't been written yet.
EXCITING EXPERIENCES.
The count has had many exciting ex-
periences on his globe chasing jaunt. He
has been arrested more than once and on
one occasion, when placed in jail, tore
the bars from his cell window and
escaped.
While the count was telling his story
three other globe trotters were in the
main waiting room waiting for an oppor-
tunity to see. the Mayor.
His royal Russian blood was stirred
little with jealousy and he cautioned
Mr.. O'Connor, as he said farewell, to
make sure that they were not fakirs be-
fore he extended any courtesies to them.
The. trio of globe trotters were Sol.
Frenchman, Morris Frankel and Nathan
Buxbaum, who were off for four years
tramp around the world They left New
York yesterday afternoon, came across
way directly up Montgomery street to
1.-THE City Hall.
Frankel, who is eighteen years old,
told Mr.. O'Connor that he and his friends
would walk to Philadelphia, then to
Baltimore and Washington and then
strike southern route across the con
tinent to escape the severe winter in the
West. They will work their way from
San Francisco to India and CONSTANT
nople, then to England and back to New
York.