The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-21
Failed to Recognize His Wife
When She Appeared.
HE WAS 50 YEARS OLD.
Served at SebastOpOl at the Age
of %.
Author of Many Literary Works
on Varied Subjects.


other attending physicians were at his
side when the end came.
Death was due directly to heart fail
ure following Inflammation of the
lungs.
DAYS ago to find solitude in the belief
that the hand of death was already
upon him. True to his answering and
uncomprOmiSing search for truth, he
died as he had lived, without recon-
Citation with the church, his dying
words breathing sympathy for afflicted
humanity. Many millions in the
world are suffering; why are you con-
cerned for me?''
ONLY the physicians were present in
the room at the time of his death, the
members of his family, including his
wife, having been admitted previously.
Tolstoi was then unconscious and new
er revived.
Members of the clergy in the last
days made pressing attempts to gain
entrance to the sick room with a view
of inducing him to return to the arms
of the church, but the doctors re-
pulsed them on the ground that their
patient was too i'll to receive them.
The emperor and his ministers are
anxious that Tolstoi shall be buried
with the rites of the church, but the
holy synod is strongly against this and
probably he will be buried without the
administration of such rites unless the
emperor commands otherwise.
Popular feeling is universally for
religious funeral and never before was
there such confusion and bewilderm mt
over the body of a great man who was
regarded by the world as one of the
sincerest of Christians.
The countess all day preceding his
death was unceasing in her pitiful i'm
ploring of one doctor after another to
gain entrance to the one story humble
outdwelling, with two windows facing
the garden where Tolstoi lay.
After the first cardiac attack, DR..
ThtchuroVsky promised he would an
nounce her presence to Tolsto1 at a
favorable opportunity The second at
tack came just after two hours
sleep. The members of the family were
hurriedly summoned.
The condition of the patient, how
ever, was so grave that he was put to
sleep again by injections of morphine
as the only means of deferring the end.
The family were then admitted for a
moments to the tedside.
Another attack occurred about 3
O'Clock and the family gathered again.
The countess was with difficulty pre-
vailed upon to retire
Tolstoi, accompanied only by DR..
Makovetsky, left his home at Yasnaya.
Poliana, with the purpose of ending
his days in solitude, to which he more
and more inclined in his latter years.
His pilgrimage led him to the monaS-
terry at Shamaradine, in the province
OF Kaluga, where he remained as the
guest of his sister, Marie, who is a
nun in the cloister.
Learning that his retreat had been
discovered, he insisted upon proceed
ing on his journey to the Caucasus,
where he hoped to spend his last days
close to the Tolstoian colony on the
shores of the Black sea.
But on the railroad journey he was
overcome with exhaustion and the
cold, and DR.. Makovetsky was com
PEELED to have him transferred to the
flag station at Astapova, where he
was made as comfortable as possible
in rude wooden building.
For five days he had lain there Suf-
fering first from bronchitis and later
from Inflammation of the lungs. Spec
ialists were called from Moscow and
other places, but notwithstanding
their utmost efforts, the heart of the
great Russian responded but feebly
to the restoratives and stimulants ad-
ministered
On Saturday the attacks of heart
failure increased alarmingly and many
hours prior to the end the physicians
had given up all hope. Countess Toll
stoi was admitted to the sick room fol
the first time Saturday night, but hel
husband failed to recognize her.
She had fastened to be beside him
when she learned several days age
that his illness was serious, but the
physicians had deemed it advisable
that she be kept away from the count
fearing that her presence might cause
the patient emotion.
other members of the family from
time to time were admitted to tn
presence of their father and hi
daughter, Alexandra, has been in con
slant attendance
Sketch of His Life.
count LyOf Nikolasivitch ToIstoi us
uaIly called Count Leo Tolstoi, novelis
and social reformer, was born Angus
2S 1928, at Vasnaya Poliana in the pro
vince of Tula, Russia. When % year
old he entered the army and served il
the Caucasus and in the defense of Sc
bastopol against the British and Frencl
allied forces.
He first made a reputation in liter
allure by a series of vivid sketche
written from SebaStopoI and when h
left the army soon after the Crimea1
war, he devoted himself entirely [
literature
His War and Peace" a tale of in
vasion Of Russia by Napoleon in 1s1,
is regarded in Russia as being his mas
terpiece, though his Anna Karenia
which appeared in 1876, and 1.-The Cos
sacks" found greater favor abroad
where his "Kreutzer Sonata" tran:
lated in 1890, also attracted wide at
tention.
Tolstoi wrote much on education an
published several short stories an
"reminiscences of childhood and you'll
but of recent years he had devote
himself to religious teachings. H
made Return Not Evil'' the keyston
of the Christian faith, and insisted tina
the literal Interpretation of the "Se,
mon on the Mount" was the only rul
of the Christian life. The religion
views of Tolstoi were set forth in hi
"Christ's Christianity and MY Re
ligion-"
In 1893 Tolstoi wrote THE Kingdo1
Of God Within U.s. an important wor
on the social question. and in 1895 b
wrote 1.-THE Four Gospels Harmonize
and Translated His other works il
cIuded my Confession" Criticism
Dogmatical Christianity" what 1 B,
lieye. What Is to Be Done?" "Tt
Death of Ivan Ilyitch;' 1.-THE Power
Darkness Ca drama) "On Life" "Tl
Fruits ST Enlightenment" "a coined.
aThs Kingdom of God Is Within You