The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-21
[I|lN IS LOOK
Upon REMAINS
pussians Stream Through
,ls Death Chamber of
Tolstoi's Hut.
her CROWD HEARS .lS',,,, ,,,,
PASSING OF NOVELIST
1, Already Being Formed
LHouoring Memory of Fa-
NOUS Philosopher.

DIVA Russie. Nov. 2o.-Peasants
= ,onc passed through the. death
hung with pine boughs, where
,,res Many Of them knelt be
,;cr The silence at times was
Nv orthodox chants for the re-
~. dead Countess Tolstoi sal
ne body for hours.
Nsbt of the world IS out, she
s,.,,edly. She left The hut only
"a mathis in the school chapel
,la, a requiem would be sung
Isforned that this was not per-
& she tainted; .,., ,,a u,
ai,hout pomp. wreaths or r,tes,
spoycirv oak" on a nillock I'll
poliana where he played as Il
20 nbsre the peasants were accus.
oonrregatc. The funeral VIII
Tuesday. and The police haye
- moblizcd 10 prevent public
sirat!oD.
Crowd Awaits Sad News.
,,ouJ that gathered around the
-. ToIstoI lay dying in the early
t ,rorn,nc hours awaited breath-
ysniIct of DR.. Thtchurowsky and
y.sF luo OF the leading heart spe-
!, ~ Moscow. who had been hur-
..lled into consultation.
so,1rer had carried 1olstoi safely
s similar crisis In l9dI in the
and the hopes OF the people
o. him.
Examination was brief. lasting less
an nm hour. Tolstoi failed 10 rec
either Of the physicians, and
ID are these strangers
a informed, ne said: What fine
pS,e Of their natural reluctance TO
aiscouraglng reports. the consult
.5sclars could not hold out a ray
r- However. they hoped 10 les
f reln OF the aged patient, whose
"a hours were mercifully free from
La suffering His heart succumbed
after he had come from under
1usnce OF an Injected stimulant.
allIDhA
interval between The last two at
" cardiac failure. the. patient
10 DC comfortable, and his face
bar Of pain.
Death Was Peaceful.
sss death occurred peacefully at s
sDTdny ipurnng. IL WIS due di-
" ncaft failure following inha M
s1 Inc lungs.
ssitira hls nome and family ten
10 70 md solitude In the belief,
v baud ol LCulu was already upon
1rae TO ms answering and un-
salslng search for truln he dlru
nad med. without rcconclliaDoD
:. cnurch his dying words breath
PnNtny lor onIlictcu humanity:
mllons III the word are Sunur-
s9 ar you concerned lor me =
'2e physlc,ans wcie present in
pa Of Inc timc oil hia ucath, the
tIs oI hls family. including ms
ls'ing been aCmiitcd previously.
Was then UNCONSCIOUS and never
EeE Of tho clergy in the last days
Missing attempts 10 gam entrance
VICE room WIN view OF lnduc-
e 70 return 10 tnc arms OF the
olt The doctors repulssd Them
ground that tncr patISnL was 100
ipqlve them.
smpelor and his ministers are
hat yolstol shall bc buried with
9s .. uIc churcn: but the Holy
suon3y against THIS and prou-
Viii pr buried without the ad-
Vsuol OF sucn rites unless the en-
wnmands otherwise.
~ ieriinS IL universally for a
< funeral and never before was
Na Confusion and bcwudGrmcnt
DOG u, q great man who was
w oy Ihe world as one Of the SIN
v Christians.
gnoot heart breaking night a
uo"G made up OF the most va
osh,S imaginable pressed around
nut. There were Gistans rcla-
WN aged author. Toisioians. VII
el many chnrChmen. among them
% Narh1fDniUs. who did not lose
-u' t'is end Of sceing Tolstoi and
70 him The olive branch on
tht church.
SAe stood spcllbouuJ, knowing
ms,cilless personality WAS Dc
The Sunday dawn dispcilcd
sNcinbcr night.
announcement of Death.
~! Inc whole population OF AS
'os there. Then a voice from
ig,s'ne .s'ne quietly: LEO Nlcholae-
'selo is dead"
sss moment Of silence. Then
sd was barred and there were
Everywhere Of sobbing.
usa ~s out. His heart was bursted
lh ydpnacd ana love for humanity" "
n pu slmllar phrases ran from
I'd ibcrn ibn 10 'hc weeping RusSsans
larIe, me a day all the peasants In
iron ,yyehed here. None was cS-
gfr,. Ne death chamber. through
N, inc,,lpao constant stream OF
eamhn. many school children.
". iS decorated with pine
,isy,,hllaas %y has been embalncd and VIII
b have 70 fasnaya Poliana. All
laph ~ "eeh given permission 10
<y, tbn bs BODY II they wish NJ.
sculptor Will take q death
III d'a j., rolstoi expressed Il wish 10
skrc b. c MT as fasnaya Poll
o funers, played as .chjld. but
senoniai should be Simple. with
sn',. Duke Sends Message.
.7fsres ,,,,S however, has agreed no,
nay Ge1il GIl any houors thai the
"a sritnr 10 pay. Friends OF
ier the nave nars started move
died spnisition OF the hous,
~ pre nc Nicholas Michael 0yiicr
'Nyo ag To Countess Tolsiol
arlly 2, "a2ic c soul Is with you and
tuu. Ss o,5tohia 5thia sad moment.
s Come ,clegrauIs of sympa
alg from organizations nno
,SScIDEs AGAINST
ORTHODOX FUNERAL