Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-20
PASSES AWAY IN PRESENCE
OF WIFE AND DOCTORS
Death OF the Famous Novelist ends
Career Of Most Remarkable Man in
His country-while Family Lived
In Mansion He Dressed az Peasant
and Resided In Hut.
(By Associated rress.)

ASIAfONA. NOV. Eu.-At b.uJ n.
m. Count Leo Tolstoi died peacefully.
The Countess Tolstoi. DIR. Makovetsky
and other attending physicians were
at his side when the end came. II
was recognized long before that his
case was hopeless and at In the
morning, after the countess had been
summoned and the other members of
the family had gathered in an adjoin-
ing room. the physicians issued bul-
letin, announcing that the activity Of
the heart had almost ceased, and that
Tolstoi's condition was extremely
dangerous. Several of the physicians
were greatly overcome by the ap-
preaching death of Russia's great
writer.
Left Home for Solitude.
Tolstoi, accompanied only by DIR.
Makovetsky. left his home for the
purpose of ending his days In solitude
to which he has been inclined in his
later years. His pilgrimage led him
to the monastery at Shamardine In
the. province of Kalusa. where he re-
NAMED 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 caucas,
where he hoped 10 spend his last
days close TO the Toistoian colony
ON the shore of the Black sea. But
during the railroad journey he was
overcome with exhaustion and the
cold and DR. Makovetsky was CON-
PEELED 20 have him transferred to the
flag station at Astavpova, where he
was made as comfortable as possible
in the rude wooden building.
sWife's First Visit.
For five days he had lain there
suffering first from bronchitis and
later from inflammation OF the lungs.
SPECIALISTS we're called from MOSCOW
and other places. but notwithstanding
their utmost efforts, the heart OF the
great Rus sian responded but feebiy
! 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 nope.
Countess Tolstoi was admitted to the
sick room for the first time last night.
but her husband failed to recognise
her. She had fastened to be with
| him when she learned several days
Z, ago that his illness was serious but
the physicians had deemed II sdvs-
! able that she be kept away from the
count fearing that her presence might
cause the patief4 emotion Ofher
members OF the family were rom
time to time admitted to the pres
ence If their Esther. and his daugh-
ter Alexandria. has been In constant
attendance.
Career Of Toistoi.
| Count Lyo Nikolivitch Tolstoi, cali
ed Leo Tois:oi. novelist and social
reformer. was born August Is, lszs,
| AT yszpaya. Poland. in the province
of Tulsa. Rus STA. When % years OLD
! Toistoi entered the army and served
in the caucas and in the delense .,
Sebastopo! against the BRUSH ana
! French allied forces He first mace
a reputation in literature by a series
of vivid sketches written from Sc
| bastopol and when he left the army
soon after the Crimean war he de-
! voted himself entirely to literature.
His War and Peace. q tale OF the
, invasion of Russia. by Napoleon IN
1872 is regarded in Russia as being
his masterpiece, though his Anns
| Karen:na.- which appeared in 1917
and The Cossacks" found greater
| favor abroad. where his -kreutzer
sonata" translstions OF which we're
! published in 1890. also attracted wide
attention.
His Religious Fzith-
1 Tolstoi wrote much on education
ana published a number Of short sto-
ries and "reminiscences OF childhood
and youth. but Of recent years he had
devoted himself to religious teaching
He made Return Not Evil the key
note OF his faith and insisted that the
literal Interpretation OF the Sermon
or the Mount was the only rule Of
the Christian life The religions views
of Tolstoi we're set forth IN bis
-Chrifrs Christianity and Ny ke'
iigion.-
In 1901 TolstoI was excommunicat-
ed BY TIE Aoiy synod.
In 1895 be wrote a powerful vindi-
cation Of the Dukhoboro sect which.
during that year had Suffered great
persecution for iis religious proies-
sions.
Expelled from ncsoc~.
Tolstoi vas several tines threat
encc rifh expulsion from Russia and