Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-21
Body of Russian Novelist to be
Inferred Tuesday on Hillside
Near His Home Where He
Played as a Child
POOR PEOPLE MOURN
LOSS OF THEIR FRIEND
Weeping Peasants File Through
Death Chamber Taking Last
View of Writer Who Made
Their Cause His Own.

lbs Morning "uurEh Specii As''~ 't'AN'
Astapova. Russia, Nov 20.-Peas-
ants al day long passed through the
death chamber hung with pine
boughs where Tolstoi lies. Many
Of them knel beside his bier. The
silence at times was broken by or
tbodox chants for the repose of the
soul Of the dead Countess Tolstoi
SAT beside the body for hours.
eIhe light Of the world is out,
She said repeatedly.
She left the hut only to attend
mathis in the school chapel. ex-
aocting that a requiem would be
SUM- when informed that this was
not permitted. el~~ feinied.
T0lstoi left a.-..~es.a wish that he
b. buried without pCmp, wreaths on
rites under poverty oak" on hill
ock at Yasnaya Poliaaa. where he
played as child ana where the
neasants were accustomed 10 con-
gregg ia. The funeral win be held
on Tuesday. and the police have lusf
been mchilized TO prevent public
demonstrations.
Tolstoi's death occurred peacefully
al O'Clock SUNDAY morning. II was
due directly TO heart failure follow
ing Inflammation Of the lungs.
Ten DAYS ago to lind solitude in the
osief tiiat tae ian6 Of death was al
ready upon him True to his un-
sWefving and uncompromising search
lor ruth, he died as he had lived.
without reconciliation With the
church. his dying words breathing
sympathy for afflicted humanity;
Many millions in the world are
suffering; why are YOU concerned for
me9"
only the physicians were present
in the room al the time OF his death,
the members Of his family. including
his wife, having been admitted pre-
riously Tolstoi WAS then uncon-
sclous and never revived.
Members Of the clergy in the last
days made pressing attempts 10 gain
entrance to the sick room with
view Of inducing him to return 10
the arms Of the church. but the doc
tors repulsed them on the ground
that their patient WAS too i'll TO re-
ceve them.
The crowd that gathered around
the hut whore Tolstoi lay dying in
the early sunday morning hours
awaited hreathlessly verdict Of
nr Thchturowski and Dr. Usoff, two
OF the leading heart specialists OF
Moscow who had been hurriedly
called into consultation.
The former had carried Tolstoi
safely through similar crisis in
1907 in the Crimea and the hope OF
NE people rested .on him.
The examination was brief, lasting
less than half an hour
Tolstoi failed To recognize either
Of the physicians and asked who are
ihssc strangers. When informed,
be said.
What fine men"
IN spite OF their natural reluctance
10 spread discouragement, the con-
shltlng physicians could not hold out
ray of hope. However. they hoped
To- lessen the pain Of the aged patient
mhose parting hours were mercifully
Hee from physical suffering. His
heart succumbed shortly after he had
come from under the influence OF
ah injected stimulant He died with
III regaining consciousness. In the
interval between the last two at
laeAs oi cardiac failure, the patient
SEEMED to be comfortable and his
'fge was clear Of pain
throughout hoartbreaking night
m'tl! crowd made up Of the most
Varied elements imaginable pressed
around the low hut. There We're dis
T qbl relatives of the aged author,
iVis'oians, villagers and many
ttnufcnmen among them, the Abbot
,ltselenisus, who did not lose hope
un'H the end of seeing Tolstoi and
eNgnding TO him the olive branch
'u behalf Of the church
All allkc stood spellbound know
tnht matchless personality was
rhns as the Sunday dawn dis
'eiel the raw November nieht.
irtAaily the whole population Of
,r., u,h was there. Then a voice
N,,, tue hut came quietly: Lee
-N,grh1oiacvich ~ Is dead.
,h" "eie was moment Of silence.
w every head was barred and there
sounds everywhere OF sobbine
Dn called out.
1is heart WAS burst by his un-
m. t..'iued love for humanity" and
,r' thd similar phrases ran from
ny n 10 mouth through the weep
i.usslens gathered there
ir .ef ln the day all the peasants
~ 'iit district llockcd here. None
d.. .YNeiaded from the death cham
u through which there was a con-
uss-,. stIe1m Of visitors. ineludine
&. school children The chamber
eeepfated with pine branches
e.s,, body has been embained and
r., t' ransi-rred to Yasnaya Po-
fl..'. All visitors VIII he given per
a." 20 Photograph the body if.
to. Nish. 81 Gunzbcre the SOUP
"i take a death mask.
q. Sain Toistoi expressed q wish
p.is, hurled on the hili at Yasnaya
IS, ni' Where he plnved rs p child.
t.f .n'l the funeral should be sim
mi, "hout ceremonial or flowers.
'ainlly, however. has agreed