East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-21
COUNT LEO TOLSTO|
CLAIMED BY DEATH
FINS is WRITTEN TO
AGED NOVELISTS LIFE
End Came Yesterday Morning With
Family at Bedside-Clings to His
Daughter latina to the Last.

Astapovia, Russia, Nov. 21.-Count
Leo Tolstol died here yesterday NOR
ming. The end came peacefully. At
his bedside when he passed away were
Countess Tolstoi, DR.. Makovetsky and
the other physicians who have been
attending him.
Without being received back into
the Orthodox Greek church and know
ing that death had arrived, the end
came.
There was apparently no suffer-
ing, as death came as the dying man
slept.
The patient slept for a little while,
seemingly breathing more comfort
ably than usual. DR.. Thturovsky and
DR.. Usoff, nevertheless, in a statement
to Tolstoi's son. Michael, held out but
slight hope and did not hesitate to
predict a quick end under ordinary
mortal circumstances.
Tolstoi. they said, was a splendid
patient in mind and bidy. except the
heart.
In one of the heart attacks, Tolstoi
was alone with his eldest daughter,
latina. He suddenly clutched her
hand and drew her to him. He SEEM
ed to be choking but was able to
whisper:
Patient Conscious Near End.
Now the end has come; that is
ALL"
latina was greatly frightened and
tried to free herself so she might call
the doctor, but her father would not
release her She called loudly from
where she sat. The physicians inject
ed camphor, which had an almost i'm
mediate effect in relieving the pres
sure.
Tolstoi soon raised his head and
then drew himself up to sitting po-
sition. When he had recovered his
breath he said:
There are millions of people and
many sufferers in the world. Why
always anxious about me?"
Tolstoi put up a hard fight against
the disease. The spread of the in
flammation Of the lungs had been
checked, but it was necessary to re.
sort to powerful stimulants frequent.
ly administered to keep the heart go.
ing The heart action was very bad
of cardiac failure. more severe thar
several during the day, went far tow
ard completing the patients exhaus'
ton. After the heart action had beer
strengthened. the patient fell asleep
Biographical.
Count Lyof Nikolaievitch Tolsto
was born at Yasnays. Polyana, gov
ernment of Tula, September 3, 1928
In 1S43 he entered the University o.
Kazan, where he studied law anC
Oriental languages. In 1851 he serv
ed in the defense OF Sevastapol dur
ing the Cimean war.
1t was during this period of hi
career that he wrote, Childhood
Boyhood and Youth" an autobio
graphical sketch, and his description
of the Crlmean war, "Sepastopol II
December, 1854" "Sebastopol II
May, 1856" "sebastopol in August
1885," and "The INVASION
At the conclusion Of the war n
went to st. Petersburg where h
wrote and published The Snow
storm" and Two Hussars."
Tolstoi was greatly interested in tn,
condition of the poorer classes an,
their condition and he founded a fire.
school on his property, furnishing tn
text books and reading matter from
his own pen. 1t was at this time tha
he wrote Family Happenings
Three Deaths" and "Polikuschka."
In 1862 he married the daughter o
Moscow physician and shortly after
ward wrote the two books upon whicl
his reputation chiefly rests. The
were War and Peace" and "Ann
Karenina."
In the year 1877 Tolstoi began t
develop his characteristic views of re
ligon, and his expression on the sub
ject were the cause Of his excommuni
cation from the Holy Synod OF tn