Salt Lake Herald | 1901-12-06 | Page 1 | Rumors of Tolstoi's Death Are Unfounded

RUMORS OF DEATH ARE UNFOUNDED New Ne York Dec Dee 5 The SL St Peters Peter Petersburg Petersburg burg correspondent of the London Times and New York Times com corn commenting I upon the circumstantial re reports reports I ports of the illness death and burial of Count Tolstoi which have recently ap appeared appeared I contradicts them on the best I authority a He says Count Tolstoi is suffering from a severe cold and fatigue resulting from oer over indulgence in riding There is no cause for lety fety concerning his biB condition The circulation of the reports was caused by b the belief that when Tol Tolstoi Tolstoi stol does die the news will be kept bj by b the censorship from the public as long as possible The ecclesiastical ties cannot accord a Christian burial to Tolstoi as they have bave recently de denounced him as a heretic The refusal to allow the rites of the th Rational notional church at the grave of Tolstoi is 18 sure to provoke an outburst of indignation over Europe E rope