Show r VET VICTOR OVER GRIM REAPER Famous Mans Man's Condition l Ix Critical but Not Without Without With With- out Hope NOT DESIROUS OF SEEING HIS F FAMILY A fILY a Unaware His Faithful Wife Wife- Has Come to Be Near Him i r o i i M M I i A o 4 o- o e A. A Russia Nor NOT a- a 4 01 17 The The condi condition tion of Count I. I I r 4 is JS Tolstoi at this hour 1130 a. a In on Z 4 not beyond hope of 4 OZ 4 ery ory Only his intimates who 4 have bave been with hint bim in his has flight ht 5 from are arc per per- 4 i h 4 at the bedside The au au- i 4 1 thors thor's wife and others of the 4 family who have ha come here are zo 1 refused admission to the room roomI I in n w which h. h IC h th the e f father a th is I. I living lVIn I. lest Jest their thEll unwelcome presence 4 4 excite the patient 4 4 Count Tolstoi's malady u up to i 4 o 0 clock o'clock this thia afternoon had had 4 taken no definite turn r v 4 a. i I a TULA Russia N Nov OV 17 Count Cout Count Leo Tolstoi is still alive and even cven said to T be o slightly Improved this morning His condition however continued critic critical J and for many hours tho the symptoms have been such as to give rise to frequent nt reports that the end end had come Such a report emanated from Moscow last ni night ht and it was some time before its falsity could bo be established The a aged ed author passed a a. restless ni night ht At 8 S o'clock this 0 d morn morning n his temperature of last ll night ht had fallen to 1004 The inflammation of of tho lungs i s. s was less menacing the pul puT puIs v V TO-QC TO ol l' l i i l- l i hiti V a J- J Ji i V in i eft l' l lh h wea ness or of the h the heart aTt action ri wa l. l cause of the greatest anxiety and the physicians were prepared to resort c I to the use uso of oxygen Tho Ibo case was waa a ag gr by tho the condition of the kidneys kid idd- noYs which wore greatly swollen and anI inflamed Countess Tolstoi 1 has not been admitted ad ad- to the sick chamber and the fact of her arrival has Q Qu uthe u- u been e concealed con con- n- n from lost lest knowledge e of her comin coming o him The Tho COUnt was not pleased when tho the I presence of his son sou ius was mado made known to him Angry at Son When Sergius entered the room anil ami Y was recognized by his bis father Tolstoi U was plainly angry and showed his bis an an- by J asking Why did aid you come How did know that I you yow was hero herot The The oung younger Tolstoi pretended he had 4 learned earne his fathers father's whereabouts front from L La a railroad conductor but the tho count was not satisfied with this explanation At the same time Tolstoi was de dr lighted at the arrival of his friend c Count Vladimir The Tue latter r remains constantly at tho the bedside with the physicians and Tolstoi's dau daughter Alexandra II 11 as he ho is tho novelist continues I c conscious His physicians have humored bimby allowing hint him to read newspapers ne r and look Jook over his latest and favorite favorito book Hn Hadji ji Murat r He Be has been permitted to dictate to Alexandra a part of a new article A crowd of press correspondents occupy the platform of the tho railway station a at aV A Durin During the tho night an an attempt wa was j made t to communicate with r i. r. r from here herc but hut the telegraph aph operator r 1 t had retired and when a positive denial doniat i of the rumor was finally sec secured re many tr papers had gone to press with the an- an that the noted Russian had passed away |