Show DEATH OF TOLSTOI PASSING OP OF VENERABLE WRITER WHO HAD ADMIRERS ALL OVER THE CIVILIZED WORLD although a born aristocrat chis this gifted russian chose the life of a peasant and battled with all his might for the masses Ast russia after a lire life lone battle for right as lie he saw it count leo tolstoi has been vanquished in a contest with the grim brim reaper his death occurring saturday morning countess tolstoi and the atten lne ing physicians were at hla his bedside when the end came the lust last moments of 0 the man iv who h 0 numbered hla his admirers by thousands a all I 1 I 1 over the being peaceful and calm Tol tolstoi accompanied only by ur dr makovetsky left his homo home at polina with the ot of ending his big days in solitude to which he more and more inclined in ills his latter years learning that iha retreat had been discovered lie he insisted upon proceeding on his bourney to the caucasus were he hoped to spend his last days close to tho the Tol colony on the shores of the dlack black sea dut but on the railroad journey he be was overcome with exhaustion and the cold and dr was compelled to have him transferred to the dag station at Asta where ho he was made as comfortable as possible in the r rude u de wooden building 11 his a wife and members or of his bis family hastened to his h Is bedside but the physicians deemed it navigable advisable to keep them away from the count during his conscious moments fearing the out I 1 COUNT LEO TOLSTOI come of the emotion their pres prea nee enco would cause the patient the venerable writer p passed assed away without a word ot of farewell to the members ol of hla his family count lyof Nik tolstoi usually called count leo tolstoi novelist and social reformer was born au gust 28 1828 at in we province of tula rula russia when 23 years of ago age lie he entered the army and served in the cavalry in the caucasus and in the defense 7 of sebasto pol against tho the british and r reach french allied forces lie ile first made a reputation in bittera attura by a series of vivid sketches written from Saba and when he lett left the army soon after the crimean war he devoted himself entirely to literature tolstoi was several times threatened with expulsion from russia and was several times according to report upon the point of being exited exiled but he be seemed on the whole to have been treated with unusual leniency in view of his pronounced views he was however expelled from moscow in july 1901 and had since resided at although tolstoi came of an aristocratic to he was at heart a peasant in the best sense of the word devoted to the improvement of the condition of the russian masses and eager to lead them in the right path with these objects in view as early as 1875 he organized peasant schools on a new original basis co operated cooperated 0 aerated in the improvement of cheap popular publications organized relief tor for the starving population of middle russia in 1891 92 renounced his property in copyright land and money and in tie the recent agrarian disturbances actually U but vainly invited the peasants to plunder his esto estate to at po llo llana liana there he be lived the life alfo of a peasant in a peasants hut partaking only ot of simple peasants food and wearing the peasants costume rough 1 blouse broad leather belt fur cap long beard wide trousers tucked into high cowhide boots but although tolstoi chose tho tha existence ot of a peasant his big family occupied the substantial family mansion I 1 on the estate not tar far from Tol stole peasant hut |