OCR Text |
Show DEATH OF TOLSTOI W1DELYREI ORTED Vl f l l : i ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 11 j The report of the death of - Count Leo Tolstoi was recelv- f ed here last night by the sirl- f ous newspapers. f The reports from Astapova 4- have been conflicting through- 4- 4 out. The official diagnosis as 4 4 frlven by the attending physi 4 j -f clans Tuesday night was that 4 j 4- Tolstoi was sufi'vrlnc from an 4 ; 4- inrianiatiou of the lower lobe 4 1 4 of the left lung, but that no 4 ' immediate danger threatened. 4 ! His heart action at that lime 4 I -4- was said to be Rood and bis 4- I 4 temperature was practically 4 j -t Donnal. 4 .4 4 4-4-4-44444444444444- Only the dav before, according to the doctors, Tolsioi s temperature I was 101 aud he was in a delirious state. On Wednesday the attending ji'ijslclans confirmed the i-oit, but ; added that Inflammation was spread-! spread-! ilp and thut the condition of the ; patient was critical although not hopeless. hope-less. His temperature during the night rose to 103 0 and be had an I attack of bleeding from Lhe lungs, j Some time later It was reported . that his tenipcature had fallen to ', Then came the -report of his death 1 rnd finally a message from Astapova that ho had successfully passed the crisis. Print Announcement of Death LONDON, Nov, 16. All the London morning papers announce the death ! of Count Tolstoi, based on special dispatches dis-patches to a news agency from St. , Petersburg aud Moscow, and publish . long memories. After the issuance of the papers, ' there was a considerable element of i dnubt as to the actual death of Count ', Tolstoi following the receipt of a Russian Rus-sian news agency dispatch from St, Petersburg saying the death of Tol-1 Tol-1 stol was unconfirmed. Conflicting Rumors. The Times publishes .1 dispatch from St. Petersburg timed 1:61 a. m., I as follows i "News of Tolstoi's death reathed ! l ore only a few minutes before the ! dispatch of this telegram." I No details are yet knov-u here. Con-I Con-I f icting rumors prevailed the whole of I jt-sterday. It seems that the journey in a I crowded train from the Monastery in I which Tolstoi was compelled by lack I of room, to sland on ine platform, 1 exposed to bitter cold and rain, was I the direct cause of the Inflammation ot the lungs, which unaappily proved f.t-'aL" Note: It is to be remembered In connection with the above dispatch, that the report cf Tolstoi s death was I received in London and New York at about the same time, but that because be-cause of tho difference in lime In the two cities, the London papers were ibtued almost Immediately after. Litter Litt-er reports both from St. Peier6burg and Moscow threw doubt on the authenticity au-thenticity of tae original reports. |