COUNT TOLSTOY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 980, 22 November 1910, Page 5

COUNT TOLSTOY.

MOURNING IN RUSSIA.. By Tel«era,pli-Press AssociaUon-CopyrisM. (Rec. November 21, 9.30 p.m.) St. Petersburg, November 21. Advices from Astapova state that the lato Count Leo Tolstoy will be interred, according to his desire, on a hill on his estate at Yasnaya Poliana, where he played in his childhood. The death chamber was decorated with pine . branches,' and the public and peasants , wero freely admitted. A memorial hymn was sung. The body has been embalmed, and dressed in a. short black Russian shirt, being placed under a white sheet. The face is calm. ; All tho members of tho family were present at tho deathbed. ' Four hours previously, when the heart crisis was at its height, Count Tolstoy took his daughter Taliana's hand, and drew it towards him. He said": "Will this be the end?" That was all. The Abbot of Opin Monastery and a monk accompanying him Were not allowed to sco Count Tolstoy. They slept in a waiting-room at tho railway station. The Grand Duke Nicholas Michailovitch telegraphed to Countess Tolstoy, "My whole soul is with you and your family at this sad moment." Innumerable other condolences were also received. .■■■■. At Moscow several theatres abandoned their Sunday performances. The League of Feminine Culture is forming an international committee to consider the best means of honouring Tolstoy's memory. ■ . • Students at Kasan epent Sunday as a day of mourning. At St. Petersburg the Holy Synod decidod thai; the Church should not participate in the funeral or memorial services. Barristers, litterateurs, doctors, and others will hold meetings in connection with the mourning in. honour of the deceased count. . . The news in. tho Russian press legarding the death was censored, . UNRECONCILED WITH THE ■ ■■, ■ CHURCH. St. Petersburg, November 20. Six physicians attended the late Count Tolstoy in his illness.. , A message from Astopovo states that Connt Tolstoy died without being reconciled to the Church. , ;