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Show Death of Famous Elephant. Advices from Tours, France, give " an account of the death of the gigantic gi-gantic elephant Fritz, which belonged be-longed to Barnum's show, which recently re-cently visited that place. The circus, cir-cus, which had given a two days' performance in Tours, was making its final parade through the streets. When the Place Nicolas-Pruneau v-as reached Fritz, with a mighty effort, freed himself from his chains, rose on his hind legs, trumpeting loudly, and causing a panic among the crowd. Fortunately two keepers managed to entangle his feet with ropes, but this only increased the animal's fury, and he struggled violently, snapping two ' large trees. After some exciting mo- I ments he was brought to the ground '( ' and securely bound. The authorities J were notified of the occurrence, and j a picket of infantry was sent to stop I all traffic on the place. The circus ,' proprietors eventually decided that t Fritz should be killed. Cables, pul- !j leys and windlasses were brought and I; the huge brute was strangled. The !body has been offered to the Tours Museum. |