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Show ELEPHANT EXECUTED. Anlmnl Is Strangled on Shipboard His Destruction Necessary on Account Ac-count of Being Unmanageable. New York, Nov. 8. Mnndnrln, nn elcphnnt of tho Iliifnum & Ilnlley cirrus, cir-rus, was executed hy strnnKulntlon to-nlRht to-nlRht In his cimc nn tho main iltik of tho strainer Mlniienpolls, A two-Inch hnurer nai plnecd uroutnl Mnndarln's neck nnd oath end nf tho Imnsor nan fastened lo the drum of n "wench" en-sine. en-sine. The cnclnes were started nt tho same time, nnd run steadily at llrst until un-til tho hnuser was Hull around thn animal's neck, when the speed wns Increased In-creased and Ihe hawser quickly Hunt-i Hunt-i lux Just cliiht inlntilrs after tho engines en-gines hnd I" en started Mandarin was pionounced dead Iho cubc inntuliilnit the hody was then hoisted from the ship nnd loaded on u hume, towed ulKiut twenty miles to sea nnd sunk, the riiRii heliis" welKhtcil with about C0O0 pounds nf Iron, Miindirln wns Ihe larRest eleplinnt In cMitltlty nt tho time, nf his deiilh. He welRlieil lla tons ami stood 9 feet 10 Inihis high Tho elephant liml n-cently n-cently become iinmnniiKeablc, rcndcrlnj his destruction necrswiry. |