Ignoble End Of Tip

Bridgeport. Conn., March 16.- Tip, a monster elephant which has been shown throughout the country for many years past, was put to death by strangulation Tuesday. While the brute's feet werf! chained to stakes. flrmly driven into the ground, men with block and tackle drew a rope taut about nis neck until he was dead. The operation was completed in flfteen minutes. Tip had developed vicious tendencies, and his death was determined upon in order that he might have no opportunity to kill his keepers or people visiting the show. Monday he was given poison, but without marked effect.