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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30
CAPT. SEWALL SAID TO BE UNDER. ARREST

CHARGED WITH COMPLETELY IN THE KILLING OF
A NEGRO SAILOR ON HIS VESSEL.
San Francisco. May 29.-"The Bulletin prints
story from Hong Kong that Captain Sewall nephew
NJ the well-known shipbuilder and politician. was
arrested for alleged completely in the killing of
negro sailor on the American ship Benjamin sewall
which is commanded by Sewan. The first officer Of
the vessel was also taken into custody.
The Hong Kong papers made bare statement
% Tho onect that on April Is the master and mate
NJ the sewau were arrested for causing the death
OF the sailor whose body had been found near
Sartje,s Hotel The accused men released on
hail The Benjamin Sewall arrived at Hong konG
from Moulmein on April "a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30
JUSTICE GAYy0R DIsMIsSEs A JUROR.

Justice Gaynor. OF the Supreme Court yesterday
concurred in a complaint made by number OF
Jurors in the case OF Arthur Marks against Joseph
II Iawless In reference 10 the action OF Albert c.
Anderson the twelfth juror who had fixed upon the
amount OF damages. which the other members OF
the Jury had considered unreasonable. The eleven
Jurors said that in their opinion M Anderson was
ne had not violated his oath and was not liable 70
punishment by the court Justice Gaynor excused
what he termed "a lack Of requisite intelligence"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30
By TROLLEY TO BRIGHTON BEACH.

Memorial Day will witness the formal opening OF
the Brighton Beach Electric Railway. Two lines.
the Flatbush-ave. and Nostrand-aye.. will begin
operations. and their cars Will be run at intervals
OF Ave minutes Passengers may take the Flat
bush-ave cars at the Manhattan terminal OF the
Bridge or al Fulton Ferry. and 60 directly 10 the
Willinck entrance 70 Prospect Park where connec-
lion NAV be made with the Brighton Beach tracks
by means OF Incline.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30
WAGES KEEP ON RISING.

ANOTHER ADVANCE BY READING IRON COM
PANY. THE FOURTH IN SIX MONTHS.
Reading Penn. May 20 (speciaD-At meeting
-. 49, dtraotors ~ the Reading Iron Company to-
dav the management was directed TO make fur
tber advance in the wages Of the employees to take
effect on June Is This is the fourth increase that
has been made by the company in the last SIX
months II was stated at the office OF the company
that the total advance would aggregate Hoi" 40 ~
80 han < per cent over the present OASIS Ahis
..sI eHect several thousand hands.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30
COPIES OF FRANCHISE TAH LAW.

Albany. May 2s.-There has been such large
demand for copies OF the Franchise Tax Ia"
from the officials OF the various States that Secre-
tarry Youngs has had copies OF the law and the
Governors message bearing the subject bound
together In pamphlet form In a neat morocco cover.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30
AN ARTIST COMMITS SUICIDE.

Arthur Newton Boyd. an artist on a New-York
paper. committed suicide on Saturday afternoon by
turning on the gas in his apartments at No. AL
Park Place in the absence Of his wife who had left
him on account OF a quarrel Yesterday Mrs.
Rovd decided thai she would return. When she
reached the apartment she found the dead body OF
her husband where II had been since Saturday. She
informed the police. and the Coroner will make
a investigation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30
ANOTHER GRADE-cRossNG VICTIM.
A WOMAN RUN DOWN AND KILLED BIZ TRAIN
AT AN UNPROTECTED CROSSING.

. AT AN UNPROTECTED CROSSING.
Caldwell May % CspecaD.-A fatal grade-cross-
ing accident occurred this morning at the Roseand-
ave crossing of the Erie Railroad shortly before
o'clock when a train from Caldwell. bound for Es-
sex Falls. struck carriage in which was Mrs.
Peter A. Meeker. OF Roseand. who was thrown out
of the carriage and had both OF her legs cut on
above the knees. and died three hours later with
out recovering consciousness
Miss Harrison. OF Roseland. who was just behind
Mrs Meeker said that the bell on the engine was
not rung and that the whistle was not sounded.
Mrs Meeker had just taken her daughter, MISS
Grace Y Meeker a trolley-car. on her way 70
Newark and dispatch sent 10 the daughter
and was delivered to her at the pennsylvania sta
ton. in Newark. Miss Meeker at once returned 10
Caldwell. ,, . 4.
The crossing where the accident occurred To one
~ The most DANGEROUS on the road, several acct
derts having already occurred there. The crossing
Is unprotected. although the Borough council mas
repeaiedl requested the Erie company 10 erect
gates there. The horse escaped injury.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30
MAY HAVE LOST HIS LIFE.
A MAN REPORTED MISSING WHO WAS AT THE
coNEY ISLAND FIRE.

John c. Roe. Of No. 1sO Twefth-st.. Brooklyn.
may have persisted in the Coney Island fire on Fri
day morning. Eugene 5chnen. photographer Nv
inc a. No 1ss Twelfth-st. who reported the case
10 the police yesterday. said that he and his
brother-in-law. Roe. at Coney Island when
the fire broke out They started TO aid in rescuing
nronertv and became separated Roe was not at
home when Sohnen returned and has not been
seen since He Is a photographer by trade, and
there Is no reason for his leaving home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30
WILL NEWARK PAY THE PRICEf

MAYOR SEYMOUR CONSIDERING WHETHER To
YIELD TO THE ASPHALT COMBINATION.
Mayor Seymour OF Newark is considering whether
he will approve contracts for asphalt paving that
may be awarded by the Board OF Works at he high
prices demanded by a combination OF asphalt paw
ing companies The alternative. II Is said, Is 20
abandon asphalt paving this year The inclination
of the majority Of the Board Of Works Commits
sioners is 10 award the contracts and have the
work done The question will probably be settled
at the meeting OF the Board next Thursday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30
CANADA'S ALIEN LAW.

Hamilton. Ont. May 29.-Word has been received
from the Minister OF Justice that no action will
be taken with regard to the Importation OF aliens
in view OF the fact that the International Com
mission last year agreed that the Alien law In
Canada shall remain In allegiance Until the United
States violates this understanding there VIII De no
prosecution In Canada
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30
SENT BACK TO TIE sANITARIUM.

Dr. Josiah E. Quinn. OF No lO4 Marcy-ave.. who
escaped from Dr. coombes's sanitarium. In Flush
ing on Sunday. and applied at the Adams-st. po-
lice station In Brooklyn. for shelter az late hour
was taken back TO Flushing early yesterday morn
ing He has been mentally deranged for about
eight years He escaped from the yard OF the sani-
tariun by digging hole under the wall.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30

The Prins Maurits was an IRON vessel ouiit al
Amsterdam her haing port in 1884, and registered
! $40 tons gross She belonged to the line which
rog7,lsriv trades between New-York Amsterdam
"a The West Indies and which is represented at
New-York BY Kunhardt & Co
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30
APPOINTED BIZ TIE GOVERNOR.

Elizabeth. May % (s2eciaD--Governor Voorhees,
this afternoon appointed the Rev. John r. Akin
son. OF this city as a member OF the Children's
Board OF Guardians 10 succeed Josiah Weston,
OF Salem who resigned because OF ill-health The
Rev. Mr. Atkinson Is rector Of Trinity Episcopal
Church
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30
WRECK OF A DUTCH STEAMER.
THE PR1Hs MAURTTs LOST ON THE VENEZUELAN
coAsr-ALL or BOARD SAVED.

Caracas, May 29-The Dutch steamer Prins
Maurits. Captain Duff from Amsterdam May
for Paramaribo. Venezuelan ports and the West
Indies. was totally wrecked yesterday az
Cumana a city Of Venezuela on the Gulf Of
Carfaco All on board were saved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30
zELLER SUBMITS TO DAVIS.

The threat Of the North Hudson Democrats to
make a fight II John Zeller was not nominated for
Sheriff has collapsed far as Zeller Is concerned
He called on Bob Davis yesterday assured him Of
his fealty and said that his friends had talked
without consulting him. This ends the Zeer boom
for Sheriff Davis has slated ex-Assembyman
Carl Ruemoler for the nomination.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30
rArAI FIRE ON A STEAMSHIP.

Algiers. Nav 2s.-The treneh steamer n ~ s
rsn.s,n coste from Marseilles on May 10 for
palermo and New-Orleans with 23s passengers on
board has arrived here with her cargo OF sulphur
m fire The cook OF the vessel was asphyhia'eu
and several passengers were burned.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30
BURNETT HOUSE ON FIRE.

ALL THE GUESTS OF CINcINNATrs WELL
KNOWN HOTEL GET OUT SAFELY.
Cincinnati. May 29.-The Burnet House is on
fire. All the guests are safe. A large force OF
engines is working.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30
TIE PRESIDENT PRESENTS DIPLOMAS.

Washington May 2s-President Mckinley. accom-
named by Representative Grosvenor. OF ONO TO-
night attended the graduating exercises OF the Ia"
department OF Hoard University In the CohsresA-
,,onsI Church The President delivered the diplomas
~ the graduating class most or whom were
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30
A CHILD RUN OYER BY TROLLEf-cAR.

BOTH LEGS BROKEN. AND THE LITTLE Girls
CONDITION CRITICAL.
The first serious accident the North Hudson
countv Railway Companys trolley system in Ho-
boken occurred yesterday afternoon. in front OF
No 20 Washington-st, when hve-year-oid Henri
eta Cast who lives at that address, was run over
nv troley-car No 70 OF the Westinghouse. line.
The child was running across the tracks, when
She was struck and knocked down She went under
tho fender and the forward wheels ran over both
legs breaking them. She was also Injured about
where il was said last night that her condition
was critical -. .o a.. -.
Conductor Frank Murray. OF No. 16 second-st..
uere arrested.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30
THIEVES CARRY AWAY A SAFE.

THEY STEAL A BAGGAGE TRUCK AND USE IT TO
HAUL AWAY THEIR wEIGHTY PRIZE
Elizabeth. May % (speciaD.-Daring burglars en-
tered the saloon OF John Newstead. in Erie-st-.
Elizabethport. this morning about o'clock ana
carried of the safe which was In the place Tne
thieves made a good haul. as Newstead said no
had over 81 90 in cash in the safe besides lot OF
valuable paper that he would not lose for another
slO0 He says that ne fanced he heard a noise
in the saloon this morning but after listening .
few minutes ne fell asleep again. He was DIS
MAYED on coming downstairs couple OF noufs
later 10 open his saloon, 10 find the safe missing
The police say that the robbery Is the work @
river thieves and that they carried away the sais
on baggage truck and were seen by some men.
The truck and safe were found this afternoon In
Elizabeth River.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30
TAcATIOy For LIFE SAVERS.

Bayshore. Long Island. May 2s-on June the
crews OF the nfe-saving stations will begin their
regular two months summer vacation They VII!
return 10 duty on August
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30
MP HOBART TAXES ANOTHER DRITE.

Washington. May 2s-vice-Presdent Hobart went
-. co. an hour's drive to-day. The family ex-
ous ~ 90 70 Long Branch Friday or Saturday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30
NEW JERSEY NEWS
BODY OF A SAILOR FOUND.
WAS PROBABLY DROWNED IN TRYING TO EscAyu
FROM THE ADRIADNE.

The body OF a sailor was found floating In the
XIII Won Kull of Pier No. OF the Standard on
Company's plant at Constable Hook. Bayonne.
yesterday morning. The dead man was feet
inches tall weighed about l75 pounds. and was ap.
parently forty 1--we years old He was OF n9nt
complexion had a sandy nustache and dark blue
eyes There were no marks on the body.
piece Of knotted rope and 30 cents were found N
the trousers pockets.
1t is believed that the dead man IS the sailor re-
ported missing from the German bark Adrianne.
which burned at the pier week ago sunday
morning. This man was reported by some 70 De Jonn
Nederbrought. twenty-one years old, and by others
said 10 be Carl Rencke. twenty-five years
old officials OF the Standard OIL Company IN
sisted that all OF the had been saved and
that the sailor reported missing had been rescued
after swimming 10 Pier No. 3. Captain Herman
the body.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30
CHINESE ATTACHE KILLS HIMSELF.

Rsrun. Nav 9-An attache Of the Chinese Min
Istrv AT Paris. chi-Mln has committed suicide mere
nv shooting himself with n revolver. He was sui-
fering from an incurab!e malady.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30
FLED AND LEFT HIS WHEEL.

A vouth riding a wheel on the Boulevard Jersey
civ last night, without light abandoned the
wheel and fed when pursued By Policeman Glenn
enson The bicycle Is at the police station.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-30
LONG AND HITCHCOCK HERE

SFCRETARIES LONG AM HIILHUOJh HHI'I7
John D. Long. Secretary Of the Navy and Ethan
Allen Hitchcock Secretary OF the Interior arrived
IN this city last night and occupied rooms at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-08
LONG OVERDUE
AME ETHYST IN
PORT At LAST
Fifty Days Coming
From TillamoOk.
OTHER VESSELS NOT SPOKEN
CRUISER PHILADELPHIA DOWN
FROM MARE ISLAND.
OTHER VESSELS NOT SPOKEN

One of the anxiously lookedfor overdue
coasting feet made port yesterday. The
schooner Amethyst. fifty days from Tilla
nook. was reported about noon, and Cap
tain Zimmerman sailed his vessel up the
bay and made his anchorage of Mission
Rock as though nothing had happened.
The vessel did not show any signs or
hard usage. yet for forty-hve days, the
captain reports, there was nothing but
succession OF southeast gales.
The Amethyst sailed from Tillamook on
October is, and on November Is she was
spoken by the transport Columbia sixteen
miles southwest by west OF Yaquina Dur
ing that time the schooner had made eX-
actly eighty miles. and the captain and
crew were on the verge OF starvation. The
sight of the stars and stripes. union down.
brought the transport 10 stop, and a
boat from the Amethyst received liberal
supply OF provisions. Since that time the
schooner has sailed $50 miles in twenty
three days, and the provisions supplied by
the Columbia were sufficient TO keep all
hands on a fair diet. during the gales
the schooner was under bare poles, as had
any canvas been spread she would have
been blown away up the coast. OCCASION
ally a double-reefed mainsMl was set ana
a gain OF a few miles made.
On November u the Amethyst spoke the
schooner Antelope, now nfty-one days
out, from Coquille for Port Los Angeles
-
report of being short OF provisions, but
unless she has been supplied by some ves-
sci since then the crew must be on very
short allowance. Other coasters in the
same predlcament are the 5. Danielson,
now out fifty days from Tillamook: Wing
and Wing thirty-three days from Grays
Harbor: Leslie ID. thirty days from Port
Blakeley; Mayhower. twenty-five days
from Coquille River; Martha W. Tuft,
twenty-three days from Grays Har-
Dor; American Girl. sixty days from San
Francisco for the Sound: and the British
bark Nanaimo, from Chemainus, b. c.,
for Nagasaki. l2l days.
Two other vessels that are causing some
uneasiness are the American ship kenne-
bee and the British ship ST. Enoch. The
Kennebec has coal on board for the Iowa
and is now out l53 days from Baltimore
The St. Enoch Is on her way from Pana-
ma for Portland. and was Off the Column
bia River on November II. A pilot was
put aboard. but a storm coming up the
ship had TO stand off shore and has not
been heard from since.
The wind blew from almost every point
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-08
PERJURY IS ON
TAP IN THOMAS
KELLYS TRIAL
Wilson's, Colored and
White, Disagree.

Perjury. bald-faced and plenty of It,
is being indulged in by some one in the
case of Thomas A. Kelly, now on trial
before Judge Lawlor for having know
ingly placed forged bonds on record for
the release Of Harry Wilson on three
charges of petty larceny. The court
room presents strange appearance. De-
tective5 are sprinkled throughout the on
lockers and crooks known and crooks sus-
pected are everywhere IN evidence.
Harry Wilson. the colored man whose
release resulted in the present outrage on
the respectable element of the city, was
the sensational witness yesterday. He
was recalled frequently throughout the
day and finally his indignation got the
best OF him. Referring To the statements
OF Attorney J. n. E. Wilson published
yesterday he said: This man Wilson
mas attempted long enough TO make these
a stranger and a murderer; he has tried
10 make them believe that l went over a
circuitous route TO California and Mont
gomery streets, and then. during his alb
sence, ran away. This is absolutely
false. / went with Wilson 10 the house
on Howard street and there l paid him
three $lO0 bills. He denies that he got
a cent from me and that he went down
10 the Cafe Royal and To other saloons
he also denies that he told me that
could go and that the case against me
was SQUARED. but he did tell me all of
these things and he also got the three
500 bills lie is simply swearing TO clean
his skirts of this $500 business. but what
/ tell is the truth"
The witness was asked II IL was not the
truth that he had told w. S. Barnes at
the County Jail that he was anxious TO
get out and was willing To pay $1,000 for
mis- freedom that he might join a certain
white woman in this city and continue
on a course of robbery with her. This
the witness positively denied and he
added: MIR Barnes Will not testify to
this either" 4 short time later Mr.
Barnes. who will appear as witness to-
day, said that he positively would not
swear TO the statement that Wilson told
him that he wanted TO get out and con-
tinue on a course OF crime with the white
woman, who has frequently been refer
red To in the case.
During yesterdays proceedings Henry
H. Adams and Edwin NJ. Sweeney were
called 10 impeach Reilly's testimony to
the effect that he never offered himself
as a bondsman with the same property
accredited 10 his ownership as is describ-
ed on the forged bonds. Both witnesses
testified that Reilly went on a bond for
the release of Simon Gallo, but that the
bond was refused.
Samuel Soloman and James Bowlan tes-
titled that they saw j. \. T.. Wilson
Reilly. Cosgrove and Kelly together on
the night t. " T. Wilson alleges they
met for the purpose of securing Wilson's
release but their description of the miss
ing Cosgrove did not correspond with that
given by Wilson. The case goes on again
To-day.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-08

In the compass yesterday and old ship
masters are looking for another south
easter At "a. m. yesterday IL was blow
ing sixteen miles an hour from the north
east. three hours later II was blowing ten
miles an hour from the southeast; at noon
II was blowing twenty miles from the
south-southeast: and at 3 p. m. II was
twelve miles an hour from the south. At
p. m. there was very little change, but
the overdue barkentire Leslie ID hove in
sight and will probably make port to-day.
The cruiser Philadelphia came down
from Mare Island yesterday. and Rear
nag from the Iowa to her. While she has
been at the navy yard the Philadelphia
has been completely overhauled and her
old siN-inch guns replaced with rapid-flre
guns of the same caliber. The Iowa will
be coaled on Saturday. and Tuesday or
Wednesday she and the Philadelphia will
sail for San Diego There they will meet
the Marblehead and the warships will go
TO Magdalena Bay for gun practice.
The British bark ArdencrafE, which left
here July 81 with 20 643 centals OF barley
valued at S75 942. has been in collision with
the Goodwin Sands lightship at the en-
trance TO the British Channel. The light
ship was considerably damaged according
to dispatch from the Merchants Ex-
change. but the Ardencraig has not yet
been heard from.
The steamer Curacao sailed for Mexican
Chas. w. Morgan and California and the
British ships Rahane and Pythomene
also got away The change OF wind which
the sailing vessels have been waiting for
came early in the day and they took ad-
vantage OF ~.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-08
vIII.-ALExANDER HAMILTON.
BY WILLIS NJ. WEST. NJ. A.

Boyhood-Education-The Revolution
Information regarding the family OF Al
eXander Hamilton is meager and the
statements are contradictory. Among con-
temporaries he was commonly reputed Of
illegitimate birth, and John Adams refer :
to him in a letter TO jefferson as that
bastard brat OF a Scotch peddler." lie
was born in the West Indies and his
mother seems TO have been OF French
Huguenot descent. To this parentage BIZ
ographers are fond OF ascribinS his youth
full precocity and the tropical passions
and Celtic ImpetuOsity Of his later years.
and surely 10 colonial Americans there
must have seemed something exotic n the
social ease and vivacity OF the dark. slen-
der, erect, eager youth, with glowing eyes
and massive head. who, mere stranger
though he was, began at Is TO play a
stirring part upon the turbulent stage OF
revolutionary politics, and who while yet
younger than an average sophomore, be-
came Washington's trusted emissary
upon political missions. In these pictur-
esque traits, however. We must not lose
sight of -he cool. penetrating logic which,
after all, was Hamilton's most remark
able personal characteristic. nor OF mis- in
stincts for strong government and for ma
tional unity. which were 10 rank tim
among the constructive statesmen OF
America.
At I6. with sufficient funds and good
introductions, young Hamilton was sent
TO New York 10 complete his education.
With tireless application and fiery enor-
gy he fitted for Kings College in a year
and devoured the course afterward az a
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-08

that his steering apparatus in good working
and started dead the teeth the gale Lv
ingston's back yard.
Five minutes the reports of pistol
broke the intelligence all Cow Hollow that something
was DONG Policeman E ]. Mcnamara who in tie
vicinity of Fillmore and Ffbert streets. got rapid
and arrived the OF the Livingston residence
time TO the ''Wddy's" goat running like Filipino
in the direction OF the gas house red flannel
flying from his mouth, Livingston in close pursuit -four
ishing revolver. Mcnamara intercepted the superin
tendent. undoubtedly saving the life of the Living
ston admitted having shots pleaded in
tenuaton the provocation furnished by the that
had eaten the tall of his red flannel shirt
Livingston admitted the rhoong yesterday and
Police Judge Graham sentenced him pay fine of IS
five days Jail. The defendants regret m
paying the fine that Il part funeral
expenses OF the 'Widdys' goat. He expects, however
better luck time.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-08

1 AID not the William Goat OF the WILDLY" O'Retly
| and the red flannel shirt OF Harry Livingston
into conjunction Wednesday afternoon
the underwea would have been in the Police
Court yesterday morning trial for discharging
within the city limits.
Livingston superintendent for Contractors Warren
Malley. He resides 2227 Filbert red
hanne shirt, which is of his bosom friends,
hanging. on the afternoon IN question the line in his
back yard The shirt had Just been washed
all testify, the scent of red flannel shirt treated
with soap has remarkable carrying power. Small
der. then, thar II borne two blocks away a
knot breeze to the lot which the "Widdys" pet
unching assorted lot Of labels. Now, II is
admitted fact that goat finer dish than
flame la soapsuds 1t appeals TO his palate other
thing No sooner, then, did the "Widdy's" goat
the first Whit Of the superintendents shirt put
his in the air. twitched his stump Of tail