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RECORDER
vm. XXVI.
MONTEREY, Il Ki ULAND COUNTY, VA., JULY 15, 1004.
NO. 20.
PARKER AND DAVIS
Nominated for President and Yice-Pres:
dcit By National Convention.
E PAKKL. DECLARES FOR GOLD.
JIDG
Sends a Mcssa-e No ii. hg the St. Louis Con?
vention vi V.U Yaws on That Subject
Causes T,-;m.ndous Poil.ical Sensation?
Convcniion Aopis a Sympaihetlc Reply By
An Overwhelming Vo.e. ?.?---?\
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Louis, (Special).?One of the
greatest sensation! in American po?
litical history was created here late
Saturday aluino ni by the reception
from Judge Allon Brooks Parker,
whom thc Democratic National Con?
vention nominated tor thc Presidency
at 5.45 o'clock Saturday morning, of
the following telegram:
"I regard thc gold standard as firm?
ly and irrevocably established and
6hall act accordingly if the action of
the convention today shall be ratified
by the people. As thc platform is
silent on the subject my views should
be made known to thc convention,
and it they are proved to be unsatis?
factory to tlie majority 1 request you
to decline the nomination for nie at
once, so that another may be nom?
inated before adjournment."
When the telegram came hurried
conferences of the leaders were held.
The following message, to Judge
Parker, was framed:
"The platform adopted by this con?
vention is silei t on the question of
the monetary standard, because it is
not regarded by us a a possible issue
in this campaign, and only campaign
issues were mentioned in the plat?
form. Therefore, tljjere ia nothing in
the views expresses by you in the
telegram just received which would
preclude a man entertaining them
from accepting a nohiination on said
platform."
When the convention met at night
Judge Parker's telegram was read
from the platform by Gov. J. K. Var
daman, of Mississippi, to whom it
?was handed for the purpose by John
Sharp Williams. It was addressed to
W. IS Sheehan^ former Lieutenant
Govemor of New York, Judge Park?
er's personal representative at St.
Louis. Thc proposed reply was read
by Senator Tillman.
Debate began at once. William J.
Bryan, who had been stricken with
what was considered a light attack of
pneumonia in thc afternoon, rose from
his sickbed and entered thc conven?
tion hall. He made a speech to thc
delegates, urging that if the question
was brought up again it should be
fully gone into. If the convention
thought thc gold standard was right.
he said, is should adopt a gold plank,
and he would not speak on the propo?
sition, though he would vote against
it.
The debate continued, Senators
Daniel, Carmack and others speak?
ing.
John Sharp Williams made a hot
reply to Bryan, declaring that in
spite of his protestation Mr. Brynn
was the one man in the convention
who was preventing harmony.
ogg* The reply to Judge Parker was
B adopted by the convention by a vote
W of 774 to 191.
^L\ Thc convention having held an all
^L night session the night before, had
V reassembled a 2 P. M. Saturday to
^L nominate a candidate for the Vice
V Presidency, but adjourned until 5.jo
V so that thc leaders might discuss the
fm availability of the various candidates.
It met at the latter hour and ex
Senators Henry G. Davis, of West
Virginia: George Turner, of Wash?
ington State, and William A. Harris,
of Kansas, and Representative James
R. Williams, of Illinois, were put in
nomination for second place.
About this time hints of the Parker
telegram began to circulate, and this
created such a sensation that a re?
cess was taken until 8.30 o'clock to
give an opportunity for conferences.
In considering material for the
Vice-Presidency Messrs Sheehan and
Hill at first were inclined toward thc
selection of Judge*Judson Harmon,
but the factional fight in Ohio be?
tween the friends of Harmon and
those of John R. McLean was con?
sidered too great an obstacle. Sen?
ator Daniel was asked to take thc
nomination, but was reluctant to do
so unless it could be demonstrated
that no candidate would be more
available.
On the first ballot for thc Presi?
dency, carly Saturday morning, Judge
Parker received 658 votes and Hearst
200. Scattering votes were cast for
Olney, McClellan, Cockrell, Pattison,
Gray, Gorman, Wall, Towrie, Miles.
Coler and John Sharp Williams. Idaho
and West Virginia quickly changed
enough votes to give Parker the
needed two-thirds majority, amf>hen
the nomination was made unanimous.
Hon. Henry G. Davis, of West
;. Virginia, was nominated for vice
President by acclamation.
Following the passage of John
Sharp Williams' resolution thc vote
for Vice-Presidential candidate was
begun. Thc first ballot resulted in
Davis receiving 652. being 15 less than
the necessary two-thirds, Turner,
Williams, of Illinois, and others be?
ing voted for.
Then the States began changing
their votes, and in a burst of en?
thusiasm the nomination was made
unanimous.
Chairman Clark at 1.15 o'clock Sun?
day morning declared thc convention
adjourned without date.
First Day.
St. Louis, Mo., (Special).?Exactly
at noon Wednesday Chairman J. K.
Jones of the national committee called
Cut Woman's Throat.
St. Loius, (Special).? After cut?
ting the throat of Mrs. Marcella Kerr,
with whom he had been living for a
year, Edgar I. Evans, 23 years old,
slashed his wrist with the same razor,
and then cut his own throat. Thc
tragedy was enacted in tront of the
house where they were stopping.
Jealousy is ascribed by Evans as the
cause for his act. The woman died
almost immediately. Evans is at the
City Hospital. His condition is
ALTON B. PARKER.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT.
the convention to order. His ap?
pearance on the platform and the
sound of his gavel brought forth a
cheer from the floor and galleries.
Chairman Jones directed the sergeant
at-arms to secure order. He con?
tinued belaboring the table with his
gavel, but it was some time before
quiet reigned.
California's appearance with a huge
silk banner and silk American Hags
and a yell "California! California!
Hearst! Hearst! Hearst!'' caused
cheering.
Just as the California delegation
reached its reservation after marching
tip and down the center aisle William
J. Bryan, who had come iu unnoticed,
arose in his place and was given a
cheer. Then an enterprising member
among the delegation created a diver?
sion by vigorously ringing of a cow j
bell.
Again Chairman Jones demanded
that the convention be in order and at
once directed the secretary to read
the call for the convention.
Applause followed the reading of
thc call. After quiet was restored
Chairman Jones announced that the
convention would be opened by prayer
by Rev. John F. Cannon, pastor of
? Grand Avenue Baptist Church, of St.
j Louis.
During the invocation the conven
| tion stood. Dr Cannon's voice was
entirely inadequate to reach even the
center of the hall.
Enthusiastic cheering greeted the
chairman's announcement that he was
directed by the national committee to
appoint John S. Williams temporary
chairman and C. W. Walsh temporary
secretary and John I. Martin tem?
porary scigeant-at-arms.
The chairman appointed Col. J. M.
Guffey, of Pennsylvania, and lu, F.
Tarpey, of California, to escort Mr.
Williams to the chair. As the plat?
form was enclosed by a railing it was
necessary for thc committee and Mr.
Williams to climb over the railing.
The committee lifted Mr. Williams
safely over, and the entire convention
burst into cheers as he ascended the
platform.
"I have the honor to introduce to
you John S. Williams as temporary
chairman," said Chairman Jones, and
again the convention cheered.
Mr. Williams was attired in a light
gray suit and white waistcoat. He
delivered his address calmly and with?
out gestures. Several cries of
I "Louder, louder!" interrupted Mr.
! Williams as he began, his clear but
j not powerful voice at first failing to
reach all parts of thc hall.
As Mr. Williams proceeded his
voice increased in volume and the
delegates listened attentively.
A great part of Mr. Williams'
speech was delivered under great
difficulties for the speaker and those
of his hearers who were supposed to
be most directly interested in his re?
marks. Several times the speaker
stopped and asked that the talking
cease in order that he might make
himself better understood.
Passing from the discussios of Mr.
l Root's speech the speaker took up
the republican platform.
Mr. Williams drew a picture of the
country's, condition at the time of
President Cleveland's first inaugura?
tion, declaring that much of the dis?
tress that came in the early nineties
were due to republican misrule that
had gone before. Under Harrison,
he said, for three years all hope had
well nigh vanished from the business
world. He scored the attitude of thc
republican party on the financial ques?
tion, declaring that it had been full
of inconsistencies and absurdities. He
mentioned thc name of Mr. Bryan in
(.1: cussing the price of wheat durin<
the first Bryan-McKinley campaign.
The utterance of the name called forth
a little applause and some cheers. A
second later he mentioned the name
again and the applause was not re->
peated.
FINANCIAL
The city of Portland, Me., has bor?
rowed $4,100,000 for three months,
paying 2.7 per cent, interest for it.
American Car & Foundry directors
were re-elected. The net earnings for
the year were $4,680,000. compared
with $7.40.2.000 the previous year and
$4,686,000 in 1902.
If it had not been for thc efforts of
E. B. Smith, Lehigh Valley directors
would not have declared any divid?
end
A mention of the name of Grover
Cleveland was cheered lustily. A
moment later the first scene of thc
session occurred. Mr. Williams de?
clared that it was brazen effrontery
for thc republican party to attempt to
seize the laurels ot Grover Cleveland.
A genuine outburst of applause fol?
lowed. Cheer after cheer rolled
through the hall and, although the
chairman used the gavel vigorously,
the convention was soon beyond his
control.
As he finished, after speaking for
one hour and forty minutes, thc band
struck up a medley of patriotic airs,
the stirring strains of "Dixie" calling
forth the wild cheers that never fail
to follow the song, no matter when or
where rendered.
"The delegates arc invited to visit
the exposition," said Mr. Williams,
"and the clerk will read the invita?
tion."
The last few words were lost in
cries of "Bryan," Bryan," that came
swift and thick from dffierent parts
of the hall.
Cheers mingled with the calls, and
it was fully a minute before the voice
of the clerk was able to raise above
the tumult. Mr. Bryan remained
quietly in his seat during the demon?
stration made by his friends and gave
no outward sign of his recognition of
the appluase that had greeted his
name.
Delegate Powers, of Michigan, was
recognized by Chairman Williams to
return the thanks of thc convention
to the exposition officials for thc
courtesy shown and made a brief
speech of acknowledgment.
The motion to accept the invitation
with which Mr. Powers concluded
was adopted unanimously.
When thc ticket passers had nearly
finished their task, thc chairman an?
nounced that the roll of states would
be called, each state as its name was
called to send up to the chairman's
desk the names of its committeemen
selected in caucus.
While the roll call was in progress
the spectators, concluding that the
interesting scenes of the convention'
were finished for thc day, streamed
out by thousands.
Aunouncinent of Mr. Bryan as a
member of the resolutions committee
from Nebraska called forth a cheer
from such of his friends as were
able to hear the announcement.
David B. Hill's name as a member
from New York also brought a shout
of applause.
As the roll was finished and thc
call was began for thc states whidi
had not answered on the first call,
Chairman Williams drew a cigar from
his pocket, lighted it and commenced
to smoke with great satisfaction, not?
withstanding the fact that numerous
signs prohibiting thc indulgence were
posted all around the building.
After announcing the time and
places for thc various committee meet?
ings, a motion was made by Bourke
Cockran that the convention adjourn
until io (/clock tomorrow morning.
The motion was adopted and thc con?
vention adjourned at 2.50 o'clock.
Second Day.
St. Louis, (Special).?Thc Demo?
cratic National Convention held two
sessions in St. Louis Thursday.
Late at night thc full text ol the
platform, as agreed upon by the sub?
committee of the platform committee,
was made public. Its adoption by thc
full committee without change is ex?
pected. The financial plank declares
that thc greatly increased production
of gold has "contribute*] to the main?
tenance of a money standard of value,
no longer open to question, removing
that issue from the field of political
contention." The plank is exceed?
ingly brief.
The early session of the convention,
which began shortly after 10 (/clock,
was brief. Its only important in
Slaughter of the Achinese.
Amsterdam, (Special).?A dispatch
from Batavia, capital of tht Dutch
East Indies, says that the commander
of thc expedition to North Achin,
Northern Sumartra, attacked Likat, on
June 20. Thc Achinese losses were
432 killed, including 28r women and
88 children, and 54 wounded. Seven?
teen prisoners were taken. The Dutch
casualties included the commander, a
lieutenant, two sergeants and 13
soMiors wounded.
cident was the adoption of the report
of the committee on rules and ordei
of business, which accorded thc dele?
gates from Porto Rico six scats and
votes in the convention, but denied
seats and votes to the delegates from
thc Philippines on thc ground thal
the Supreme Court had decided Porto
Rico to bc a part of thc territory ol
the United States, but thc Philippines
not a part.
The failure of the credentials com?
mittee to report caused adjournment
at II.04 o'clock until 2 P. M
When the convention reassembled
a stormy, exciting session began. At
Air. bryan entered the hall an ovation
was started and lasted half an hour
Thc Parker men declared this out?
burst had been prearranged by the
Hearst men and Tammany, so thev
started a counter-demonstration, bul
tiie main demonstration was intended
tor Mr. Bryan, and his name sounded
above everything else.
After the convention resumed busi?
ness the report of thc credentials
committee was presented by Chair
man James M. Head, of Tennessee
This declared in favor of all the sit?
ting delegates, except the one from
the Twenty-first Illinois district. It
sustained the rights of the Porto
Rican delegates and also gave those
from the Philippines scats and votes
reversing thc action of thc committee
on rules.
Mr. Bryan mounted the platform tc
read a minority report in favor ol
seating the Harrison and Hearst dele?
gates in the other Illinois contest.
He also made a speech in support ol
his attitude, declaring thc men win:
ran the State convention in llliiioS
were on a level with train robbers.
There was further debate, whicl:
led Mr. Bryan to make a scconc
speech. The convention voted, 64;
to 200, against him and in favor of
the full majority report, thus showing
that while it gave him the tribute ol
a great demonstration, things wert
different as far as votes were con?
cerned.
The committee on permanent or?
ganization reported recommending
Representative Champ Clark, of Mis?
souri, for permanent chairman. Ut
took the chair and made a speech
discussing the issues of the campaign
The convention then adjourned un?
til io o'clock Friday morning, whet!
it is expected thc platform will bc pre?
sented and debated.
Third Day.
St. Louis, (Special).?The third day
of the Democratic" National Conven?
tion in St. Louis, after a fruitless
morning session, reconvened at 8
o'clock P. M. and adopted without
debate the platform as revised by the
full committee on resolutions, omit?
ting all reference to the money ques?
tion.
Nominating speeches were then be?
gun. Alabama yielded to New York,
and Martin W. Littleton, of thc lat?
ter State, placed Judge Alton Brooks
Parker in nomination for the Presi?
dency. A great demonstration last?
ing 25 minutes followed his address.
Senator Carmack. of Tennessee,
seconded the nomination of Parker.
D. M. Delma*, of California, placed
William R. Hearst in nomination.
A Hearst demonstration was started
and lasted 35 minutes, Mr. Bryan
being one of thc central figures in it.
E. J. O'Donnell, of Colorado, sec?
onded the nomination of Parker.
When Delaware was called L.
Irving Handy, of that State, put
Judge George Gray in nomination.
Samuel S. Wright, of Iowa, sec?
onded Parker "on behalf of thc un
bought and unpurchasable delegates"
from that State. This made his col?
leagues angry and created a scene.
David Overmeyer, of Kansas, nomi?
nated Gen. Nelson A. Miles.
Champ Clark, of Missouri, put
Senator Cockrell in nomination.
The convention was still in session
at 2.30 A. M., with prospects of an
all-night session. lt was reported
that Mr. Bryan had formed a coa?
lition of thc anti-Parker forces.
The morning session of thc conven?
tion resolved itself into a wait for
the report of the committee on reso?
lutions. To fill in thc time Capt.
Richmond P. Hobson was called to
thc platform and made a speech. At
last the committee notified thc con?
vention that it would not bc ready to
report for some hours, and an ad?
journment was taken at 11.58 o'clock
until 8 P. M.
The committee on resolutions was
in continuous session 16 hours, in?
cluding all of Thursday night. Mr.
Bryan made speech after speech,
swaying the committee by the sheer
force of his magnetic personality and
oratory. Senator Daniel, thc chair?
man; ex-Senator David B. Hill, and
.Mr. John P. Poe, of Maryland, meas?
ured swords with him, and Mr. Daniel
plainly declared that he questioned
thc propriety of a man who had twice
led the party to defeat attempting to
force his leadership on it again.
Hut in the excitement of thc long
committee meeting, when nerves were
on edge. Mr. Bryan proved a giant
in power and won command. It
had been supposed before the meeting
began that the platform as framed
by thc subcommittee would bc
adopted, but it was changed in many
material points, the gold-standard
plank being stricken out and no refer?
ence being made to thc money ques?
tion in the revised draft. The vote
on striking out the goid plank was
35 to 15._
Edmund Hersch, who pleaded guilty
of accepting a bribe while a member
of thc House of Delegates of St
Louis, was sentenced to two years ir
'he penitentiary.
Three boxes containing jewel?
valued at $50,000. belonging to thc
wife of Bishop Potter, were stolen at
Coopcrstown, N. Y.
Thc dedication of thc Virginif
Building at the World's Fair hal
again been postponed.
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Frank E. Randall, president of the
Miami Yailey Gas and Fuel Com
pany, was adjudged in contempt by
Justice Blanchard.
Mrs. Nancy May. who was convicted
of murder, was pardoned just as shr
was about to enter thc Kentucky state
prison.
Two negro boys were killed by
lightning at Raleigh. N. C., and a man
near Camden, S. C.
Margaret ? O'Connor was found
strangled to death in a furnished room
'" w,'? York.
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17 KILLED^_50 INJURED
{ Passenger Train Crashes Into An
Excursion. j
THE OPERATOR GAVE WRONG SIGNAL.
iccldent on tbe Greenwood Lake Branch
of the Erle Railroad at Midvale, N. J.?
Locomotive of the Passenger Crashed
Into the Rear Coach of Excur lon and
Plowed Its Way Entirely Through.
New York, (Special).?Seventeen
persons were killed and about fifty
injured in a collision which occurred
at Midvale, N. J., just before noon,
when a regular passenger train on the
Greenwood Lake branch of thc Erie
railroad ran into an excursion train
that had stopped to take water. All
the dead and injured lived in Ho?
boken, Jersey City and New York.
The accident is believed to have re
suited from a tower operator hav?
ing lowered his signal too soon, and
this was admitted by D. W. Cooke,
general passenger agent of the Erie
Railroad, who gave out a statement
in which he said:
"The operator in the tower failed
to set the block signal against the
train following."
The train which was run into was
a special carrying members of the
First Plattdeutchcr Association of
Hoboken on their annual outing, and
had 800 passengers. It consisted of
twelve cars and two engines. The
first engine had taken water and the
train moved up and stopped with the
second engine beside the tank, when
the regular train drew near.
The flagman of the special signalled
the engineer of the oncoming train
but, owing to a curve in the road
his flag was not seen until too late.
It is claimed that the engineer of
thc regular train had slowed down to
about ten miles an hour before he
crashed into the special, but his en?
gine tore through thc rear car th*
grcater part of its length, and drove
the forward end of that car into the
car ahead. The killed and injured
were in these two cars.
The wreckage did not catch fire
and the work-of taking out the deac
and maimed was accomplished quick
ly
The passengers from the unmjurec1
coaches ran back and joined in th*
work, and the residents of Midvale
many of whom had heard the crash
assisted them.
The fourteen dead were soon laic
beside the track, and the injuree1 j
were carried to the nearby houses.
While physicians were being sent j
for women of Midvale brought j
bandages and other articles to be
used in caring for the injured.
An engine and cars were sent from
Little FtilfJaO the sceneL.of the wreck. |
and as rapidly as possible the nf'Sl
seriously hurt were prepared foi
transportation by train to Little F"?Ill
and thence to Jersey City or Ho?
boken.
Thc les* severely hurt wre ron
tinued under treatment in Mid
vale until later in thc dav. All those
hurt were eventually taken either tr
their homes or to hospitals.
WESTERN FLOODS RECEDING.
War Department Sends Tents and Food for
Suffers.
Kansas City. Mo., (Special).?Thc
flood at Armourdale, Argentine and
Lower Kansas City, Kan., on thc
Kaw river, and to Manhattan ,half?
way across Kansas, has fallen steadily
since late Saturday.
The waters at Manhattan became
stationary at midnight, after rising
steadily all day, and then began to
go down, eliminating the last danger
of further damage at the mouth of
the Kaw or along its course.
The Missouri river at Kansas City
and north also receded fast and no
additional damage to Harlem or the
East Bottom will result from the
overflow of that 6tream. At thc
stockyards the fall was slow and con?
ditions were still bad. Most of the
pens were flooded. Railroad and
business men say the damage locally
is insignificant, when compared with
last year's losses.
The relief committee of Kansas
City, Kan., which are caring for the
5,000 homeless in the suburbs of that
city, has decided to accept the lid
granted by thc War Department.
Lieut. R. S. Loughborough, of Fort
Leavenworth, Kan., who was sent by
the War Department to investigate
the situation, recommended that -'.ooo
rations bc given the city and addi?
tional food supplies be sent each day as
needed. A refuge camp has been
opened as last year, and all thc suf?
ferers are being well taken care of.
Washington.?Acting upon a report
from General Bell, who investi?
gated the conditions at Kansas City
Kan., growing ont of the flood. Act?
ing Secretary of War Oliver tele
graphed General Bell to issue 1,000
tents and five days' rations for the
lood sufferers.
Settles for Et.el's Death.
Washington, (Special).?The Chi
lese Government has settled the claims
growing out of the killing of Louis
Etzel, the newspaper correspondent,
n. a manner regarded by the State
Department as highly honorable and
satisfactory. Minister Conger has
:ablcd the department that thc Chi?
nese Government, after making an
investigation, has ordered the punish?
ment of the officer and soldiers that
killed Etzel. China has undertaken
to pay an indemnity of $25,000 (Mexi?
can), which will be given to the
widowed mother of Etzel in Denver
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
W tkly Crop Report.
The Weather Bureau's weekly sum
nary of crop conditions is as follows
"In thc Lake region and centra)
railers the week just ended was un?
reasonably cool ami unfavorable for
rapid growth, but highly favorable
temperature prevails in thc Somnern
States and in the Rocky Mountians
ind Pacific Coast districts. In thc
districts east of the Rocky Mountains
die rainfall, as a whole; was well
distributed and ample, too much oc
rurring in the lower Missouri and Red
River of the North valleys. Por
'ions of the South Atlantic and east
Gulf Sta'es continue to need rain, al?
though droughty conditions in these
districts have been largely relieved.
Rain in much needed on the im?
mediate North Pacific Coast.
"In Nebraska and Kansas corn has
grown well, but in the central and
eastern' portion.- of thc corn brit
growth has ber slow, as a result of
cool weather. Except in portions of
Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri,
where fields are weedy, the crop is
in a good state of cultivation.
'"Winter wheat harvest has made
slow progress in Missouri and Kansas,
and damage to wheat in shocks is re?
ported from the first named Sta*e
Complaints of rust are also received
from portions of Missouri and from
Nebraska and Kansas. East of the
Mississippi River better harvesting
weather has prevailed, and this work,
is a whole, has advanced satisfactorily,
having begun in Oregon and will
soon begin in Washington.
"In the northern portion of the
spring wheat region cool wet weather
has checked rapid advancement of
spring wheat, which, however, is gen?
erally doing well. Over thc southern
portion of thc spring wheat region
thc reports indicate an improvement
over the previous week. An improve?
ment is also reported from Washing?
ton, but in Oregon the crop is heading
short, and light yields are expected.
"The general outlook for oats is
promising, but this crop has suffered
from excessive moisture on lowlands
in Minnesota and in portions of Mis?
souri. Nebraska, and Oklahoma. List
of the Mississippi harvesting has
made good progress in the more
southerly districts, but to thc west?
ward this work Ins been interrupted
by rains in Missouri and southern
Kansas.
"An improvement in cotton is gen?
erally indicated throughout the cot?
ton belt, and while the plant continues
small in the central and eastern dis?
tricts it is now making rap d growth
throughout the belt, especially in the
central and western districts. The
crop is generallv weil cultivated, al?
though some fields in Oklahoma and
northeastern Texas are foul. Cotton
is beginning to open in 'he extreme
southwestern coast comities of-Tcxas.
"All reports respecting tobacco in?
dicate that thc crop is.grawin? nicely
ajid is in verv oromisintr condition.
Rudolf Von Qotsclattll, the Germen
poet and writer, luis been endowed
with an annuity of I'MO marks by the
city of Leiesic.