The San Francisco call., 1898-04-21
"Remember the Maine" the Cry of Veterans
 at Nevada City.
Imposing Procession Threads the Streets of the Noun
 tain Town.
Visitors Are Shown Miners at Work Two Thousand Feet Below
 the Surface,
Special Dispatch to The Call.

Special Dispatch to The Call.
 NEVADA CITY, April 20.-The day of the great parade in honor of the Grand Army organizations opened sun- less, but by 10 o'clock the clouds had broken away and the fear that the citys magnificent decorations might 5e spoiled and the proposed pageant inter- rupted by rain were set at rest. People began pouring in at an early hour from surrounding towns, thousands coming from Grass Valley alone. By Il o'clock not less than 5000 people were on the streets.
 The procession was the most impoS- ing ever seen in this county. There were two bands and the cadet drum corps, Companies and of the Sec ond Regiment, California Infantry, commanded by Colonel J. w. Guthrie; the colonel's staff; 200 Grand Army vet erans; Hydraulic Parlor, Native Sons of the Golden West; Nevada City Con- pany, Knights of Sherwood Forest; volunteer fire department, and 700 chil- dren of the Nevada City public schools in uniform. A platoon of police headed the procession.
 The line of march included Broad. Main, Pine Cottage and Commercial streets. Every building along these business and residence thoroughfares was profusely decorated with red. white and blue. The old veterans were the star attraction of the day, and con- tinual cheering greeted them from start to finish. Each of the school classes had a patriotic yell and the Ma tive Sons kept up a rattling Volley Of
 Rah, rah. rah
 Here's to the Maine. Cuba, Cuba.
 Down with Spain.
 They yelled this in passing the veter- ans on the countermarch The old sol- diers took it up and shouted it over and over with gusto.
 This afternoon all available convey ances in the city and vicinity were brought into requisition and the city's guests were taken to the quartz mines, where the men and the least timid of the women were lowered to the bottom levels. from 1500 to 2000 feet beneath the surface, and saw the miners ex- tracting quartz. They were shown through the mills and chlorination works and saw the whole process Of separating gold from rock and making 1t into bars of bullion.
 Tonight the various encampmentS | held business sessions in their halls. | They will hold morning and afternoon | sessions tomorrow, and in the even 1 ing will be entertained at a banquet to 1 be given at Arnory Hall under the di- rection of the local relief corps and Na- tive Daughters. Friday was originally programmed by the committee of fifty l as Grass Valley day, but as the citizens | of that place have made no arrange l ments to entertain the veterans they 1 do not contemplate going to Grass Val | ley in body.
 The fight for department command l ership between Veterans Seamans, | Cahen. Stone and Cushing is waxing warm. Cahen is making aggressive efforts through his lieutenants to cap ture the honor, but so far no candidate appears to have any 'cinch, on the coveted place. Tonight all sides admit l that on the first ballot in the morning l Colonel Stone is likely to lead, but his opponents seem confident he cannot hold his forces intact later.
 Several more delegates arrived on to- | days trains. Among them were J. F. Meehan, Captain R. P. Thomas and | Phil l. Fisher, of George H. Thomas Post: Captain F. L.. Clarke, quarter master of the Veterans Home at Yount- vile. and w w. Stone, president Of the Lincoln Memorial Association, which Is striving to raise funds to erect Lin | coin monument at San Francisco. The | association wants $100,OO0, but after fourteen months labor has ra1seo oniy s140O, through the 25-cent certificate plan. President Stone says there is scheme now formulating by which 1t IS believed the money will be secured in 1 reasonable time. Veterans througnout the country will be asked for offerings on next Memorial day and then an ap- peal will be made to wealthy and patrl- otic citizens at large to make up the deficit A number of liberal donations have already been promised in the East under this scheme.
 The following were elected by the Grand Army encampment to-nght rnaToh hars of the Veterans Home Asso- ciation: Colonel J. c. Currier, re- elected, past department commander; Charles E. Wilson of Thomas Post, san Francisco, reelected; William J. huu- dock Meade Post; Judge R. F. Craw- ford, Santa Rosa; J. c. Campbell
 Stockton.