Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

course as cadet Lieutenant when the school
was out for drill.
He served for two years in Pacific waters
on the cruiser Charleston, under Captains
Remy and Dicktns, visiting China, Japan,
Sandwich islands. Mexico and Chilli.
For six years he was a Junior
officer on various United States YES
sells on the Atlantic, visiting many
ports OF the United States, also OF England,
Portugal, Morocco, South America, West In
dies and Central America.
When the Maine was blown up and sunk
Ensign Signor was in charge of a section of
the ffty-fve gunners having a two-months'
drill with cannon and targets in Port Royal
Sound, S. G. These gunners belonged to
the North Atlantic squadron, five of them
to the Maine, and Ensign Signor then wrote
his friends in Nebraska that his section of
the gun school did some fine work on the
monitor Amphitrite. In conveying Skaters
army to Cuba, Ensign Signor was second in
command OF the torpedo boat Rodgers, whose
1000 horse power engines were continually
shaking the little boat into d~isrepair. In
the summer Of 1898 he was ordered to the
gunboat Castine, then lying in Boston
haTbor, with hundreds of men at work i'm
proving it. Here he enjoyed access to the
Boston public libraries. When ready the
Castine was sent to Havana, thence in the
winter to Manila. In May and June of this
year the vessel secuted down along the
Philippine coast, capturing and turning back
many vessels carrying provisions to the Fill
pinos, and on down to Sydney, Australia,
1t then returned TO Manila.
The effect of the navy personnel bill passed
by congress last spring was to promote
young Signor to senior lieutenant upon his
passing a professional and physical exami-
patInp trhiNb hA hos dana aipra q rri vi o. In
Manila.
Last Sunday morning four trumpeters
played a part in the grand anthem unfold
Ye Portals" at the First Methodist church.
The sound OF the four instruments had a
peculiar effect, coming as 1t did from a bal
cony high up, and it brought to the mind o.
one OF the Methodist brethren the story told
of old Peter Cartwright, the famous
preacher and circuit-rider OF many years
ago.
The exhorter was holding a camp-meetinL
in Ohio. There was a great number of
campers on the field and the eccentric
speaker addressed vast concourses at every
service, hut he thought too few were being
converted. He felt that something should
be done to stir the sinners to repentance,
so he prepared a strong sermon on the sec
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world would go on in its sin and wickedness
and at last Gabriel would sound his trumpet
and time would come to an end. He de-
scrfbed the horrors OF the lost and the Joys
OF those who were saved. The sermon grew
in intensity, and he brought his people up
to a grand climax when suddenly the sound
of a trumpet smote the ears Of the anxious
throngs.
There was a great sensation and many fell
upon their knees in terror and began TO re-
pent and pray. Women screamed and
strong mel groaned; ~pandemonium was let
loose for a few minutes. After the terror
had somewhat ceased. the preacher called
to a man up a tree and he descended with a
long tin horn in his hand. The speaker
then turned in fierce wrath and upbraided
the people. He cried out in stentorian tones
that II a man with a tin horn up a tree
could brighten them so, how would It be in
the last great end when Gabriel's trumpet
sounded the knell of the world. The SER
mon had a great effect upon the vast audi