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Show 8IMON 18 PRE8IDENT. Successor to Nord Alexis Chosen by Haytlen Congress. Port au Prince General Antolno Simon, tho lender of tho last revolution revolu-tion In Hnytl, that resulted In the night of President Nord Alexis from the capital, and who mado his triumphal trium-phal entry Into Port an Prince ten dnya ngo, was on Thursday unanimously unani-mously olected president of tho republic re-public by tho Haytlen congress. As soon ns tho result of tho olec tlon became known tho great crowd that had assembled outside tho parliament par-liament building broko out Into cheers and snlutcs wcro flrcd from tho fort and tho Hnytlon gunboata In tho harbor. har-bor. Tho other aspirants to tho presidency pres-idency did not come forward nctlvely. Tho reason for this course was tho fear that another outbreak of tho disorder dis-order would result In Amerlcnn Inter vcntlon. |