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Show ills mm gIri ASSUMES THE PRESIDENCY General Simon Enter Port au Prince at Head of Army bnd Takes Charge of Government 'Affairs. Port an Prince. General Simon who entered Port nil Prince' at tho lend ot an army of 8,000 men, on Sun-lay Sun-lay Issued a proclamation In which i.c nssumed the tltlo of chief oxecu-Itvo oxecu-Itvo and declared that ho would organize or-ganize n provisional government pend Ing the assembling ot the parliament. Tho Cuban Btenmor Otcrl nrrlved from Kingston, having onboard Gen- i.ral Fouchnrd and thirty other oxllos General Simon agreed to permit Gon trnl Fnuchard to land. Tho two revolutionary leaders remained re-mained together for some tlmo nt General Simon's headquarters, and eflor whnt proved to bo a very amlc-nblu amlc-nblu meeting Goncrat Simon proclaimed proclaim-ed General Fouchard chief executivo ot tho army, all tho forts and the Ilaytlen gunboats firing a salute of twenty-ono guns. Tho situation nt Goanlvcs nnd St. Mario Is gravo, tho movement In favor of Goneral Antolno Flrrnln having been greatly strengthened nt theso places, |