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Show VICTORIOUS HAVTIEH GENERAL ' ASSUMES THE PRESIDENCY General Simon Enters Port au Prince at Head of Army and Takes Charge of Government Affairs. Port nit Prince. Genernl Simon, who entered Port nu Prlnco nt the head of an army of 8,000 men, on Sunday Sun-day Issued n proclamation In which he assumed tho title of chief oxecu-Itvo oxecu-Itvo nnd declnred that ho would orJ Miulzo n provisional government pend' lug the assembling of tho parliament. Tho Cuban steamer Olerl arrived from Kingston, having on board Gen- I r.rnl Poucharil and thirty other exiles. General Simon ngrced to permit General Gen-eral Pouchard to land. Tho two revolutionary leaders re-mnlncd re-mnlncd together for somo time nt Genornl Simon's headquarters, and nfter what proved to bo a very nmlc-nblo nmlc-nblo meeting Genernl Simon proclaimed proclaim-ed Genornl Pouchard chlor cxecutlvo of the nrmy, nil the forts and the Huytlcn gunboats firing n saluto of twenty-one guns. Tho situation nt Connives nnd St. Mnrlo Is grave, tho movement In favor of General Autolnu Flrmln having been greatly strengthened nt theso places. |