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Show NEW PRESIDENT OF HAYTI. Gen. Nord Has Finally Realized the Ambition of His Life. Gen. Nord, who has Just taken tho oath of ofllco ns tho president ot the Haytlnn Republic, hns boon a promt-nont promt-nont figure In tho maelstrom ot Haytlnn Haytl-nn politics for heveral years. Ho comes from tho northern part of tho country, near Capo Hayllcn, and Is nbout 85 years old. Tho dream of this old no-gro's no-gro's llfo bus been to bo president ot I iao black republic, nnd In this ambition ambi-tion ho has been relentlessly spurred on by his wlfo, who had declared that fiho would bo tho mistress of tho executive ex-ecutive mansion, If oven for only a fow CrveMi. Atom months nr days, boforo Bho died, a determination de-termination In which she has at last succeeded. |