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BUCKS AND WHITES.Almost Ready to Engage In a Race War at Wait Baden.Wild rumor* of -trouble batmen' tli*' while* and black* at West Ba-9lt;foii have been flying all week, but as yet nothing has occurred, at lenat tlu»re haw been no clash, and ihe *nly result is that abouttw«mty of the negroe* have packed th*»irgrip» and left West Baden. VVe are informed that *he cause ofM * * ^ 0 fthe trouble is an old score between L, W. flindaify proprietor of tbe W*st Baden Springs, and Dr. J. A. Ritter, Sinclair employs about sixty colored men, many of whom reside in houses owued by Ritter There is also a saloon in one room ''of Ritter’s building, which has been^ liberally^patronised by the colored population. vltseems t hat anyfbing with which Ritter is identified is poisonous to Siuclair, vw«yersa* ; A- fresh out burr I ing ex isti ng between the ^^o Sr^iv one day last week, ire are informed, resulted in Sinclair issuing iron-clad orders for aU thefl dored men ih bit am ploy to vaV ^ JiH tl»X i% r; «sanlt;Ho me 4»tToiuxlug tbe~ •• : :—r- ' £ s
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Orleans Progress
Orleans, Indiana, US
Thu, Jun 17, 1897
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