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Show RIOTINQ IN PORTO RICO. A Slats ol Anarrhr Rail lo KiUl on lbs land. ! Washington, Nor. IV At ft session of the cabinet much time waa devoted to tho consideration of complaints that hare reached tho war department l legtng that ft atate of practical an arcliy,prevalle In Puerto ltlco. These complaints aeicrlrd that lho lawless elemenla are committing depredatlooa of the gravest character, and that tho I seriousness of lliesltuatluu Is Increased I by tho fact thut United Htatea troops likewise hare been guilty of groan misconduct mis-conduct Hecretary Alger, nt the Inttnnco of tho prrtldcnt, cabled General llrooko, Inquiring aa to the accuracy of the complaints Tho most aerlona allegations are against brigands and lawless element! In tho smaller towna away from the coast It la said that, taking ad van tage of tho unsettled atate of tho coull. try, duo to the transfer of tho government govern-ment from Hpaln to the United Htatea. banda of men hare organtted for robbery rob-bery and rapine, burning houses and plantations, aud levj Ing tribute upon tho people wherever possible In one case, It li aald, they made a raid on n, email town of about 1,000 Inhabitants, fifteen mllee from the nearest troops, nnd burned and destroyed property to a. considerable ml no |