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Show TELEGRAPHIC. UTAH IN CONGRESS. Chicago, Jan. 23.-A Washington special says: A Republican member of the Elections Committee says that he thinks the committee must report in Cannon's favor as previous Congresses had investigated the matter and declared that he was naturalized. His polygamy does not legally disqualify him from membership. There is an aggressive anti-"Mormon" sentiment here, says the Tribune's Washington correspondent, which becomes manifest in bills, resolutions, petitions, memorials, and small-talk. "Mormon" spies and money are believed to be at work among the congressmen to discover and work on their weak points. The Inter-Ocean's Washington special says: Many people from Utah are here, working up a movement to secure a new form of government for the Territory. They do not desire a Territorial form of government nor do they want either of the Utah bills now before Congress to become law. They propose to have Utah governed on the same general plan on which the affairs of the District of Columbia are regulated. They urge the appointment by the President of a Board of Commissioners consisting of eight or ten members who shall take the place of the Governor and Legislature. MYSTERIOUS COFFINS. Chicago, Jan. 24.-Some three weeks ago nine mysterious coffins of rude pattern were accidentally unearthed near the corner of Vernon Avenue and 34th Street as the workmen were excavating for a new building. It has just been discovered that these coffins contained the remains of Confederates who died of contagious diseases while prisoners at Camp Douglas during the war, and who are not allowed burial in regular cemeteries. The bones and skulls were being harshly disturbed by boys in the neighborhood, when a citizen of that section had them all collected and decently interred in his private burying ground. The sons of Virginia will take measures to secure their removal to some fitting spot which will be marked appropriately. |