The death is announced in New York of Dr. William Arnold Shanklin, president emeritus of Wesleyan University, and one of, the best known members Methodist "Episcopal United States. He di failure at the age of 63.
Dr. Shanklin had a long record as a minister and an educator and in addition to being president of Welseyan was formerly president of Upper Towa University. He had occupied Methodist pulpits Peru, Kas, Spokane and Seattle, Wash,, Dubuque, Towa, and Reading, The Indian population of the United States increased 2,619 in the last year and now totals 346,962. Tt is shown in tabulation just made public by the Indian Bureau. The figures do not include 60,000 who have surrenderced their tribal identity and are now counted in the general population. Oklahoma still leads the states with 119,989 Indians and next in ith more than 5,000 each are Arizona, 42,841; South Dakota, 23,962; New Mexico, 20,834; Call fornia, 18,702; Minnesota, 13,020; Montana, 12,955; Washington, 12,- 264; Wisconsin, 11,236; North Carolina, 11,949; North Dakota, ala; Michizan, 7.881; Oregon, Nevada, 6,157, and New York, Acconoine to a census taken at midnight on October 1 the population of Tokyo totals 7,917,308, thus. ranking the fifth of the world's cities in the number of inhabitants.
The figures show an increase of }289,819 as compared with the number immediately after the earthquake, although they represent Jo decrease' of 240,829 as compared with the census taken on October:
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