Show rapid growth of harbin harbin the chief russian city in manchuria shows a remarkable ink in creaso during the last tour four years in 1900 there was a population of hut but in a years yeara time it had bad doubled itself and in 1902 it was no less than the increase in rall ganway val traffic on the newly opened railway began to bring a large number of 0 himml granta and in may 1903 the returns give the total sa as in elx months time it had bad increased to ex elusive ot of the military the employed emp loyes of 0 the railway being no DO less lesa than IL it Is said that at the beginning I 1 ot of tola this year the total was L |