Was Pillsbury here in 1900 ?

The Winnipeg Free Press indicates that biographies of many Manitobans have been made available online thanks to a joint initiative of the University of Manitoba Press and the Manitoba Historical Society.

I did a search on "Chess" and found this entry for John Walter Harris

1900 -In the entry for February 5 we read: "Go at night to see Pillsbury play chess and checkers. Wonderful exhibition," and on the 7^th: "Saw Pillsbury play 10 games of chess and 4 of checkers last night blindfolded."

I checked the recent article on Magnus Smith and Pillsbury was apparently here in both 1899 and 1890.