The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24
At the Hotels

Il had very narrow escape from
being a st. Paulite," said Paul Wills
tach, advance man for Richard Mans
field, at the Ryan last night MY
parents lived out at what is known as
Rice's Valley, and sold the farm and
removed eastward thirty-seven years
before the Great Northern road insert
ed it's beak into st. Paul. The farm
was sold to ]. NJ. Hill, and shortly aft
er the move 1 was born. My father,
John Wilstach, is remembered yet by
many of the old residents of these
parts"
Mr.. Wilstach is a brother Of Frank
J. Wilstach, manager for Viola Allen,
and a brother of ClaXton WiIstach.
manager for dainty little Adelaide
ThurstOn. Mr. Wilstach is a dramatist
of some accomplishment, besides being
a regular contributor to the BOOltman
and other magazines. Tim Murphy
ingtOn play, "A Capitol Comedy" and
he has just finished a new play which
he calls Polly Primrose" 1t has been
secured by Miss ThurstOn, and she will
present it next September.
The following Northwestern guests
were registered at the Ryan yester-
day: l.. i. Booth, Chicago A j.
Palmer, Chicago; Jay p. Graves, Spo-
kane; Sol Kingsbaker. Chicago; e. r.
Young, Appleton, Wis; Reid L. Koss.
Milwaukee; G. W. Latimer, Portage,
Wis; c. D. CougilI, Albert Lea; julius
Bloch, Frankfort Germany; DR.. H. c.
Burch, Redfield, S. D.; w. p. Gearney,
Montreal, P. O.; F. A. Johnson, Madi-
son, Wis; A. C. Chase, Milwaukee,;
c. c. Hollmer, Grand Rapids, Mich;
Mr.. and Mrs. Patterson, Mankato; Miss
Kennedy, Rice Lake, Wis; E. F.
Young, Appleton, Wis.
I'll tell you pretty good thing"
csraTI tee N1rz,,Ir II.
sor. Il see that the man about whom
I'm going to tell you is checked out,
and it doesn't matter now. He was
great, long, lean, country fellow, who
apparently had secured the agency for
some farming implement or something
of the kind, and it had necessitated
a trip into the city. He sat at the
desk, and I watched his antics for a
few Moments don't often do it. but
he was the limit-and L saw him chew
the end OF his pen, then he'd stare at
the ceiling, then at the floor At last
he got up, and walking over to me.
said, with a very wearied look on his
face: Say. where in Sam Hill is this
Bangor. Maine-is that in Wisconsin,
What do you think of that?"
Those from the Northwestern states
at the Windsor were: Mrs. w. 3.
Saunders and son, Millbank, S. D.; D.
E. Hanna. Hudson, Wis; David T.
CainOun, 81 cloud; L. thornton, Min
neapolis; H. Crogan, Chicago; T. Reid.
Cresco, Iowa; c. E. EoIith, West Su-
perior, Wis; A. B. Gunms, Duluth:
John F. Holden, Chicago; Gustav
Bause, Wills, Mimi; George E. Losey.
Lisbon, N. D.. E. w. Barton, Lisbon.
n. D.; G. II. Gephart, Duluth,
AT the Metropolitan: T. D. Morgan
and wife, Sioux City, Iowa; F.. 10.
broom, Detroit; Miss Virginia Kline
Chicago; NJ. Moses, Chicago; Mrs. J.
Morris, Mankato; N. Maurice, VIII
kinson, Mimi; John Lee, Mary, Mimi;
w. S. Mccormick, Duluth.
Merchants: HoIsely r. Watson. J.
B. Rich, j. L. Bright and H. w. Eel
lows, Lewiston, Mont; J. w. Arnold.
Chicago; f. 7. Smith, Litchfield. Mimi.
w. e. Ashley, Grand Rapids, Mich.
f. H. Putnam, Peoria, ILL.,: ]. III. New
mon, Chicago; NJ. ]. Mckenzie, Chi
cago; Fred MackeI. Butte; d. Shaw.
Sioux River Falls, Mimi: A. S. Locke.
Winnipeg, Man.; Frank Evans, Winni-
peg, Man.; Charles Smith and wife.
Chicago; Mr.. and Mrs A. J. Hirseh.
Chicago; C.. r. Davie. ST. Peter: A. b.
Gottschalk, Seattle; z. B. Lewis, Eu-
gene, Or; S. ]. Dunlap. Mandan, N. d.