1899.01.09 Lasker Simul 27b, Edinburgh (+24=1-2)

Twenty-seven players altogether opposed Mr Lasker... Mr C. Meikle was the first to sustain the credit of the club... by the champion conceeding him a draw in a very level position... a Northampton gentleman, Mr J. Greeves, to score the first win against Mr. Lasker... two of the strongest local players, Messrs J. G. Thomson and G. P. Galloway, had to acknowledge defeat... Mr D. Y. Mills played a Sicilian defence... thus allowing Mr Mills to score the second win... The play was brought to a close about a quarter-past eleven, Mr Lasker having won 24 games, lost 2, and drawn 1.
Source: Edinburgh <Scotsman>, 1899.01.10, p9

The room in the Clarendon Hotel which was set apart for the players... amongst the games last to be concluded were those of Dr Knight, Messrs J. and A. B. Steele, and Latta. Ex-Bailie Buchan fell early in the contest, making a slip at the start which cost him his queen. Mr Ellis, the other member of the Portobello Chess Club, continued to play until the thirtieth move.
Source: <Musselburgh News>, 1899.01.13, p6