1904 Ayr Burghs by-election
The Ayr Burghs by-election was a Parliamentary by-election. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. The constituency included the Ayrshire burghs of Ayr and Irvine and the Argyllshire burghs of Campbeltown, Inverary and Oban.


1904 Ayr Burghs by-election, Vacancy
Charles Orr-Ewing had been Unionist MP for the seat of Ayr Burghs since the 1895 General Election. He died of heart failure on 24 December 1903 at the age of 43.


1904 Ayr Burghs by-election, Electoral history
The seat had been Unionist since they gained it in 1895. They easily held the seat at the last election, with an increased majority:


1904 Ayr Burghs by-election, Candidates
The local Unionist Association selected 53-year-old George Younger as their candidate to defend the seat. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy. In 1897, he became chairman of George Younger and Son, the family brewing business.


1904 Ayr Burghs by-election, Candidates
The local Liberal Association selected 42-year-old Joseph Dobbie as their candidate to gain the seat. He was educated at the Ayr Academy and the University of Edinburgh and was in favour of social reform.


1904 Ayr Burghs by-election, Campaign
Polling Day was fixed for the 29 January 1904, 36 days after the previous MP died.


1904 Ayr Burghs by-election, Campaign
The most prominent issue of the day was the campaign that leading Unionist, Joseph Chamberlain was running to get his government to introduce protectionist trade measures. His Tariff Reform League made a habit of taking their message to each by-election that occurred. However, the Unionist candidate, George Younger, was a committed supporter of Free Trade rather than Tariff Reform. The league nevertheless set up operations in the constituency to promote the issue which made the Unionist message in the campaign confusing. Younger, unhappy with their presence, got the Unionist Association Chairman to contact Unionist HQ in London to complain. As a result, the Tariff Reform League ceased campaigning and left the constituency.


1904 Ayr Burghs by-election, Result
The Unionist supporting Spectator magazine concluded that "Whichever way we look at the election, it is impossible to dial cover any evidence of Scotland's conversion to Protection."


1904 Ayr Burghs by-election, Aftermath
At the following General Election the Unionists re-gained the seat. The result was:


1904 Baylor football team
The 1904 Baylor football teamwas an American football team that represented Baylor University as an independent during the 1903 college football season. In its first season under head coach Sol Metzger, the team compiled a 2–5–1 record and was outscored by a total of 106 to 34.


1904 Baylor football team
Metzger was brought to Baylor following successes with his previous football teams as both player and captain. At Andover, "the leading preparatory school of the East" at the time, he played two years of football. He subsequently attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he was selected as captain of the freshman football team; after two years of varsity football, the senior was selected as captain of the varsity team and graduated with honor from Penn.


1904 Baylor football team
In March 1904, the Southwestern Intercollegiate Athletic Association was formed, encompassing:


1904 Baylor football team
Following the season, Lester, a right tackle for Baylor, was selected to the All Southwestern football team as a substitute, and center Townes was noted as the greatest rival in the Southwest to Texas's center Glascock.


1904 Belgian general election
Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 29 May 1904. The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 38 of the 81 seats in the Chamber of Representatives.


1904 Belgian general election
Under the alternating system, Chamber elections were only held in the provinces of Hainaut, Limburg, Liège and East Flanders and Senate elections were only held in the remaining five provinces, being Antwerp, Brabant, Luxembourg, Namur and West Flanders.


1904 Bethany Terrible Swedes football team
The 1904 Bethany Terrible Swedes football team represented Bethany College during the 1904 college football season. The team notably beat Oklahoma 36–9.


1904 Bingara state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Bingara on 14 September 1904 because Samuel Moore had been appointed Secretary for Mines in the Carruthers ministry. Until 1904, members appointed to a ministerial position were required to face a by-election. These were generally uncontested. On this occasion a poll was required in Bingara, Glebe (James Hogue) and Tenterfield (Charles Lee) and all were comfortably re-elected. The four other ministers, Joseph Carruthers (St George), James Ashton (Goulburn), Broughton O'Conor (Sherbrooke) and Charles Wade (Gordon), were re-elected unopposed.


1904 Birthday Honours
The 1904 Birthday Honours were announced on 9 November 1904, to celebrate the birthday of King Edward VII that day. The list included appointments to various orders and honours of the United Kingdom and the British Empire.


1904 Birthday Honours
The list was published in The Times on 9 November 1904, and the various honours were gazetted in The London Gazette on 8 November 1904 and 11 November 1904.


1904 Birthday Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour and where appropriate by rank (Knight Grand Cross, Knight Commander, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil).


1904 Boston Americans season
The 1904 Boston Americans season was the fourth season for the professional baseball franchise that later became known as the Boston Red Sox. The Americans finished first in the American League (AL) with a record of 95 wins and 59 losses, 1+1⁄2 games ahead of the New York Highlanders. The team was managed by Jimmy Collins and played its home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds. The Americans were set to play the National League (NL) champion New York Giants in the 1904 World Series; however, the Giants refused to play.


1904 Boston Americans season, Regular season
Prior to the regular season, the team held spring training in Macon, Georgia.


1904 Boston Americans season, Regular season, Statistical leaders
The offense was led by Buck Freeman, who hit 7 home runs and had 84 RBIs, and Freddy Parent with a .291 batting average. The pitching staff was led by Cy Young, who made 43 appearances (41 starts) and pitched 40 complete games with a 26–16 record and 1.97 ERA, while striking out 200 in 380 innings. The team had two other 20-game winners; Bill Dinneen (23–14) and Jesse Tannehill (21–11).


1904 Boston Americans season, Regular season, Season standings
The team had three games end in a tie; September 13 at Philadelphia, September 14 vs. New York, and September 15 vs. New York. Both ties against New York were the second games of doubleheaders. Tie games are not counted in league standings, but player statistics during tie games are counted.


1904 Boston Americans season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1904 Boston Americans season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1904 Boston Beaneaters season
The 1904 Boston Beaneaters season was the 34th season of the franchise.


1904 Boston Beaneaters season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1904 Boston Beaneaters season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1904 Boston Beaneaters season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1904 Boston Beaneaters season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1904 Boston Beaneaters season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1904 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand
The 1904 British Isles tour to New Zealand and Australia was the sixth tour by a British Isles rugby union team and the third to New Zealand or Australia. It is retrospectively classed as one of the British Lions tours, as the Lions naming convention was not adopted until 1950.


1904 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand
Led by Scotland captain David Bedell-Sivright and managed by Arthur O'Brien the tour included 19 matches, 14 in Australia and 5 in New Zealand. Four of the fixtures were test matches – three against Australia and one against the New Zealand All Blacks. The Lions won all three Australian tests but lost the All Blacks' game.


1904 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand
This was the first time that a British team played both Australia and New Zealand in the same tour. It was also the last series until 1989 in which Australian matches were the major component; in between the only Australian fixtures were those appended onto a longer New Zealand tour. The team's captain, Bedell-Sivright, a veteran of the 1903 tour of South Africa, was requested to lead the team by England's Rugby Football Union. Bedell-Sivright broke his leg in the opening match of the New Zealand leg of the tour and Teddy Morgan took over the captaincy.


1904 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand
The uniforms wore by the Lions remained the same than previous tours, blue used in thick hoops and the red and white in thin bands.


1904 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand, Test details, Australia 1st Test
Australia: Jack Verge, Charlie White, Jack Hindmarsh, Stan Wickham, Charlie Redwood, Lew Evans, Snowy Baker, Alec Burdon, Eric Dore, Frank Nicholson (c), Billy Richards, Denis Lutge, Thomas Colton, Harold Judd, Patrick Walsh British Isles: Christopher Stanger-Leathes, Willie Llewellyn, AB O'Brien, Rhys Gabe, T Morgan, P Bush, Frankie Hulme, Darkie Bedell-Sivright (c), DH Trail, D Dobson, S Bevan, Stuart Saunders, SN Crowther, B Swannell, Boxer Harding


1904 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand, Test details, Australia 2nd Test
Australia: Jack Verge, Stan Wickham (c), Phil Carmichael, Doug McLean, Snr., Charlie Redwood, John Manning, Snowy Baker, Alec Burdon, Allen Oxlade, Voy Oxenham, Alex McKinnon, Denis Lutge, Puddin Colton, Harold Judd, Patrick Walsh British Isles: AB O'Brien, Willie Llewellyn, Rhys Gabe, Pat McEvedy, T Morgan(c), P Bush, Tommy Vile, Reg Edwards DH Trail, D Dobson, S Bevan, Stuart Saunders, SN Crowther, B Swannell, Boxer Harding


1904 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand, Test details, Australia 3rd Test
Australia: Charlie Redwood, Fred Nicholson, Frank Futter, Stan Wickham (c), Doug McLean, Snr., Lew Evans, Francis Finley, Jack Meibusch, Allen Oxlade, Billy Richards, Blue Dixon, Denis Lutge, Jim White, Harold Judd, Patrick Walsh British Isles: AB O'Brien, Willie Llewellyn, Rhys Gabe, Pat McEvedy, T Morgan(c), P Bush, Tommy Vile, Reg Edwards DH Trail, D Dobson, S Bevan, Burnett Massey, SN Crowther, Blair Swannell, Boxer Harding


1904 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand, Test details, New Zealand
New Zealand: RW McGregor, Duncan McGregor, Eric Harper, ME Wood, Billy Wallace, Billy Stead (c), Patrick Harvey, Dave Gallaher, George Tyler, Paddy McMinn, WS Glenn, Tom Cross, BJ Fanning, George Nicholson, Charlie Seeling British Isles: AB O'Brien, PF McEvedy, Willie Llewellyn, Rhys Gabe, T Morgan (c), P Bush, Tommy Vile, RJ Rogers, DH Trail, Denys Dobson, Sid Bevan, RW Edwards, SN Crowther, Blair Swannell, Arthur Harding


1904 Brooklyn Superbas season
The 1904 Brooklyn Superbas finished in sixth place with a 65–97 record.


1904 Brooklyn Superbas season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases


1904 Brooklyn Superbas season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases


1904 Brooklyn Superbas season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games


1904 Brooklyn Superbas season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games


1904 Brooklyn Superbas season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts


1904 Brown Bears football team
The 1904 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University during the 1904 college football season.


1904 CAHL season
The 1904 Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) season was the sixth season of the league. Teams played an eight-game schedule. This was a tumultuous year as Ottawa resigned in February and defaulted four games. The Quebec Hockey Club placed first to take the championship. Quebec did not play for the Stanley Cup.


1904 CAHL season
Also, prior to the start of the season a rival hockey league, the Federal Amateur Hockey League was started, with the Montreal Wanderers taking most of the 'Little Men of Iron' from the Montreal Hockey Club.


1904 CAHL season, League business, Executive
As the Wanderers had signed players from Montreal, it was forbidden for teams to play games against FAHL teams, and for team officials to participate in FAHL activities.


1904 CAHL season, Season, Highlights
This season saw several impressive rookies including Frank Patrick for Montreal Victorias, Ernie (Moose) Johnson for Montreal and Alf Smith and Jim McGee for Ottawa.


1904 CAHL season, Season, Highlights
The season started out with Ottawa winning their first four games. However, in their third game against the Victorias, the Ottawa team arrived 1½ hours late. The game was called at midnight, with Ottawa ahead 4–1. After a game where the Shamrocks arrived late in Ottawa, the League levied fines against the Shamrocks and Ottawa, and ordered the Ottawa-Victorias game to be replayed. Despite a threat from Mr. Dickson of Ottawa that Ottawa would resign if the game was to be replayed, the League continued to demand that the game be played.


1904 CAHL season, Season, Highlights
The Ottawa club offered to play it if it had a bearing on the league championship, but this was not acceptable to the league. In the end, Ottawa resigned from the league and the league considered the final four games to be forfeits. This overshadowed a great season from Quebec, which won the CAHL season with a record of 5–1 (plus two wins by forfeit).


1904 CAHL season, Stanley Cup challenges
Ottawa would leave the CAHL in mid-season, leaving Quebec to win the league. The Stanley Cup did not pass to the Quebec Bulldogs based on their league championship. The Cup trustees decided that the Cup went with Ottawa. Quebec refused to make a challenge for the Stanley Cup, arguing that the Cup belonged to the CAHL season winner.


1904 CAHL season, Stanley Cup challenges, Winnipeg vs. Ottawa
Before they resigned from the CAHL, Ottawa HC defended the Cup against the Winnipeg Rowing Club in a best two-of-three series played in Ottawa 9–1,2–6,2–0 (2–1).


1904 CAHL season, Exhibitions
After the season, the Montreal Victorias travelled to New York city, to play against Brooklyn Crescents and the New York Wanderers. The Victorias tied Brooklyn 8–8 and lost to the Wanderers 6–4.


1904 CAHL season, Schedule and results
† Ordered to be replayed but never replayed as Ottawaresigned from league.


1904 CAHL season, Player statistics, Goaltending averages
Note: GP = Games played, GA = Goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average


1904 CAHL season, Stanley Cup engraving, Stanley Cup engraving
Cyclone Taylor scratched 'Fred W. Taylor' over the official engraving of 'OTTAWA 1904/Ottawa vs Wanderers'.


1904 CAHL season, Stanley Cup engraving, Montreal Wanderers vs. Ottawa
A two-game series between the Montreal Wanderers from the FAHL and Ottawa from the CAHL was arranged, for the Stanley Cup. The teams played the first game in Montreal to a tie of 5–5. Montreal refused to play overtime, demanding that the game be considered a no-contest and proposed that the series start over as a best two-of-three series. The Cup trustees demanded that the series continued as scheduled and the Wanderers abandoned the challenge.


1904 CAHL season, Stanley Cup engraving, Montreal Wanderers vs. Ottawa
According to the Gazette, the game saw "the dirtiest game ever seen between two senior teams at the Arena." Thirty-six penalties were called. Thomas Leahy was injured and replaced by Ken Mallen. James Strachan, president of the Wanderers was quoted as saying that the Wanderers would not go to Ottawa and play with Dr. Kearns as referee. Ottawa took a 2–0 lead, before the Wanderers scored five in a row. The Ottawas came back with three, the final goal by Frank McGee.


1904 CAHL season, Stanley Cup engraving, Montreal Wanderers vs. Ottawa
The Wanderers demanded a replay of the game to be held in Montreal, which Ottawa refused. The series was cancelled, with Ottawa retained the Stanley Cup championship. Ottawa then joined FAHL in the offseason. || }


1904 CAHL season, Stanley Cup engraving, Brandon Wheat City vs. Ottawa
Brandon Wheat City Hockey Club, the Manitoba League champion challenged for the Cup in a best two-of-three series. It was scheduled only days after the Montreal Wanderers challenge (Coleman page. 98–99)


1904 Calgary municipal election
The 1904 Calgary municipal election was held on December 12, 1904 to elect a Mayor and nine Aldermen to sit on the twenty-first Calgary City Council from January 2, 1905 to January 2, 1906.


1904 Calgary municipal election
Nominations closed on December 5, 1904. Incumbent Mayor Silas Alexander Ramsay did not contest the election and instead constested an Aldermanic position in Ward 1. This resulted in incumbent Ward 1 Aldermen John Emerson defeating his opponents and incumbent Aldermen William Henry Cushing and James Abel Hornby to become the 15th Mayor of Calgary.


1904 Calgary municipal election, Background
The election was held under multiple non-transferable vote where each elector was able to cast a ballot for the mayor and up to three ballots for separate councillors within a voter's designated ward.


1904 Calgary municipal election, By-election
William Leigh Bernard declined the office of Aldermen and his seat was declared unclaimed on January 2, 1905. James Abel Hornby was elected in by-election as Aldermen for Ward 1 on January 18, 1905.


1904 California Golden Bears football team
The 1904 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1904 college football season. The team competed as an independent under head coach James Hopper and compiled a record of 6–1–1. This marked the team's inaugural season at California Field.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress
The 1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress was the first major international chess tournament in America in the twentieth century. It featured the participation of World Champion Emanuel Lasker, who had not played a tournament since 1900 and would not play again until 1909. After the tournament Lasker moved to America and started publishing Lasker's Chess Magazine, which ran from 1904 to 1907. However, that was not the only chess magazine spawned by the tournament. The Daily Bulletins produced by Hermann Helms proved so popular that Helms started the American Chess Bulletin as a direct consequence of the tournament.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress
Volume 1, Issue 1 of the magazine was devoted to Cambridge Springs. Helms was somewhat more successful than Lasker as a publisher and American Chess Bulletin would be edited and published by Helms from 1904 until his death in 1963. The surprising upset victory of Frank Marshall marked his rise to prominence in American chess and he would eventually reign as champion of the United States for twenty-six years.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress
Cambridge Springs 1904 marked the end of Harry Nelson Pillsbury's chess career. He would not play another tournament before his death in 1906 at the age of 33.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Background
A small town in northwestern Pennsylvania, Cambridge Springs seems like an unlikely location to hold an international chess tournament. However, back in the early 1900s Cambridge Springs was a flourishing resort town due to a couple of geographic oddities. The primary factor was location. At first glance nothing seems remarkable about the town, but in fact it is located on the Erie Railroad line, halfway between New York and Chicago, which made it an ideal stopover location for railway patrons. The secondary factor was the local mineral springs which were visited by numerous people seeking to improve their health.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Background
In 1895 William D. Rider Jr. started construction on what he hoped would be the greatest hotel between Chicago and New York City. The mammoth hotel was not completed until 1897. When finished, the hotel featured over five hundred rooms in a seven-story structure spanning five acres. Features included a theater for five hundred, where the chess tournament was held, a ballroom, a solarium, two gymnasiums, bowling alleys and an indoor pool. The hotel grounds were equally impressive, featuring a nine-hole golf course and a man-made lake.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Background
Rider was a successful publicist for his hotel, and the chess tournament of 1904 was an outgrowth of those efforts. Over two hundred reporters from around the world were present at the Rider Hotel. Financed primarily by Rider and the Erie Railroad Company, the tournament received additional support from Professor Isaac Leopold Rice as well as by selling tournament bulletins to chess clubs around the country. It was originally intended that the chess tournament be a yearly affair; however, Rider died in 1905 and the prospect of future tournaments died with him.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Background
Cambridge Springs was the most important chess tournament that took place in the year 1904. It was the first major international tournament in America since the Sixth American Chess Congress of 1889. There would not be another tournament of the same stature in America until the New York 1924 chess tournament. In 1998 the U.S. Chess Championship returned to Cambridge Springs and the tournament was held in one of the few hotels remaining from the railroad resort era, the Riverside Inn.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Participants
All of the world's top players were invited to the tournament. Géza Maróczy was unable to attend due to his career as a mathematics teacher. Siegbert Tarrasch, having finished behind Lasker at Hastings and Nuremberg, was carefully avoiding tournaments in which Lasker was participating. In fact the two would not face each other in a tournament until the St. Petersburg 1914 chess tournament, eighteen years after their last meeting at Nuremberg.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Participants
While most of the players were seasoned international veterans, four of the competitors, Barry, Fox, Hodges and Lawrence, participated in an international tournament for the first time at Cambridge Springs.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Participants
The players could be roughly divided into two groups, eight Europeans and eight Americans.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Participants
The Europeans and Marshall would all arrive in America on a single steamship, the S.S. Pretoria.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Main tournament
The tournament started on April 25, 1904, and ended on May 19, 1904. It was a single-round-robin tournament where each player would play one game against the other players, for a total of fifteen games. Games were played on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. Wednesday was for adjourned games and Saturdays were for Rice Gambit consultation games. Games started at 10:00 am and played until 3:00 pm and then continued at 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm if necessary. The time control was 30 moves in 2 hours, then 15 moves per hour. There was a "grandmaster draw" rule that prohibited draws of less than 30 moves, unless the draw was forced.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Main tournament
Janowski, Marshall and Teichmann all started the tournament very strongly. After six rounds Janowski led with 5½ points, followed closely by Marshall and Teichmann with 5. Teichmann became ill and would only score an additional 1½ points in the remaining nine rounds. Marshall and Janowski continued their torrid pace through the ninth round where they both had eight points, followed by Lasker in third with 6½. In the tenth round however, Janowski started to falter and lost two games in a row, including one to Fox.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Main tournament
Going into the 15th and final round Marshall was in first place with 12 points, but he was only one point ahead of Janowski, who in turn was only one point ahead of Lasker. Marshall played black against Fox who was up a pawn after 20 moves. However, Fox quickly blundered a rook and Marshall won. Meanwhile, Janowski and Lasker were playing against each other for second place. Janowski, with a one-point lead, only needed a draw with the white pieces to clinch the second prize. Janowski launched a very spirited attack against Lasker's king, which was stuck in the center of the board. Lasker was up to the challenge though, and built a defense that turned back Janowski's attack and eventually won the game.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Main tournament
Marshall finished first, undefeated with 13/15, and with his last round victory Lasker tied Janowski for second place with 11/15.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Tournament crosstable
In addition $700 was distributed among the non-prize winners, in accordance with the number of points scored by each player.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Brilliancy prize
The Baron von Rothschild contributed $100 for a brilliancy prize. Initially it was voted to split this into two prizes of $60 and $40. However, in the end four prizes were actually awarded:


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Brilliancy prize
First prize ($40) was won by Schlechter for his defeat of Lasker. Second prize ($25) went to Napier for his win against Barry. Third and fourth prizes ($35) were split by Janowski for his victory over Chigorin,and by Delmar for his victory over Hodges.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Brilliancy prize
The game that won third place, , was not one of the games initially submitted for the prize.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Brilliancy prize
Ten games were submitted for the prize (winners are in bold):


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Pillsbury's revenge
One of the most famous games of the tournament was Pillsbury's revenge against Lasker. This game is actually more famous for the folklore that surrounds it than for the game itself.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Pillsbury's revenge
The story starts in St. Petersburg, 1896 when Lasker beat Pillsbury in a magnificent game which won the brilliancy prize. Immediately after the game Pillsbury is convinced his 7th move was a mistake and an alternate move would have led to an advantage. Dr. J. Hannak, Lasker's biographer, describes Pillsbury's preparation:


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Pillsbury's revenge
That very night, after his shattering defeat, Pillsbury sat down for many hours, analysing his new idea and satisfying himself that indeed it would have given him the advantage. During the next weeks and months he burned a good deal more midnight oil in the privacy of his room, analysing his new variation as thoroughly as he knew how; but he did not tell anybody about it.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Pillsbury's revenge
Since the opening concerned was a variation of the Queen's Gambit very popular in those days, Pillsbury had countless opportunities to give his new line the practical test; but he would not waste his precious discovery on any of the small fry, thereby divulging his great secret; he would spring that surprise on no one less than Lasker.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Pillsbury's revenge
Finally, eight years after his initial defeat, Pillsbury has the opportunity to unveil his improvement against Lasker.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Pillsbury's revenge
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Bg5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 (see diagram) 7. Bxf6! gxf6 8. Qh4 dxc4 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. e3 Ne5 This knight move is a mistake. Tarrasch recommends (10...f5 11.Qxc4 Bg7 12.Qb3 Bxc3+ 13.Qxc3 Qa5) while modern engines prefer(10...f5 11.Qxc4 Qb6 12.Rd2 0-0-0) 11. Nxe5 fxe5 12. Qxc4 Qb6 13. Be2 A positional pawn sacrifice that Black probably should have declined with Rc8. 13... Qxb2 14. 0 -0 Rc8 15. Qd3 Rc7 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Nc4


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Pillsbury's revenge
Qb5 This move is given incorrectly as Qb4 by some sources. 19. f4 exf4? 20. Qd4! White now has a large advantage. 20... f6 21. Qxf4 Qc5 22. Ne5 Be8 23. Ng4 f5 24. Qh6+ Kf7 25. Bc4 Rc6 26. Rxf5+ Qxf5 27. Rf1 Qxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Bd7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Ne5 1–0 Black will get mated in six moves at most.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Cambridge Springs Defense
The Cambridge Springs Defense of the Queen's Gambit Declined takes its name from this 1904 tournament. It was played in three games: ,  and . The results were not good as Black only scored a single draw and two losses.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Cambridge Springs Defense
Despite these results and the fact that the variation did not truly originate at Cambridge Springs, the name Cambridge Springs Defense is still used today to refer to this variation.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Rice Gambit Tournament
Along with the main tournament a special Rice Gambit consultation tournament was contested on three consecutive Saturdays, April 30, May 7 and May 14. This is widely attributed to Rice's sponsorship of the main tournament. It is not clear if the players received additional compensation for playing in the Rice Gambit tournament or if it was considered part of their responsibilities for entering the main tournament.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Rice Gambit Tournament
Overall, the Rice Gambit "won" the tournament with a score of four wins, one loss and two draws.


1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress, Rice Gambit Tournament, Round two
In the third round the four man teams dissolved and three two man consultation games were played instead.


1904 Campeonato Paulista
The 1904 Campeonato Paulista, organized by the LPF (Liga Paulista de Football), was the 3rd season of São Paulo's top association football league. São Paulo Athletic won the title for the 3rd time. no teams were relegated and the top scorers were São Paulo Athletic's Herbert Boyes and Charles Miller with 9 goals.


1904 Campeonato Paulista, System
The championship was disputed in a double-round robin system, with the team with the most points winning the title. The last-placed team would dispute a playoff against a non-league team, Internacional de Santos, to remain in the league.


1904 Canadian federal election
The 1904 Canadian federal election was held on November 3, 1904 to elect members  of the House of Commons of Canada of the 10th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier led the Liberal Party of Canada to a third term in government, with an increased majority, and over half of the popular vote.


1904 Canadian federal election
Sir Robert Borden's Conservatives and Liberal-Conservatives were unable to challenge the Liberals effectively, and lost a small portion of their popular vote, along with four seats, including his own. Borden re-entered parliament the next year in a by-election.


1904 Canadian federal election
This was the last election until 1949 in which parts of the Northwest Territories were granted representation. Most of the settled regions of the NWT entered Confederation as the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan on 1 September 1905, although its MP's continued to sit as representatives of the old ridings until the 10th Parliament's dissolution.


1904 Canadian federal election, National results
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.


1904 Canadian federal election, Results by province
xx - indicates less than 0.05% of the popular vote.


1904 Cape Colony parliamentary election
Elections for the House of Assembly were held in Cape Colony in 1904. The election was a victory for the Progressives under Leander Starr Jameson, who had first achieved prominence for his role in the ill-fated Jameson Raid.


1904 Cape Colony parliamentary election
The incumbent Prime Minister Gordon Sprigg had been elected in 1898 as a Progressive, however the Progressives had been wracked by internal divisions. Whilst most of the party had been able to reconcile under Jameson, Sprigg and his Commissioner of Public Works Arthur Douglass, had been forced to contest the election as Independent Progressives. Both of them would lose their seats to Progressive candidates. The election also saw former Prime Minister William Schreiner lose his seat. Sprigg would resign as Prime Minister some days after the last results were announced, and was succeeded by Jameson. Following the election James Tennant Molteno would be replaced by John X. Merriman as leader of the South African Party.


1904 Cape Colony parliamentary election
Thirteen constituencies were uncontested. Following the election of 95 members, Act 4 was passed, which gave a further twelve seats to the House. These were elected through by-elections in the same year.


1904 Cape Turnagain earthquake
The 1904 Cape Turnagain earthquake struck 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of Cape Turnagain on the morning of 9 August with a magnitude estimated at 6.8 Ms and 7.0–7.2 Mw It was felt throughout the North Island and upper South Island, with many communities within a 500 kilometres (310 mi) radius reporting noticeable ground shaking. Heavy damage occurred to the landscape and personal property and one man died. It was the largest to strike New Zealand since the 7.0 Mw  North Canterbury earthquake in 1888.


1904 Cape Turnagain earthquake, Tectonic setting
New Zealand lies along the boundary between the Australian and Pacific plates.


1904 Cape Turnagain earthquake, Tectonic setting
The 1904 earthquake struck approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) to the west of the Hikurangi Trench, on the shallow plate interface between the Pacific and Australian plates, approximately 16 km beneath the surface.


1904 Cape Turnagain earthquake, Epicentre
Initially when the earthquake struck, the given epicentre being Cape Turnagain was only an estimation. The earthquake was recorded on the worldwide Milne seismograph network and on other seismographs in Europe, but very few of these still exist to this day. Seismograph data of the earthquake was held at stations in Melbourne and Honolulu, as well as various sites across New Zealand. It was with those recordings that seismologists could confirm that the true epicentre of the earthquake was indeed Cape Turnagain, only being about 10 km off from the estimation.


1904 Cape Turnagain earthquake, Damage
The earthquake caused massive amounts of damage to the surrounding landscape, with landslides being reported in an area of over 3,500 km2 between Napier and Featherston. Liquefaction and sand fountains were also reported in several towns, including Napier, Porangahau and Carterton. Property damage occurred on a mass scale, with cracked walls, broken windows and fallen chimneys being the most common structural problems. In Gladstone, a hillside house was completely destroyed, and multiple buildings across the lower North Island burnt down. Personal items such as cutlery, glassware and furniture were reportedly damaged from as far afield as Wellington and Wairoa, both about 180 kilometres (110 mi) from the epicentre.


1904 Cape Turnagain earthquake, Damage
The ground damage recorded in the Cape Turnagain earthquake is noted for being distinctly different from other earthquakes in the area, such as Hawke's Bay in 1931, Pahiatua in 1934 and Masterton in June and August 1942. For example, there were more widespread landsliding and a larger amount of liquefaction. The distribution of landscape deformation such as landsliding was very extensive (about 3,500 km2) and significant landslides were triggered at considerable distances.


1904 Cape Turnagain earthquake, Damage, Landslides
Heavy rockfall was recorded along the Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa coastline, where the moment magnitude of the earthquake was MM7 and MM8. The cliffs from Cape Kidnappers to Bluff Hill, at Blackhead, Cape Turnagain as well as the inland McLaughlin cliffs and hills in the Pohangina Valley had severe rockfall occur. There was also a reported rockfall from the Hatepe pumice cliffs in Lake Taupo, 215 km away, where estimated shaking from the event was only MM3.


1904 Cape Turnagain earthquake, Damage, Landslides
Numerous landslides were reported in and around Herbertville, and on the summit of Puketoi Range near Masterton. Tauweru, also near Masterton, reported rocks and boulders of up to 1 metre in diameter tumble down hill with some small landslides occurring. In Napier, several tonnes of rock fell from Bluff Hill during the earthquake and smaller slips continually occurred for at least three days with each passing aftershock. Many landslides also occurred near Wimbledon, with the largest landslide being near the top of Sergeant's Hill, about a 40–50-meter wide slump gave way, taking down hundreds of trees with it.


1904 Cape Turnagain earthquake, Damage, Liquefaction
Liquefaction occurred at 12 distinct sites, all within a 120 km radius of the epicentre. These sites were at Napier, Taradale, Tutaekuri River, Otane, Tukituki River, Porangahau Township, and Porangahau Beach (all within Hawke's Bay),and Herbertville, Castlepoint, Whakataki, Gladstone, and Carterton (all within the Wairarapa). One eyewitness report from Napier stated "A gentleman who was driving along the beach road at the time of the disturbance, happened to look over to the Whare-o-Maraenui reserve, where he saw large quantities of mud thrown 10 ft into the air in several places."


1904 Cape Turnagain earthquake, Damage, Liquefaction
An excerpt from the Manawatu Evening standard of 12 August read: "Following the earthquake shock and fall of earth off the cliffs at Gladstone, innumerable small holes appeared on the flat adjacent, spouting bluish mud and sand like miniature geysers. They ceased when the shake was over…. When the rumbling commenced … the river seemed to rise from its bed and fall back again, and the bridge swayed and reeled.


1904 Cape Turnagain earthquake, Damage, Liquefaction
McLaughlin's cliffs seemed to stagger, and then some thousands of tons of face fell with a roar into the Makaha creek, forcing the water over the flat, and strewing the land with eels and small trout. Mud and water shot into the air from a hundred holes in the earth around – like miniature volcanoes…. James Green, who was digging out an embedded rock nearby, was thrown violently, the ground opening under him a foot wide, spurting mud and water over him…. The flat presents an interesting spectacle, being punctured by numbers of small volcano-like craters, through which the mud and water spouted."


1904 Cape Turnagain earthquake, Damage, Fires
Several fires ignited after the earthquake. In Waipawa, Tamumu School burnt down, as did two houses in Wanstead and Tawataia. Several other fires burnt on, but were extinguished before extensive damage could be done.


1904 Cape Turnagain earthquake, Damage, Casualties
The earthquake caused a few injuries, although the exact number of injured is unknown. The death of an elderly man near Eketahuna was reported, "presumably from stroke or heart attack."


1904 Cardiganshire County Council election
The sixth elections for Cardiganshire County Council took place in March 1904. They were preceded by the 1901 election and followed by the 1907 election


1904 Cardiganshire County Council election, Overview of the Result
The election was dominated by the controversy over the Education Act and the funding of church schools. In some quarters, candidates were described as 'Progressive' or 'Sectarian' rather than on party lines. However, as in previous elections, there was a large Liberal majority, which was assured once the unopposed returns had been confirmed.


1904 Cardiganshire County Council election, Retiring Aldermen
Eight aldermen retired, all of whom were Liberals apart from Sir Marteine Lloyd. Peter Jones, J.M. Howell, Walter T. Davies and the Rev T. Mason Jones stood in the election but were not re-elected aldermen. Sir Marteine Lloyd, Evan Richards and Rev John  Williams were re-elected without facing the electorate. John Powell stood down.


1904 Cardiganshire County Council election, Results, Aeron
J.M. Howell, whose term as alderman had come to an end, was elected unopposed for a seat that was previously held by a Conservative.


1904 Cardiganshire County Council election, Results, Nantcwnlle
Dr Evan Evans, sitting member for Felinfach, switched to Nantcwnlle, allowing retiring alderman Walter Thomas Davies to contest Felinfach.


1904 Cardiganshire County Council election, Election of Aldermen
Once again a number of aldermen who had not faced the electorate were elected. Evan Richards was elected aldermen for a third term (although he had not faced the electorate since 1892) and Sir Marteine Lloyd and the Rev John Williams for a second term. The other five aldermen were new appointments, including Thomas Morris who had not contested the election. Peter Jones (an alderman since 1889 although he had always sought re-election) and J.M. Howell (an alderman since 1898) were two prominent figures who were re-elected as councillors but not as aldermen.


1904 Cardiganshire County Council election, By-elections
At Cilcennin and Llanfarian Conservative candidates were elected unopposed to fill Liberal vacancies. While one local paper said it 'spoke well' of the Liberals to allow political opponents to take the two seats, including that previously held by the sitting Liberal MP, it also reflected the decline of partisan politics in the county since 1889.


1904 Cardiganshire County Council election, By-elections, Aberaeron by-election
Following Lima Jones's election as alderman, three candidates contested the by-election.


1904 Carlisle Indians football team
The 1904 Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indians football team of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School during the 1904 college football season. The school started their program in 1895 and began playing against Ivy League schools. Within the next twenty years they became one of the strongest football teams in the country.


1904 Carmarthen Rural District Council election
The fourth election to the Carmarthen Rural District Council was held in March 1904. It was preceded by the 1901 election and followed by the 1907 election. The successful candidates were also elected to the Carmarthen Board of Guardians.


1904 Carmarthen Rural District Council election
There were a number of unopposed returns in the rural parishes.


1904 Carmarthen Rural District Council election, Ward Results, Llanfihangel Abercowin (one seat)
David Thomas, the member since 1894, submitted a nomination but then withdrew.


1904 Carmarthen Rural District Council election, Ward Results, Trelech a'r Betws (two seats)
The vicar of Trelech, Rev William Henry Jones, a member of the previous council, submitted a nomination but withdrew.


1904 Carmarthen Rural District Council election, Carmarthen Board of Guardians
All members of the District Council also served as members of Carmarthen Board of Guardians. In addition six members were elected to represent the borough of Carmarthen.


1904 Carmarthen Rural District Council election, Carmarthen Board of Guardians
For the first time since 1894 there was a contested election and although the election was fought on denominational rather than party political lines, the two church candidates were also supported by the Conservative Association. At the recent county council election there had been a close contest between Fuller-Mills and David Davies.


1904 Carmarthenshire County Council election
The sixth election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held in March 1904. It was preceded by the 1901 election and followed by the 1907 election.


1904 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Overview of the Result
The Liberals retained a strong majority with a majority of members returned unopposed. From the outset the election was dominated by the debate over the implementation of the 1902 Education Act, which was fiercely opposed by the radial wing of the Welsh Liberal Party.


1904 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Candidates
The election was fought on more explicitly political lines, largely as a result of the way the education question dominated the election. Following the nominations, the Liberals already had a majority due to the number of candidates returned unopposed. These included all eight candidates in the Llanelli Urban area, including Joseph Roberts, who was returned unopposed for the division previously represented by the veteran tinplate leader, Tom Phillips, who retired due too ill-health.


1904 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Candidates
Several sitting members, mainly Anglican landowners, changed their political allegiance due to the Education question. These included J.W. Gwynne-Hughes of Tregib (Llandeilo).


1904 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Contested Elections
There were only a small number of contested elections and the majorities were small in most instances.


1904 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Contested Elections
As at previous elections, retiring aldermen were not required to seek re-election. The aldermen who retired at the election were


1904 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Summary of Results
This section summarises the detailed results which are noted in the following sections. In some cases there is an ambiguity in the sources over the party affiliations and this is explained below where relevant.


1904 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Summary of Results
This table summarises the result of the elections in all wards. 51 councillors were elected.


1904 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Ward Results
In view of the controversy over education candidates stood as Unionists rather than Conservatives. However, the label Unionist has been used only for those former Liberals who stood under this banner.


1904 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Ward Results, Llanboidy
David Thomas had been elected as a Conservative in 1901.


1904 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Ward Results, Llandilo Rural
William Jones had been elected as an Independent at previous elections.


1904 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Ward Results, Llanegwad
Gwynne Hughes had previously sat as a Liberal and failed to defend the seat as an Unionist.


1904 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Ward Results, Llanybyther
Williams was one of two Liberal candidates in 1901 when both polled the same number of votes and Williams lost on the toss of a coin.


1904 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Ward Results, St Clears
Dr Thomas had sat as a Conservative but was said to have fought this election as a 'radical'.


1904 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Election of Aldermen
In addition to the 51 councillors the council consisted of 17 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term. Following the elections the following nine aldermen were elected (with the number of votes recorded in each case).


1904 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Election of Aldermen
All the elected aldermen were supported by the majority of members.


1904 Case football team
The 1904 Case football team represented the Case School of Applied Science, now a part of Case Western Reserve University, during the 1904 college football season. The team's head coach was Joseph Wentworth. Case won its third consecutive Ohio Athletic Conference title.


1904 Central Oklahoma Bronchos football team
The 1904 Central Oklahoma Bronchos football team represented Central Normal School during the 1904 college football season. The Central squad finished the season with a record of 2–3. Boyd Hill served as the program's first head coach and brought the first victory to the Central campus, a victory over Oklahoma City.


1904 Challenge Cup
The 1903–04 Challenge Cup was the 8th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.


1904 Challenge Cup
Halifax became the second team to record back-to-back Cup wins but would not reach another final until 1921, nor win the Cup again until 1931.


1904 Challenge Cup, Final
The final was contested by the Halifax and Warrington clubs at the Willows in Salford on Saturday 30 April 1904, in front of a crowd of 17,041. Halifax retained their title beating Warrington 8–3.


1904 Chappaqua tornado
The 1904 Chappaqua tornado was an intense tornado that struck northern Westchester County, New York during the afternoon of Saturday, July 16, 1904. As of 2019, this tornado ranks as the strongest tornado to touch down in the county, ranking as F3 on the modern-day Fujita Scale. The tornado formed around 3:30 pm EST within a severe thunderstorm near Chappaqua, New York. The tornado quickly began to produce damage in the hamlet, destroying several structures and killing two people. Homes were knocked off their foundations and rolled over along the tornado's path. By 4:00 pm EST, the tornado dissipated and left $100,000 (1904 USD; $2.4 million 2009 USD) worth of damage in its wake. Hail associated with the same storm cell also inflicted damage upon a few structures. The tornado is known as the worst disaster in the history of Chappaqua.


1904 Chappaqua tornado, Synopsis
During the afternoon of July 16, 1904, a severe thunderstorm produced a strong tornado that touched down around 3:30 pm EST in Chappaqua, New York. Residents reported the first indication of the thunderstorm was a large black cloud approaching the region. The sky was reportedly completely dark as torrential rain and high winds commenced. Intense lightning and loud thunder prompted people to seek shelter in their cellars. The tornado tracked directly through Chappaqua before moving towards the Hudson River. Upon reaching the river, the tornado became a waterspout that was powerful enough to uncover the river bed below it. The waterspout eventually dissipated by 4:00 pm EST. The tornado was later rated as F3 on the modern-day Fujita scale.


1904 Chappaqua tornado, Impact
Black as night without a starCame pitchy darkness on men's eyes,And then great hailstones from the skiesRattled aroundAnd with reboundDrove creatures mad in ChappaquaThe awful grandeur of the sceneImpressed him so it made him cleanForget himself,His house and peltAnd all his goods in Chappaqua


1904 Chappaqua tornado, Impact
At the time of the tornado, roughly 1,000 people lived in the hamlet of Chappaqua. Five homes and three barns were destroyed by the tornado and two people, 80-year-old Mrs. Mary Hibbs and an unknown woman were killed; six additional people were injured. Orchards in the path of the tornado were completely destroyed and greenhouses were leveled. The severity of lightning during the storm caused many women to faint according to The New York Times.


1904 Chappaqua tornado, Impact
The five homes destroyed were wood-frame, two-and-a-half-story buildings, one of which was lifted off its foundation and flipped over before falling to the ground, being demolished on impact. One of the home's occupants was killed after the chimney fell on her. Another person died from shock after seeing her home destroyed. The other four homes were all located within 0.5 miles (0.80 km) of each other. One of the destroyed homes belonged to Walter Snarles; he saw the tornado approaching his home and saved his life by jumping out a window before the home was rolled over by the tornado.


1904 Chappaqua tornado, Impact
Another home belonged to Mrs. Hester Cox; she sustained minor bruises after her home was also rolled over. Nearby, the home of Mr. Marrow was also destroyed; at the time of the tornado, he, his daughter and his niece were inside. The home was turned over on its side; debris injured the two girls, knocking the niece unconscious.


1904 Chappaqua tornado, Impact
A barn belonging to Charles Dodge was destroyed, while the Kensico Cemetery sustained significant hail damage. All the glass on one of the conservatories was shattered. Within hours after the tornado, nearby firefighters rushed to the hamlet to assist victims of the storm. During the nighttime hours, they patrolled the streets and watched over destroyed homes to prevent looters from stealing any valuable items left in the debris. Property damage from the tornado was estimated at $100,000 (1904 USD) and five families were left homeless.


1904 Chappaqua tornado, Impact
Following an assessment of the damage, debris from destroyed homes was found upwards of 3 miles (4.8 km) from Chappaqua, including a marriage certificate. A calf was picked up and tossed roughly 0.25 miles (0.40 km) before landing in an open field unharmed. Two plants were also thrown roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) by the tornado.


1904 Chertsey by-election
The Chertsey by-election, 1904 was a parliamentary by-election held on 7 July 1904 for the British House of Commons constituency of Chertsey. It was caused John Arthur Fyler, who stepped down because of bankruptcy. The candidates were Lord George Bingham (Conservative) and Thomas Sadler (Liberal).


1904 Chertsey by-election, Campaign
Sadler stated that the Government had lost the confidence of the country by the mess and muddle both home and abroad. Sadler considered that the passage of the Education Act violated the great principle of public control of the expenditure of public money. Sadler was supported by the Trades Union Congress, for his promise to support legislation to remedy the Taff Vale decision.


1904 Chertsey by-election, Campaign
Bingham (Conservative) argued that a change of the Government would be disastrous to the British Empire. Bingham also expressed his agreement with the fiscal policy of the Prime Minister, and said that the Chinese Ordinance was the only possible course towards the solution of the problem of the proper development of the Transvaal. Prime Minister Arthur Balfour agreed on this, and gave his support to Bingham.


1904 Chertsey by-election, Results
In the end, the Conservatives won, although its majority was reduced:


1904 Chertsey by-election, Methods of campaigning
Bingham was not too pleased with the methods of campaigning of the Liberal Party. Charles Spencer-Churchill, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, also criticized the campaign in Chertsey. "I must own," he said, "that the election has been characterized by some of the most appalling falsehoods that have ever disgraced a public platform. Nothing to sacred to some kind of people. Even hymns and the prayerbook are not too sacred for their manipulation. If Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's party is going to carry out this kind of practice future either it must be sadly out of his control, or else he has lent himself and his party a kind practice which degrading to public and political life."


1904 Chicago Cubs season
The 1904 Chicago Cubs season was the 33rd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 29th in the National League and the 12th at West Side Park. The Cubs finished second in the National League with a record of 93–60.


1904 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1904 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1904 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1904 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1904 Chicago Maroons football team
The 1904 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago during the 1904 Western Conference football season. In their 13th season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Maroons compiled a 10–1–1 record, finished in third place in the Western Conference with a 5–1–1 record against conference opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 410 to 44.


1904 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1904 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1904 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1904 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1904 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1904 Cincinnati Reds season
The 1904 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the National League with a record of 88–65, 18 games behind the New York Giants.


1904 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season
The Cincinnati Reds had made steady improvements over the past two seasons, and were looking to improve even more in 1904, as they were hoping to contend for the National League pennant. The Reds won only 52 games in 1901, however, they improved to 70 in 1902, and 74 in 1903.


1904 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season
Joe Kelley returned for his third season as player-manager of the team, as he took over first base on a permanent basis after Jake Beckley joined the St. Louis Cardinals. Thirty-one-year-old rookie Fred Odwell joined the team after spending the 1903 season with the Louisville Colonels of the American Association, while another rookie Miller Huggins, took over the starting job at second base.


1904 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season
Cy Seymour led Cincinnati with a .313 batting average, while hitting a club high five home runs, and drove in 58 runners. Tommy Corcoran hit only .230, but he managed to hit two home runs and have a club best 74 RBI. Rookie Miller Huggins led the Reds with 96 runs, while he hit .296 with two homers and 30 RBI.


1904 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season
On the mound, Jack Harper had a breakout season, as he won a team high 23 games, while posting a 2.30 ERA in 35 starts. Noodles Hahn had poor run support, as he only had a 16–18 record, however, Hahn had a 2.06 ERA in 35 games, 34 of them starts. Win Kellum and Tom Walker each won 15 games each, with ERA's of 2.60 and 2.24 respectively.


1904 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season, Season summary
Cincinnati began the season with a mediocre 8–7 record after fifteen games, however, the Reds won their next eight games to move into second place, just half a game behind the first place New York Giants. Cincinnati continue to play good baseball, winning seven of their next ten to improve to 23–11, and take a 1.5 game lead over the Giants and Chicago Cubs for first place in the National League.


1904 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season, Season summary
The Reds, Giants and Cubs continued their battle for first place going into the month of June, but then the Giants got red hot, and Cincinnati, nor Chicago, could keep up with New York. The Reds had a 13–16 slump to drop their record to 36–27, falling into third place, 11.5 games behind the Giants. As the season went on, the Cubs, Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates battled for second place, but all three teams were well behind New York.


1904 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season, Season summary
On August 7, the Reds, Giants and Pirates were in a three team deal, which included Cincinnati sending Mike Donlin to New York, while the Reds acquired Jimmy Sebring from Pittsburgh. The team continued playing good baseball for the remainder of the season, finishing with a record of 88–65, good for third place in the National League, 18 games behind the Giants. The Reds 88 wins was their highest since they won 92 games in the 1898 season.


1904 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1904 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1904 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1904 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1904 Cincinnati football team
The 1904 Cincinnati football team was an American football team that represented the University of Cincinnati as an independent during the 1904 college football season. In their first season under head coach Amos Foster, the Bearcats compiled a 7–1 record. Alfred McCray was the team captain. The team played its home games at Carson Field in Cincinnati.


1904 City of London by-election
The City of London by-election, 1904 was a parliamentary by-election held in England on 9 February 1904 for the House of Commons constituency of City of London.


1904 City of London by-election
The by-election was triggered by the disqualification of the sitting Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP), Hon. Alban Gibbs. The 57-year-old Gibbs was re-elected unopposed.


1904 City of London by-election, Vacancy
Gibbs had been an MP for the City of London since the 1892 general election, when he was elected to succeed his father Hucks Gibbs.


1904 City of London by-election, Vacancy
Alban Gibbs and his brother Vicary (MP for St Albans) were partners in the family business Antony Gibbs & Sons. This firm had organised the sale to the Admiralty of the two Swiftsure-class battleships, Triumph and Swiftsure, which had been constructed in England for the Chilean Navy. Financial difficulties prevented Chile from completing the purchase, and they were bought for the Royal Navy to prevent them from being purchased by Russia, which had made a cash offer for them. Vicary Gibbs told his constituents that if the ships had passed into the hands of a rival nation, the balance of power would have been significantly altered, and that Britain would have fallen behind in naval power relative to its rivals.


1904 City of London by-election, Vacancy
However, in organising the sale, the two brothers had disqualified themselves from sitting in the House of Commons, under the terms of the House of Commons (Disqualification) Act 1782 (22 Geo. III, c. 45)which debarred MPs from accepting contracts from the Crown. Vicary Gibbs told his constituents on 18 January that he would resign from the Commons by taking the Chiltern Hundreds, and then present himself for re-election.


1904 City of London by-election, Vacancy
On 26 January Alban Gibbs told the City of London Conservative Association that his seat would become vacant on the first day of the new session of Parliament, but he was unsure whether this would happen through taking the Chiltern Hundreds, or by some other means. The Association's chairman, Sir John Puleston, moved a vote of thanks to Gibbs for rendering such a "patriotic service" to the country.


1904 City of London by-election, Writ
When Parliament reassembled, neither of the Gibbs brothers applied for the Chiltern Hundreds. Instead they both wrote to the Speaker on 1 February to inform him of the contract. Their letters were read to the Commons on 2 February, and the writs were moved the following day. The writ for the City of London was opposed by the South Donegal MP J. G. Swift MacNeill, who moved an amendment to establish a Select committee to investigate whether the two MPs were actually disqualified.


1904 City of London by-election, Writ
This, he said, was the procedure followed in relation to Baron Rothschild in 1845, and of Sir Sydney Waterlow in 1869; in each case the Speaker had suspended the Motion for the Writ until the question had been considered by the committee. The Speaker disputed MacNeill's assessment, but when MacNeill sustained his objection, the writ was adjourned for debate on the following day. MacNeill similarly objected to the writ for St Albans, and debate on it was also adjourned.


1904 City of London by-election, Writ
Debate resumed on 3 February, when MacNeill submitted that the Gibbs brothers were brokers, and should not necessarily be deemed to be contractors. He believed that it was for the House itself to decide whether the brothers were contractors within the meaning of the Act. This view was opposed by the Home Secretary, Aretas Akers-Douglas, who argued that there was a crucial distinction.


1904 City of London by-election, Writ
Akers-Douglas pointed out that in the previous cases the members concerned had opposed disqualification and wanted to defend the right to retain their seats, whereas the Gibbs brothers wanted to vacate their seats and defend them in by-elections. He argued that the two men had acted in good faith, and that it would be wrong to leave the constituencies unrepresented while the question was decided.


1904 City of London by-election, Writ
The amendment was put and defeated. The writs were then issued for both the City of London and St Albans by-elections.


1904 City of London by-election, Nominations
After notifying the Speaker of his disqualification, Gibbs published a brief address "to the electors of the City of London", which was published as an advertisement in The Times newspaper on 3 February. He told voters that having been obliged to vacate his seat, he intended to offer himself for re-election. Gibbs stated that his "views on political matters are so well known to you that it is unnecessary for me to dwell on them here", but he did venture a cautious comment on the then-current controversy between free trade and protectionism.


1904 City of London by-election, Nominations
He pledged his support for the Prime Minister Arthur Balfour on fiscal policy, but professed "the greatest sympathy for the Imperial Policy by which Mr Chamberlain proposes to bind the Empire together". By contrast, his brother Vicary was less equivocal, telling voters in St Albans that if re-elected he would support Chamberlain's proposals


1904 City of London by-election, Nominations
The nominations day was set as Tuesday 9 February, with polling to be on Saturday 13 February if the seat was contested. However, The Times reported that there was "no probability of a contest", and when the returning officers received nominations at the Guildhall on 9 February Gibbs was indeed unopposed. His election was announced from the Guildhall at 1pm.


1904 City of London by-election, Nominations
His brother was not so lucky. Vicary Gibbs faced a strong campaign from his Liberal opponent at the St Albans by-election, and was narrowly defeated.


1904 City of London by-election, Aftermath
Two years later, at the general election in January 1906, Gibbs was one of two Conservatives re-elected for the City of London with a large majority over their Liberal opponents. However, the outgoing Prime Minister Arthur Balfour had been defeated in his Manchester East. After consulting with leading Conservatives in the City of London, Gibbs wrote to Balfour on 24 January offering to resign his safe seat to allow Balfour to stand, and the following day Balfour sent a telegram accepting the offer.


1904 City of London by-election, Aftermath
Gibbs resigned from the Commons on 14 February by the procedural device of appointment as Steward of the Manor of Northstead. At the resulting by-election on 26 February, Balfour was returned with 78.9% of the votes. In September 1907, Gibbs succeeded his father as Baron Aldenham, and took his seat in the House of Lords.


1904 Clemson Tigers football team
The 1904 Clemson Tigers football team represented the Clemson Tigers of Clemson Agricultural College  during the 1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Under first year head coach Shack Shealy, the team posted a 3–3–1 record. Joe Holland was the captain.


1904 Cleveland Naps season
The 1904 Cleveland Naps season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 86–65, 7½ games behind the Boston Americans.


1904 Cleveland Naps season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1904 Cleveland Naps season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1904 Cleveland Naps season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1904 Colgate football team
The 1904 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1904 college football season. In its second season under head coach Buck O'Neill, the team compiled an 8–1–1 record. F. Gorham Brigham was the team captain. The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.


1904 College Football All-America Team
The 1904 College Football All-America team is composed of various organizations that chose College Football All-America Teams that season. The organizations that chose the teams included Collier's Weekly selected by Walter Camp.


1904 College Football All-Southern Team
The 1904 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.


1904 College Football All-Southern Team
In Dan McGugin and Mike Donahue's first year as head coach, Vanderbilt and Auburn shared the SIAA championship, challenging John Heisman's eminence in the South.


1904 College Football All-Southern Team, Composite overview
Henry D. Phillips and John Scarbrough were both unanimous selections.


1904 College Football All-Southern Team, Key
C = received votes for a composite selection put together by John de Saulles using the teams of Grantland Rice, W. R. Tichenor, Heisman, and others.


1904 College Football All-Southern Team, Key
H = selected by John Heisman, coach at Georgia Institute of Technology. He had a first and second team.


1904 College Football All-Southern Team, Key
WRT = selected by W. R. Tichenor in the Atlanta News.


1904 College Football All-Southern Team, Key
GR = selected by Grantland Rice in the Atlanta Journal.


1904 College Football All-Southern Team, Key
NB = selected by former Tennessee player Nash Buckingham in the Memphis Commercial Appeal.


1904 College Football All-Southern Team, Key
WJE = selected by William J. Ewing in the Nashville American.


1904 College Football All-Southern Team, Key
EC = selected by Edwin Camp, in Illustrated Sporting News.


1904 College Football All-Southern Team, Key
WK = selected by Willis Keinholz, head coach at the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts.


1904 Colombian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Colombia in 1904. The result was a victory for Rafael Reyes of the Conservative Party.


1904 Colombian presidential election, Electoral system
The 1886 constitution changed the presidential electoral system from one where a candidate had to win a majority of states to be elected (or be elected by Congress if no candidate won a majority of states), to a two-stage system. Voters meeting literacy and property requirements (which were not required for local and regional elections) elected members of an electoral college, who in turn elected the President.


1904 Colorado Agricultural Aggies football team
The 1904 Colorado Agricultural Aggies football team represented Colorado Agricultural College (now known as Colorado State University) in the Colorado Football Association (CFA) during the 1904 college football season. In their first season under head coach John H. McIntosh, the Aggies compiled a 0–4–1 record, finished last in the CFA, and were outscored by a total of 125 to 6.


1904 Colorado Silver and Gold football team
The 1904 Colorado Silver and Gold football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado during the 1904 college football season. Dave Cropp led the team to a mark of 3–1 in the CFA and 6–2–1 overall in his second and final season.


1904 Colorado gubernatorial election
The 1904 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1904.


1904 Colorado gubernatorial election
According to the tabulated results, Democratic nominee Alva Adams defeated incumbent Republican James Hamilton Peabody with 50.64% of the vote. Peabody successfully contested the results based on allegations of Democratic voter fraud in Denver and was installed as Governor on March 17, 1905 after Alva Adams had served for over two months. Peabody, who also faced election fraud allegations against himself, resigned the same day. Republican Lieutenant Governor Jesse Fuller McDonald then ascended to the governorship. This episode caused Colorado to have three different Governors within a time span of 24 hours.


1904 Columbia Blue and White football team
The 1904 Columbia Blue and White football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1904 college football season. In its third season under head coach Bill Morley, the team compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 120 to 68. Robert Stangland was the team captain.


1904 Columbia Blue and White football team
The team's roster included W. E. Metzenthin at quarterback and Tom Thorp at tackle. Metzenthin was selected as a first-team All-American by the New York Herald, and Thorp was selected as a second-team All-American by Walter Camp, Caspar Whitney, and the New York Sun.


1904 Columbia Blue and White football team
Columbia's sports teams were commonly called the "Blue and White" in this era, but had no official nickname. The name "Lions" would not be adopted until 1910.


1904 Columbia Blue and White football team
The team played its home games at the American League Park, a baseball park in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City, and also the home field of the New York Yankees.


1904 Connecticut Aggies football team
The 1904 Connecticut Aggies football team represented Connecticut Agricultural College, now the University of Connecticut, in the 1904 college football season. This was the ninth year that the school fielded a football team. The Aggies were led by third year head coach Edwin O. Smith, and completed the season with a record of 5–3–1.


1904 Connecticut gubernatorial election
The 1904 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1904. Republican nominee Henry Roberts defeated Democratic nominee A. Heaton Robertson with 54.88% of the vote.


1904 Copa del Rey
The Copa del Rey 1904 was the second staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition.


1904 Copa del Rey
The competition was played in 1904 in Madrid. It was notable for its chaotic development and the fact that Athletic Bilbao won the trophy without playing a game.


1904 Copa del Rey, Details
Originally, three teams were to participate, one for each region. The newly formed Madrid Football Federation, who organized the competition for the first time (the previous tournament was organized by Madrid CF), invited Athletic Bilbao representing Biscay and Espanyol of Barcelona representing Catalonia. Madrid was to be represented by the winner of a preliminary round between Club Español de Madrid and Madrid-Moderno (a merger of Madrid CF and Moderno). The three teams were to contest the cup in a round-robin format.


1904 Copa del Rey, Details
Before the tournament Espanyol, unhappy with the competition system, announced they would not go to Madrid. Then two more teams from Madrid, Moncloa FC and Iberia Football Club, were admitted in the competition, forcing a change to the schedule.


1904 Copa del Rey, Details
The competition started on March 13, 1904, but on March 19 the problems started. The match between Español of Madrid and Madrid-Moderno ended tied at 5–5. The captains of both teams agreed not to play extra time, but failed to reach an agreement on when they should replay the match. Español wanted to play the next day, but Madrid-Moderno refused, saying that under the rules of the tournament a replay could not be played less than 48 hours after the previous game. Next day Español went to play the replay, but Madrid-Moderno did not. The regional federation, whose president Ceferino Birdalone happened to be president of Español as well, ruled in favor of Español, who were declared winners of the match.


1904 Copa del Rey, Details
While the Cup final was originally scheduled for March 26, the inclusion of Moncloa and Iberia in the tournament at the last minute necessitated an extra qualifying game and delayed the final. On March 27, Español and Moncloa faced one another. Español were winning 1-0 when by chance their defender Hermúa was injured. He was diagnosed with a broken tibia and fibula. The referee then decided to suspend the match, at which point Español claimed the victory. During a meeting of the Madrid Association of Football Clubs, the president of the organization proposed to accept the claim, but as he was as Chairman of the claimant club his proposal was rejected.


1904 Copa del Rey, Details
To resolve the conflict, a lottery was held, which favored Español, and named them as finalists. But this team had not won the regional heats: they had tied one game and had not completed the other, which led Athletic to file a complaint. Faced with this problem and unable to quickly solve the case, coupled with the rush of players from the Basque club to return to their occupations, the Madrid Association decided to award the cup to Athletic as defending champions.


1904 Copa del Rey, Final Copa del Rey
The qualification of Español was disputed. Athletic, who were not required to qualify, were declared winners.


1904 Copa del Rey Final
The 1904 Copa del Rey Final was the second final of the Copa del Rey. It was supposed to be played in 1904 in Madrid. This edition was notable for its chaotic development and the fact that Athletic Bilbao won the trophy without playing a game.


1904 Copa del Rey Final, Match details
Club Español de Madrid had tied one game and had not completed the other game in 1904 Copa del Rey, which led Athletic to file a complaint. Faced with this problem and unable to quickly solve the case, coupled with the rush of players from the Basque club to return to their occupations, the Madrid Association decided to award the cup to Athletic as defending champions.


1904 Cork City by-election
The Cork City by-election, 1904 took place in Cork City (UK Parliament constituency) on 19 August 1904.


1904 Cork City by-election
It followed the passage of the Land Purchase (Ireland) Act 1903, fought for by Cork MP William O'Brien of the Irish Parliamentary Party. In this he was opposed by his colleagues in the party for having achieved Land Reform before Home Rule. In disgust, O'Brien closed his newspaper the Irish People and resigned his seat on 1 January 1904. Eventually the writ was moved to fill the vacant seat and O'Brien was nominated.


1904 Cork City by-election
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1904 Cork Senior Football Championship
The 1904 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 18th staging of the Cork Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887.


1904 Cork Senior Football Championship
Lees won the championship following a defeat of Fermoy in the final at Cork Park. This was their sixth title overall and their third title in succession.


1904 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
The 1904 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 18th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887.


1904 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
St. Finbarr’s won the championship following a walkover from Castletownroche in the final. This was their second championship title overall and their first title in five championship seasons.


1904 Cornell Big Red football team
The 1904 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1904 college football season. In their third, non-consecutive season under head coach Pop Warner, the Big Red compiled a 7–3 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 226 to 92.


1904 County Championship
The 1904 County Championship was the fifteenth officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 9 May to 5 September 1904. Lancashire won their second championship title, while six times champions Yorkshire finished in second place. The previous season's winners, Middlesex, finished in fourth place.


1904 Cuban parliamentary election
Mid -term parliamentary elections were held in Cuba on 28 February 1904 in order to fill half the seats in the House of Representatives. The Conservative Republican Party won the most seats.


1904 Cumberland Bulldogs football team
The 1904 Cumberland Bulldogs football team represented Cumberland University in the 1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The team was a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA), compiling a 3–1 record.


1904 Currie Cup
The 1904 Currie Cup was the seventh edition of the Currie Cup, the premier domestic rugby union competition in South Africa.


1904 Currie Cup
The tournament was won by  Western Province for the sixth time, who won all six of their matches in the competition.


1904 Dallas municipal election
The 1904 Dallas Municipal election was a mayoral and municipal election in Dallas, Texas. The election was held on April 5, 1905. In this election Bryan T. Barry won against an unknown candidate.


1904 Dartmouth football team
The 1904 Dartmouth football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College as an independent during the 1904 college football season. In its second season under head coach Fred Folsom, the team compiled a 7–0–1 record, shut out five of eight opponents, and outscored opponents by a total of 143 to 13. David Main was the team captain. The team played its home games at Alumni Oval in Hanover, New Hampshire.


1904 DePauw football team
The 1904 DePauw football team was an American football team that represented DePauw University in the 1904 college football season.


1904 Delaware gubernatorial election
The 1904 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1904. Though incumbent Republican Governor John Hunn was eligible to run for re-election, he declined to do so. Instead, as the intra-party battle in the Republican Party between the Addicks and anti-Addicks factions continued, Hunn stepped aside to avoid additional conflict. The Addicks, or Union Republicans, nominated Henry C. Conrad for Governor, while the anti-Addicks, or Regular Republicans, held out with their own ticket and nominated Joseph H. Chandler for Governor. On October 12, 1904, the two factions united and agreed to jointly nominate industrialist Preston Lea, a favorite of the Regular Republicans.


1904 Delaware gubernatorial election
In the general election, Lea faced Chandler, the erstwhile candidate of the Regular Republicans, who refused to step aside for Lea and continued his campaign, and former State Senator Caleb S. Pennewill, the Democratic nominee. Lea ended up defeating his opponents by a decisive margin, though somewhat reduced from Hunn's victory in 1900.


1904 Democratic National Convention
The 1904 Democratic National Convention was an American presidential nominating convention that ran from July 6 through 10 in the Coliseum of the St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall in St. Louis, Missouri. Breaking with eight years of control by the Democratic Party's reform wing, the convention nominated conservative Judge Alton B. Parker of New York for president and Henry G. Davis of West Virginia for vice president.


1904 Democratic National Convention
The Democratic ticket lost in the November 1904 presidential election to the Republican Party and its ticket of Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks.


1904 Democratic National Convention, Convention history, Opening
The 1904 Democratic National Convention was opened at two minutes past noon on July 6 in the Coliseum of the old St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall by James K. Jones, chair of the Democratic National Committee. Following the reading of the official call of the convention and delivery of an opening prayer, John Sharp Williams of Mississippi was named the honorary chairman of the gathering, emblematic of a return to power by the conservative Bourbon wing of the party.


1904 Democratic National Convention, Convention history, Opening
The traditionalist Southerner Williams delivered an opening speech but was hindered by a voice unable to reach all of those assembled in the convention hall, many of whom, according to a contemporary press report, "kept up a constant hum of conversation that smothered Mr. Williams’s voice."


1904 Democratic National Convention, Convention history, Presidential nomination
After the second straight defeat of Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan in the 1900 presidential election, the conservative allies of former President Grover Cleveland regained power within the party. However, with the popularity of President Theodore Roosevelt, many of the most prominent Democrats, such as Cleveland and former Attorney General Richard Olney, refused to run. Additionally, Maryland Senator Arthur Pue Gorman alienated many in the South by opposing Roosevelt's policies in Panama.


1904 Democratic National Convention, Convention history, Presidential nomination
In this atmosphere, in advance of the convention conservative Democrats coalesced around New York Court of Appeals Judge Alton B. Parker, an ally of former New York Governor David B. Hill. Parker hoped to one day sit on the United States Supreme Court, but was convinced to run by Hill, and the Parker campaign was backed by conservative business interests. With the reform wing around Bryan and the ethnic political machine of Tammany Hall unable to agree upon a single alternative candidate, Parker was seen by many contemporary observers as a prohibitive favorite to win the nomination.


1904 Democratic National Convention, Convention history, Presidential nomination
Eight names were placed in nomination: Alton B. Parker, William Randolph Hearst, Francis Cockrell, Richard Olney, Edward C. Wall, George Gray, John Sharp Williams, and Nelson A. Miles. Representative Williams thanked the North Dakota delegation for its generosity but declined to be a candidate. Over the objections of Bryan, Parker defeated New York Congressman Hearst on the first ballot. In a further defeat for Bryan, the Democrats adopted a conservative platform far different from the policies espoused in 1896 and 1900. However, Bryan would re-take control of the party in the 1908 Democratic National Convention.


1904 Democratic National Convention, Convention history, Presidential candidates
Chief Judge of New York Court of Appeals Alton B. Parker of New York


1904 Democratic National Convention, Vice Presidential nomination
With Democratic prospects in the November election appearing bleak, most prominent politicians expressed no interest in the vice presidential nomination, or declined when asked to consider it. The names of several lesser-known individuals were mentioned, including businessman Marshall Field of Illinois, former Representative John C. Black of Illinois, Representative James R. Williams of Illinois, attorney John W. Kern of Indiana, Edward C. Wall of Wisconsin, David Bost of Wisconsin, Governor Alexander Monroe Dockery of Missouri, and attorney Joseph W. Folk of Missouri.


1904 Democratic National Convention, Vice Presidential nomination
Four names were placed in nomination: Henry G. Davis, James R. Williams, George Turner, and William A. Harris. Davis, a wealthy, 80-year-old former Senator, was given the honor in the hope he would finance part of the campaign. Davis did not donate as much as party leaders had hoped, but his contributions still represented a third of the party's entire expenditure on the presidential campaign.


1904 Democratic National Convention, Vice Presidential nomination, Closing and notes
After nominating the ticket of Parker and Davis, the convention adjourned sine die at 1:30 pm on Sunday, July 10.


1904 Democratic National Convention, Vice Presidential nomination, Closing and notes
The 1904 Democratic National Convention took place simultaneously with the 1904 World's Fair and the 1904 Summer Olympics.


1904 Detroit College Tigers football team
The 1904 Detroit College Tigers football team  was an American football team that represented Detroit College (renamed the University of Detroit in 1911) as an independent during the 1904 college football season. In its second season under head coach Alfred W. Debo, the team compiled a 4–2 record and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 76 to 28.


1904 Detroit Tigers season
1904 was the fourth year for the Detroit Tigers in the American League. The team finished in seventh place with a record of 62–90 (.408), 32 games behind the Boston Americans. They played ten tie games, which is the major-league record. The 1904 Tigers were outscored by their opponents 627 to 505. The team's attendance at Bennett Park was 177,796, seventh out of the eight teams in the AL. In the year before Ty Cobb's arrival, pitcher George Mullin had a higher batting average than any of the team's regulars at .290.


1904 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1904 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1904 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1904 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1904 Devonport by-election
The Devonport by-election was a Parliamentary by-election. It returned two Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.


1904 Devonport by-election, Vacancy
John Lockie had been Conservative MP for one of the seats of Devonport since the 1902 Devonport by-election. He resigned at the age of 43 and died in January 1906.


1904 Devonport by-election, Electoral history
The seat had been Conservative since he gained it in the 1902 Devonport by-election. Both Devonport seats had been Liberal from 1892-1902.


1904 Devonport by-election, Candidates
The local Conservative Association selected 53-year-old Sir John Jackson as their candidate to defend the seat. He was a contractors for Public Works. He completed the Admiralty Docks at Keyham, Devonport.


1904 Devonport by-election, Candidates
The local Liberal Association selected 54-year-old John Benn as their candidate to gain the seat. Benn was active in the London Dock Strike of 1889, and, as an increasingly prominent London politician, was elected in 1892 as the Liberal Party candidate for St George Division of Tower Hamlets. He was narrowly defeated at the general election in 1895. As a London County Councillor, he helped introduce electric trams to London's streets in 1903. He served as Chairman of the London County Council from 1903-04.


1904 Devonport by-election, Campaign
Polling Day was fixed for 20 June 1904, just days after the previous MP resigned.


1904 Dickinson football team
The 1904 Dickinson football team was an American football team that represented Dickinson College as an independent during the 1904 college football season. The team compiled an 8–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 219 to 53. Professor Forrest Craver was chosen as the team's head football coach; he had been the captain of Dickinson's 1897 team.


1904 Douliu earthquake
The 1904 Douliu earthquake (Chinese: 1904年斗六地震; pinyin: 1904 nián Dǒuliù dìzhèn) struck central Taiwan with a magnitude of 6.1 at 04:25 on November 6. The quake caused widespread damage and killed 145 people, making it the fifth deadliest earthquake of the 20th century in Taiwan.


1904 Douliu earthquake, Technical details
At 04:25 of the morning of 6 November 1904, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake centred on the town of Xingang, Chiayi County, shook towns in present-day Yunlin County, Chiayi County, and Tainan City. Despite the relatively light magnitude, the shallow depth of the temblor (7 km) coupled with the fact that it struck in a populated area meant that casualties were heavier than might be expected.


1904 Douliu earthquake, Technical details
The earthquake was one of the first major quakes in Taiwan to be monitored using seismographs that were introduced by the Japanese. This enabled government officials to pinpoint the magnitude, epicentre and hypocentre of the earthquake with more accuracy than ever before.


1904 Douliu earthquake, Technical details
The quake was felt throughout the island, and Japanese officials recorded sandblasting and soil liquefaction at several sites in the affected area.


1904 Douliu earthquake, Damage
According to Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau, there were 145 deaths, with 50 people seriously injured and 107 people less seriously injured. As a result of the quake 590 dwellings were completely destroyed, while a further 1,085 dwellings were partially destroyed. The cost of damage was assessed at the time as ¥105,155 (1904 Japanese yen). The worst affected area was Shinkō subprefecture (新港支廳) (Xingang, Chiayi), where 85 of the deaths occurred.


1904 Drake Bulldogs football team
The 1904 Drake Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Drake University as an independent during the 1904 college football season. In its second season under head coach W. J. Monilaw, the team compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 213 to 165.


1904 Drake Bulldogs football team
The team played its home games at Haskins Field. The stadium was dedicated by Governor Albert B. Cummins on October 8, 1904.


1904 East Dorset by-election
The East Dorset by-election was a Parliamentary by-election. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP)  to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.


1904 East Dorset by-election, Vacancy
Hon. Humphrey Sturt had been Conservative MP for the seat of East Dorset since the 1891 By-Election. His succession to the peerage as Baron Alington came on 17 February 1904.


1904 East Dorset by-election, Electoral history
The seat had been Conservative since they gained it in 1886. They held the seat at the last election:


1904 East Dorset by-election, Candidates
The local Conservative Association selected 47-year-old Charles Van Raalte as their candidate to defend the seat. He was Mayor of Poole in 1903. Van Raalte was of Dutch descent and lived locally on Brownsea Island.


1904 East Dorset by-election, Candidates
The local Liberal Association selected 29-year-old Hon. Charles Lyell as their candidate to gain the seat. Lyell was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Forfar and Kincardine Artillery Militia in 1900.


1904 East Dorset by-election, Campaign
Polling Day was fixed for 16 March 1904, 27 days after the previous MP went to the Lord's.