1904 Moscow tornado, Present-day assessment
Total damage is estimated at 3,000 single-family homes (Razuvaev), while the loss of life was not properly counted (Gilyarovsky reported seeing only one dead). The disaster occurred in the middle of the Russo-Japanese War, and clearing the rubble and counting the bodies was not a top priority; police reports and formal damage assessments were not published due to war-time censorship. Many of the victims are presumed to be squatters in suburban parks and the Annenhof Forest, which was cleared of fallen trees years after the incident.


1904 Moscow tornado, Other tornadoes
Other tornadoes were recorded in 1945 in Moscow and in 1951, 1956, 1970, 1971, 1984 (during the tornado outbreak of 9 June), 1987, 1994, and 1997 in Moscow Oblast 100 km south-east from Moscow (near Zaraysk). Another was seen in June 2009 near Sergiyev Posad.


1904 NYU Violets football team
The 1904 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1904 college football season. In their only year under head coach Dave Fultz, the team compiled a 3–6 record.


1904 Nashville Garnet and Blue football team
The 1904 Nashville Garnet and Blue football team represented the University of Nashville during the 1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.


1904 Navy Midshipmen football team
The 1904 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1904 college football season. In their first season under head coach Paul Dashiell, the Midshipmen compiled a 7–2–1 record, shut out six opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 149 to 38.


1904 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 1904 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1904 college football season. The team was coached by fifth-year head coach Walter C. Booth and played their home games at Antelope Field in Lincoln, Nebraska. They competed as an independent.


1904 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
Nebraska entered 1904 on a 24-game winning streak, a stretch that included undefeated seasons in 1902 and 1903. Thety extended the winning streak to 27 games before losing to Colorado on October 8th.


1904 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Roster
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1904 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Grand Island
Despite playing its starters only in the second half, Nebraska beat Grand Island 72–0 in the second-largest victory in school history.


1904 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Lincoln High
Nebraska shut out Lincoln High in a pre-season exhibition game.


1904 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Grinnell
On a rainy, muddy day in Lincoln, Nebraska registered its fifth consecutive shutout victory.


1904 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, at Colorado
Colorado became the first team to shut out Nebraska in four years, ending the Cornhuskers' winning streak at 27 games. NU had three opportunities inside of CU's 10-yard line, but failed to score on any of them, and Colorado defeated Nebraska for the first time.


1904 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Lincoln Medics
Nebraska defeated the Lincoln Medics 29–0 in an exhibition game that was the only meeting between the schools.


1904 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Knox
Despite just one day off since scrimmaging the Lincoln Medics, NU shut out Knox 34–0.


1904 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, at Minnesota
After a one-year break, NU's series with Minnesota resumed in Minneapolis. The Gophers scored first, but Nebraska tied the game shortly afterward, the first time a team scored against Minnesota in 12 games. A late Minnesota touchdown gave the Gophers a 16–12 victory.


1904 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Haskell
Nebraska's only points in an upset loss came after recovering a Haskell fumble in the end zone.


1904 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Illinois
NU faced Illinois to end the season for the second consecutive year. Illinois took an early lead and never let Nebraska take control of the game, but the Cornhuskers held on to win 16–10.


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


1904 Nebraska gubernatorial election
Incumbent Republican Governor John H. Mickey won re-election to a second term, defeating Democratic and Populist fusion nominee George W. Berge with 49.67% of the vote.


1904 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Overview
It was contested by 9 teams, and MTK Hungária FC won the championship.


1904 Nevada State Sagebrushers football team
The 1904 Nevada State Sagebrushers football team was an American football team that represented Nevada State University (now known as the University of Nevada, Reno) as an independent during the 1904 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Bruce Shorts, the team compiled a 3–3 record.


1904 Nevada State Sagebrushers football team, Previous season
The Sagebrushers finished the 1903 season 2–4–2. Head coach Allen Steckle resigned and was replaced by Bruce Shorts.


1904 New Hampshire football team
The 1904 New Hampshire football team was an American football team that represented New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts during the 1904 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. Under the direction of first-year head coach G. B. Ward, the team finished with a record of 2–5.


1904 New Hampshire football team, Schedule
Scoring during this era awarded five points for a touchdown, one point for a conversion kick (extra point), and four points for a field goal. Teams played in the one-platoon system and the forward pass was not yet legal. Games were played in two halves rather than four quarters.


1904 New Hampshire football team, Schedule
This was the final season that New Hampshire faced Exeter Academy and Andover Academy.


1904 New Hampshire football team, Schedule
The New Hampshire College Monthly reported that Carl T. Fuller scored New Hampshire's first-ever points from drop kick in the Tufts game.


1904 New Hampshire football team, Schedule
New Hampshire's second team (reserves) defeated the second team of Portsmouth's Maplewood Athletic Club, 22–0, and defeated Thornton Academy in Saco, Maine, 5–0. The sophomore team (class of 1907) defeated Sanborn Seminary in Kingston, 11–0.


1904 New Hampshire football team, Schedule
An end-of-season banquet was held in neighboring Newmarket on October 26; 13 players were awarded varsity letters. The College Monthly noted that the average weight of players on the team was 153.538 pounds (69.644 kg).


1904 New Hampshire football team, Roster
The team photo consists of all 13 lettermen, plus head coach Ward and the student team manager. Two of the players in the back row have nose armor around their necks.


1904 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1904 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1904. Republican nominee John McLane defeated Democratic nominee Henry F. Hollis with 57.83% of the vote.


1904 New Jersey gubernatorial election
The 1904 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1904. Republican nominee Edward C. Stokes defeated Democratic nominee Charles C. Black with 53.50% of the vote.


1904 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team
The 1904 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team was an American football team that represented New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (now known as New Mexico State University) during the 1904 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach John O. Miller, the Aggies compiled a 1–2–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 42 to 33. The team played its home games on College Field, later renamed Miller Field in honor of coach Miller.


1904 New South Wales state election
The 1904 New South Wales state election was held on 6 August 1904 for all of the 90 seats in the 20th New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in single-member constituencies with a first past the post voting system. For the first time, women were entitled to vote. Both adult males and females were entitled to vote, but not Indigenous people. The 19th parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 16 July 1904 by the Governor, Sir Harry Rawson, on the advice of the Premier, Thomas Waddell.


1904 New South Wales state election
This election saw the size of the Legislative Assembly reduced from 125 to 90 seats as a result of the 1903 New South Wales referendum.


1904 New South Wales state election, Results
New South Wales state election, 6 August 1904 Legislative Assembly << 1901–1907 >>


1904 New South Wales state election, Retiring members
Note: Orange Liberal MLA Harry Newman died on 1 June. Deniliquin Independent MLA Joseph Evans died on 5 July. Due to the proximity of the election, no by-elections were held.


1904 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 1904, announced at the time as the Indian Honours, were appointments to various orders and honours of British India. The list was published in The Times on 1 January 1904, and the various honours were gazetted in The London Gazette on the same day.


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


1904 New Year Honours
A list of appointments to the Royal Victorian Order was announced in the London Gazette on 29 December 1903. These were not included in the New Year Honours list, as the individuals had already received their decorations in late 1903. They have been added to the end of this page to show the most complete picture of orders awarded.


1904 New York Giants season
The 1904 New York Giants season was the 22nd season in franchise history. They led the National League in both runs scored and fewest runs allowed, on their way to 106 wins and the pennant.


1904 New York Giants season
The first modern World Series had been played the previous year, but manager John McGraw and owner John T. Brush refused to play the American League champion Boston Americans in a 1904 World Series. They would change their position the following year.


1904 New York Giants season, Regular season
The Giants had little offensive firepower in this pitching-dominated era but scored using a balanced lineup and a lot of small-ball tactics formerly employed by manager McGraw in his playing days. The lineup featured three of the top five stolen base leaders in the majors: Bill Dahlen, Sam Mertes, and Dan McGann.


1904 New York Giants season, Regular season
They also had one of the greatest pitching duos of all-time in Joe McGinnity and Christy Mathewson, who each had arguably the greatest seasons in their Hall of Fame careers. They combined for 68 wins – a 20th-century record for two pitchers on the same team.


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


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


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


1904 New York Highlanders season
The 1904 New York Highlanders season, their second in New York and fourth overall, finished with the team in second place in the American League with a record of 92–59. The team was managed by Clark Griffith and played home games at Hilltop Park.


1904 New York Highlanders season, Regular season, The name
The first verified use of the alternate nickname "Yankees" (a synonym for "Americans", the team being American Leaguers) occurred on April 7, 1904, when a spring training story from Richmond, Virginia carried the headline "Yankees Will Start Home From South To-Day." The New York Evening Journal screamed: "YANKEES BEAT BOSTON". The casual use of that nickname suggests it was already in the popular lexicon, although "Highlanders" would continue to be the primary (and equally unofficial) nickname for several more years.


1904 New York Highlanders season, Regular season, Season summary
The Highlanders were in the thick of the American League pennant race throughout the season, leading by two games as late as September 20. This led to the New York Giants announcement that they would not play in the World Series, since they considered the Highlanders to be only a "minor league" team.


1904 New York Highlanders season, Regular season, Season summary
On the final day of the season at Hilltop Park, New York pitcher Jack Chesbro threw a wild pitch in the ninth inning, giving the Boston Americans the win, and the 1904 AL pennant. Even though it was Boston who stole the pennant on the final day, the Giants stuck to their word and their refusal prevented the World Series from being played.


1904 New York Highlanders season, Regular season, Season summary
It would be a century later, in 2004, the next time Boston directly eliminated the Yankees from title contention, when they did so in the final game of the 2004 ALCS, a hundred years later in a repeat of sorts of the events of that year, the beginning of a long rivalry between the two clubs.


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


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


1904 New York state election
The 1904 New York state election was held on November 8, 1904, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the Secretary of State, the state comptroller, the attorney general, the state treasurer, the state engineer, the chief judge and an associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.


1904 New York state election, History
The Prohibition state convention met on June 14 and 15 at Oswego, New York. Henry W. Wilbur was Temporary Chairman until the choice of Alfred L. Manierre as Permanent Chairman. They nominated John McKee, of Brooklyn, for Governor; Alden W. Young for Lieutenant Governor; James C. Carpenter, of New York City, for Secretary of State; Ira W. Littlefield, of Watertown, for Comptroller; C. A. Shipplebein, of Glens Falls, for Treasurer; and George E. Hillman, of Rochester, for Attorney General.


1904 New York state election, History
The Socialist Labor state convention met on July 7 at 2, New Reade Street in Manhattan. They nominated Daniel De Leon for Governor; Boris Reinstein, of Buffalo, for Lieutenant Governor; Anton Metzler for Secretary of State; James A. Trainor, of Syracuse, for Comptroller; Harvey A. Santee, of New York City, for Treasurer; Frank E. Passanno for Attorney General; and Orcus A. Curtis, of Buffalo, for the Court of Appeals.


1904 New York state election, History
The 1904 Democratic National Convention nominated the Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals Alton B. Parker for U.S. President. Upon accepting the nomination, he resigned his judicial office on August 5, and a month later Democrat Edgar M. Cullen was appointed by Republican Governor Benjamin B. Odell, Jr., to fill the vacancy, as part of a cross endorsement deal to elect also Republican associate judge William E. Werner.


1904 New York state election, History
The Republican state convention met on September 14 and 15 at Saratoga, New York. Jacob Sloat Fassett was Temporary Chairman until the choice of George R. Malby as Permanent Chairman. The convention was marked by the fight between the two Republican bosses: Governor Odell and Thomas C. Platt. Odell's candidate, the incumbent Lieutenant Governor Higgins, was nominated by acclamation after Platt's man, Ex-Lieutenant Governor Timothy L. Woodruff, withdrew. All other candidates were also nominated by acclamation.


1904 New York state election, History
On September 16, the Populist State Committee selected a ticket to be circulated to gather the necessary signatures for the petition to file the ticket. They nominated Alfred J. Boulton for Governor; Charles Spaulding, of Buffalo, for Lieutenant Governor; Orsen L. Drew, of Rochester, for Secretary of State; Louis Manz, of Rochester, for Comptroller; Frank S. Rose, of Albany, for Treasurer; John F. Gaffney, Utica, for Attorney General; Simon G. Levy, of New York City, for State Engineer; Edward N. Heath, of Buffalo, for Chief Judge; and Augustus Babcock, of Binghamton, for associate judge of the Court of Appeals. The petition was filed with the Secretary of State in October.


1904 New York state election, History
The Democratic state convention met on September 21 at Saratoga, New York.


1904 New York state election, Result
The incumbents O'Brien, Kelsey, Van Alstyne and Cullen were re-elected. The incumbent Cunneen was defeated.


1904 New York state election, Result
The Republican, Democratic, Social Democratic and Prohibition parties maintained automatic ballot status (necessary 10,000 votes), the Socialist Labor Party lost it, and the re-founded People's party did not attain it.


1904 Newfoundland general election
The 1904 Newfoundland general election was held on 31 October 1904 to elect members of the 20th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Newfoundland Colony. The Liberal Party led by Robert Bond formed the government.


1904 News of the World Match Play
The 1904 News of the World Match Play was the second News of the World Match Play tournament. It was played from Tuesday 4 to Thursday 6 October at Mid-Surrey Golf Club. 32 players competed in a straight knock-out competition, with each match contested over 18 holes, except for the final which was over 36 holes. The winner received £100 out of a total prize fund of £240. J.H. Taylor defeated Alfred Toogood 5 & 3 in the final to win the tournament.


1904 News of the World Match Play, Qualification
Entry was restricted to members of the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA). Qualification was by a series of 36-hole stroke-play competitions; one for each of the five PGA sections. The Southern section had 16 qualifiers, the Northern section had 6, the Midland 5, the Scottish section 3 and the Irish section 2. In the event of a tie for places there was a playoff. Compared to 1903 the Northern section had one additional qualifier and the Scottish section one less.


1904 News of the World Match Play, Format
The format was unchanged. Matches were over 18 holes except for the final which was over 36 holes. Extra holes were played in the event of a tied match. Two rounds were played on the first day, two more on the second day with the final on the third day.


1904 News of the World Match Play, Prize money
Prize money was increased to £240 with the addition of 8 £5 prizes for the losers in the second round. The winner received £100 and a gold medal, the runner-up £30 and a silver medal, the losing semi-finalists £15 and a bronze medal, while the third round losers received £10 and the second round losers received £5.


1904 Normanton by-election
The Normanton by-election, 1904 was held to elect a member to the Parliament of the United Kingdom.


1904 Normanton by-election, Vacancy
The death of Benjamin Pickard the sitting Lib-Lab Member of Parliament  for Normanton in 1904 meant a vacancy and a by-election in the division. Since 1885 the Yorkshire Miners Association had had an agreement with the Liberals allowing them nominate the candidate for elections to Parliament. Pickard had held the seat at each election under this arrangement since the 1885 general election and generally supported the Liberals in Parliament in return.


1904 Normanton by-election, Lib-Lab successor
Miners’ officials were expecting a contest between their president John Wadsworth and their treasurer Fred Hall. However, there was a third candidate, William Parrott, another Yorkshire Miners Association official. Although he had been canvassed  as a possible candidate he was not expected to put his name forward as he was thought to be committed to a different constituency. However, by the time the miners were asked to vote, the names of all three men were on the ballot paper. Parrott was selected and abandoned his candidature for the Liberals in East Leeds.


1904 Normanton by-election, Lib-Lab successor
The Liberals again decided not to oppose the miners’ candidate and the Independent Labour party also chose not stand a candidate. Parrott, as a member of the Liberal Party, could anticipate the votes of the general body of Liberals in his seat as well as the support of the miners. In addition he had a strong and close association with the late MP, Benjamin Pickard, through his work as a trade unionist going back nearly 30 years.


1904 Normanton by-election, The by-election issues
The election was called for 1 March 1904. The Conservatives selected a London man, Marcus R P Dorman to oppose Parrott.


1904 Normanton by-election, The by-election issues
Parrott’s election address emphasised four points. First he wanted an amendment of the law to secure greater freedoms for trade unions. He was particularly arguing for the restoration of the law on trade unions to what it had been before the Taff Vale case. His next policy opposed the 1902 Education Act. He regretted the abolition of school boards elected by ratepayers in their district, which had been popular with radicals and their replacement by local education authorities under the control of county or borough councils.


1904 Normanton by-election, The by-election issues
Nonconformist electors objected that their local taxes were being used to support the teaching of religious views to which they were opposed, ‘Rome on the Rates’ was their rallying cry. Anglican and Roman Catholic church schools, supported by public funds, were not under public control and teachers in these sectarian schools were subject to religious tests. Parrott’s third policy priority was fiscal reform, in particular opposing a levy on the export of coal, as coal-owners were cutting wage rates and laying off miners to pay for this tax. Finally he was strongly in favour of the temperance movement.


1904 Normanton by-election, The by-election issues
In addition to these points, Parrott made clear during the campaign that he was strongly opposed to preferential tariffs and in favour of the traditional Liberal policy of Free Trade, which was largely thought to favour working people with cheap food. Also, the constituency had about 800 Irish electors who were expected to vote for Parrott. As a Liberal he was believed to be in favour of Home Rule but the religious aspects of the education issue complicated matters.


1904 Normanton by-election, The by-election issues
Dorman's campaign mostly consisted of his defence of the Conservative government and trying to convince the miners and other workingmen that he had their interests at heart. He was in favour of taxation reform to protect British markets and opposed the immigration into Britain of what he described as destitute aliens.


1904 Normanton by-election, The campaign atmosphere
On the whole it was reported as being a quiet campaign compared with some. There was the usual round of public meetings but with the preponderance of outside help and speakers being on the Lib-Lab side and the Conservative candidate suffering more at the expense of hecklers at his events. A later report indicated that Dorman had more or less had to cope single-handedly with very few outside speakers coming in to support his candidature. It was also reported that support for Parrott from Parliamentary speakers had been less than anticipated with many village meetings in the mining areas having been only sparsely attended but this was not helped by the weather which was generally cold and snowy.


1904 Normanton by-election, The campaign atmosphere
One interesting aside, the two candidates took part in a football match on Saturday 27 February between teams from Normanton and Dewsbury, with Dorman kicking off the first half and Parrott kicking off the second. The result is not reported.


1904 Normanton by-election, The campaign atmosphere
On polling day the weather continued cold and there was light snow in the air but the snow was not severe enough to interfere with the election. Parrott toured the constituency in a carriage and pair, Dorman had the use of a motor-car.


1904 Normanton by-election, The result
Despite worries that there might be some apathy in the electorate in view of the previous Lib-Lab domination of the seat and a slow turn-out in the early part of the day Parrott polled 6,855 votes to Dorman's 2,909; a majority of 3,946 (from an electorate of 14,898). This was a larger vote than Pickard had received in all the five previous elections since 1885 and a larger majority than Pickard had ever achieved.


1904 Normanton by-election, The result
Parrott served as MP for Normanton until his death in November 1905. He was succeeded as MP by his former Yorkshire Miners Association colleague Fred Hall.


1904 North Carolina A&M Aggies football team
The 1904 North Carolina A&M Aggies football team represented the North Carolina A&M Aggies of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts during the 1904 college football season. They comped a record of 3–1–2 and outscored their opponents 89 to 11, with the majority of those points coming from the season-opening blowout of Guilford, 59–0. This was first and only season as head coach of the Aggies.


1904 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
The 1904 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 1904 college football season. The team captain for the 1904 season was R. S. Stewart.


1904 North Carolina gubernatorial election
The 1904 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1904. Democratic nominee Robert Broadnax Glenn defeated Republican nominee Charles J. Harris with 61.72% of the vote. At the time, Glenn was an attorney and former member of the state Senate, while Harris was a businessman and former member of the United States Industrial Commission.


1904 North Dakota Agricultural Aggies football team
The 1904 North Dakota Agricultural Aggies football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota Agricultural College (now known as North Dakota State University) as an independent during the 1904 college football season. It was their first season under new head coach A. L. Marshall. Each of their wins and losses were shutouts.


1904 North Dakota gubernatorial election
The 1904 North Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1904. Republican nominee Elmore Y. Sarles defeated Democratic nominee Marthinus F. Hegge with 70.71% of the vote.


1904 North East Lanarkshire by-election
The North East Lanarkshire 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 North East Lanarkshire by-election, Vacancy
Sir William Henry Rattigan had been Liberal Unionist MP for the seat of North East Lanarkshire since the 1901 North East Lanarkshire by-election. He died on 4 July 1904 at the age of 62.


1904 North East Lanarkshire by-election, Electoral history
The seat had been Liberal Unionist since they gained it in 1901;


1904 Northern Illinois State Normal football team
The 1904 Northern Illinois State Normal football team represented Northern Illinois State Normal College as an independent in the 1904 college football season. They were led by first-year head coach Dixie Fleager and played their home games at Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus. The team finished the season with a 5–0 record. Alvin Farr was the team's captain.


1904 Northwestern Purple football team
The 1904 Northwestern Purple football team was an American football team that represented Northwestern University during the 1904 Western Conference football season. In its second season under head coach Walter McCornack, the team compiled an 8–2 record and finished in a tie for fifth place in the Western Conference. The team's sole losses were to Chicago and conference co-champion Minnesota.


1904 Norwegian Football Cup
The 1904 Norwegian Football Cup was the third season of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. The tournament was open for all NFF member clubs and organised by defending cup winner Odd. Four teams joined this competition. Odd won their second consecutive title.


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


1904 Norwich by-election, Vacancy
Sir Harry Bullard had been Conservative MP for the seat of Norwich since the 1895 general election. He died on 26 December 1903 at the age of 62.


1904 Norwich by-election, Electoral history
The seat had been Conservative since they gained it in 1895. They held the seats at the last election, unopposed.


1904 Norwich by-election, Candidates
The local Conservative Association selected 35-year-old Ernest Wild as their candidate to defend the seat. He was born in Norwich and attended Norwich School. He was a Barrister who had been called to Bar at Middle Temple in 1893. He had been Judge of the Norwich Guildhall Court of Record since 1897.


1904 Norwich by-election, Candidates
The local Liberal Association selected 39-year-old Norfolk born, Norwich solicitor Louis Tillett as their candidate to gain the seat.


1904 Norwich by-election, Candidates
The local Independent Labour Party selected 36-year-old Norfolk born George Roberts as their candidate. He had joined the Independent Labour Party in 1886. He was elected to the Norwich School Board in 1889. He was Secretary of the Typographical Association and President of Norwich Trades Council.


1904 Norwich by-election, Campaign
Polling Day was fixed for the 15 January 1904, just 20 days after the previous MP died.


1904 Norwich by-election, Result
The Spectator magazine, known for its Conservative sympathies felt that "There can be little doubt that the election was fought mainly on the fiscal issue, and the result is all the more encouraging to the opponents of Protectionism in that—to quote from the Times—" both the Liberal and the Labour candidates were free traders, their united votes showing a majority of more than four thousand against the advocate of fiscal reform."


1904 Norwich by-election, Aftermath
At the following General Election the Conservatives also lost the other seat, the result was;


1904 Notre Dame football team
The 1904 Notre Dame football team was an American football team that represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1904 college football season. In its first season with Louis J. Salmon as coach, the team compiled a 5–3 record and was outscored by opponents by a combined total of 127 to 94.


1904 Ohio Medical football team
The 1904 Ohio Medical football team was an American football team that represented the Ohio Medical College in the 1904 college football season.


1904 Ohio Northern football team
The 1904 Ohio Northern football team was an American football team that represented Ohio Northern University during the 1904 college football season. The team compiled a 7–2–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 471 to 98. The team averaged nearly 50 points per game but was shut out by Michigan.


1904 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The 1904 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1904 college football season.


1904 Oklahoma A&M Aggies football team
The 1904 Oklahoma A&M Aggies football team represented Oklahoma A&M College in the 1904 college football season. This was the fourth year of football at A&M and the team did not have a head coach. The Aggies played their home games in Stillwater, Oklahoma Territory. They finished the season 0–6. The Aggies did not score a point all season. This season also marked their first game against the Oklahoma Sooners, their longest tenured rival, in the Bedlam Game.


1904 Oklahoma Sooners football team
The 1904 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1904 college football season. In their only year under head coach Fred Ewing, the Sooners compiled a 4–3–1 record, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 204 to 96. This would be the first year that the Sooners would play Oklahoma A&M in the Bedlam Series. This game is known as the infamous Ball in the Creek Game


1904 Ole Miss Rebels football team
The 1904 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The season was up-and-down, featuring a 69–0 loss to SIAA champion Vanderbilt and 114–0 defeat of Southwestern Baptist.


1904 Open Championship
The 1904 Open Championship was the 44th Open Championship, held 8–10 June at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Jack White won his only major title, one stroke ahead of runners-up James Braid and J.H. Taylor, both former champions.


1904 Open Championship
For the first time, the Open was scheduled for three days; the final day remained at 36 holes, but the first two rounds were now over two days. Those within nineteen strokes of the leader made the 36-hole cut, with the additional provision that the final day's field had to contain at least 32 professionals.


1904 Open Championship
The opening round on Wednesday was cold and windy, which led to some high scoring. Robert Thomson led with 75 after reaching the turn in 34. He was a shot ahead of amateur John Graham Jr. and Harry Vardon. It was less windy on Thursday for the second round, and Vardon led on 149, followed by Thomson on 151 and Graham on 152. James Sherlock set a new record for the Open with 71, while Willie Park Jr. scored 72; 52 players were within nineteen strokes of Vardon and made the cut at 168 or better.


1904 Open Championship
Overnight rain and light winds made for some low scoring on Friday. Braid set a new Championship record with a 69 in the third round, reaching the turn in 31. White has the second best score with a 72. After the morning round, Braid led on 226 with White on 227; Vardon was at 228 after a disappointing 79.


1904 Open Championship
White, one of the early starters in the afternoon, scored 69 for 296. Braid also played well but his 71 left him a shot behind. He holed a long putt at the 15th but a four at the short 16th left him too much to do. Taylor was the last player with a chance to catch White but needed a 67 to do so. Starting 3-3-2, he reached the turn in 32. However, like Braid, he took four at the 16th and also ended up a shot behind. His 68 was another new Open record. White's total of 296 was yet another, the first total under 300.


1904 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team
The 1904 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team represented Oregon Agricultural College (now known as Oregon State University) as an independent during the 1904 college football season. In their first season under head coach Allen Steckle, the Aggies compiled a 4–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 119 to 22. The Aggies defeated Washington (26–5) and Utah State (45–0), and lost to Oregon (5–6), and the Multnomah Athletic Club (10–11). Bert Pilkington was the team captain.


1904 Oregon Webfoots football team
The 1904 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon in the 1904 college football season. It was the Webfoots' eleventh season, they competed as an independent and were led by head coach Richard Shore Smith. They finished the season with a record of five wins and three losses (5–3).


1904 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)
1904 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo) was the first water polo championship hold in Hungary. It was organised by the swimming division of the Hungarian Athletes' Association. There were four participating teams in the championship. There was only one round. All the matches were held in Császárfüddő during the first three weekends of September.


1904 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)
Best team of the previous years, MUE did not take part in the championship, because some swimmers were not satisfied with the leadership in connection with the Olympics held in St. Louis.


1904 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), Final list
* M: Matches W: Win D: Drawn L: Lost G+: Goals earned G-: Goals got P: Point


1904 Oswestry by-election
The Oswestry 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.


1904 Oswestry by-election, Vacancy
George Ormsby-Gore had been Conservative MP for the seat of Oswestry since the 1901 Oswestry by-election. On 26 June 1904 he succeeded his father as third Baron Harlech and entered the House of Lords.


1904 Oswestry by-election, Electoral history
The seat had been Conservative since it was created in 1885. They easily held the seat at the last election, with an increased majority:


1904 Oswestry by-election, Candidates
The local Conservative Association selected 39-year-old William Bridgeman as their candidate to defend the seat. He was a prominent Municipal Reform Party member of the London County Council and had no link with the town's area, although his country home, Leigh Manor, Worthen, was then in the same constituency. He was assistant private secretary to Henry Holland, the Colonial Secretary (1889–1892), and then to Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1895 to 1897. In 1897 he became a member of the London School Board, and in 1904 he was elected to the London County Council.


1904 Oswestry by-election, Candidates
The local Liberal Association selected 42-year-old Allan Heywood Bright as their candidate to gain the seat. He had been the Liberal candidate at the previous election in 1901. Previously he had contested Exeter in 1899 and 1900. He had a residence at Weston Rhyn near Oswestry. The Times noted that he had "nursed the constituency assidiously of late".


1904 Oswestry by-election, Campaign
Polling Day was fixed for 26 July 1904, 30 days after the previous MP went to the House of Lords.


1904 Oswestry by-election, Result
The count was conducted the following morning and the result declared at lunch-time. Crowds filled the Bailey Head – so much so that it was thought advisable to announce the result in private to prevent trouble. The Liberals gained the seat from the Conservatives:


1904 Oswestry by-election, Result
The result was "a great surprise for both Conservatives and Liberals alike". Bright believed that the electorate had rejected the government, and that "the whole of Shropshire politics had been simply a policy of Tory bluff and the people seemed to have got tired of it".


1904 Oswestry by-election, Aftermath
The same two candidates met again at the following General Election, the result was:


1904 Pahiatua by-election
The Pahiatua by-election was a by-election in the New Zealand electorate of Pahiatua, a rural seat at the south-east of the North Island.


1904 Pahiatua by-election
The by-election was held on 28 July 1904, and was precipitated by the death of sitting Liberal member of parliament John O'Meara. The election was won by Bill Hawkins who stood as an independent Liberal. Former Wairau MP Lindsay Buick was selected by the government as the official Liberal candidate.


1904 Pahiatua by-election, Notes
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1904 Paris–Roubaix
The 1904 Paris–Roubaix was the ninth edition of the Paris–Roubaix, a classic one-day cycle race in France. The single day event was held on 3 April 1904 and stretched 268 km (167 mi) from Paris to its end in a velodrome in Roubaix. The winner was Hippolyte Aucouturier from France.


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


1904 Pembrokeshire County Council election, Overview of the result
Only a small number of seats were contested and, as a result, 29 members were returned unopposed.


1904 Pembrokeshire County Council election, Results, Fishguard
Yorke stood as an Independent although elected as a Conservative in 1901.


1904 Pembrokeshire County Council election, Results, Milford
Dr Griffith had stood as a Liberal in 1892 and a Liberal Unionist in 1895.


1904 Pembrokeshire County Council election, Election of aldermen
Aldermen were elected at the first meeting of the new council.


1904 Penn Quakers football team
The 1904 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1904 college football season. The team finished with a 12–0 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and Parke H. Davis, and as a co-national champion by the National Championship Foundation. They outscored their opponents 222 to 4.


1904 Penn State football team
The 1904 Penn State football team was an American football team that represented Pennsylvania State College—now known as Pennsylvania State University–as an independent during the 1904 college football season. The team was coached by Tom Fennell and played its home games on Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.


1904 Peruvian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Peru in 1904. José Pardo y Barreda of the Civilista Party was elected unopposed.


1904 Philadelphia Athletics season
The 1904 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 81 wins and 70 losses.


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


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


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


1904 Philadelphia Phillies season
The following lists the events of the 1904 Philadelphia Phillies season.


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


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


1904 Pictorial 4d Lake Taupo invert
The 1904 Pictorial 4d Lake Taupo invert is an invert error on a postage and revenue stamp issued by New Zealand which is considered to be the country's rarest stamp. The centre vignette is inverted in relation to the outer frame. The stamp was discovered in a schoolboy album in 1930 and no other copy has been found since then.


1904 Pictorial 4d Lake Taupo invert
The 4d stamp depicts Lake Taupo in New Zealand's North Island. It was part of the first pictorial series originally issued in 1898 but reissued in different colours and sizes in 1899 and 1900. The same design was used for a 1d value issued in 1898.


1904 Pictorial 4d Lake Taupo invert, Previous owners
In 2010 NZ Post deposited the stamp in the New Zealand national museum Te Papa on a long term loan.


1904 Pittsburgh Pirates season
The 1904 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 23rd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 18th in the National League. The Pirates finished fourth in the National League with a record of 87–66.


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


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


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


1904 Portuguese legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 26 June 1904. The result was a victory for the Regeneration Party, which won 100 seats.


1904 Prima Categoria, References and sources
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1904 Prince Edward Island general election
The 1904 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on December 7, 1904.


1904 Prince Edward Island general election
The election was won by the governing Liberals, led by incumbent Premier Arthur Peters. Peters' own election in the district of 2nd Kings was almost in doubt, due to a tie vote of 515 votes each for him and his Conservative opponent; following a judicial recount, a by-election was held where Peters was acclaimed as the district's Assemblyman.


1904 Prince Edward Island general election
Peters died in January 1908, and was succeeded as Premier by Francis Haszard.


1904 Prince Edward Island general election
The opposition Conservatives, led by John A. Mathieson, lost one seat.


1904 Prince Edward Island general election, Members Elected
The Legislature of Prince Edward Island had two levels of membership from 1893 to 1996 - Assemblymen and Councillors. This was a holdover from when the Island had a bicameral legislature, the General Assembly and the Legislative Council.


1904 Prince Edward Island general election, Members Elected
In 1893, the Legislative Council was abolished and had its membership merged with the Assembly, though the two titles remained separate and were elected by different electoral franchises. Assembleymen were elected by all eligible voters of within a district, while Councillors were only elected by landowners within a district.


1904 Princeton Tigers football team
The 1904 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1904 college football season. The team finished with an 8–2 record under second-year head coach Art Hillebrand and outscored its opponents by a total of 181 to 34. Princeton tackle James Cooney was selected as a consensus first-team honoree on the 1904 College Football All-America Team.


1904 Puerto Rican general election
General elections were held in Puerto Rico in 1904. Since they were held under the colonial rule of the United States, only municipalities were able to democratically elect their representation.


1904 Purdue Boilermakers football team
The 1904 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1904 Western Conference football season. In their second season under head coach Oliver Cutts, the Boilermakers compiled a 9–3 record, finished in sixth place in the Western Conference with a 1–2 record against conference opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 176 to 66. D. M. Allen was the team captain.


1904 Quebec general election
The 1904 Quebec general election was held on November 25, 1904,  to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Simon-Napoléon Parent, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Edmund James Flynn.


1904 Quebec general election
It was Parent's final election. Due to internal dissension within his party, he resigned in 1905, and was succeeded as Liberal leader and premier by Lomer Gouin.


1904 Quebec general election, Further reading
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1904 Queensland state election
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 27 August 1904 to elect the members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Ministerial Party maintained government with the continued support of the Labour Party.


1904 Queensland state election, Background, Resignation of the Philp government
Robert Philp had been Premier since December 1899, and had been re-elected at the 1902 election. On 9 September 1903, the government put a bill for taxation proposals to the assembly, which was passed by a narrow margin of only two votes (33–31). With several Ministerialists voting against the proposals, Philp moved to adjourn the assembly. The following day, Philp announced he could no longer govern with self-respect, and had tendered his resignation to the Governor, Sir Herbert Chermside. Labour leader William Browne was sent for, and endeavoured to form a ministry, but on 15 September informed the Governor that he had been unable to do so. On Browne's recommendation, the assembly's Speaker, Arthur Morgan, was sent for and commissioned to form a government.


1904 Queensland state election, Background, Resignation of the Morgan government
On 7 June 1904, opposition member James Cribb rose as the last speaker in the address-in-reply to the Governor's speech, and raised an amendment which was a motion of no confidence in the Morgan ministry. Debate over the amendment continued for two weeks, with the vote taking place on 22 June. The amendment was not passed by one vote: 36 against, 35 for. Subsequently, Morgan tendered the resignation of himself and his ministry, recommending a dissolution of parliament.


1904 Queensland state election, Background, Resignation of the Morgan government
The Governor refused and sent for Robert Philp, who declined to resume the premiership, and announced that a caucus meeting of his party would elect a new leader. On 28 June, the Opposition caucus elected Sir Arthur Rutledge as its leader, and he was commissioned by the Governor to form government. On 7 July, Rutledge told the house he had returned the commission to the Governor, as he had been unable to form a ministry. Morgan and his ministers, who had remained in their positions until the appointment of their successors, again requested a dissolution which was granted.


1904 Queensland state election, Background, Sir Arthur Rutledge
The Ministerialist sitting member in Nundah, Thomas Bridges, faced a formidable opponent in the person of Sir Arthur Rutledge. Rutledge had been a Wesleyan minister in New England and solicitor in Brisbane, before entering the Queensland parliament, where he rose to the office of Attorney-General and accepted a knighthood in 1903.


1904 Queensland state election, Background, Sir Arthur Rutledge
As part of his strategy to become Premier, Rutledge decided not to re-contest his Maranoa electorate in favour of an electorate closer to Brisbane, and chose the semi-rural seat of Nundah which, he assumed, would be easily won by a man of his political experience, especially as it was already held by a fellow Ministerialist. Many large business houses backed Rutledge, as did the editor of the Brisbane Courier (Rutledge's son-in-law Charles Brunsdon Fletcher was the editor of the Brisbane Courier until 1903).


1904 Queensland state election, Background, Sir Arthur Rutledge
His public meetings were packed with prominent religious and political leaders, in contrast to a low-key campaign run by Bridges based on his community service and commitment to keep the cost of railway tickets low. Contrary to every prediction, Bridges won the election by 253 votes. This humiliating loss ended Rutledge's political career, and he accepted an appointment as district judge.


1904 Queensland state election, Results
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1904 Reading by-election
The Reading 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 Reading by-election, Vacancy
George Palmer had been Liberal MP for the seat of Reading since the 1898 Reading by-election. He resigned from Parliament in 1904, due to advancing deafness.


1904 Reading by-election, Electoral history
Since the Reading constituency was created in 1885 it had been closely contested between Liberal and Conservative; The Conservatives winning in 1885, 1886 and 1895 and the Liberals in 1892, 1898 and 1900. The Liberal victor on each occasion was Palmer, who was a very well known biscuit manufacturer in the town. At the last election he had won narrowly;


1904 Reading by-election, Result
The Liberals held the seat with an almost identical result to the previous election;


1904 Reading by-election, Aftermath
Keyser did not stand for parliament again. At the following General Election, Isaacs was re-elected;


1904 Republican National Convention
The 1904 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held in the Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, on June 21 to June 23, 1904.


1904 Republican National Convention
The popular President Theodore Roosevelt had easily ensured himself of the nomination; a threat had come from the Old Guard favourite Ohio Senator Mark Hanna, the loyal kingmaker in Republican politics, but he died early in 1904, which ended any opposition to Roosevelt within the Republican Party.


1904 Republican National Convention
There were also very informal talks with future president William Howard Taft about trying for the nomination, but Taft refused these motions as evidenced by a letter to Henry Hoyt, the Solicitor General, in 1903.


1904 Republican National Convention
Roosevelt was nominated by 994 votes to none, while the only other serious opponent to Roosevelt, Indiana Senator Charles W. Fairbanks, was nominated for vice president by acclaimation.


1904 Republican National Convention, Platform
The 1904 Republican platform favored the protective tariff, increased foreign trade, the gold standard, expansion of the Merchant Marine and strengthening of the United States Navy; it also praised Roosevelt's foreign and domestic policies.


1904 Republican National Convention, Vice Presidential candidates
As Theodore Roosevelt had ascended to the presidency following the death of William McKinley on September 14 1901, he served the remainder of McKinley's term without a vice president as the 25th Amendment had not yet been passed. This also left the Convention with the task of choosing a running mate for Roosevelt.


1904 Republican National Convention, Vice Presidential candidates
Entering the convention, Senator Charles Fairbanks of Indiana was considered the likely favorite for the vice presidential nomination, but the Roosevelt administration favored Illinois Representative Robert R. Hitt or Secretary of War William Howard Taft of Ohio; Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon of Illinois also had support among the delegates, but Cannon had no desire to leave his position in the House. After the administration decided not to launch a fight over the nomination of Fairbanks, he was nominated by acclamation.


1904 Republican National Convention, Speakers
There were significantly fewer speakers at the 1904 convention than there are at a typical convention today. This is because the convention at the time was much lower in viewership (as there were not the mass media devices of TV or radio at this time only those actually invited saw it). Also, this was before the primary era so the delegates were expected to nominate the candidate at the actual convention as well as more typical tasks such as electing the chairman and handling other business which varies in importance at the Republican Convention today. Nonetheless, there were speeches by the following individuals at the 1904 Republican National Convention:


1904 Republican National Convention, Speakers, Thursday, June 23
Roosevelt and his running mate Charles Fairbanks, were unanimously nominated but unlike candidates today they did not give convention speeches instead having individuals give nominating speeches for them. Roosevelt's nomination speech was made by former New York Governor Frank S. Black and it was seconded by Indiana Senator Albert Beveridge. Fairbanks's nomination speech was made by Iowa Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver and seconded by New York Senator Chauncey Depew.


1904 Rhode Island Rams football team
The 1904 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented Rhode Island State College (later renamed the University of Rhode Island) as an independent during the 1904 college football season. In its seventh year under head coach Marshall Tyler, the team compiled a 2–4–1 record.


1904 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1904 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1904. Republican nominee George H. Utter defeated Democratic incumbent Lucius F. C. Garvin with 48.94% of the vote.


1904 Richmond Spiders football team
The 1904 Richmond Spiders football team was an American football team that represented Richmond College—now known as the University of Richmond—as a member of the Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Association (EVIAA) during the 1904 college football season. Led by Harry Wall in his first and only year as head coach, Richmond compiled a record of 1–5.


1904 Riverina by-election
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Riverina on 18 May 1904. This was triggered after the result at the 1903 election, which had seen Free Trade candidate Robert Blackwood narrowly defeat Protectionist MP John Chanter, was declared void due to allegations of electoral irregularities.


1904 Rollins Tars football team
The 1904 Rollins Tars football team represented Rollins College in the sport of American football as an independent during the 1904 college football season.


1904 Rossendale by-election
The Rossendale by-election, 1904 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Rossendale in Lancashire on 15 March 1904.


1904 Rossendale by-election, Vacancy
The by-election was caused by the resignation of the sitting Liberal MP, Sir William Mather. Mather, who was 66 years old in 1904, had been Liberal MP for Salford and Manchester Gorton before winning Rossendale at a by-election in 1900. He had already announced that he would not stand at the next general election believing it would be held earlier in the Parliament elected at the 1900 general election owing to the weakness of the Conservative government. The government determined to hang on however and Mather decided to resign. He chose the traditional route of applying for the Chiltern Hundreds.


1904 Rossendale by-election, Candidates, Liberals
The Rossendale Liberals had already selected as their candidate Lewis Harcourt in anticipation of Mather’s standing down.


1904 Rossendale by-election, Candidates, Unionists
The local Conservatives had not expected a by-election and did not have a candidate in the field. Rossendale was a traditionally Liberal seat. It had been held by the Liberals since its creation for the 1885 general election with only the interlude of 1886-1892 when it was represented by the former Liberal MP the Marquess of Hartington having switched to the Liberal Unionists. The Unionists were forced to look as far abroad as Wimbledon for a candidate, approaching Colonel T Mitchell who was the brother of the Tory MP for Burnley but he declined to stand. They next turned to Mr John Whittaker, a cotton trader from Wilpshire, near Blackburn but he too declined to fight the seat. In the event the Conservatives were unable to find anyone willing  to contest a Liberal stronghold, citing the serious state of the Lancashire cotton industry as the reason.


1904 Rossendale by-election, Candidates, Labour
The Labour Party considered putting up a candidate. They first approached Daniel Irving, a leading socialist from Burnley, but he said he was too busy working for Henry Hyndman another prominent Labour politician. In the end, like the Conservatives, the Labour Party chose not to contest the by-election.


1904 Rossendale by-election, Issues
It being an uncontested election, topical political issues were not subject to public debate. However, Harcourt did issue an election address in which he stated that his main concerns were taxation, Chinese labour in South Africa, education and temperance. He also confirmed his position as an out-and-out free trader.


1904 Rossendale by-election, The result
Harcourt was returned unopposed. He held the seat until 1917 when he became a peer. In the ensuing by-election the seat was held for the Liberals by Sir John Henry Maden.


1904 Rutgers Queensmen football team
The 1904 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1904 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Alfred Ellet Hitchner, the Queensmen compiled a 1–6–2 record and were outscored by their opponents, 202 to 16. The team captain was Robert W. Cobb.


1904 Ryde state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Ryde on 23 January 1904 because of the resignation of Frank Farnell (Independent Liberal) who had been appointed Chairman of the Fisheries Board.


1904 SAFA Grand Final
The 1904 SAFA Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Norwood Football Club and the Port Adelaide Football Club, held at the Jubilee Oval in Adelaide on 17 September 1904. It was the 9th annual Grand Final of the South Australian Football Association, staged to determine the premiers for the 1904 SAFA season. The match, attended by 15,000 spectators, was won by Norwood by a margin of 4 points, marking the clubs thirteenth premiership victory.


1904 SAFA Grand Final, Jubilee Oval
The 1904 SAFA Grand Final was the only instance of a South Australian state league grand final being held at Jubilee Oval. Jubilee Oval at the time was the host grounds of the Royal Adelaide Show.


1904 SAFA Grand Final, Match Summary
The 1904 Grand Final was a memorable one for Norwood who were down by 35 points at three-quarter time against traditional rival Port Adelaide. Norwood then produced an extraordinary burst of football with a goal by centre half forward Dean Dawson followed by two goals each from full forward, Bill Miller and half forward flanker, Stan Robinson. Norwood was only two points down with a minute remaining. Tommy Gibbons held a mark on a seemingly impossible angle. His kick sailed through the goal posts to give Norwood a four-point victory 9.8 to 8.10.


1904 SAFA season
The 1904 South Australian Football Association season was the 28th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.


1904 Saint Louis Blue and White football team
The 1904 Saint Louis Blue and White football team was an American football team that represented Saint Louis University during the 1904 college football season. In their sixth and final season under head coach Martin J. Delaney, the team compiled an 11–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 344 to 0.


1904 Samos earthquake
The 1904 Samos earthquake struck Greece on August 11 with moment magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Four people were killed.


1904 Samos earthquake, Damage and casualties
The earthquake registered a magnitude of 6.8 on the moment magnitude scale. Between the main shock and an aftershock that followed three days later, 540 houses were destroyed on Samos, then an autonomous part of the Ottoman Empire. Four people were killed. Damage extended to Patmos and Anatolia, while shaking from the earthquake reached from offshore Chios and Santorini to Ödemiş and Aydın in Turkey.


1904 Samos earthquake, Geology
Along its source fault, the earthquake created 46 km (29 mi) of ruptured rock and had an average displacement of 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in). It originated from oblique-slip faulting. The island of Samos disconnected from Anatolia, and the strait between them is less than 15 km (9.3 mi) in width. The island itself is a horst, and a large fault runs along the island's NW-W coast. Tectonic uplift is noticeable at the shores of Samos, likely linked to historic earthquakes.


1904 Samos earthquake, Seismic history
Within the last two centuries, Samos has experienced multiple powerful earthquakes registering above magnitude 6.0. Six such earthquakes were recorded during the 19th century and two more in the 20th. Analysis indicates three earthquakes before the 19th century in circa 200 BC, 47, and 1761. An earthquake in 1476 may have devastated the island to the extent that its occupants, the Genovese, evacuated. Uplift from the 6th century implies another earthquake circa 500.


1904 Sasun uprising
The Sasun uprising or Sasun rebellion of 1904 (Armenian: Սասունի երկրորդ ապստամբութիւնը, Sasuni yerkrord apstambut'yunĕ, literally Second Sassoun resistance) was an uprising by Armenian militia against the Ottoman Empire in Turkey's Sason region in 1904. The empire wanted to prevent the formation of another semi-autonomous Armenian region in the eastern vilayets after its defeat in the First Zeitun Rebellion. In Sason, the Armenian national liberation movement recruited young Armenians.


1904 Sasun uprising, Background
The Social Democrat Hunchakian Party and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation were two elements of the Armenian national movement which were active in the region. The first Sasun resistance was led by the Armenian national movement's militia, which belonged to Hunchak. According to Cyrus Hamlin, the Armenians triggered hostilities. Conflicts continued between the Armenian fedayeen (Armenian irregular forces) and the Muslim Ottomans in Armenian villages. Many Armenians were compelled to accept Islam or Orthodoxy; the latter was protected by the Russian consulate.


1904 Sasun uprising, Background
In spring 1902 a representative of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, Vahan Manvelyan, was sent to Sason to negotiate a ceasefire with the Turks, to occupy the area and concentrate forces for a larger revolt to be led by Manvelyan and local activist Hrayr Tjokhk. This consolidation continued during 1902 and 1903. In May 1903, a militia led by Gorgos "Marrik" arrived in Sasun. Vahan and Hrayr considered it too small, and sent a party east with a request for more troops. In September a group of 150 fedayeen, led by Khan and Onik, was sent. At the Persian-Turkish border, it was surrounded by Turkish artillery troops and almost completely destroyed. In February 1903 in Sofia, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) agreed to send troops to Sason.


1904 Sasun uprising, Background
By this time, approaches to Sasun had been blocked by a division of the 4th Corps of the Ottoman army (eight battalions, later increased to fourteen). The total force comprised as many as 10,000 soldiers and policemen, in addition to 6,000–7,000 irregular Kurdish cavalry. Armenian forces consisted of 200 guerrillas under the command of Vahan, Hrayr and Andranik, along with Kevork Chavoush, Murad of Sebastia, Keri and others. Untrained peasants in 21 villages also took up arms, swelling the insurgency to 1,000. Andranik suggested inciting a general revolt in Armenia which would  disperse the Turkish forces; Hrayr objected that an Armenian revolt, unsupported by other factions of the Ottoman Empire, would be doomed and suggested concentrating on the defense of Sasun.


1904 Sasun uprising, Armed conflicts
The first military action was undertaken by Kevork Chavush against local Kurds (Kor Slo) to prevent an attack on five Armenian villages in Kurdish-occupied territory. On January 17, 1904, with groups of Murad Sebastatsi and Seyto he attacked the Kurds, who (with Turkish troops) retreated to Pasrur.


1904 Sasun uprising, Armed conflicts
The western ARF and the Catholicos tried to organize diplomatic pressure on Turkey. The Catholicos appealed to the great powers; English and French ambassadors in Constantinople had audiences with the sultan, but the Russian ambassador stood aside. The sultan agreed to send armies for the maintenance of law and order to Sasun. The ambassadors offered to negotiate on the sultan's behalf with the insurgents in Sasun. However, the Russian ambassador delayed; by the time they arrived in Sasun, military action was at fever pitch.


1904 Sasun uprising, Armed conflicts
By March 20, 1904, the Turks had finished preparations for addressing the uprising, and armies had plundered a number of boundary villages (which, by order from Hrayr, did not resist). Local residents were imprisoned and tortured, but the Ottomans were unable to learn about the insurgents' plans. The Armenians plan of action was: Hrayr would defend Aliank and Shenik; Andranik, in Tapyk, would impede the Turks advance on Gelieguzan; Kevork Chavush would defend Ishkhanadzor, and Murad of Senastia, Akop Kotoian and Makar Spagantsi would defend Chaji Glukh.


1904 Sasun uprising, Armed conflicts
On April 2 the Turks began an unsuccessful attack with mountain guns. On April 10, the Wāli of Bitlis arrived with troops and the Armenian bishops of Bitlis and Muş. On April 11, the second battle began. About 7,000 Turkish horsemen rode into the village of Shenik; the Armenians closed in on them at the rear, trapping the Turks between Armenian positions in front and on the right and snow-capped mountains at the left. After a four-hour fight the Turks abandoned their horses and weapons and retreated into the mountains, pursued by the Armenians. On April 12, Surb Arakelots monastery prior Arakel presented a decree from the Catholicos recommending that the Armenians surrender in exchange for amnesty. The Armenian leaders, requesting a delay in responding, evacuated and burned several villages in Gelieguzan overnight. At dawn on April 13, the Turks began a new approach.


1904 Sasun uprising, Armed conflicts
The defense was split into two groups: one (under Sepukh and Murad of Sebastia) moved towards Brlik, and another (under Hrayr) moved into the mountains. Eight companies of Turks and 4,000 Kurdish horsemen attacked Gelieguzan, and Hrayr was killed at the beginning of the battle. Fierce hand-to-hand fighting began; from the eastern side of the village, Andranik and his troops struck in the Turkish rear. The Turks retreated, sustaining (according to press reports) as many as 136 deaths; the Armenians had seven killed and eight wounded.


1904 Sasun uprising, Armed conflicts
On April 14, the Turks unsuccessfully attacked again with reinforcements; by April 16, the residents of Ishkhanadzor had retreated to Talvorik. The Turks tried to cut off their path, but with the help of local troops they broke through. On April 17, a new attack (which also repulsed) was begun. On April 20, the Turks surrounded Gelieduzan with a mass artillery bombardment and fedayeen (led by Andranik) retreated to Talvorik by night. Up to 20,000 people (the population of five evacuated villages) fled—some to the mountains and others to the Mush plain—and were slaughtered. Talvorik held out until May 6, falling to Turkish reinforcements. Two hundred fedayeen between Таlvorik and Gelieguzan resisted until May 14 before retreating. The Turkish victory was accompanied by brutality:


1904 Sasun uprising, Armed conflicts
Women have been stolen, their breasts cut off, their stomachs ripped, children impaled, old men dismembered. Young girls withdrew in uncountable set ... since May 5th, Turkish armies have wiped out one village after another in Berdakh, Mkragom, Alikrpo, Avazakhiubr and Arnist.


1904 Sasun uprising, Armed conflicts
According to estimates, from 3,000 to 8,000 people were killed and 45 villages destroyed. To hide traces of genocide from European observers, the Wāli of Bitlis gave orders to cut corpses into pieces and throw them into the Tigris.


1904 Sasun uprising, Aftermath
The sultan decreed that Armenians were forbidden to return to Sasun; after diplomatic protests he relented, and 6,000 Armenians returned to the region.


1904 Sewanee Tigers football team
The 1904 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South in the 1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.


1904 South Carolina Gamecocks football team
The 1904 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina during the 1904 college football season. Captain Gene Oliver played against Georgia with a broken jaw.


1904 South Carolina gubernatorial election
The 1904 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1904, to elect the governor of the state of South Carolina. Governor Duncan Clinch Heyward faced no opposition in the Democratic primary nor the general election to win a second two-year term as governor.


1904 South Carolina gubernatorial election, Democratic primary
Governor Duncan Clinch Heyward faced no opposition from South Carolina Democrats and avoided a primary election.


1904 South Carolina gubernatorial election, General election
The general election was held on November 8, 1904, and Duncan Clinch Heyward was reelected governor of South Carolina without opposition. Turnout increased over the previous gubernatorial election because there was also a presidential election on the ballot.


1904 South Dakota gubernatorial election
The 1904 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1904. Incumbent Republican Governor Charles N. Herreid declined to run for re-election to a third term. Clark County State's Attorney Samuel H. Elrod won the Republican nomination to run as Herreid's successor, and he faced Democratic nominee Louis N. Crill, the former President of the State Senate, and former U.S. Congressman Freeman Knowles, the Socialist nominee. For the first time since 1894, the Democratic and Populist Parties nominated separate candidates. Ultimately, the split in the two parties did not prove dispositive; Elrod defeated Crill and the other candidates in a landslide.


1904 South Dakota gubernatorial election, Republican convention
In the lead-up to the Republican convention, speculation swirled around several names: Secretary of State O. C. Berg, former Attorney General Coe I. Crawford, State Senator J. E. McDougall, Clark County State's Attorney Samuel H. Elrod, and State Representative H. P. Packard of Spink County. At the convention, however, Elrod emerged as the consensus pick and the other candidates ceased their campaigns. Nonetheless, Crawford was nominated by his supporters and the contest continued; Elrod ended up defeating Crawford, receiving 778 votes to Crawford's 226.


1904 South Dakota gubernatorial election, Democratic conventions
At the Democratic convention, former State Senate President Louis N. Crill was nominated by acclamation, receiving his party's nomination. This time, however, the Democratic Party did not fuse with the Populist Party, with the parties nominating separate candidates.


1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
The 1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association as part of the 1904 college football season. The season began on September 24 with conference member Sewanee hosting the Mooney School.


1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
1904 saw new coaches Mike Donahue at Auburn and Dan McGugin at Vanderbilt, both of which posted undefeated conference records. McGugin remains the only coach in NCAA history to win his first three games by 60 points. Both McGugin and Donahue were inaugural inductees into the College Football Hall of Fame. The SIAA forbade a postseason contest between Auburn and Vanderbilt.


1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season, Season overview, Results and team statistics
PPG = Average of points scored per gamePAG = Average of points allowed per game


1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season, All-Southern team
The composite All-Southern  team compiled by John de Saulles included:


1904 Southwest Texas State football team
The 1904 Southwest Texas State Sootball team was an American football team that represented Southwest Texas State Normal School—now known as Texas State University–as an independent during the 1904 college football season. This was the inaugural season for Southwest Texas State football program. The team had no head coach and finished the season with a record of 5–1.


1904 Southwestern Louisiana Industrial football team
The 1904 Southwestern Louisiana Industrial football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) as an independent during the 1904 college football season. In their only year under head coach Edwin F. Gayle, the team compiled a 2–0–1 record.


1904 Sowerby by-election
The Sowerby 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 Sowerby by-election, Vacancy
John William Mellor had been Liberal MP for the seat of Sowerby since the 1892 General Election. Aged 69, he chose to retire from parliament.


1904 Sowerby by-election, Electoral history
The seat had been Liberal since creation in 1885. They easily held the seat at the last election, with a reduced majority:


1904 Sowerby by-election, Candidates
The local Liberal Association selected 47 year-old Accrington businessman, John Sharp Higham as their candidate to defend the seat. He was Mayor of Accrington from 1899–1901. The local Conservative Association selected 24 year-old William Simpson-Hinchliffe as their candidate.


1904 Spring Hill Badgers football team
The 1904 Spring Hill Badgers football team represented the Spring Hill Badgers of Spring Hill College during the 1904 college football season. The Fort Morgan soldier outweighed the team by twenty pounds.


1904 St Albans by-election
The St Albans by-election of 1904 was a parliamentary by-election held in England in February 1904 for the House of Commons. It elected a new Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of St Albans, a county division of Hertfordshire.


1904 St Albans by-election
It was the first contested parliamentary election in St Albans since 1892. The two-way contest was dominated by the contemporary debate between free trade and tariff reform, and fought with the assistance of the major national organisations on both sides of that divide. It also reflected the wider national divide between high church Conservatism and nonconformist Liberalism. After a campaign marred by several incidents of unrest, the Liberal Party candidate narrowly won the seat from the Conservatives, who had held the seat since its creation in 1885.


1904 St Albans by-election, Vacancy
The vacancy was caused by the disqualification from the Commons of the sitting Conservative MP Vicary Gibbs, who had held the seat since 1892. He had been returned unopposed in 1895 and 1900, but was disqualified in February 1904.


1904 St Albans by-election, Vacancy
He and his brother Alban (an MP for the City of London) were partners in the firm Antony Gibbs & Sons, which had organised the sale to the Admiralty of two pre-dreadnought battleships built in England for the Chilean Navy, in order to avoid them being sold to a rival power when Chile did not complete the purchase.


1904 St Albans by-election, Vacancy
He told his constituents that if the ships had passed into the hands of a rival nation, such as Russia (which had made a cash offer for them), the balance of power would have been significantly altered, and that Britain would have fallen behind in naval power relative to their rivals. The two warships, Triumph and Swiftsure, were purchased by the Royal Navy on 12 March 1903, and served through the First World War.


1904 St Albans by-election, Vacancy
However, by managing the sale to the Admiralty the brothers disqualified themselves from the House of Commons, under provisions 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 St Albans by-election, Vacancy
However, since the Gibbs brothers were already disqualified, he did not need to take the usual step of disqualifying himself by taking the Chiltern Hundreds, and in letters of 1 February 1904 he and his brother both informed the Speaker of the contract. Vicary Gibbs noted that "I am advised that by so doing I have, under an Act of George III, vacated my seat in Parliament".


1904 St Albans by-election, Vacancy
His letter was read to the Commons on 2 February, and the writ was moved the following day. The polling date was set as 12 February.


1904 St Albans by-election, Candidates
Both Gibbs and the Liberal Party prospective candidate John Bamford Slack were campaigning in the constituency before his disqualification was formalised. The Times newspaper reported on 20 January that the by-election was unlikely to be contested by the Liberals,but at a meeting on 24 January the St Albans Liberals adopted Slack as their candidate.


1904 St Albans by-election, Candidates
Slack was a 46-year-old solicitor, and a prominent Wesleyan Methodist. Born in Ripley, Derbyshire, he was educated at the University of London and had qualified as a solicitor in Derbyshire in 1880, where he was elected as a Liberal member of the first Derbyshire County Council. He had practised in London since 1889, becoming by 1904 a partner in the firm of Monro, Slack and Atkinson of Queen Victoria Street. He was a Liberal Party activist in the boroughs of Holborn and St Pancras. A noted temperance campaigner, he became a member of the Wesleyan Church's annual conference, President of the Local Preacher's Association, and an active member of the West London Mission.


1904 St Albans by-election, Candidates
The Conservatives selected 50-year-old Gibbs to defend the seat which he had just vacated. The Eton-educated Gibbs was a City of London businessman, son of Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham, and a wealthy landowner.


1904 St Albans by-election, The campaign
The dominant issue in the campaign was the debate between free trade and protectionism. The Conservatives and their Liberal Unionist allies were split on the issue of "tariff reform", a form of selective protectionism promoted by Joseph Chamberlain as Imperial Preference. Gibbs had told supporters in January that if re-elected he would support Chamberlain's proposals


1904 St Albans by-election, The campaign
By contrast, Slack had proclaimed himself from the outset as a supporter of free trade. At the meeting in St Albans on 23 January when he was selected, he described Chamberlain's policy as "retrograde, mischievous, and ruinous for the country and the empire", pledging himself to oppose protective tariffs, no matter what they were called. He said that the two big issues facing an incoming Liberal government were land and drink.


1904 St Albans by-election, The campaign, Supporters
Slack was assisted in his campaign by the Free Trade Union, who established an office in St Albans in late January, and organised a series of meetings. He also received the support of the Church Association, an evangelical group who had submitted a list of questions to both candidates regarding ritualism. They were satisfied with Slack's replies on all points, and unhappy with those from Gibbs, so they threw their weight behind the Liberals, claiming that they could mobilise 600 votes. Incensed by Gibbs's vote against the Church Discipline Bill in 1899, and buoyed by their success in other recent by-elections, they prepared for an "active crusade".


1904 St Albans by-election, The campaign, Supporters
Both candidates were joined by notable supporters. On 3 February,  Frederick Halsey addressed a meeting at St Albans in support of Gibbs, who deplored the destruction of local industries by "unfair foreign competition". The next day, Lewis Vernon Harcourt addressed a large Liberal demonstration in St Albans, telling the crowd that the Tariff Commission was a caucus of manufacturers and traders trying to corner supplies and swell their profits.


1904 St Albans by-election, The campaign, Supporters
The divisions's licensed victuallers met in St Albans on 3 February under the auspices of the Hertfordshire Brewer's association. After considering responses from the two candidates to questions about compensation when licences were withdrawn, they unanimously decided to support Gibbs. The Times reported that the division's 273 licence-holders were likely to vote accordingly.


1904 St Albans by-election, The campaign, Supporters
Meanwhile, the Liberals secured the support of the Postal and Telegraph Clerks, the Workmen's National Housing Council, and the Amalgamated Society of Lithographic printers. Slack's campaign kept up a schedule of six or seven public meetings each night, with queues of carriages and motor cars leaving St Albans every night to carry speakers to other parts of the division.


1904 St Albans by-election, The campaign, Supporters
By Monday 8th, tariff reformers were reporting growing support among the artisans of St Albans. The town's principal industries were boot-making, printing, straw hats and bonnet-making, and silk, and the latter two had both been hit by foreign competition. The protectionists argued that the trade could be restored by tariffs. The Liberals responded with literature asserting that protection would increase the cost of living for working people, but sought their gains elsewhere. The agricultural labourers had traditionally voted Liberal, and were considered unlikely to change, while the heavily unionised personnel of the Great Northern Railway at Hatfield were expected to support Slack. The Liberals hoped to increase their support amongst the division's many nonconformists.


1904 St Albans by-election, The campaign, Tensions and disorder
On Saturday 6 February, The Times reported that a "spirit of active antagonism" was developing between the two campaigns. Conservatives had been removed from the Liberal demonstration earlier in the week, and had retaliated by packing two Liberal meetings in St Albans on Thursday 4th. They heckled the speakers, and in one case closed Slack's meeting with a vote of support for Gibbs.


1904 St Albans by-election, The campaign, Tensions and disorder
Tensions continued when David Lloyd George addressed a meeting at St Albans drill hall on Saturday. His condemnations of the Conservative government were interrupted, and the hecklers expelled. Outside the hall, a crowd of those excluded from the meeting banged the doors, threw stones onto the roof, and when Slack arrived halfway through the meeting he was pelted with eggs. The meeting's chairman publicly appealed to Gibbs to restrain his supporters, but to no avail.


1904 St Albans by-election, The campaign, Tensions and disorder
When Lloyd George left the meeting, he required a police escort to pass through the crowd, and despite the protection of stewards and bodyguards his carriage was lifted off the ground by protesters. He escaped serious injury, but left with his face and clothing splattered with eggs, and to avoid another mob which had gathered at the railway station, his train left early. The police were unable to restrain the crowds, and Slack also required bodyguards when he left the meeting. He insisted that the egg-throwers were not local people, but "blackguards hired by a certain corrupt organisation to come down here to corrupt St Albans".


1904 St Albans by-election, The campaign, Tensions and disorder
Gibbs and his agent both wrote to Slack and his agent expressing regret for the disturbance, and promising to assist in keeping order at further Liberal meetings. The Liberal agent, Mr W. Bernthal, wrote to the local representatives of the Tariff Reform League, excusing them from any blame for the disorder.


1904 St Albans by-election, The campaign, Tensions and disorder
On Tuesday 9 February, the St Albans City Corporation discussed the disorder. Liberal councillors condemned the "disgraceful scenes", and called for prosecution of the ringleaders. However, the Chief Constable advised against issuing a summons before polling day.


1904 St Albans by-election, The campaign, Nominations
The two candidates were nominated at the town hall in St Albans on Tuesday 9 February. Gibbs received 33 nominations, signed by railway workers, straw hat makers, farmers, and others. Slack's 20 nominators included the Church Association, trade unions, and other organised bodies.


1904 St Albans by-election, The campaign, Nominations
The final days of the campaign were more peaceful. On Wednesday 10 February, Gibbs spent most of the day with farmers at the weekly market in St Albans, while Slack toured some of the city's major businesses and addressed workers on the Midland Railway. In the evening, the Conservatives held a meeting of 3,000 people at the drill hall, where the principal speaker was Sir Robert Hermon-Hodge, the MP for Henley. Slack received letters of support from John Morley MP and from the Liberal leader Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.


1904 St Albans by-election, The campaign, Nominations
On Thursday, the final day of campaigning, both parties insisted that their canvassing returns showed them winning by a narrow margin. Gibbs visited polling stations at several towns near St Albans, and in the afternoon returned to the city to address the workers at Dangerfield's colour printing works. However, Gibbs had not replied to an enquiry from the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) as to whether he would support the Trade Disputes Bill introduced to the Commons by James Mellor Paulton on 5 February. Slack had confirmed his support for the measure, so the TUC asked electors to vote for Slack.


1904 St Albans by-election, The campaign, Nominations
In an eve-of-poll telegram, Slack was told by H. H. Asquith that his victory would be a "triumph for the cause of free trade and progress".


1904 St Albans by-election, Result
Polling took place on Friday 12 February. The weather was fine in the morning, but the afternoon brought heavy rain and gales. Roads were flooded in many places, and many of the motor cars which had been engaged to bring voters to polling stations were unable to make the journey. The downpour was thought by both sides to have considerably weakened the Liberal chances of success, because although a high turnout was expected, the rain made it impossible for many working class voters to travel to the poll.


1904 St Albans by-election, Result
The result was announced from the balcony of the town hall in St Albans on Saturday 13th, by the High Sheriff. Despite the bad weather, Slack had won a narrow victory,with a majority of 132 votes (1.4% of the total). Out of the division's 11,518 registered electors, 9,423 (81.5%) had cast valid votes, with a further 41 spoilt ballots.


1904 St Albans by-election, Result
The announcement was greeted by cheering from the crowd, and speeches from the candidates, in which they thanked their supporters and the Sheriff. Gibbs said that although he had worked as hard as he could, his health had been poor. Slack also thanked his opponents for their courtesy during the campaign, and after a meeting at the St Albans Liberal Club he went to  Clarence Park recreation ground to kick off for the St Albans Football Club at a match.


1904 St Albans by-election, Aftermath
Slack did support the Trade Disputes Bill at second reading, but held the seat for less than two years, until his defeat at the general election in January 1906 by Hildred Carlile.


1904 St Albans by-election, Aftermath
In the landslide victory for the Liberals, the Conservatives and Liberal Unionists had a net loss of 211 seats,and St Albans was one of their few gains. Slack was knighted in 1906, and remained a prominent Liberal until his death in London in February 1909, aged 51. He remains the only Liberal MP elected for St Albans since the county constituency was created in 1885.


1904 St Albans by-election, Aftermath
Gibbs contested Bradford Central in 1906, but never returned to Parliament. He remained prominent in Tariff Reform issues, served on the boards of many companies, and co-authored the 1911 edition of The Complete Peerage. He became a notable horticulturalist in his garden at Elstree, and in January 1932 he died at his London home, aged 78.


1904 St. Louis Browns season
The 1904 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 65 wins and 87 losses, 29 games behind the Boston Americans.


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


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


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


1904 St. Louis Cardinals season
The 1904 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 23rd season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 13th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 75–79 during the season and finished 5th in the National League.


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


1904 Stanford football team
The 1904 Stanford football team represented Stanford University in the 1904 college football season. James F. Lanagan was in his second year as head coach of the team, which played its home games at Stanford Field in Stanford, California.


1904 Stanford football team
Stanford allowed only 10 points all season—in two 5–0 losses—and did not allow a point in seven victories and one scoreless tie. The five consecutive wins at the end of the season, combined with eight consecutive wins in the 1905 season, stood as Stanford's longest winning streak for more than 100 years; it was tied by the 1939–1940–1941 teams, and broken by the 2010–2011 teams.


1904 Stanford football team
The Big Game against California was the first Big Game to be played at the home field of one of the teams rather than at a neutral site in San Francisco; Stanford defeated California 18–0 at California Field.


1904 Stetson Hatters football team
The 1904 Stetson Hatters football team represented the private Stetson College in the sport of American football during the 1904 college football season.


1904 Summer Olympics
The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known as St. Louis 1904) were an international multi-sport event held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from August 29 to September 3, 1904, as part of an extended sports program lasting from July 1 to November 23, 1904, located at what is now known as Francis Field on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. This was the first time that the Olympic Games were held outside Europe, and the first time they were held in the United States.