On the world scene, chaos from the Russo-Japanese War fueled the beginning of the Russian revolution against Czar Nicholas II in 1905.
Las Vegas was founded when 110 acres of Nevada desert land adjacent to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks were auctioned off and today incorporates downtown Las Vegas.
The New York Giants defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 4 games to 1 to capture the second World Series of baseball. Standout pitcher Christy Mathewson wins 31 games for the Giants. Jack McCarthy of the Chicago Cubs is the first fielder to throw out three base runners at home plate, achieving the feat against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The "American game" continued to expand in Canada as more and more settlers from the United States made an impact in settlements across the prairies. There were city leagues in Calgary, Regina, Winnipeg, Brandon and Vancouver.
Saskatchewan and Alberta officially became provinces of the Canadian federation.
Vancouver and Victoria also had professional ball as the cities landed franchises in the new, four-team Northwestern Baseball League.
Walter Scott, a baseball enthusiast who gained a measure of fame as a pitcher during the latter two decades of the nineteenth century in what was then part of the North West Territories, becomes the first premier of Saskatchewan. He served until 1916 having won three straight majority government.
An aggregation from the Calgary City League once again provided the Cowtown with the most formidable amateur squad on the prairies and copped one of their three exhibition contests with the professional Winnipeg Maroons.