Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-26
NEW YORK NOTES Weekly Budget of Gossip and Odd Stories From the Great American Metropolis
 (By Regular Correspondentl
(By Our Regular Staff Correspondent)

New York seems to have gone Mara thon crazy. Ever since little Johnny" Hayes, clerk in the sporting goods division of q third avenue department store, passed by the collapsed Italian, Dorando, inthe London Stadium, at the Olympic races last year, marathon races have been run galore. Upon his return to the United States Hayes was victim of hero worship, and when the parade of Olympic winners passed down Broad way he was the one great attraction. Wishing to secure all the pecuniary ben efits he could from his popularity he resigned from the Amateur Athletic Union and became professional, join ing a vaudeville circuit. But his popu- larity was not to last long, for with the hope of increasing it, he challanged the Italian to run him another marathon at Madison Square Garden, and was de- feated. The Italian immediately made matches in Canada, Philadelphia and other large cities, but he too, was de- feated by Tom Longboat, the Indian; and Longboat, who has just defeated Shrubbs, the crack Englishman and col of the hour. It was thought when Do rando and Hayes filled the great Madi- son Square Garden to ovcrhowing that the height of the marathon craze had been deached, but the crowds that jammed the garden and which filled the adjacent streets at Longboats s latest victory, show that the craze is still on. Meantime amateur marathons have been run throughout the suburbs of New York until they are almost as common as amateur baseball games. It is a common sight to see thousands of peo- pie lined up along upper Seventh Ave, nue to see the finish of a marathon starting near Yonkers and ending at the north end of Central park.
 For few days hero worship was vo- lently thrust upon "Jack" Burns, the wireless operator on the ill-fated White Star liner Republic" It must be said that Binns took his honors very mod estly. He tried to avoid the big crowd gathered in Bowling Green to await the arrival at the eompany's office of the officers of the sunkcn steamer, but he, was discovered and carried into the building on the shoulders of his enthus. iastic admirers. However, before Binus got away from New York some of the newspapers succeeded in securing from him number of personal "reminiscences, and he seemed to take enjoyment in getting into print. It seems remarkable that this man Binns should have been at Martinique at the time of the Mt. Pecle eruption and thathe should also have been in the Bay of Naples when Mes. sina was destroyed. He is a jovial, ruddy, carelessly dressed, undersized, young Englishman of indomitable good nature and "the smile that won t come off, '' There has, however, been some reaction concerning Binns, to the exteut that number of persons have written to the New York newspapers asking if many other employees of the "Repub- lie" were not just as much heroes as was Binns, inasmuch as they cheerful, ly and faithfully performed up to the last minute the duties for which they were paid and which were expected of them-exactly what Binns did.
 New York is just recovering from the first big snow storm of the winter. Those who live in the country and the smaller towns, and hail the pleasures attendant upon q good, deep snow, probably do not realize that the same snow when it falls in New York city frequently costs million dollars to remove from the streets. Snow removal in New York has for years been asource of "graft'