The Hawaiian Gazette May 6, 1904 Death of Famous Hungarian Novelist Budapest May 6th. Maurus JOKAI was once the national hero of Hungary. He was the author of over 300 books. He had been a poet, patriot, journalist, dramatist, and novelist and his books translated into English have had great vogue. Four years ago, at the age of seventy nine, JOKAI married an obscure Jewish girl, an actress, and since that time he has been cordially hated by the great mass of Hungarians who formerly loved him as their prophet and leader. He and his girl wife were shunned by society. JOKAI'S career would be amazing even without the social struggle which had made his later days discouraging. He had published a successful novel before he was out of his teens. When he was only twenty three he was one of the foremost figures in the stormy days of 1848, when Hungary shed much blood in trying to get her rights from Austria. By his fiftieth birthday, more than a quarter of a century ago, he had published no less than 200 books, and since then he has published more than a hundred others, making a total that probably breaks all literary records. On top of all of all this activity JOKAI was for many years a prominent member of the Hungarian Chamber of Deputies in which he won great fame as a patriot and an orator. JOKAI'S first wife was Rosa LABORFALVI, the celebrated Hungarian tragedienne, a favorite of the Magyars. Fourteen years after her death the aged JOKAI married the young Jewish actress. The people considered this an insult to the first wife and when his second wife tried a year after her marriage to resume her place on the stage she was mobbed by Hungarian students and forced to quit. For the past couple of years JOKAI and his girl wife had led a very quiet life.