Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-11
THE RICH All FONG GIRLS.
Thirteen Daughters Of n Chlnaman and
u Hawaiian Native Woman.
ISL. Louis Republlc.l

The news comes from Honolulu that
another daughter " Wing An Fong "
To marry young American resident Of
that city. The prospective brides mo-
Their already has the dowry Of $4,000
for the marriage day.
This time the bride viii be Miss jess
sic All FonE and her choice IL settled
upon Howard q. Morton. "a young
newspaper editor. who has lived In
Honolulu several years. lie ~ dis
tAAt relntlye 81 .N.ree rotary OF Agri-
culture Sterling q. Morton of Nebraska
ana FIRST cousin ON his maternal side
90 Mrs. Andrew Carnegie.
The All, fonR written Along since
the family became leaders OF fashion
IN Honolulu group OF thirteen girls "
very interesting from several points OF
View. Everybody who has been In lin-
wall. no matter for how brief time. In
the last decade. has heard much about
tho All fonR family. ana how II has
borne the brunt OF horpitablc enter
tainnent Of all visiting naval craft In
the harbor OF Honolulu. Early IN the
co.'s n young Chlnaman named Wing
All fong settled In Honolulu. lie was
an unusually Intelligent and genial
Chlnamnn. and with little capital he
chinese crockery. silks and bric-a-brnc.
lie learned the Kanaka and English
tongues readily, and before anybody
knew he was the leading merchant In
Honolulu. lie spent money freely aud
was well liked by whites and blacks In
the quaint old town. He married a
young girl OF uncertain Portuguese and
knnaka ancestry, but with n dash OF
English blood somewhere back In her
confused pedigree. She was AN nttrnc.
tive, energetic and ambitious person
for that land of ianguor and pieata, and
the young couple prospercd. All Fong
Invested In sugar cane plantations, ana
In the old times. when sugar plantation
stock paid 90 and 10 per cent dividends
n year. he grew very rich. In ten years
All Fong was worth over 100000 and
was adding $4,000 10 II annually. Mr..
All FonR was a careful. prudent busi-
ness man. and while his business aHso'
oiatca We're content TO browse and take
no heed OF the morrow, he was watch.
Ing chances to buy plantation land
cheaa from the improyidcnt who
ahounded IN Hawaii.
In time the An Fong family circle
numbered eeycntecn-tho parents. two
boys aud thirteen girls. People who
used TO visit Honolulu ten and fifteen
years ago say that II was a memorable
sight TO see bowling along any OF the
lava made roads In Honolulu Papa All
Fong with his long queue dangling
down his back. driving the horse that
drew carriage containing his COM
plcte family circle. Tho girls always
dressed In elaborate gowns OF mnroona.
mngentaH ana rcarleta. ana the wagon
load OF childish feminine lovellnesa Of
every hue In the rainbow made n
In the spring OF 1899 Mr.. All Fong
planned visit 10 China with his eldest
son, about seventeen years old. The
man had become very wealthy-ln fact.
one OF the four richest men In the Ha-
waiian ialanas. His Investments In
stock In the sugar companies had paid
themselves out six and seven times
over. lie made over 100000 In one deal
IN sugar stock 90 Claus Spreckles Of
san Francisco. Hundreds OF acres Of
land ON the island OF Maui that had
cost him few thousand dollars had
become worth many times more. lie
was popularity rated nj about $4,000. 900.
with an income OF over $4,000 year,
and the estimate seems 10 have been
just.
no arranged his business that he and
his son sailed fof Hongkong. when six
monihs passed and the rich chinamnn
had not returned there was some COM
ment, hut when year went by and
he was stlll absent all Honolulu was In
terested. Mrs. All Fong and her lovely
daughters never spoke on the subject
at least 10 outsiders, Then tho chincao
merchants In Honolulu began 10 get
news from friends and relativea IN
China, and tho Information became
general In the city that Mr.. All FonH
had gone TO visit n former wife ana her
two sons In Picking, and that by tho
laws OF China he came very near golnH
TO prison for a long term for DESERVING
his family In China. and going to q
foreign land. The gossip had u also
that Mr.. All Fong had paid u fine OF
many thousands OF dollars ana had set
tied down with good sized fortune u
live all his days with his first family
in Peking. The All FYng family IN
Honolulu has never seen IT. fathe'