Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-09
THIRTEEN A LUCKY NUMBER
Chain of a Hawaiian
Family.

Pen OF novelist has rarely woven so in
teresting n romance as that involved In
the marriage in Davenport. Ia, few days
ago Of Miss Anna Elizabeth Whiting, nincc
NJ Rear Admiral whiting, to Albert +.
Along OF Honolulu While his bride is
thoroughly American, Along is the son OF
a fuII-nedged Chinese. Still more unusual,
however, s the fact that he has no less
than thirteen sisters, three OF whom have
Married into the American navy, az he may
be said TO have done, and fourth into
the army One Of these is the wife NJ
Rear Admiral Whiting. so that by this
latest union she will become the aunt as
we'll as the sister OF young Afons.
OF the others, one is the wife of Lieu
tenant Riggs of the navy; one OF James
w Brewster, who served on the cruiser
Harvard In the Spanish-American war, and
a third OF Lieutenant Andrew J. Dougherty
OF the army. Albert was the last MEM
Der of the family remaining unmarried.
His courtship like that Of his sisters, began
under the cocoanut trees OF the Pacific is
land, and the family looks to him for the
perpetuation of a name already known in
every capital Of the world, and especially
in the best circles along the Pacific coast.
For twenty years naval officers have told
OF the delightful hospitality afforded them
in the Along home while their ships lay at
anchor in Honolulu bay.
Tourists have come back from Hawaii
telling of the gorgeous semi-oriental man.
sion OF Wing All Fong-the name has since
been northumberland Mrs. Conception
All Fong, who Is a mixture Of Spanish and
Portuguese. Every one who has been in
the islands talks Of the charming manners
the brisht-hued gowns. the dangerous trop.
ical ballads and the fund of good nature OF
the highly attractive progeny of Wing All
Fong, millionaire, Of the South Seas.
Along about 1883 a young Chinese bearing
this name came with a shipload OF hi,
fellow countrymen 10 Honolulu. He wn'
unusually intelligent and genial and. with
a little capital, soon built up a prosperous
| business In Chinese crockery. silks and
bric-a-bTac. In a short time he was the
leading merchant Of Honolulu. He spen
money freely and was well liked by whites
and blacks in the quaint old town. As h,
grew In wealth he made love TO Conception
the daughter Of a poor Portuguese sailor
who had ioated into Hawaii She wal
what IL known as a Kanaka, and there wa
a strain Of English blood in her, and aftel
their marriage, In 1850 It was this straii
in her which produced the energy anC
executive ability by which she helped hin
! to gain money
All FonE invested in sugar cane planta
I lions, and in those times, when such prop
critics yielded almost incredibly large prof
its, he became very wealthy. In ten year
he was worth more than 500, 600 and wa
adding $500 TO this annually. He we
careful and prudent, while his business as
socistes drowsed and took no heed for tn
morrow, and he was ceaselessly watching
for chances TO buy more plantations a
cheap prices from the improvident Ha
| Waiians
Meanwhile the All Fong family elrcl
widened. There were six children In ia
home in 1870, a boy and five girls Eigh
more girls we're born there during the mex
fifteen years. Wing All Fons was an idea
father. He was delighted 10 see how eac
child resembled the mother in facial ex
preston. He hired servants galore. en-
lsrged his house every few years an