The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
OF All F0NG :.
FAMILY IS GONE.
BROTHER OF THIRTEEN BEAUT-
FUL SISTERS MARRIED IN IOWA.
Story of the All Fong Family Retold-
Young Chinese Merchant Arrived in
Honolulu in 1853 and Married Daugh-
ter Of Portuguese sailor-Remarka-
BILE History Of the Family. - ~
New York Herald.

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:. Pen of novelist has rarely woven so
interesting romance as that involved
in the marriage in Davenport, Iowa,
a few days ago of Miss Anna Eliza
beth Whiting, niece Of Rear Admiral
Whiting, to Albert F. Along Of Homo
lulu. While his bride is thoroly Amer
lean, Along is the son of a full-fedged
Chinese. Still more unusual, however,
is the fact that he has no less than
thirte cen. sisters, three of whom have
may be said to have done, and fourth
into the army. One Of these is the
wife Of Rear Admiral Whiting, so that,
by this latest union, she will become
the aunt as well as the sister Of young
| Along.
OF the others, one is the wife of
! Lieutenant Riggs of the navy, one of
James W: Brewster, who served on, the
cruiser Harvard in the Spanish Ameri-
can war, and third Of Lieutenant An
drew J. Dougherty Of the army. Albert
was the last member Of the family re-
naming unmarried. His courtship, like
that of his sisters, began under the
cocoanut trees Of the Pacific island,
and the family looks to-. him for the
perpetuation Of a name already known
in every capital Of the world, and espe-
cifc coast. For twenty years naval
officers have told Of the delightful hos
pitality afforded them in the Along
home while their ships lay at anchor
in Honolulu bay
| Tourists have come back from Ha-
waii telling Of the gorgeous semi
oriental. mansion of Wing All ,Fong-
the name has since been Americanized
and Mrs. Conception All Fong, who
Everyone who has been in the islands
talks Of the charming manners, the
bright-hued gowns, the languorous trop.
1cal ballads and the fund of good ma
ture of the highly attractive progeny
Of Wing All Fong, millionaire Of the
South seas.
Along about 1858 young Chinese
bearing this name came with shipload
Of his fellow countrymen to Honolulu
He was unusually intelligent and genial
and, with a little capital, soon built ur
9 prosperous business in Chinese crock
cry, silks and bric.a- brac. In a short
time he was the leading merchant OF
Honolulu. He spent money freely an6
was we'll liked by whites and blacks
in the quaint old town. AS he grew
in wealth he made love to Conception
the daughter Of a poor Portuguese sailor
who had floated into Hawaii: She was
what is known as a Kanaka, and there
was strain Of English blood in her
and after their marriage, in 1860, il
was this strain, in her which produced
the energy and executive ability BY
which she helped him to gain money.
An Fong invested in sugareane plan
Itations, and in those times, when such
properties yielded almost incredibly
Yfo ha !,
In ten years he, was worth more thar
$500, 900 and was adding $35, 900 TO thi:
annually. He was careful and prudent
while his business associates. drowse(
, and took no heed for the morrow, ant
he was ceaselessly watching for chances
to buy more plantations at cheap price
from the impgovident Hawaiians.
, Meanwhile the All Fong family circl
widened. There were six children in, tn
Eight more girls were born there durin;
the next fifteen years. Wing All Fon.
was an ideal father. He was delighte,
to see how each child resembled tn
mother in, facial expression. He hire,
servants galore, enlarged his hous
every few years, and thought nothin.
too good for his babies. - -
He used to find no greater Joy than t.
get his wife and all his numerous girl
o like Concord coach that he had ha
3 built according to his own ideas, anc
9 with himself as driver on the front seal
2 to go rolling slowly over the road
about Honolulu for hours at time. I
used to be a memorable sight to Sc
4 bowling along any Of the lava-mad
roads in Honolulu Papa All Fong, wit
his long queue dangling down his bach
driving in a, vehicle containing his !er
tire family circle, all singing, 1aughin
and having a good time by themselves
True Chinese that he is, Wing A
9 Fong never gave up his idea that tn
Z Chinese ways Of living and doing thing
were little superior to any others. H
let his wife conduct the home and dres
and educate the girls as she saw fit, bu
he took charge Of the boy, Albert, an
l. CARRIED and trained after the America
g fashion. he had his head shaved, wore
; az cue and affected flowing, silken ga:
=, ; ments like those of his father.
Is Indeed, he and his sisters have neve
been ashamed Of their origin, and wit
:, their acc9mplishments, they need ne
g. 5: for music and several are excelle1
', singers: Personally, seven Of them al
ID hair. One, Mrs. Arthur Johnston
O. wife Of prominent Honolulu me
chant, Is a demi-blonde, and the comb
ut nation Of her blue eyes and dark LASH
"a and hair and her pink and white cor
i plexion make her the accepted beaut
Of the family. Several of. the. siste
have their fathers tall stature, but IL
rest are Of petite figure Three have 8
IN mond shaped eyes and nearly every OF
Of them has the mothers olive col
plexion and soft, easy mode Of speec
of Wing All Fong. was reputed to
ar worth $10,000,000 in $780, Two yea
US later he left Honolulu and went
ppt t China. He has never returned, and II
CHI reason for his strange act has alwa
ed been a mystery to the outside world.
rs rs He spent months getting his enc
he NOUS business in shape and then sail.
away. When months passed and
he was still absent rumors began to spre;
Ss. and there was a story that he had ma
ct rowly escaped severe punishment f
at having deserted a wife in China. MI
~, All Fong and her daughters kept close
Ia to their home for long time and new
he spoke of the subject to outsiders. A
le- ter this period, however, the hospital
al Of the house was resumed and it new
waned until the last Of the daughte
m was married. ....
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