The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-28

The sailor married a Hawaiian woman,
and his business prospered. He was
thrifty, like All Fong. but he hsVl not
yet made a great fortune; and he put
his only daughter out to service in one
of the families of the missionary set
She grew to be a young woman Of great
beauty and more than ordinary intel
ligenee.
Inheriting from her mixed ancestry all
the most charming physical attributes
of each race. and developing an intellect
and charm of manner which AIDED to
her attractions of person, she became =
companion rather than a servant in the
family where she was employed, and
was educated almost as a daughter OF
the house
Fayerweather was the name of her
father, the AngIO-P0rtugues sailor. anG
when All Fong asked him for the hand
of his beautiful daughter he held long
conversation with the Chinese IN trhant,
at the close of which he gave lis con-
sent to the marriage marriage to
which the young woman was anything
but averse.
Not long after the marriage a relative
of the brides father died in England
and left him cOnsidera bic fortune; so
much, in fact, that he needed no longer
to struggle in business. but ended his
life of strange adventure and varied
fortunes in peace and plenty. His
daughter Mrs All Fong inherited his
:
able to increase largely in business and
embark on new ventures. Wealth and
children increased and multiplied in the
All FOng household until the merchant
was the father of 10 girls and one boy
land the master of millions of dollars.
1t was in the days of the reign OF
King Kalakaua-the early and palmy
days of his reign when the little king
dom Joined its monarch in wild de-
bauch-that All FOng saw his millions
roll up most rapidly. It was in 1874 that
I Lunalilo, the last of the direct line of
I Kamehameha the Great, joined his an
/ cestCrS in the realm of the shades, and
/ David Kalakaua was elected to fill the
vacant throne. Upon the accession or
/ Kalakaua began the revel Of the South
seas. the great Hawaiian spree The i'm
portation of Chinese coolies was a gold
NINE the importation of opium mine
( of silver and rubies. And both of these
mines were worked to the full by the
! Opportunist, All Fong-
An Fong built for himself and his
! family a splendid residence on the out
I skirts of Honolulu. which soon became
/ known for the lavish hospitality dis
/ pensed there AS the girls grew up
they were sent abroad for their educa-
/ ton, and as they became of a mar
/ riageable age they married, and mar
/ ried we'll. one of them becoming the
/ wife Of Rear Admiral Whiting of the
/ United states navy.
In 1891 King Kalakaua died, and his
/ sister, Liliuokalani, reigned in his
stead. The fortune of All Fong was
I now estimated to be over $50. 900, 600.
In the year of the death of his friend
and patron, Kalakaua. All Fong began
to set his house in order He was pre-
4 pairing, he said. 10 pay a visit to his
II childhood home in China. and wished
to have his affairs in such shape that
should anything happen to him on the
journey, things would go along as
usual with his wife and family He
spent year in arranging his affairs.
and then, taking with him his son. set
out upon what, it was supposed. would
be visit of a few months to his old
home.
One Of his daughters had just been
married to an English dentist. and.
with her husband, was to make a tour
OF the world by way of a bridal trip.
All Fong sailed with his daughter and
her husband as far as Hong Kong and
then bidding them farewell, passed
over the chinese territory. ostensibly
with the intention Of proceeding to
Pekin.