Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-28
MILLION FOR THIRTEEN
Famous Celestial of Honolulu
Dies in Native Land--.Daugh
tiers Sought as Wives

GCIS SOus hU do NANSo
BAKERS DOZEN OF THEM
Each Girl Beauty, and Dowery OF a
Cool Million Goes to Remaining Four
Observation-Disclosures Career OF
Chinaman, Who, as Coolie Grew
to be Multi ilIionaire.
Honolulu, Sept. 2S.-News has been
received here that All Fong, the Chs
nese capitalist, who made $30,00o.o0O
in the Hawaiian islands and myster>
iouslN disappeared in 1892, died In
China on Sept. 90
Wing All Fong, 4 Chinese coolie,
landed at Honolulu in 1858. While his
companion immigrants went out to
work on the plantations, All Fong set
up as a Chinese merchant. He imports
ed from China opium and other lux
uries, which he sold to his countrymen
at prices which enabled him soon to
become the foremost Chinese man of
business in the Hawaiian islands.
All Fong's place of business was on
the water front. For neighbor he
had a half English, half Portuguese
ex-salior named Iayerweather, who
had married a native Kanaka beauty,
and, like All Fong, was struggling to
build up fortune. Fayerweather had
one daughter, whom he. had placed as
a companion in one Of the missionary
families.
Mixture Of Four BIoods.
The daughter when barely IA years
old-which means maturity In that
balmy climate-had wild and luxuri-
ant beauty, uniting the chief charms
of the women of the three countries
represented in her ancestry-England,
Portugal and Hawaii. All Fong made
this girl his wife.
All Fong became the confidant of old
King Kalakaua. He became q great
importer. He controlled the coolie
market and the opium trade. He made
large investments in real estate and
piled million on million.
Thirteen Beautiful Daughters.
Meantime his wife had presented
him with fifteen children. thirteen girls
and two boys. The girls became fam
Gus the world around. They We're edu-
Gated In the United States and in Eu-
rope. They wore Partisan frocks. Sew
en- Of them We're black eyed, raven
haired girls. The other six were blond,
with blue eyes and dark eyelashes and
hair. Seven of the sisters have their
fathers tall stature, but the rest are
petite figures. They have pronounce
ed suggestion of Chinese almond
shaped eyes, and nearly every one of
them has the mothers olive complex
ion and soft, easy mode of speech.
Social Center of Honolulu.
Mrs All Fong had social aspirations
and her husband humored them. He
changed his name to Along to please
her and built the finest mansion in
Honolulu.
The Along mansion became the mec
ca of young men and old, ambitious to
win an oriental beauty for wife and
to get the $1.000,000 dowry that went
with each one.
Nine of the Along girls married well.
Four are unmarried. The nine sons-in-
law of the old Chinese merchant are
men of prominence in business or pro-
fession. One of them is Rear Admiral
whiting Of the United States navy.
List Of tho Along NGirIs.
Here is a list of the Along girls, with
the names of the men they are married
to:
Marie, wife of H. G. Humphrey one
of the leading lawyers of Honolulu.
Carrie, now Mrs. Arthur Johnston,
a Honolulu merchant
Helen, married to W. A. Henshall,
who lost his life in the wreck of the
steamer Rio Janeiro in Golden Gate,
near San francisco.
Harriet, now the wife Of Rear Ad-
miral Whiting, u. S. N.
Alice, married to f. v. Stokes, col
lector Of the port Of Honolulu,
Jessie, wife of Howard G. Morton, a
merchant of Honolulu.
Nancy, now Mrs. Alfred Magoon, at
torney of Honolulu
Muriel, wife Of Lieut.. A. j. Dough-
erty, United States army.
Melaine, married to James w. W..
Brewster of Elizabeth,) N. j. They
make their home in Honolulu.
-Four of the girls-Bessie, Adelina,
Kaminola and Emilene-as yet are I'M
married.
Goes Back to China.
There were two sons. The Oldest
disappeared with his father in 1892.
The other, Alfred, married Miss Anna
Elizabeth Whiting. niece of Rear Ad-
miral Whiting.
Along never adopted western civili-
cation. He was a Chinaman and chung
to Chinese costume and customs. Fin
ally, in 1892, he took his eldest son
and went to China. From that day
Honolulu never saw him again. He
left dis property behind him, in the
care of trustees. The millions he had
amassed he left to his wife and his
children, to do as they pleased with
Why he went away is a mystery which
never is likely to be solved.
ROOSEVELT is REJolcED.