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Show " THE AFONG FAMILY. Special to The Tribune HONOLULU, Hawaii (via San Francisco). Francis-co). Jan. 11. J. A. Magoon, a prominent attorney and wealthy landowner of Honolulu, Hono-lulu, accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Emo-llnc Emo-llnc Afong Magoon. ono of the famous group of Afong sisters of Hawaii, will visit Salt Lake City shortly en route to Washington, D. C, where Mr. Magoon has some law matters which como up before be-fore the United States Supreme court In. February. Thoy leave hero on the steamship steam-ship 'Korea, on January 27. Mrs. Magoon has property Interests In Salt Lake City, and will Investigate them during their visit. Tho Afong family of Honolulu has an alluring sound to tho cars of tho maln-landcrs. maln-landcrs. Tho family is bollcved to be Immensely Im-mensely wealthy, multl-mllllonalrep. Stories have been written about them by tho scorfc, but few have ever borno much truth. The history of the family has boon greatly misstated, and here Ib their true story; C. Afong camo to Honolulu from China In the early 40's, In a trading vessel which piled between the Hawaiian Islands and China, carrying sandal wood from tho former to tho Orient. Mr. Afong did not come hero a poor coollo as stated by writers of fiction, but ho had a sum of money. With this capital ho began his mercantile career In Honolulu in a small way. Ho was thrifty, and In llmo amassod a fortune. Even to this day he Is romem-bered romem-bered by kamanlnas (old-timers) as a man whose word was as good as other men's bonds. Ho branched out eventually Into sugar planting and bought the Metcalf sugar plantation at Kaupukuea, Hllo, Hawaii. Ha-waii. From that one ho extended his operations ope-rations to include Makahaualaoa and Pc-peekeo, Pc-peekeo, all of which In time became known as tho Popeekco plantation, today ono of the best dividend-payers In the Islands. Mrs. Afong still retains a ono-thlrd ono-thlrd interest In tho plantation. About fourteen years ago Hon. Alexander Young, a present-day mllllonalro. and tho builder and owner of tho palatial Alexander Alexan-der Young building and hotel of Honolulu ranking as ono of tho finest buildings west of New York, and which cost nearly 52.OOJ.000. bought a two-thirds Interest In Pepeekoo. In this plantation Mr. Afong amassed still greater wealth and became a merchant mer-chant on a larger s-calo. Ho becamo possessed pos-sessed of largo tracts of land all ovor tho Islands. He becamo prominent In tho affairs of the Hawaiian monarchy In the 70'a. at which time King Kalakaua created him a noble, thereby making him a member of the Privy Council. Mr. Afong resigned his scat In tho Council a few years later to become Chinese Consul In Hawaii. in 1S54 he became a citizen of the Hawaiian monarchy, which act nlno privileged him to becomo an American cltlron at tho time of annexation, had he resided In the islands nt tho time. By this nrlvllogo he was also accorded the right to marry Miss Julia H. K. Fayerwenther of Honolulu In thoso days no foreigner could marry a Hawaiian unless he became a subject of tho Kingdom. Miss Fayflrweathcr, now Mrs. Afong, was partly Hawaiian. English and American Ameri-can Her father was Abram Henry Fayer-wcathor Fayer-wcathor of Now Canaan. Conn , a descendant de-scendant of a w oil-known Puritan fnmlly IIJs two uncles. A. and S. Richards, were well known In tho shipping nnd commor-clal commor-clal world of Now York. Savannah and Llvorpool In the 30's. Mr. Fayerweathers counsln was Silas Fayerweathor, tho mllllonalro mll-llonalro leather morchant of New York, who loft tho bulk of his fortune to Harvard Har-vard college. Faycrwcathcr hall being a monument to his memory. His bequests are now being contested by tho holrs Abram Fayerwcathcr's brother, James, was ono of the mon who built the C. B t. Q. railway, having his headquarters as superintendent at Burlington. His nephew, Edward F., who recently died, was tho claim auditor of the C B & Q railway, with headquarters In the general office on Adams street, Chicago. William Fayorweathor has beon auditor of the Pullman Cnr company. An uncle of Mrs, Afong was tho lato Rev. Julian Sturto-vant, Sturto-vant, founder and first president of Illinois Illi-nois college, at Jacksonville. III. Mrs. Afong's mother was Mary Beckloy Fayorweathor. Sho was a part Hawaiian. Man' Beckloy s father was Capt. Goorgo Beckley. an Englishman who came to Hawaii In his own vessel In the latter pnrt of tho olghtcenth contury and became one of the confidential advisers of Kamohame-na Kamohame-na the Great, king and conqueror of all tho Islands of the Hawaiian group, Capt. Beckloy was made a tabu (from which Is derived tho English word, taboo) chief by Kamchameha, at the birth of the Princess Prin-cess Nahlenaena In 1S1G. Capt. Beckley was also mndo tho first military commander com-mander of tho fort of Honolulu, completed com-pleted In 1817. He married Ahla, the daughter of ICaha II.. ono of Kamehame-ha Kamehame-ha s warrior chiefs, who superintended tho building of Kamchamoha'a great licet of war canoes, numbering, it Is said thousands. thou-sands. In the3o canoes Kamehameha's armies camo to Oahu Island from Hawaii nnd defeated tho Ohuans at Nuuanu pall, thousands of Ohuans being forced to death over tho precipice. Kaha was tho eon of Kaha-Kualakca, the astrologer, who prophesied tho birth of Kamohamoha tho Great, that when ho camo to manhood ho would become a great conquoror, which ho did. Capt. Beckley's son William Wil-liam was brought up with Kamehameha's son, Knulkcoulll. was afterward King Kamehamcha III., and his three oldost daughters, one of whom was the mother of Mrs. Afong, woro brought up by Queen Knahumanu, Queen of Knmehameha the Great. Tho statement used constantly In articles arti-cles concerning tho Afongs that Mrs. Afong Is part Portuguese, Is absolutely untrue. Fifteen children wero born to tho Afongs. of whom Mrs. Magoon Is the eldest. eld-est. Tho eldest son, Tony, resides with nls father a Macao. China, whero ho la Independently wealthy, and Is one of the rising men of tho empire, Tho Afong residences resi-dences nt Macao are palatial. A daughter Is the wife of Admiral Whiting. U. S. N , commandant of tho Goat Island training station at San Francisco; another la tho Wife of Lieut. A. J. Dougherty. Twenty-eighth Twenty-eighth U- S. Infantry, now at Fort Leavenworth; Leav-enworth; another Is tho wife of A. S. Humphreys, formerly a Judge on tho Circuit Cir-cuit bench of tho Islands; anothor Is tho S'i ?f. B- McSyckor. a prominent Phlladelphlan and an annexationist here, who recently managed tho largest sugar plantation In tho Islands. Olaa. at a eal-ary eal-ary of ?13.000 per annum. Tho youngest son recently married Miss May Harvey, a beautiful Brooklyn girl. Thoy are now In China on their honoymoon tour. Tho Afong homo In Honolulu Is ono of the handsomest In the city, nnd Is located In tho most aristocratic part of tho town Mr. and Mrs, Hagar passed through on tho Mongolia, on route to thn Orient. Inst Friday. Mrs. Hagar. formerly Miss Emily Reed, was bedecked with lota when oh" went aboard before the vessel sailed. ROLYAT. |