Death of Charles F. Kinner, Captain of the Yacht Nirvana, From a Stroke of Paralysis. Port Jefferson, Long Island; February 16, 1899. Captain Charles F. Kinner died Saturday last of paralysis. Only the day before he attended the funeral of the late Selah S. Brewster, and in the evening he was present at the meeting, of Suffolk Lodge, F. and A. M. The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. E. K. Creed and the members of Suffolk Lodge, of which the deceased was an enthusiastic member. Captain Kinner was 69 years of age. He has led a sea faring, life since boyhood and for the past thirty-five years has followed yachting. At the time of his death he was in command of the schooner yacht Nirvana, owned by the estate of the late George I. Tyson of Riverside and now in winter quarters at this place. He leaves a widow and three children, Mrs. Daniel S. Smith, Captain Charles D. and Joseph Kinner. He was twice married. Mrs. Smith was a daughter by his first wife.

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