Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1895 — MISS KEY NEARLY PENNILESS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MISS KEY NEARLY PENNILESS.

The Granddaughter of “Star Spangled Banner's” Author. “We will be without a penny In the world next Monday week,” was the way her condition and that of her aged and blind mother was described to a Washington correspondent by Miss Elizabeth Key, granddaughter of Francis Scott Key, the author of ‘,‘TJie Star Spangled Banner.” This affectionate daughter has had a hard time since she was dropped from the roll of clerks in the pension office. She held a clerkship since the Hayes administration. When the misfortune of Miss Key and her mother was made known to Secretary Smith, of the

Interior Department, he tried to secure her reinstatement, but was insuccessful. Friends have intervened with the pension office authorities for the reinstatement of Miss Key, but without avail. Secretary of Agriculture Morton called at the office to investigate the case, but was informed that Miss Key i\as dismissed for “inefficiency.” A movement is on foot to erect n suitable monument to the memory of Francis Scott Key. The Key Monument Association was organized in June, 1894. It has raised so far about $2,000 for the object it has in view, and now appeals to the country at large for funds.

GRAVE OF FRANCIS SCOTT KEY.