WILKIE, Francis Bangs, journalist, born in West Charlton, New York, 2 July, 1832. He was graduated at Union in 1857, during which period he had editorial charge of the "Daily Star" of Schenectady. Soon after he settled in Davenport, Iowa, where he established the "Evening News," and in 1861 became the war-correspondent of the "New York Times," having charge of all the military movements in the region west of the Alleghany mountains. He then became an editorial writer on the "Chicago Times" in 1864, which he held till the close of 1887. He was the correspondent of the latter during the Russo-Turkish war, and for several years was at the head of the European bureau of that journal. His published works are "Davenport, Past and Present" (Davenport, Iowa, 1858) ; "The Iowa First" (Dubuque, Iowa, 1862) ; "Walks about Chicago, and Army and Miscellaneous Sketches" (Chicago, 1871) ; "The Chicago Bar" (1872) ; "Sketches beyond the Sea" (1879); "History of the Great Inventions and their Influence on Civilization" (Cincinnati, 1883); "The Gambler," a novel (Chicago, 1888); and "Pen and Powder" (Boston, 1888). He signs his articles "Pollute."