Gen. Blanco's Report

Washington, Peb. 17.-The news ot the Mame disaster was learned at the bpanish legation with horror and was the occasion íor many expressions of the most profound regret and condolence. Early in the day Señor du Bosc the Spanish charge d'affaires received a message from Capt.-Gen. Blanco which had been flled at Havana at 2 o'clock this morning. It read as folio ws: "With profound regret I have to inform you that the American snip Maine, in this harbor, blew up by an undoubtedly chance accident, believed to result from an explosión of the boiler of the dynamo. "Immediately following th accident all the flisiiiisablo c1emnts of the capital hastened to the spot to extend every aid posslble. "There have been deaths and wounded. I have sent an aide-de-camp to offer every assistance to the North American consul that he may wish for. I will forward further details as they become available. Blanco." Senor du Bosc expressed the most profound regret at thé occurrence. He said: "Of course, I look upon the horror ■ as due in every respect and solely and simply to an accident. That is the clear and unequivocal statement of the authorities at Havana, and all the evidence thus far available goes to sustain it." Asked if the disaster possibly could have any adverse effect upon the relations between Spain and the United States, he responded with a decided negative, and the statement that the affair was wholly an accident.