California Inventors, WASHINGTON, June 24.—Patents have been granted the following inventors of California: Frank B. Eddy, San Quentin, assignor to W. R. Thomas and R. Arnold, Alameda, device for cleaning tubes; John R. Carter, Los Angeles, assignor, machine for numbering papers; William M. Leavens, San Francisco, latch-opener; John A. Mce Collum and B.F. Burt, Riverside, appa ratus for the manufacture of gas; Duncan F. McDonald, Berkeley animal shears; same, ship berth; John R. Moffet, Chinese Camp, ore-testing apparatus; Abraham Morris, San Francisco, red-lounge; John D. Robertson, San Francisco, attaching ad dress or labels to wrappers, envelopes or publications; William J. Smith, San Fran cisco, assigner, feed water-theater and puri fier ; Horace H. Taylor, assignee to himself and C. R. Wheelock, Santa Rosa, drier for fruit and other materials; Bernard Toulese and J. Delarieux, San Francisco, welding and upsetting machine.